tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37512247.post8286338136130950391..comments2023-12-24T11:20:38.708+00:00Comments on The Muniment Room: Third Sunday of Advent 1862Ttonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185875893212146794noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37512247.post-81695235838204495292018-03-11T15:57:36.864+00:002018-03-11T15:57:36.864+00:00As I understand it, the decision of the Episcopal ...As I understand it, the decision of the Episcopal Conference in the US left the appointing of Ember Days up to the judgment of the ordinaries. The current archbishop's predecessor, here in Portland in Oregon, always (well, at least during the years I was paying attention) mandated an 'Ember Day' for each quarter, for prayer (and optional fasting) for this or that laudable cause e.g. peace, persecuted Christians, vocations, priests etc. Since the only way I ever knew about this was to sedulously comb the pages of the archdiocesan newspaper (I never heard any announcements from the parish clergy), eh, it had very little practical effect, I think. There was nothing supplied for the liturgical rites-- I suppose a pastor might have included the Day in the bidding prayers. Pft. For all I know the current archbishop, Mons Sample (who does publicly celebrate the Traditional Mass), may consider that this feature of the Traditional Rite doesn't 'fit' in the New. Perhaps I should write him a letter.Marc in Eugenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04331547981498637474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37512247.post-77343913914156209102014-12-16T18:57:05.979+00:002014-12-16T18:57:05.979+00:00Sorry, the Almanac is extraordinarily clear ...Sorry, the <b>Almanac</b> is extraordinarily clear ...Ttonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185875893212146794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37512247.post-31497186616649489212014-12-16T18:34:41.109+00:002014-12-16T18:34:41.109+00:00No idea why Fidelium. Next year mutatis mutandis ...No idea why <i>Fidelium</i>. Next year <i>mutatis mutandis</i> it will be <i>Deus qui de Beatae</i> but the Ordo is extraordinarily clear that this year the second prayer is for the dead, the third for the BVM, on Wednesday and Friday. I have no sufficiently detailed contemporary <i>Ordo</i> to explain this at all, though I note in an 1856 Almanac (when the Advent dates were the same as this year and therefore the Ember-Wednesday and Ember-Friday are ferias) that the readings are given as "Same as first Sunday of Advent", which means <i>Deus qui de Beatae</i> rather than <i>Fidelium</i>.<br /><br />It could perhaps the original compiler made a mistake, but I don't know enough to advance this hypothesis with any confidence!Ttonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185875893212146794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37512247.post-40386728078902493412014-12-16T08:18:31.729+00:002014-12-16T08:18:31.729+00:00I cannot work out why Fidelium is said on the Embe...I cannot work out why <i>Fidelium</i> is said on the Ember Friday - any ideas?<br /><br />As always, fascinating stuff.Rubricariushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05050302650867319277noreply@blogger.com