The weeks between the Solemnity of Corpus Christi and the beginning of Advent are called Ordinary Time. This does not mean that this time is simply boring or ho-hum. T.S. Eliot wrote, "Time present ...

We have returned to Ordinary Time. The white vestments of our feasts have given way to green as the celebratory poinsettias and pine trees have disappeared from the sanctuary. We return to the regular ...

(RNS) — With Christmas season over, Christians move into what the church refers to as “Ordinary Time.” This is the time outside of Christmas season, Lent and Easter season. “Ordinary” in English means ...

It’s no secret that I love Ordinary Time. As time goes on, I find that the seasons I love the most in the liturgical year aren’t the high holy feasts, but the ordinary ones. Summer is a perfect ...

When the Church speaks of Ordinary Time, it is really talking about our time -- the season set aside for us ordinary people who have bit parts in the true Reality Show of the human condition. Ordinary ...

Find today’s readings here. This week marks a return to the liturgical season of Ordinary Time. Today is the first day since February 13 that the priest can wear green vestments at mass. Today also ...

but the LORD looks into the heart. As we re-enter Ordinary Time, it can be tempting to think of the liturgical transition as a return to the mundane, a slow trudge through green Sundays until we reach ...

There is something exciting about living in extraordinary times — times of surprises, special events and even challenges. These are the days when it is easier to get out of bed in the morning. You ...

My oversized, black sweater is my favorite article of clothing. It’s quite ordinary in appearance, yet it brings me so much comfort and joy that I can barely part with it when I’m home, even standing ...

Rowan Williams taught us that we have to face down our boredom, our expectation that the world will always give us satisfying roles to play. In other words, we have to make an art of ordinary living. ...