The Liturgical Year of the Catholic Church is composed mainly of Ordinary
Time. People may take the connotation of ordinary as unimportant or dull as the word literally suggests but this is not
the case.
Ordinary Time refers to the period of the Catholic Church's
liturgical year liturgical year that falls outside of the major seasons namely Christmas, Advent,
Lent, and Easter.
Ordinary Time is called as
such because the weeks are numbered. The Latin word ordinalis which means showing order denoting an order of succession, which refers to numbers
in a series, comes from the word ordo, from which the English word order
was taken. Consequently, Ordinary Time is the customary, regular, and orderly life of the Church, - the period in
which Christians live their lives neither in feasting (as in the Christmas and Easter
seasons) or in more severe penance (as in Advent and Lent), in alertness and hope
of the Parousia, the Second Coming that is.
Ordinary time is the longest
liturgical season in the Catholic Church, covering either 33 or 34 weeks each
year. Because other liturgical seasons start or close with changeable feasts, the
length of Ordinary time can differ a little; nonetheless, 33 weeks is the more
common length. The weeks are numbered (the first Sunday of Ordinary Time, the
second Sunday of Ordinary Time, et cetera).
Ordinary time is technically one liturgical
season divided into two periods. Before the Second Vatical Council, when the
term “Ordinary Time” was officially instituted, the two time periods were simply
referred to as “the Season after Epiphany” and “the Season after Pentecost.”
The liturgical color
of Ordinary Time is green. On the other
hand, appropriate colors are put on in particular feast days.
References:
- Scott P. Richert,
- What is Ordinary Time?, http://www.aquinasandmore.com/catholic-articles/what-is-ordinary-time/article/233/sort/relevance/productsperpage/12/layout/grid/currentpage/1/keywords/calendar,%20missal
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