Ordinary Time

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liturgical season period in the Christian liturgical year

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.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Ordinary Time canonical 19
Ordinary Time in Roman Rite 2
Sundays in Ordinary Time 2

Statements (47)

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 Ordinary Time self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sundays in 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 ⓘ
Paschal Triduum ⓘ
surface form: Easter Triduum

Eastertide ⓘ
surface form: Easter season

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 ⓘ
surface form: 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 Eastertide ⓘ
surface form: Easter season

Pentecost ⓘ
surface form: Pentecost Sunday
usedIn Anglican Communion ⓘ
Lutheranism ⓘ
surface form: Lutheran churches

Methodist churches ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church

some Reformed churches ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

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

Roman Catholicism → hasLiturgicalYear → Ordinary Time ⓘ
Pentecost → precedes → Ordinary Time ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ordinary Time in the Roman Rite
Ordinary Time → dividedInto → Ordinary Time self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sundays in Ordinary Time
Epiphany → precedes → Ordinary Time ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ordinary Time in some Western churches
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 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ordinary Time in Roman Rite
Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross → liturgicalSeasonContext → Ordinary Time ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ordinary Time in Roman Rite
Christian liturgical year → includesSeason → Ordinary Time ⓘ
Great Fifty Days → precedesSeason → Ordinary Time ⓘ
Time after Epiphany → relatedTo → Ordinary Time ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ordinary Time (in post–Vatican II Roman Rite)
Marian antiphons → associatedWithSeason → Ordinary Time ⓘ
Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter → liturgicalSeason → Ordinary Time ⓘ
Roman Rite liturgical calendar → includesSeason → Ordinary Time ⓘ
Church of England liturgical calendar → includesSeason → Ordinary Time ⓘ
Norms on the Liturgical Year and the Calendar → regulates → Ordinary Time ⓘ
Latin: Sollemnitas Domini Nostri Iesu Christi Universorum Regis → liturgicalSeason → Ordinary Time ⓘ
subject surface form: Sollemnitas Domini Nostri Iesu Christi Universorum Regis
Benedicite → liturgicalUsePeriod → Ordinary Time ⓘ
Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica → liturgicalSeason → Ordinary Time ⓘ
Corpus Christi → isFollowedBy → Ordinary Time ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sundays in Ordinary Time
Introductory Rites → liturgicalSeasonVariation → Ordinary Time ⓘ
Liturgy of the Eucharist → liturgicalSeason → Ordinary Time ⓘ
Hail Holy Queen → hasLiturgicalSeasonAssociation → Ordinary Time ⓘ
Salve Regina → associatedWithSeason → Ordinary Time ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ordinary Time after Trinity Sunday
Feast of Saint Sebastian → liturgicalSeason → Ordinary Time ⓘ