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	EMBER DAYS - LoveToKnow Article on EMBER DAYS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The occurrence of the Anglo-Saxon compounds ymbren-tid, ymbren-wucan, ymbren-fisstan, ymbren-da gas for Ember tide, weeks, fasts, days, favors the former derivation, which is also confirmed by the use of the word imb-ren in the acts of the council of ~nham, A.D. 1009 (jejunia quatuor tempora quae imbren vocant).
		The observance of the Ember days is confined to the Western Church, and had its origin as an ecclesiastical ordinance in Rome.
		The present rule which fixes the ordination of clergy in the Ember weeks cannot be traced farther back than the time of Pope Gelasius, A.D. In the early ages of the church ordinations took place at any season of the year whenever necessity required.
	32.1911encyclopedia.org /E/EM/EMBER_DAYS.htm (698 words)

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		One of the ancient traditional devotions of the church that isn't observed much anymore are the "Ember Days." In the fifth century AD, this observance was well known and was described as being of "apostolic origin".
		Ember Days were observed with prayer and fasting, according to the online edition of the 1908 Catholic Encyclopedia, on "the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after13 December (S. Lucia), after Ash Wednesday, after Whitsunday, and after 14 September (Exaltation of the Cross).
		The Ember Days are a devotion that should be revived.
	www.justpeace.org /ember.htm (474 words)

	GIFT OF FAITH (dec15cat.htm)
		The practice of Ember Days was set for the universal Church by the holy Pope Saint Gregory VII in the twlfth century with the specific purpose, as mentioned above, of consecrating the various seasons of nature to God.
		Ember Friday in Advent was traditionally the Mass at the Church of the Twelve Apostles in Rome, with the emphasis on the "Expectation of Christ" as St. Andrew's Missal points out.
		A fast day is a day on which only one full meal is allowed; but in the morning and evening some food may be taken, the quantity and quality of which are determined by approved local custom.
	www.dailycatholic.org /issue/dec15cat.htm (1753 words)

	LTP - From the Editors
		On rogation and ember days the practice of the Church is to offer prayers to the Lord for the needs of all people, especially for the productivity of the earth and for human labor, and to give him public thanks.
		In order to adapt the rogation and ember days to various regions and the different needs of the people, the conference of bishops should arrange the time and plan of their celebration.
		Ember days are not part of the present calendar, but local churches may set aside appropriate days for fasting, works of charity, and prayer.
	www.ltp.org /editors.090601.2.html (467 words)

	AllRefer.com - ember days (Christianity, General) - Encyclopedia
		ember days, in the Western Church, traditionally the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday following the first Sunday in Lent; Whitsunday; Sept. 14 (Exaltation of the Cross); and Dec. 13 (St. Lucy's Day).
		They were days of fasting to sanctify the season, and the ember Saturdays were considered especially appropriate for ordinations.
		The ember days are of very ancient and uncertain origin.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/E/emberday.html (199 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Abstinence
		Moreover, the Jews abstained on the ninth day of the fourth month, because on that day Nabuchodonosor captured Jerusalem (Jeremiah 52:6); on the tenth day of the fifth month, because on that day the temple was burned (Jeremiah 52:12 sq.
		In the days of St. Irenaeus (177-202) the season of penance preceding Easter was of rather short duration.
		The legislation of the Russian church relating to abstinence consists of an elaborate program specifying days of penance whereon various sorts of food are forbidden, and indicating several festivals whereon the rigor of the law is tempered to a greater or lesser degree according to the grade of solemnity characterizing the fast.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/01067a.htm (7101 words)

	Ember and Rogation Days
		Under the norms before the Council, certain Wednesdays and Saturdays, called Ember Days, were special penitential days, of partial abstinence (meat could be taken only at the principal meal), and of fast (one main main and two smaller meals, together not equal to the main meal).
		Rogation Days were days of prayer for God's forgiveness and for the bounty of the land.
		Days or periods of prayer for the fruits of the earth, prayer for human rights and equality, prayer for world justice and peace, and penitential observances outside Lent are to be observed in the dioceses of the United States of America at times to be designated by the Diocesan Bishop.
	www.ewtn.com /expert/answers/ember_days.htm (329 words)

	SHEARS AND TEARS OF A LAMB (dec15lam.htm)
		Ember days are those days of fast, abstinence and prayer occurring on a quarterly basis throughout the year.
		The days of fast are the weekdays of Lent including Holy Saturday (until noon), the Ember Days, and the Vigils of Pentecost, the Immaculate Conception, All Saints' Day, and Christmas (or December 23).
		It is ironic that the celebration of Ember days, had they not been dumped for the sake of modernity, would have been the perfect avenue for the Church to continue reaching the faithful, constantly reminding us of our duty as stewards of the earth.
	www.dailycatholic.org /issue/dec15lam.htm (1938 words)

	LM
		Roman Catholics prior to Vatican Council II distinguished fast days on which the quantity of food consumed was reduced (e.g., the weekdays of Lent), and days of abstinence on which meat was not eaten (e.g., Fridays).
		The 1928 BCP in its table of fasts listed "other days of fasting on which the Church requires such a measure of abstinence as is more especially suited to extraordinary acts and exercises of devotion." These included the forty days of Lent, the ember days, and Fridays.
		The 1979 BCP dropped the ember days from the list and refers to both Lenten weekdays and Fridays outside of the Christmas and Easter seasons as Days of Special Devotion "observed by special acts of discipline and self-denial" (p.
	www.episcopalchurch.org /19625_14154_ENG_Print.html (201 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Ember Days (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Ember Days, in the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of England and other Churches of the Anglican Communion, three days at the Wednesday, Friday,...
		May Day, name popularly given to the first day of May, which for centuries has been celebrated in Europe.
		Day, in chronology, period of time required for one rotation of a celestial body, especially the Earth, on its axis.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Ember_Days.html (97 words)

	07/12/2002: Baptized believers are called to be a light for the world
		Ember Days were considered especially appropriate for ordinations.
		Where Ember Days have been re-established, they are frequently called “Days of Prayer for Peace.” We have learned quite painfully that where there has been sexual abuse, there is little or no peace.
		The Ember Days could serve as particularly appropriate occasions for healing services for victims of sexual abuse and for others in our communities who are suffering physically, emotionally or spiritually.
	www.sentinel.org /articles/2002-28/10399.html (1061 words)

	Ember Days - Bulletin Insert from Ministry & Liturgy 12/01-01/02
		Ember days formerly appeared on the church’s universal calendar as special days of fast, abstinence and prayer.
		Ember days were observed on the Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays following the feast of St. Lucy (December 13), the First Sunday of Lent, Pentecost and the feast of the Holy Cross (September 14).
		The Ember Saturday Masses became a vigil that increased the number of readings to seven: five from the Old Testament, one from the epistles and a Gospel.
	www.rpinet.com /ml/2810bi1.html (381 words)

	What are the Ember Days? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Ember days are days of prayer fasting and ordination.
		Here is an odd little mnemonic that was once used to remember when the Ember Days fell.
		Note that while I define (above) the Ember Week in Advent as the week following the third Sunday in Advent, it would also be accurate to say that falls during the week following the feast of St. Lucy, on December 13, which is what this rhyme references:
	members.aol.com /cfortunato/Ember/emberarticle.htm (203 words)

	Ember Days
		The Ember Days are four series of Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays which correspond to the natural seasons of the year.
		In the case of both the Hebrew seasonal fasts and the Christian Ember Days, we are invited to consider the wonder of the natural seasons and their relation to God.
		Thus, whereas the Ember Days commemorate nature from the perspective of its seasons, Rogationtide commemorates it vis-a-vis its relation to man and the city, both as a source of bounty and as a source of potential harm.
	www.holytrinitygerman.org /Ember-Days.html (2615 words)

	December 13th
		Lucy was a native of Syracuse, and sought in marriage by a young nobleman of that city; butshe had determined to devote herself to a religious life, and persistently refused the addresses of her suitor, whom she still further exasperated by distributing the whole of her large fortune among the poor.
		The term is said to be derived from the Saxon embrem or imbryne, denoting a course or circuit, these days recur-ring regularly, at stated periods, in the four quarters or seasons of the year.
		Others, with some plausibility, derive the epithet from the practice of sprinkling dust or embers on the head, in token of humiliation; and also from the circumstance that at such seasons it was only customary to break the fast by partaking of cakes baked on the embers, or ember-bread.
	www.thebookofdays.com /months/dec/13.htm (3568 words)

	The Christian Year
		Except in the case of Christmas Day and Easter Day, the celebration of the feast begins with Evening Prayer on the day before the feast, and the collect at that Evening Prayer is that of the feast.
		Ember Days should be kept, under the Bishop's directions, in the week before an ordination as days of prayer for those to be made deacon or priest.
		Ember Days may also be kept even when there is no ordination in the diocese as more general days of prayer for those who serve the Church in its various ministries, both ordained and lay, and for vocations.
	www.oremus.org /liturgy/etc/ktf/year.html (1820 words)

	fastingcatechism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Also on fast days it is permitted to have meat at the full meal and to have both meat and fish at the same meal.
		A/ Fast days chiefly occur in the year during Lent and Advent, on the Ember days and on the vigils of some great feasts.
		Ember days are three days set apart in each of the four seasons of the year as special days of prayer and thanksgiving.
	catholicchurch.homestead.com /fastingcatechism.html (2591 words)

	Ø Wilson's Almanac free daily ezine \| Book of Days \| September 14 \| Cornelius Agrippa Dante Alighieri Anacreon ...
		In the liturgical calendar of the Western Christian churches, Ember days are four separate sets of three days within the same week - specifically, the Wednesday, Friday and Saturday - roughly equidistant in the circuit of the year, that were formerly set aside for fasting and prayer.
		The Ember Weeks - the weeks in which the Ember Days occur - are the week between the third and fourth Sundays of Advent, between the first and second Sundays of Lent, the week between Pentecost and Trinity Sunday, and the calendar week after the one in which Holy Cross Day (September 14) falls (e.g.
		Since the reforms of Vatican II (1969), Ember Days are no longer listed in the Roman Catholic liturgical calendar, and were made optional by churches of the Anglican Confession in 1976.
	www.wilsonsalmanac.com /book/sep14.html (5177 words)

	EpiscoCalendar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The "day of the week" abbreviations are buttons that will jump to the Daily View form and show the details for that given day.
		Moveable Holy Days View (M) The Moveable Holy Days view displays major holidays of the church year whose date is not fixed to a specific calendar date but is either relative to Easter or always on a fixed "day of the week".
		In the picture on the right, the day of commemoration for Bishop Wulfstan is shown for Monday, January 19 and the Holy Day celebrating "The Confession of Saint Peter" is not displayed because Sunday observance has precedence.
	members.aol.com /episcoguy/EpiscoCalendar.htm (1232 words)

	ember - definition from Biology-Online.org
		Ember days, days set apart for fasting and prayer in each of the four seasons of the year.
		The Council of Placentia [A. 1095] appointed for ember days the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after the first Sunday in Lent, Whitsuntide, the 14th of September, and the 13th of December.
		The weeks in which these days fall are called ember weeks.
	www.biology-online.org /dictionary/ember (92 words)

	The Golden Legend: Ember Days
		The fourth reason is because the man is composed of four elements touching the body, and of three virtues or powers in his soul: that is to wit, the understanding, the will, and the mind.
		To this then that this fasting may attemper in us four times in the year, at each time we fast three days, to the end that the number of four may be reported to the body, and the number of three to the soul.
		The fifth reason, as saith John Damascenus: in March and in printemps the blood groweth and augmenteth, and in summer coler, in September melancholy, and in winter phlegm.
	www.catholic-forum.com /saints/golden109.htm (640 words)

	St. Valentine: February 14
		So these Ember Days at the beginning of winter were important in countries where olives grew.
		In 1969, the bishops of each country were asked to move the Ember Days to times when these days would make the most sense in their part of the world.
		Perhaps keeping the Twelve Days of Christmas is like saying a long grace after the meals that have fed us in the past year, and like saying a long grace before the meals that will feed us in the year to come.
	www.emmitsburg.net /sasolmc/did_you_know/2003/winter_ember_days.htm (374 words)

	Quo vadam ed ad quid?
		The September Ember Days were particularly focused on the end of the harvest season and thanksgiving to God for the season.
		Ember Days were three days (Wednesday, Friday and Saturday) set aside by the Church for prayer, fasting and almsgiving at the beginning of each of the four seasons of the year.
		The ember days fell after December 13, the feast of St. Lucy (winter), after the First Sunday of Lent (spring), after Pentecost Sunday (summer), and after September 14, the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross (fall).
	quo-vadam.blogspot.com (4833 words)

	In looking over the current liturgical calendar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In 1969, in the Roman Catholic Church, the traditional Ember Days were replaced by days of prayer for various needs, at times to be determined by regional conferences of bishops.
		From at least the 5th century, the Ember seasons were recognized as especially appropriate for Ordinations, and the Book of Common Prayer, 1662 (still in use in England), provides prayers for those ‘to be admitted into Holy Orders’ to be said every day in the Ember Weeks.
		The association of Ember Days with prayer for ordination candidates is preserved in modern Anglican liturgies, even when the usual time for Ordinations has been changed.
	www.stgeorgeonline.org /ember.htm (335 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Ember Days
		This pope also permitted the conferring of priesthood and deaconship on the Saturdays of ember week--these were formerly given only at Easter.
		Before Gelasius the ember days were known only in Rome, but after his time their observance spread.
		The present Roman Missal, in the formulary for the Ember days, retains in part the old practice of lessons from Scripture in addition to the ordinary two: for the Wednesdays three, for the Saturdays six, and seven for the Saturday in December.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/05399b.htm (432 words)

	Liturgical Calendar One Saint Bonaventure Mission
		So it is that, forty days after Christmas, the Church celebrates the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary and, for it is also known by this name, the Presentation of Christ, her son, in the temple.
		The last days of pre-Lent, just before Ash Wednesday are known as Shrovetide, for these are the days when many driven by their sins to the foot of the Cross, go to their confessor to make confession of their sins and be "shriven," or absolved of their sins.
		And, this Holy Supper is indeed a foretaste of the Marriage Supper of the Lamb in the heavenly Jerusalem.
	www.angelfire.com /alt/bonav/calend.html (14940 words)

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