![]() offer up to you, for those who are to be ordained, that strengthened by your grace and directed by your Spirit, they may please you to whom they engage themselves, and by word and example, contribute to the salvation of souls redeemed by your blood. ![]() Lord, Jesus Christ, who did institute in your Church a sacred hierarchy, to be perpetuated without interruption to the end of the world, by the sacrament of Holy Orders, hear the prayers which we humbly. Enable us by your grace, so to enjoy these and all other temporal blessings, that we may not lose those which are eternal. Receive, O Lord, we beseech you, the offerings of our homage, and mercifully sanctify your own gifts.īless and preserve, O Lord, the fruits of the earth. Through Christ our Lord.īless the Lord, O my soul, and never forget all he has done for you. We beseech you, O Lord, mercifully to regard the devotion of your people, that mortifying their bodies by fasting, their minds may be refreshed by good works. After the readings of Sacred Scripture, the Ember Day Prayer concludes the time of prayer. On Saturday the reading is from Isaiah 35:1-7 and the Gospel from Luke 3:1-6. On Friday, the reading is taken from Isaiah 11:1-5 and the Gospel from Luke 1:39-47. On Wednesday, the readings would be taken from Isaiah 2:2-5 with a Gospel meditation from Luke 1:26-38. A time set aside for prayer and reading of Sacred Scripture is fitting to accompany the days of fasting and prayer. ![]() This year December 13 is Tuesday and so these days may be celebrated on Wednesday, December 14 Friday, December 16 and Saturday, December 17. The December, or Advent Ember Days are Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday following the Memorial of Saint Lucy on December 13. The faithful would fast and fervently pray for those who were to be ordained to serve Christ and His Church. Those priests who are now in their late 80’s or 90’s were most likely ordained on Ember Saturday. The Ember Days were also preparation for Ordination to the Priesthood. Beg of God worthy pastors for the Church, and to implore His blessing on those who are promoted to Holy Orders. Pray to God for the preservation of the fruits of the earth, and to give Him thanks for those already received ģ. Consecrate by penance each of the four seasons of the year Ģ. In English there was a further corruption to “Ember”.ġ. A German corruption of the Latin became Quatember. The days became known in Latin as Quatuor Tempora (four times). ![]() Thus there are 12 Ember days of prayer and fasting each year. How is it that we have the word “Ember”? Because there are three fast days, four times each year. The days of fasting and prayer are Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.įirst, Ember does not have anything to do with burning coals. Since at least the time of Saint Leo the Great, who died in AD 461, Catholics practiced this time of fasting four times a year: Lent, Pentecost, September and December. What are Ember days and why have they been so significant in our Catholic tradition? They are ancient days of prayer and fasting. So, what exactly are Ember Days? Sister Esther Mary Nickel RSM, Director of Sacred Worship for the Archdiocese of Detroit, now explains: That’s three days of fasting including partial abstinence from meat upon Ember Wednesday and Ember Saturday and full abstinence from meat on Ember Friday. This week will see Catholics around the globe, including many close to home, embrace the Church’s Winter Ember Days.
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