Ordinary Time

"Ordinary Time refers to a season of the Christian liturgical calendar, particularly the calendar of the ordinary form of the Roman rite of the Catholic Church, although some other churches in Western Christianity also use the term. In Latin, the name of this season is Tempus per annum (literally time during the year).

Ordinary Time is celebrated in two segments: from the Monday following the Baptism of Our Lord up to Ash Wednesday; and from Pentecost Monday to the First Sunday of Advent. This makes it the largest season of the Liturgical Year."[1] ^{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordinary_Time}

"Ordinary comes from the root word "ordinal" which means "TO COUNT".  That means that ordinary time is time that counts, time that matters. 

It is called the growing time- it is marked by the color green in many liturgical churches.  

It is the time where we can grow the most in the ordinary times-- in the ebb and flow of our days.  We can practice turning our gaze to God in the midst of the mundane.  We can draw our attention to Christ in these days."  (from a lecture given by Julie Canlis- spring 2014) 

giving thanks for this ordinary time yesterday afternoon that I captured in these snapshots below: