We are now firmly ensconced in “Ordinary Time.” But even ordinary time is not that ordinary. Ordinary Time includes the days between the end of
The transition between the wondrous Christmas season and Ordinary Time can be critical. If the holidays have been especially spiritual, the letdown and return to
With a long stretch of Ordinary Time coming, the faithful often loses vigor once the intense seasons of Lenten penitence and Easter celebrations finish. However,
During the Christmas season, finding Jesus is relatively easy, if only on a superficial level. Jesus is indeed “the reason for the season,” and reminders
Now the vestments are back to green. Boring, old, no-feast-day, no-solemnities green. All the big holidays are done, until we hit Ash Wednesday, of course;
On a plane ride a few weeks ago, I found myself seated next to the founder of a Protestant church. He laughed because he was
Celebrate Ordinary Time? Why celebrate anything that seems to just fill in the space between Christmas and Easter? The Sacrament of the Moment With all
For much of my adult life I have lived in areas that really offered only three of the four seasons. In the Deep South summer
