• The Second Half of Ordinary Time

  
   
  Presently, we are in Late Summer Ordinary Time of the Church year, which spans from August 1^st through September 22^nd. September 22^nd is the 1^st day of fall. The liturgical color remains a bright spring green, but creation now portrays a less vibrant green mixed with many shades of yellow. Late Summer looks like farmer’s markets, last days of swimming at the community pool before school starts, gradual shortening of daylight hours and generally hot, humid days with warm nights.
  The Sundays continue to be numbered. Notable church celebrations include: The Transfiguration (August 6^th), The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (August 15^th), Mary’s birthday (September 8^th) and the Feast of the Holy Cross (September 14^th).
  It can be said that Late Summer is one of “the most fruitful times of the year where Mother Earth offers the [much] food to those who are hungry and the least harm to those who are homeless” (To Crown the Year by Peter Mazar).
   
  08/06/18