What is Ordinary Time?
What is Ordinary Time?
There's nothing ordinary about Ordinary Time, a time set aside for reflecting on & celebrating our call to follow Jesus day by day. It calls us to reflect upon the Paschal Mystery and our call to discipleship throughout the year.
- Who tested Jesus?
- What did he ask Jesus?
- What did Jesus say was the greatest and first commandment?
- What is the second greatest commandment?
- On what do the whole law and the prophets depend on?
Loving God, we come together today to celebrate all that you gave us, we remember is a special way the Saints, who dedicated their lives to you. Help us model our lives after theirs in their love for you, knowledge of you, and service to you and your people. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.
- Try out a Sunday Connection-Weekly Background and Activities in Preparation for the Sunday Scriptures
- Watch one of the Top 10 Movies about the Saints- List Here
- Start a practice of gratitude, and spend time as a family saying what you are thankful for.
- Set up a prayer space: Put a green cloth—the liturgical color for Ordinary Time—on your family prayer table or home altar.
- Establish daily prayer: Pick a simple routine, such as praying one decade of the Rosary or reading the daily Gospel together over breakfast.
- Make Sunday special: Go to Mass together, plan a nice family meal or special dessert, and rest from heavy work.
- Practice small acts of service: Help family members or neighbors, using a simple chore chart to teach children how to love through action.
- Regular Confession: Make the sacrament of Reconciliation a normal part of your family rhythm outside of just Advent and Lent
