Ordinary Time
Proper noun
Meaning
Ordinary Time
(Christianity) A season of the Christian liturgical calendar, celebrated in two segments: from the Monday following the baptism of Jesus Christ up to Ash Wednesday; and from Pentecost Monday to the first Sunday of Advent.
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In the current form of the Roman Rite adopted following the Second Vatican Council, Ordinary Time consists of 33 or 34 Sundays and is divided into two sections.
In the 1969 reform of the Roman Rite, this intermediate season was removed, with these weeks becoming part of Ordinary Time.
In every country, the formula of the Mass on that Saturday evening is that of the solemnity of All Saints, which outranks the Sunday of Ordinary Time whose Mass would normally be celebrated on that evening.
Certainly, the broad division of the year into the Christmas and Easter seasons, interspersed with periods of Ordinary Time, is identical, and the majority of the Festivals and Commemorations are also celebrated, with a few exceptions.
Liturgical colour: white Ordinary Time main "Ordinary" comes from the same root as our word "ordinal", and in this sense means "the counted weeks".
Ordinary Time, Time after Pentecost, Time after Trinity, or Kingdomtide main This season, under various names, follows the Easter season and the feasts of Easter, Ascension, and Pentecost.