Posts Tagged ‘Ordinary Time’

Ordinary time

Monday, July 5th, 2021

Ordinary Time. Lent and Easter well behind us, the Church is in Ordinary Time. Looking up the definition of the word ‘ordinary’ in the Oxford Dictionary its says “not interesting or exceptional; what is commonplace or standard.” Nothing really to write home about. The liturgical colour chosen for “ordinary time” is green and maybe here Read more

Spiritually speaking, ‘Ordinary Time’ is anything but

Monday, June 26th, 2017

Today in the liturgical calendar of the Catholic Church, we go back to Ordinary Time. At first, the designation might seem a bit peculiar, since the word “ordinary” is oftentimes associated with things that are unimportant, insignificant, or just downright boring. The Church couldn’t possibly mean these types of things when speaking of the liturgy Read more