Extraordinary Lives in Ordinary Time
Ordinary Time (which resumed the day after Pentecost) is the longest season of the Church year and is often dismissed by many people as being, well… ordinary. As the “Green Season,” Ordinary Time spans those late-winter weeks between the Baptism of the Lord and Ash Wednesday and the summer and fall months, ending with the great celebration of Jesus Christ, King of the Universe on the last Sunday before Advent. Summer from the Tree of Life Chapel at First Presbyterian Church, Kirkwood, Missouri designed by Martin Erspamer, O.S.B. On the website of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Ordinary Time is described in this way: The Sundays and weeks of Ordinary Time… take us through the life of Christ. This is the time of conversion. This is living the life of Christ. Ordinary Time is a time for growth and maturation, a time in which the mystery of Christ is called to penetrate ever more deeply into history until all things are finally caught up in ...