Easter Season--Ordinary Time

After celebrating Pentecost, we transition from the Easter Season to Ordinary Time in the Church calendar. The Easter Season is a joyous season within the Church calendar that lasts 50 days. Ordinary Time takes us through the summer and fall. The phrase “Ordinary Time” comes from the Latin Tempus Per Annum which loosely translated means “time throughout the year.” However, in reality no time in the Church calendar is ordinary. Just go to the internet and type in May Feast days or any month of the year and you will find an array of saints for each day. These men and women were certainly not ordinary, though many of them came from “ordinary” backgrounds. Sometimes we want the saints to be superhuman to let us off the hook. However, most of them were very much like us, they just persevered in the Faith more. As we transition to summer, we too should realize that God makes us all extraordinary, but do we take the type to notice and thank God for His gifts? Perhaps this summer as our lives hopefully slow down a notch we should take the time to ponder God’s gifts and act accordingly. The Church’s calendar year, much like the sacraments fit into the rhythm of life. Let’s take the time to find out how we are currently fitting into that rhythm and see how we might adjust to follow to God’s rhythm and will.