ORDINARY TIME
Each of the five Sundays in June celebrated a solemnity of the liturgical year (Ascension, Pentecost, Holy Trinity, Corpus Christi and Sts. Peter & Paul). As a result, the Church in the U.S. hasn't celebrated a Sunday in Ordinary Time since March 2nd.
What does "Ordinary Time: mean during the liturgical year. Too often the word "ordinary" is used to describe something that can be routine, mundane or boring. The word ordinary in "Ordinary Time" refers to the listing or ordinal or sequential numbers. This is what is meant by the 14th Sunday in ordinary time. The Liturgical year is made up of Advent, Christmas, Lent and Easter seasons. The term "Ordinary Time" refers to the order of Sundays in the church year that do not fall into major seasons.
Ordinary Time consists of 33 or 34 weeks and is divided into two parts. Ordinary Time begins he Monday following the Sunday after January 6th, and continues until the beginning of Lent. It then begins again on the Monday after Pentecost and ends on the Saturday before the First Sunday of Advent. The liturgical year is about growing in relationship with Jesus Christ. The scripture proclaimed during Ordinary Time reveals the teaching and mission of Jesus Christ, allowing us to better understand God, who became human.
Ordinary Time, from now into late November should be anything but boring or monotonous. There are the days where we grow into who we are called to be in our relationship with Christ.
