Ember Alert! Ember Alert!
You may already get Ember Alerts on your Smart Phone, but in case you don't, tomorrow is an Ember Day. Catholic Online says:
Ember days (corruption from Lat. Quatuor Tempora , four times) are the days at the beginning of the seasons ordered by the Church as days of fast and abstinence. They were definitely arranged and prescribed for the entire Church by Pope Gregory VII (1073-1085) for the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after 13 December (S. Lucia), after Ash Wednesday, after Whitsunday, and after 14 September (Exaltation of the Cross). The purpose of their introduction, besides the general one intended by all prayers and fasting, was to thank God for the gifts of nature, to teach men to make use of them in moderation, and to assist the needy.
Ember days (corruption from Lat. Quatuor Tempora , four times) are the days at the beginning of the seasons ordered by the Church as days of fast and abstinence. They were definitely arranged and prescribed for the entire Church by Pope Gregory VII (1073-1085) for the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after 13 December (S. Lucia), after Ash Wednesday, after Whitsunday, and after 14 September (Exaltation of the Cross). The purpose of their introduction, besides the general one intended by all prayers and fasting, was to thank God for the gifts of nature, to teach men to make use of them in moderation, and to assist the needy.
So I will thank God for these critters who have eaten up my parsley plant.
Labels: Holy Days
posted by jope @ September 18, 2013
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