Ember Days

The Ember Days comprise the Wednesday, Friday and Saturday of the week following the first Sunday of Lent (the Sunday following Ash Wednesday, in the Spring); the week between Pentecost (fifty days after Easter) and Trinity Sunday; the week following the Feast of the Holy Cross (September 14); and the week following the Commemoration of St. Lucia (December 13).

Traditionally, these were four in number and roughly coincided with the four seasons. In the Lutheran church, these days were marked with preaching on the Catechism and the praying of the Litany.

In my own life, I have tended to simply add the Litany in to my daily devotion. It does not take long to pray and it is wonderful and timeless in its language.

HT: Pr. Weedon and the Treasury of Daily Prayer, p. 21 for making me aware of these special days