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ORDINARY TIME.  The longest liturgical season of the Christian year has begun.  Ordinary Time begins after Trinity Sunday and lasts until the beginning of Advent.                                             
From ten thousand feet, the Christian year appears divided almost in half:  about six months of holy seasons (Advent, Epiphany, Lent, Eastertide), and about six months of Ordinary Time.  Like a pendulum swinging back and forth, or a pair of lungs breathing in and out, the church alternates between these two movements each year:  high holidays and everyday life, the joys of celebration and the grunt work of growth.                          
Lord, may we know you more clearly, love you more dearly, and follow you more nearly, day by day.
 

What might we be if only we tried?                  What might we become if only we'd listen?
(Amanda Gorman)

Only the person who has experienced it can believe what the love of Jesus Christ really is. 

(Bernard of Clairvaux)

Peace rides on the back of truthful speech.