by Dr. Jared Staudt | Dec 26, 2023 | Asceticism, Exodus 90, Feast Days, Formation
Every so often, Exodus 90 begins during the Christmas Season. 2024 happens to be one of those years. Some people might wonder how we can begin a spiritual exercise with so much asceticism on a solemn feast day, the octave day of Christmas honoring Mary the Mother of...
by Jacob Zepp | Dec 12, 2023 | Articles, Asceticism, liturgical questions
The Ember days are occasions to thank God for the blessings received during the previous season, pray for those ordained, and renew ourselves spiritually. They are days of fasting and abstinence. These fasts were initially called “quatuor tempora” (the four times)....
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