Ordinary Time

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Ordinary Time is the liturgical season in the Christian calendar, especially in Roman Catholicism, that falls outside the major festal periods like Advent, Christmas, Lent, and Easter and focuses on the ongoing life and teachings of Jesus.

All labels observed (7)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf liturgical season
period in the Christian liturgical year
associatedWith General Roman Calendar
beginsAfter Feast of the Baptism of the Lord
calendarType moveable period depending on date of Easter
color green
contains Solemnity of Christ the King
Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ
Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity
contrastsWith major festal seasons
penitential seasons
dividedInto Sundays in Ordinary Time
linked to: Ordinary Time

weekdays in Ordinary Time
doesNotMean ordinary as common or unimportant
emphasizes discipleship in daily life
growth in Christian virtue
endsBefore Ash Wednesday
endsOn Saturday before First Sunday of Advent
etymologyFrom Latin tempus per annum
excludes Advent
Christmas season
Easter Triduum
linked to: Paschal Triduum

Easter season
linked to: Eastertide

Lent
focusesOn ongoing life of the Church
public ministry of Jesus
teachings of Jesus
follows Christmas season
includes up to 34 weeks in the Roman Rite
introducedInCurrentFormBy Second Vatican Council reforms
liturgicalColorSymbolizes growth
hope
life
nameRefersTo ordinal numbering of weeks
partOf Christian liturgical year
precedes Lent
readingsCycle three-year Sunday lectionary cycle
two-year weekday lectionary cycle
replaced season after Epiphany
season after Pentecost
resumesAfter Easter season
linked to: Eastertide

Pentecost Sunday
linked to: Pentecost
usedIn Anglican Communion
Lutheran churches
linked to: Lutheranism

Methodist churches
Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism

some Reformed churches

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Roman Catholicism hasLiturgicalYear Ordinary Time
Pentecost precedes Ordinary Time in the Roman Rite
linked to: Ordinary Time
Ordinary Time dividedInto Sundays in Ordinary Time
linked to: Ordinary Time
Epiphany precedes Ordinary Time in some Western churches
linked to: Ordinary Time
Eastertide precedes Ordinary Time
Christmastide precedes Ordinary Time
Anglican rite hasSeason Ordinary Time
General Roman Calendar hasComponent Ordinary Time
Feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord observedInSeason Ordinary Time in Roman Rite
linked to: Ordinary Time
Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross liturgicalSeasonContext Ordinary Time in Roman Rite
linked to: Ordinary Time
Great Fifty Days precedesSeason Ordinary Time
Time after Epiphany relatedTo Ordinary Time (in post–Vatican II Roman Rite)
linked to: Ordinary Time
Marian antiphons associatedWithSeason Ordinary Time
Sollemnitas Domini Nostri Iesu Christi Universorum Regis liturgicalSeason Ordinary Time
Benedicite liturgicalUsePeriod Ordinary Time
Corpus Christi isFollowedBy Sundays in Ordinary Time
linked to: Ordinary Time
Salve Regina associatedWithSeason Ordinary Time after Trinity Sunday
linked to: Ordinary Time