Whit Embertide Approacheth

                                        

                            "Summer" by Abel Grimmer

The following is adapted from fisheaters.com (more here):

Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after Pentecost Sunday, (this year - June 15, 17 and 18), are known as "Whit Embertide."  Ember Days are a favorable time for priestly ordinations, prayer for priests, first Communions, almsgiving and other penitential and charitable acts, and prayer for the souls in Purgatory.   According to medieval lore, during Embertide, the souls in Purgatory are allowed to appear visibly to those on earth who pray for them.
Embertides are also traditional times for women to pray for children and safe deliveries.

Also according to folklore, the weather conditions of each of the three days of an Embertide foretells the weather of the next three months.  Thus, the weather of Wednesday of Whit Embertide foretells the weather of July, Friday foretells the weather of August, and Saturday foretells the weather of September.

Catholics are no longer obliged to fast and abstain from meat during Embertides, but neither are they prohibited from doing so.   I say, try it and see.

Can Ember Days and Rogation Days be far behind (cont.)?

                                   The Four Ember Days, by Abel Grimmer

Elizabeth Scalia thinks restoration of Friday abstinence from meat in England and Wales is a good idea.
For those too young to remember, here is information regarding Ember Days and Rogation Days.

Can Ember Days and Rogation Days Be Far Behind?

                                     

                                         Are you old enough to remember these?

Whether women should cover their heads at the Extraordinary Form, at the Novus Ordo or both is on the minds of many.  Francis Phillips' thoughts here.

In case you don't know what Ember Days or Rogation Days are.

More cheers for meatless Fridays

                                             More of this couldn't hurt

I already abstain, so I agree.  But why stop there?  How about bringing back Ember Days and Rogation Days?