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Ember days 2020 anglican11/25/2023 There was also a Jewish custom at the time of Jesus to fast every Tuesday and Thursday of the week. The Old Law prescribes a "fast of the fourth month, and a fast of the fifth, and a fast of the seventh, and a fast of tenth" (Zechariah 8:19). The Embertides are periods of prayer and fasting, with each day having its own special Mass. The English title for these days, "Ember," is derived from their Latin name: Quatuor Temporum, meaning the "Four Times" or "Four Seasons." Autumn brings the September, or Michaelmas, Embertide winter, the Advent Embertide Spring, the Lenten Embertide and in summer, the Whit Embertide (named after Whitsunday, the Feast of Pentecost). The Ember Days are four series of Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays which correspond to the natural seasons of the year. I finally found a web site that explained Ember Days (and Rogation Days, too, but that's another post), and I copy from it this explanation of Ember Days: I understood what Ember Days were, but their explanations were quite complex, too much so to post here. I "Googled" (how did that become a verb?) Ember Days this morning, and I read the Wikipedia and Catholic Encyclopedia explanations with a little puzzlement. But some of the lesser-known Holy Days are still a bit of a mystery to me, and Ember Days fits firmly in that category. In the nearly five years that I have attended weekday services at the Anglican Church in Alpine (first at Christ the King and now at Blessed Trinity), I have discovered much to celebrate in the Church Year and in Biblical Saints' Days.
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