Ordinary Time & Picnic Wrap up

Yesterday we gathered for our annual Parish Picnic.  There was a great spirit despite the cooler temperatures, and the cloudy sky.  Perhaps it was a way to make sure that we really did not have to worry about sun screen!  As people gathered - they enjoyed Hot dogs (included in the Family Admission!) and there were Hamburgers and drinks available for purchase.  The games for the younger children were lots of fun! I am always rejuvenated by the joy children have - even in receiving a "participant" ribbon!

The Baseball game was also lots of fun- with 15+ people on each team!  I particularly liked how the youngest and the oldest each were able to contribute as part of each team... I think that the children particularly liked spraying me with water balloons - Stay tuned for a pictorial update! 
The teens and some older folks - then played Ultimate Frisbee for a short time.  Each Monday night, after the evening Mass, the teens in the parish play Ultimate Frisbee - a combination of Soccer Frisbee and Football.  
Thanks to the Knights of Columbus and the CWL who make sure all of the logistics for the day are looked after.


With night fall we slipped back into Ordinary time - hence the Green background on the Blog!

The Latin Tempus Per Annum ("time throughout the year") is rendered into English as "Ordinary Time." Many sources, online and in print, suggest that Ordinary Time gets its name from the word ordinal, meaning "numbered," since the Sundays of Ordinary Time, as in other seasons, are expressed numerically. However, others suggest the etymology of "Ordinary Time" is related to our word "ordinary" (which itself has a connotation of time and order, derived from the Latin word ordo). Ordinary Time occurs outside of other liturgical time periods, periods in which specific aspects of the mystery of Christ are celebrated. According to The General Norms for the Liturgical Year and the Calendar, the days of Ordinary Time, especially the Sundays, "are devoted to the mystery of Christ in all its aspects."

Ordinary Time allows us to celebrate the mystery of Christ's birth, life, ministry, passion, death, resurrection and ascension into spirit filled glory each Sunday. Even though Green is the colour of Ordinary Time - the next 2 Sundays - the church wears white - for Trinity Sunday and Corpus Christi.


Peace