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Living in Ordinary Time
In any year there are thirty-three or thirty-four Sundays in Ordinary Time, depending on the date of Easter. The term ‘ordinary’ in English means something that is not special or distinctive. Yet Ordinary Time makes up most of the liturgical year, and in our Church calendar is far from unimportant and uninteresting. The time is called ‘ordinary’ because it is numbered. The Latin word ‘ordinalis’ refers to numbers in a series. The weeks of Ordinary Time represent the ordered life of the Church, when we are not feasting or fasting. Ordinary Time follows the Christmas season and ends when Lent begins. A second portion begins after Pentecost and leads us into Advent.
The story of the life, mission, message and ministry of Jesus unfolds for us during Ordinary Time: miracles, parables, the calling of the Twelve, the Sermon on the Mount, the gift of the Bread of Life, all connect us to the Gospel way that we are invited to follow.
Like all the liturgical seasons, Ordinary Time is meant to be lived! We are not passive receptors of the liturgy or the Christian life. We are called to be full, active participants in the varied life of Jesus, bringing the ordinariness of our lives to our liturgy.
Ordinary Time is anything but ordinary or run-of-the-mill time. It is the time that God does extraordinary things in the lives of ordinary people. It is becoming aware that the everyday moments of our ordinary lives are charged with God’s presence.
We all try to follow that Gospel way in the ordinariness of the here and now, in the muddle, the mess, the mystery and the mundane. This is where God is.
John Cullen, The Sacred Heart Messenger, June 2023
We remember at this time...
Lord, we pray that You are with all students as they begin their exams, today and throughout the next few weeks. You’ve got this.
We trust that You are unfolding the great plan for all of our lives, as we allow you to live and work in us. You are holding each of us in the palm of your hand.
As Julian of Norwich said,
‘All shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well’
Lord You are wise and loving and You are perfectly on time. You are not indifferent about the anxieties we carry. You care. You are going to take care of us. Amen!
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