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Ordinary Time is the period in the Church calendar outside of other major seasons, and runs 33 or 34 weeks. In Latin, Ordinary Time is called Tempus Per Annum ("time throughout the year"). The season falls between Christmas and Lent, and also between Easter and Advent. It focuses on celebrating the entirety of Christ's person.   If…

“Behold the lamb of God, he who takes away the sin of the world!” (John 1:29). With the feast of the Baptism of the Lord we have entered the liturgical season that we call “ordinary” time. On this second Sunday, the Gospel presents to us the scene of the meeting between Jesus and John the Baptist…

Prayer: All make the sign of the cross. The leader begins: Let us praise the Lord of days and seasons and years, saying: Glory to God in the highest! All respond: And peace to his people on earth! Leader: Our lives are made of days and nights, of seasons and years, for we are part…

The Feast of the Holy Family celebrates the human family unit, as well as the ultimate family unit: Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. The feast is usually celebrated on the Sunday after Christmas. If Christmas is a Sunday, then the feast is celebrated on December 30.  The Liturgical Color(s) is white. Scriptural References for the Holy…