Gospel Verse, Ez 18:31:Cast away from you all the crimes you have committed, says the Lord, and make for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit.Today is Ember Friday of the Lent or Spring Ember Days. There are two principal objects for the Ember Days of this period of the year: the first is to publicly offer thanks to God the season of Spring, and secondly to ask God to bless the fruits of the earth and human labor. A third traditional focus of the Ember Days is to ask Him to enrich with His choicest graces the priests and sacred ministers particularly those who might be ordained on this day. See Contemporary Observation of Ember Days and Lenten Ember Days for more information.