Ordinary Time
Ordinary Time
Ordinary Time
• For instance, we may stop the first section of ordinary time on the fourth
Sunday and re-start ordinary time on the ninth week. As it is the case this
year (2008). This is done to ensure the solemnity of Christ the King always
falls on the 34th Sunday of Ordinary time.
• This is how it works: Ordinary weeks count forward from The Baptism of the
Lord. After the Day of Pentecost, however, they are checked backwards
from the last week of the Church’s Year which is always the 34th week of
Ordinary Time. So sometimes a week is dropped out.
Announcing the Kingdom of God
• During Ordinary Time the
Church highlights Jesus’
public ministry and his saving
actions:
• His preaching – his message
about the Kingdom of God.
• His works– i.e. “Feeding the
hungry”
• His healings– i.e. “Curing the
sick”
• His ministry – i.e. “instructing
his disciples”
Announcing the Kingdom of God
• Ordinary Time is a great opportunity
for Evangelization.
• We continue, as an extension of
Christ’s body, to proclaim the reality of
the Kingdom of God, by word and
deeds, with the same intensity and
urgency as that of Christ our savior.
Announcing the Kingdom
• During ordinary time we can do • Visiting the elderly at a nursing
several things that can help us home, or joining your parish
spread the Good News and grow in bereavement ministry.
faith and charity. Here are some •
suggestions: Spending time each day
becoming acquainted with the
Gospels.
• Volunteering at a local soup kitchen • Joining the local chapter of the
or mentoring at a crisis shelter like Knights of Columbus, this
Covenant House, or building houses Catholic organization, is very
with Habitat for Humanity. active promoting family and
Catholic values and helping the
• Joining your parish CCD or RCIA Church’s mission.
programs, parishes are always in • Asking your priest about what
need of volunteers. ministries in your parish may be
more suitable for you.
• Becoming a lector or Eucharistic • Joining the choir
minister. Helping your pastor by • Finding out about the different
bringing holy communion to the sick prayer or bible groups in your
or homebound. parish. Joining these groups is a
great opportunity for fellowship
besides Sunday Mass.
Ordinary Time
An extra-ordinary season
• Ordinary Time is an open
invitation to walk with the Lord.
He comes to the shores of our
daily lives, intercept us in the
midst our busy and hectic
schedules and invites us, like
he did with the early disciples,
to come and follow him to
know the life that never ends,
the Kingdom that never
perishes and the treasure that
never looses its value.
The Beatitudes
Blessed are the poor in spirit : for theirs is the kingdom of
heaven.
Blessed are the meek: for they shall posses the land.
Blessed are they who mourn: for they shall be
comforted.
Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after justice : for
they shall have their fill.
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
Blessed are the clean of heart: for they shall see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called
the children of God.
Blessed are they that suffer persecution for justice' sake,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
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