Ordinary Time 1
The season follows the Christmas Season with the Sunday honoring the Baptism of the Lord and continues until Ash Wednesday.

Ordinary Time 2
This season resumes with the Sunday following Pentecost and continues through Christ the King Sunday, the last Sunday before the Advent Season.





Since Old Testament times, the Sabbath has been observed as a day of rest.

"[The Sabbath] is a sign forever between me and the people of Israel that in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day God rested." [Exodus 31:17]

Today, Jews celebrate the Sabbath from sundown Friday to sundown Saturday. Christians celebrate the Sabbath on Sunday. The weekly day of prayer for Muslims is Friday.

It is a good time for us to reconnect with the concept of a restful Sunday. Pope John Paul II emphasized the sacredness of Sundays in his 1998 letter, The Day of the Lord. "Its religious sense certainly does not conflict with human values, which make Sunday a time of rest, of enjoyment of nature and of more social relations." He refers to the Sabbath as a "day of delight."


Family Activity

	Find a way to spend time together with your family to celebrate Sunday as a special day. Share a family meal together, pray together, participate in an outside activity together, or whatever works for your own unique family situation. Aim for family time together on a regular basis so that it can become a comfortable habit. Enjoy each other!

See the Liturgical Calendar on this site for additional information.
See also Catechist—Lent or Teacher—Lent for Liturgy.