With Pentecost behind us and the close of the Easter season, the Church returns to Ordinary Time which we last visited back in February. Ordinary Time is by far the longest "season" of the Church and why church-goers most often see the clergy donning the green.
Now this is my annual reminder that while we are in Ordinary Time, there is nothing ordinary about it. Each season of the Church, as well as each day we commemorate is so important and so unique. The Church calls us to faithfulness and holiness just as vigorously in Ordinary Time as she does in Easter Season, or Christmas Season, or Advent and Lent. God loves us no less in Ordinary Time. The Sacraments are no less efficacious in Ordinary Time. In fact we are all called to be extraordinary in our faithfulness during Ordinary Time as we are in any other season.
Ordinary Time, especially when we come out of Easter Season, is sometimes hidden from view, especially for the vast majority of Catholics who can only make Sunday Mass. This Sunday we celebrate the Feast of the Most Holy Trinity so we will not be wearing green. The following Sunday is what we used to call Corpus Christi Sunday, now known as the Feast of the Body & Blood of Jesus. We will not be wearing green for that weekend either. Many went to Church today and probably did not see green since we remembered the life of St. Philip Neri. But trust me, it indeed is Ordinary Time and there will be plenty of time to see green. And of course, plenty of time to celebrate this long season of extraordinary faithfulness!
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