#ember days

[tinyshe]

[outofcontextrifftrax]

"They're members of Seal Team Shannara"

Bill Corbett, Ember Days

[church-history]

Ember Days

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 prayer 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. The immediate occasion was the practice of the heathens of Rome. The Romans were originally given to agriculture, and their native gods belonged to the same class. At the beginning of the time for seeding and harvesting religious ceremonies were performed to implore the help of their deities: in June for a bountiful harvest, in September for a rich vintage, and in December for the seeding; hence their feriae sementivae, feriae messis, and feri vindimiales. The Church, when converting heathen nations, has always tried to sanctify any practices which could be utilized for a good purpose. At first the Church in Rome had fasts in June, September, and December; the exact days were not fixed but were announced by the priests. The "Liber Pontificalis" ascribes to Pope Callistus (217-222) a law ordering the fast, but probably it is older. Leo the Great (440-461) considers it an Apostolic institution. When the fourth season was added cannot be ascertained, but Gelasius (492-496) speaks of all four. 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. They were brought into England by St. Augustine; into Gaul and Germany by the Carlovingians. Spain adopted them with the Roman Liturgy in the eleventh century. They were introduced by St. Charles Borromeo into Milan. The Eastern Church does not know them. 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. Some of these lessons contain promises of a bountiful harvest for those that serve God.

[the-october-country]

'This fast is kept four times in the year'

A diagram of the Ember Days in a manuscript made at Thorney Abbey, c. 1110 ( Oxford, St John's College MS. 17, f. 24v ) Wednesday, Fr...

I have been interested in autumn festivals for a long time, and I’ve been celebrating them on this blog for over a decade, but this is the first I’ve heard of Ember Days, and I’m delighted to learn about them!

[nathanieldorsky]

The Museum of Modern Art in New York will present a show of six of Nathaniel Dorsky's newest films

The show will take place on the Friday evening of October 29th and repeated on the Monday evening of November 1st at 7:00 pm in the Titus 2 theater at MoMA. Proof of vaccination is required for this on-site film screening. Nathaniel will most probably introduce the program vIa pre-recorded video. Seating will be limited due to Covid restrictions. Purchase tickets early.

The program consists of six of eight films made during the last two years.

Canticles (2019, 15.5 min) Lamentations (2020, 14 min) Temple Sleep (2020, 18.5 min)

Emanations (2020, 16 min) Ember Days (2021, 10.5 min) Terce (2021, 16.5 min)

This program is part of a twelve-show Carte Blanche, titled, To The Lighthouse, offered to Mark McElhatten by MoMA during the period from October 29th through November 16th, 2021. Organized by Mark McElhatten, guest curator; with Ron Magliozzi, Curator, Brittany Shaw, Curatorial Assistant, and Olivia Priedite, Senior Program Assistant, Department of Film.

MoMA Carte Blanche Mark McElhatten   To The Lighthouse

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[roratecaeli]

Ember days, from "Quatuor tempora", "four times", shortened to "Quatember". A period of prayer and fasting before the start of each new season.

[mentallydatingahotcelebrity]

Ok, this is just PATHETIC.

Listen, guys—write whatever you want, your skin tone doesn’t matter.

If a black author can write white characters then a white author can write black characters. There is no restriction on what is or is not allowed. Tell a decent fucking story and get on with your life. Stop policing or limiting creativity in others.

[theraccolta]

The spring Ember Week coincides with the first week of Lent. It was instituted for the purpose of consecrating to God the new season, and by fasting and prayer to draw down Heavenly graces on those who on Saturday are to receive the Sacrament of Holy Orders.