![]() ![]() Jin-Heon Jung entitled “Underground Railroads of Christian Conversion.” Eighty to ninety percent of North Koreans who pass through the underground railroad identify as Christian after reaching South Korea, according to a 2015 study by Dr. The journey with the Christian missionaries often leads to conversion for defectors. Many North Korean defectors like Ji Seong-ho encounter Christianity through the missionaries who organize the underground railroad that makes it possible for them to escape to China, where they still face the constant risk of being repatriated back to North Korea. ![]() Seong-Ho’s courage and faith were also highlighted by Trump during his State of the Union address in January. Washington D.C., / 10:05 am ( CNA/EWTN News).- “Before his escape, when Seong-Ho was being tortured by North Korean officials, there was one thing that kept him from losing hope: over and over again he recited the Lord’s Prayer,” President Donald Trump said in his speech at the 2018 National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C. For the Ember Days of Pentecost, Lucia has asked Catholics to pray and fast for men and women in consecrated life, and the September Ember Days will be dedicated to prayer and fasting for single people.Ĭatholics in the Diocese of Syracuse who participate in the Ember Days and who have a detachment from sin can gain a partial indulgence, “that is, a partial remission before God of the temporal punishment for sin, whose guilt is forgiven in the Sacrament of Penance, provided they are in a state of grace at least at the time the indulgenced work is completed,” the diocese noted in its announcement. Lucia has dedicated the Lenten Ember Days to prayer and fasting for priests and deacons. Each day Lucia has recommended a specific prayer, such as attending Mass or praying the Rosary, and a specific form of fasting, such as giving up social media for the day or eating one large meal and two small meals. On the Ember Days of Advent, Bishop Lucia has asked Catholics in Syracuse to pray for married couples and families. The Ember Days of this liturgical year fall Dec. Ordinations have traditionally been held on Ember Saturdays. Catholics instead were encouraged to thank God for the gifts of creation, and to use those gifts according to his will. The observance of the Ember Days stood in contrast to the pagan celebrations of Rome, which honored gods of nature at the change of the seasons. Leo I, and they were prescribed for the whole of the Latin rite by the time of St. The Ember Days were attested to as traditional by St. The word “ember” is an English adaptation of the Latin name, “quattuor tempora” meaning four seasons. ![]() They are tied to the seasons of the year, and are held on the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday of four weeks: the third week of September, the third week of Advent, the first week of Lent, and the octave of Pentecost. “On these days, the Church ‘entreats the Lord for the various needs of humanity’ and gives thanks to God for various blessings received,’” he added, quoting the Universal Norms on the Liturgical Year and the Calendar.Įmber Days were traditionally days of fast and abstinence. “Ember Days are days of prayer and fasting that mark the changing of times and seasons in order to bring about deeper spiritual renewal,” Seibt told CNA. Christopher Seibt, the Diocese of Syracuse’s liturgy director, told CNA that the idea came about because the diocese is also observing a year of prayer for vocations, and Ember Days have traditionally been days of prayer for vocations. The bishop established the Ember Days for a diocesan year of vocations, and granted a partial indulgence to their observance, in a Nov. Denver Newsroom, / 12:01 pm ( CNA).- In a revival of an historic custom of the Church, Bishop Douglas Lucia of Syracuse has invited Catholics of his diocese to participate in the Ember Days, traditional days of fasting and prayer, for the intention of an increase in vocations. ![]()
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