The term “Ordinary Time” may be misleading. In the context of the liturgical year the term “ordinary” does not mean “usual or aberage.” Ordinary here means “not seasonal.” Ordinary Time is that part of the Liturgical Year that lies outside the seasons of Lent-Easter and Advent-Christmas. In Ordinary Time, the Church celebrates the mystery of…
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In the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, “South Pacific”, the characters sing, “Some Enchanted Evening, you will see a stranger, you will see a stranger, across a crowded room.” They lyric continues that “you know,” even then, that he is the one. It concludes, “Once you have found him, never let him go.” Such was the…
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In the 40’s frenzied bobby soxers screamed themselves into hysteria at the sight of the young singer Frank Sinatra. In the 60’s, it was Beatlemania as the rock group from England toured the United States. These days, another generation falls into a frenzy at the sight of teen idols like Justin Bieber. The pope is…
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