Chesterton Knew The Importance of Ecumenical Dialogue

Chesterton Knew The Importance of Ecumenical Dialogue

Thursday 1 March 2012

Happy St David's Day, Eat Drink & Be Merry For Tomorrow Is An Ember Day




'At the beginning of the four seasons of the Ecclesiastical Year, the Ember Days have been instituted by the Church to thank God for blessings obtained during the past year and to implore further graces for the new season. Their importance in the Church was formerly very great. They are fixed on the Wednesday, Friday and Saturday: after First Sunday of Lent for Spring, after Whit-Sunday for Summer, after the Feast of the Elevation of the Cross (14th September) for Autumn, and after the Third Sunday of Advent for Winter. They are intended also to consecrate to God the various seasons in nature, and to prepare by penance those who are about to be ordained. Ordinations generally take place on the Ember Days. The faithful ought to pray on these days for good Priests. The Ember Days were once fast days of obligation.'

I found this in my Baronius Press 1962 Missal and it made me think. Imagine the Graces that God would bestow upon the World if the whole Church still fasted on these twelve days a year, imagine the great Graces if our Priests and Bishops declared these Fast Days again. Oh forget all that, imagine the Graces we could gain for our Priests & Bishops by fasting on these days! So that is tomorrow & Saturday this week to start with.

4 comments:

Gareth Hurley Blog said...

Better have a quick Clark's Pie then.

Ecumenical Diablogger said...

"I'll buy you some chips........no really I don't mind, it will stop you eating mine!......you sure you don't want some?......well don't try eating mine.....get off.....that's not a few.....I'll tell your Wife, you've eaten half my chips!!!!!!!!!!

Gareth Hurley Blog said...

I still do that. What fun!

Now it is the children's chips, and fish, and sausage in batter... (etc. etc.)

It's like a diet see.

Mind you- they get revenge in first by emptying the fridge so fast and so often!

Little monkeys.

Ecumenical Diablogger said...

Little?