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Great ideas and discussion, ladies! Thanks for your post and nudging, Jennifer!
I did compile several quotes on my blog. You can use this post as beginning reference. But all are in my sidebar under Ember Days.
Of particular note is the quote from Strasser, which includes a wonderful graphic. Being visual, the graphic and explanation were very helpful to me. By far this was the best resource I found on ember days.
Seeing this graphic reminds me of the introduction of Joanna Bogle's latest book, A Yearbook of Seasons and Celebrations. She describes how we can make an image of the year, like the orb divided by a cross. You can draw out the liturgical calendar with feasts that correspond to the seasons of the year. I found myself drawing by her instructions to make the visual. But the Ember Days, like Jennifer pointed out in her post, are the perfect marriage between the seasons of the year and the liturgical calendar.
And I love the idea of quarterly check-ups. Our annual retreat is Lent, but we need short tune-ups to keep things running smoothly!
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Seems we're not the only ones with Ember Days on our mind. See this post from The New Liturgical Movement.
Tomorrow is Ember Wednesday.
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I am chiming in late, but I wanted to add this recipe from Nourishing Traditions. I am so thankful for this discussion and enlightenment. I have made this recipe before, but I never knew what Ember Days were...
EMBER DAY TART
Serves 4-6
1 recipe flaky pie crust or 1/2 recipe of yogurt dough [email me if you want the crust recipe, I just use a frozen pie crust]
2 large onions, chopped
1 tablespoon butter
4 eggs
2 tablespoons whole grain bread crumbs
1/2 teaspoon saffron threads dissolved in 1 tablespoon warm water
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
pinch nutmeg
2 tablespoons currants
This recipe for a meatless holiday is based on one taken from a 1390 Middle English cookbook. Line a pie pan with pastry. Meanwhile, saute onions in butter until soft. Beat eggs and stir in onions, bread crumbs, seasonings and currants. Pour into pie shell and bake at 350 degrees for 30-40 minutes.
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JennGM wrote:
Seems we're not the only ones with Ember Days on our mind. See this post from The New Liturgical Movement.
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Jenn, I think you posted the wrong link!  This one took me to 'body odor its cause and cure.' Do you have a child in puberty???
Funny, now it's corrected. The version that got emailed to me was totally different.
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And, Betsy I saw that recipe in "A Continual Feast" as well! I hadn't even thought of looking in "Nourishing Traditions". But, I'm glad you shared it here. I'm actually doing a variation of it on Friday night - adding spinach, subtracting saffron. Anyway, I thought it was a neat idea to keep the idea of an Ember Tart.
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JennGM wrote:
Seems we're not the only ones with Ember Days on our mind. See this post from The New Liturgical Movement.
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Wow - isn't it cool to be on the "cutting edge" of this renewed effort to embrace the Ember Days.
Also wanted to point out a post Jennifer wrote for Catholic Cuisine on Ember Day Thanksgiving and Fasting/Abstaining with recipes!
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This is such a great thread! I've been following along, reading links, and pondering.
Who knew we were so "cutting edge?"
This is SUCH a great post! If anyone has read this far and has not clicked on the Catholic Cuisine blog, GO DO IT NOW! It's wonderful!
Thanks, Jennifer.....you've made it so do-able and enticing! 
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Adding a few more things to read:
Father Zuhlsdorf at WDTPRS has Ember Day Awareness
and I just saw that MaryM added some interesting recipes for Ember Days. I love the tempura tie-in, Mary!
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Possibly a little early, but I'm bumping this while I'm thinking about it. The winter ember days are in two weeks. I didn't want it to get forgotten in this busy season.
Advent Embertide - December 17, 19, and 20
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MaryM wrote:
The winter ember days are in two weeks.
Advent Embertide - December 17, 19, and 20 |
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Yes!  I've been planning!!
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So, according to the new thread on ember days, the spring ember days are coming up this week: March 4, 5 and 6. Any one have any special plans or ideas?
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Ooops! That should be Wed, Fri and Sat so March 4, 6 and 7.
Anyone know why Thursday is skipped????
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LeeAnn...I'm so sorry, I meant to answer this *before* Ember Wednesday and time slipped away.
The Ember days that fall in Lent were the last to be added...some believe around the 4th century. They're somewhat of a mystery as the Ember days were meant to be a mini-Lent, but the Lenten Ember Days are right in Lent...so what do you focus on?
I had some help from Pius Parsch's The Church's Year of Grace (oop)
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| The Lenten Ember days are the most recent of the four sets and do not have the same importance as the other three, since the whole of Lent is devoted to spiritual renewal. Doubtlessly the three days, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, formed part of the Lenten liturgy from its very beginning, as can be seen from the formulary content. Wednesday, devoted to our Lady, is a day of reflection and spiritual orientation; Friday emphasizes conversion and penance; Saturday, a preview of Easter, marks the renewal of our baptismal covenant. |
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I'm sorry I'm just getting this up here...but it may help some focus on Ember Friday and Saturday.
Ember Wednesday in Lent
We focused on asking Our Lady to help us with our Lenten plans as well as a few extra prayers asking her help.
seasonal connection
Planning and sprucing in the Mary Gardens on Wednesday...or planning for any garden!
Partial Fast
Ember Friday in Lent
We will do a family examination of conscience. I have selected some stories from Catholic books that reflect a sincere spirit of contrition and penance to read aloud for the children. Confession.
seasonal connection
Weeding and pruning back dead growth in the gardens. Burn pile.
Fast and Abstinence
Ember Saturday in Lent
The Church's Year of Grace wrote:
| Ember Saturday is the official thanksgiving day for benefits received during the past quarter year. It is likewise the day for renewing our covenant with God. |
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seasonal connection
Start a few seeds...even if indoors. Take a nature walk looking for signs of spring.
Partial Fast
HTH a little! I love all the symbolism in the Ember Days!
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Lovely, Jennifer, as usual. It makes me happy to see you enjoy Pius Parsch. 
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I really do! I was so happy and so grateful when Susan's husband made the sets available to us, and I use them faithfully! So much great wisdom in these volumes for following the liturgical year!
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Summer Ember Days for 2009 are this Wednesday, June 3 (that's tomorrow  ), Friday, June 5, and Saturday, June 6.
I posted a little history along with some recipes on Catholic Cuisine.
Catholic Cuisine wrote:
The Summer Embertide is observed in June or July depending on when Pentecost falls that year.
"Gratitude, not penance, is the dominant Ember spirit of the Summer Embertide. Even fasting can be an act of thanksgiving!"Pius Parsch, Year of Grace, Volume 3, Ember Wednesday
Seasonal significance: It is a time of thanksgiving for the grain harvest since this was typically the end of the wheat harvest in Mediterranean countries.
Liturgical significance: Summer or Whit Embertide falls within the Octave of Pentecost. It is fitting then that this Embertide, though still a mini-Lenten time of fasting, is characterized by its spirit of thanksgiving and joy at the descent of the Holy Spirit. |
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I thought we could keep adding to our resources for the Ember days here on this thread.
Praying that the Holy Spirit will bless our efforts to prayerfully reflect and offer thanksgiving during the Summer or Whit Embertide!
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I have a post up at Wildflowers and Marbles as well. It would be redundant for most of us, I think, but I tried to compile some general information there about the Ember Days. Just dropping the link in for a resource for the future.
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I think that it honors the institution of the Eucharist (last supper) by skipping over Thursday. Just a thought.
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Bumping this thread about Ember Days. I learned so much in this thread, and the quarterly Ember Day observances have enriched our family so much.
Autumnal Ember Days are coming up this year - September 21, 23, and 24 of this year. I hope I'm bumping in plenty of time for anyone that might be new to the observance of Ember Days to consider and read through this fantastic thread and follow links.
Ember Days in fall are for offering thanksgiving for a rich vintage :: vintage, grapes, wine
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