Ordinary Time

Today, we begin Ordinary Time in our liturgical calendar.

The term "ordinary" in "Ordinary Time" can lead us to think that this time in the church calendar is--uhm--ordinary: regular, uneventful, even unimportant.  Why then is Ordinary Time called ordinary?

Mr. Scott Richert, in catholicism.about.com, tells us:

Ordinary Time is called "ordinary" simply because the weeks are numbered. The Latin word "ordinalis", which refers to numbers in a series, stems from the Latin word "ordo", from which we get the English word "order". Thus, Ordinary Time is in fact the ordered life of the Church. It is appropriate, therefore, that the Gospel for the Second Sunday of Ordinary Time (which is actually the first Sunday celebrated in Ordinary Time) always features either John the Baptist's acknowledgment of Christ as the Lamb of God or Christ's first miracle—the transformation of water into wine at the wedding at Cana.

Thus for Catholics, Ordinary Time is the part of the year in which Christ, the Lamb of God, walks among us and transforms our lives.

Thus, there is nothing "ordinary" about Ordinary Time.

*Originally posted on Facebook

Quote from http://catholicism.about.com/od/holydaysandholidays/f/Why-Is-Ordinary-Time-Called-Ordinary.htm