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Subject: Re: Jan 14 – 2nd Sunday in Ordinary time?
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2018 08:56:02 -0600
From: Matthew McCormick <[email protected]>
To: Patrick Gorman <[email protected]>
Ohhhhhh, ROMAN THINKING!!!! Like St Paul’s “Roman Warmup” in ALL of his letters!!!!
Thank you very much. Very helpful. 2k yrs is SO fascinating to try and understand, little by little. It would take several lifetimes to become bored, if ever.
The Ordinary Time calendar is quirky! Ordinary Time is counted in weeks rather than Sundays. So, the Sunday on which the Baptism of the Lord is celebrated takes the place of “the first Sunday in Ordinary Time” (even though it would never be called that). When the Baptism is celebrated on a weekday, as it is in the USA this year, there is no first Sunday, but simply a first week in Ordinary Time. Thus, Baptism of the Lord is connected to both Christmas and Ordinary Time. I like to think of it as a doorway from one season to another.
Patrick Gorman, DMA, has served the Diocese of Madison for 25 years.
[Pat Gorman has spoken and written extensively on numerous liturgical topics in our diocese and throughout the United States. He has written several articles for national publication and has given national presentations for such organizations as the National Association of Pastoral Musicians and the National Catholic Partnership on Disability. He served on the national board of directors for the Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions (FDLC) and he chaired the standing committee for liturgical arts and music.
He moved to Madison for doctoral studies in choral conducting at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and he was awarded the degree of Doctor of Musical Arts in 1994. He also is a graduate of the College of Wooster (Ohio) and the University of Notre Dame. Prior to moving to Madison, he worked as director of music and liturgy at Christ the King Catholic Church in South Bend, Indiana. He has served as a member of the music faculty at both the University of Notre Dame and Edgewood College. He lives in Madison with his wife and two daughters. ]
—–Original Message—–
From: Matthew McCormick [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2018 3:32 PM
To: Patrick Gorman
Subject: Jan 14 – 2nd Sunday in Ordinary time?
Mr. Gorman, my liturgical calendar shows Jan 14 2018 as the 2nd Sunday in Ordinary time. Ordinary Time begins after Evening Prayer on the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord (January 8, 2018). How can Jan 14 be the 2ND Sunday in Ordinary time, please? Where did the 1ST Sunday in Ordinary time go, please? Thank you.
The Season of Advent begins four Sundays before Christmas (December 3, 2017) and ends after the mid‐afternoon prayer on Christmas Eve (December 24, 2017).
The Christmas Season begins with Evening Prayer on Christmas Eve (December 24, 2017) and ends with Evening Prayer on the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord (Monday, January 8, 2018).
Ordinary Time begins after Evening Prayer on the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord (January 8, 2018) until Ash Wednesday (February 14, 2018).
The Season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday (February 14, 2018) and ends with the Celebration of the Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday (March 29, 2018).
The Paschal Triduum begins on Holy Thursday with the Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper (March 29, 2018) and ends with Evening Prayer on Easter Sunday (April 1, 2018).
The Easter Season begins on Easter Sunday (April 1, 2018) and ends with Evening Prayer on the Solemnity of Pentecost (May 20, 2018).
Ordinary Time begins after Evening Prayer on the Solemnity of Pentecost (May 20, 2018) and continues until Evening Prayer of the First Sunday of Advent (December 2, 2018).
Summa Catechetica, "Neque enim quaero intelligere ut credam, sed credo ut intelligam." – St Anselm, "“Si comprehendus, non est Deus.” -St Augustine, "Let your religion be less of a theory, and more of a love affair." -G.K. Chesterton, “When we pray we speak to God; but when we read, God speaks to us.” -St Jerome, "As the reading of bad books fills the mind with worldly and poisonous sentiments; so, on the other hand, the reading of pious works fills the soul with holy thoughts and good desires." -St. Alphonsus Liguori, "And above all, be on your guard not to want to get anything done by force, because God has given free will to everyone and wants to force no one, but only proposes, invites and counsels." –St. Angela Merici, “Yet such are the pity and compassion of this Lord of ours, so desirous is He that we should seek Him and enjoy His company, that in one way or another He never ceases calling us to Him . . . God here speaks to souls through words uttered by pious people, by sermons or good books, and in many other such ways.” —St. Teresa of Avila, "I want a laity, not arrogant, not rash in speech, not disputatious, but men and women who know their religion, who enter into it, who know just where they stand, who know what they hold and what they do not, and who know their creed so well that they can give an account of it, who know so much of history that they can defend it. I want an intelligent, well-instructed laity… I wish you to enlarge your knowledge, to cultivate your reason, to get an insight into the relation of truth to truth, to learn to view things as they are, to understand how faith and reason stand to each other, what are the bases and principles of Catholicism, and where lie the main inconsistences and absurdities of the Protestant theory.” (St. John Henry Newman, “Duties of Catholics Towards the Protestant View,” Lectures on the Present Position of Catholics in England), "We cannot always have access to a spiritual Father for counsel in our actions and in our doubts, but reading will abundantly supply his place by giving us directions to escape the illusions of the devil and of our own self-love, and at the same time to submit to the divine will.” —St. Alphonsus Ligouri, "The harm that comes to souls from the lack of reading holy books makes me shudder . . . What power spiritual reading has to lead to a change of course, and to make even worldly people enter into the way of perfection." –St. Padre Pio, "Screens may grab our attention, but books change our lives!" – Word on Fire, "Reading has made many saints!" -St Josemaría Escrivá, "Do you pray? You speak to the Bridegroom. Do you read? He speaks to you." —St. Jerome, from his Letter 22 to Eustochium, "Encounter, not confrontation; attraction, not promotion; dialogue, not debate." -cf Pope Francis, "God here speaks to souls through…good books“ – St Teresa of Avila, Interior Castle, "You will not see anyone who is really striving after his advancement who is not given to spiritual reading. And as to him who neglects it, the fact will soon be observed by his progress.” -St Athanasius, "To convert someone, go and take them by the hand and guide them." -St Thomas Aquinas, OP. 1 saint ruins ALL the cynicism in Hell & on Earth. “When we pray we talk to God; when we read God talks to us…All spiritual growth comes from reading and reflection.” -St Isidore of Seville, “Also in some meditations today I earnestly asked our Lord to watch over my compositions that they might do me no harm through the enmity or imprudence of any man or my own; that He would have them as His own and employ or not employ them as He should see fit. And this I believe is heard.” -GM Hopkins, SJ, "Only God knows the good that can come about by reading one good Catholic book." — St. John Bosco, "Why don't you try explaining it to them?" – cf St Peter Canisius, SJ, Doctor of the Church, Doctor of the Catechism, "Already I was coming to appreciate that often apologetics consists of offering theological eye glasses of varying prescriptions to an inquirer. Only one prescription will give him clear sight; all the others will give him at best indistinct sight. What you want him to see—some particular truth of the Faith—will remain fuzzy to him until you come across theological eye glasses that precisely compensate for his particular defect of vision." -Karl Keating, "The more perfectly we know God, the more perfectly we love Him." -St Thomas Aquinas, OP, ST, I-II,67,6 ad 3, “But always when I was without a book, my soul would at once become disturbed, and my thoughts wandered." —St. Teresa of Avila, "Let those who think I have said too little and those who think I have said too much, forgive me; and let those who think I have said just enough thank God with me." –St. Augustine, "Without good books and spiritual reading, it will be morally impossible to save our souls." —St. Alphonsus Liguori "Never read books you aren't sure about. . . even supposing that these bad books are very well written from a literary point of view. Let me ask you this: Would you drink something you knew was poisoned just because it was offered to you in a golden cup?" -St. John Bosco " To teach in order to lead others to faith is the task of every preacher and of each believer." —St. Thomas Aquinas, OP. "Prayer purifies us, reading instructs us. Both are good when both are possible. Otherwise, prayer is better than reading." –St. Isidore of Seville “The aid of spiritual books is for you a necessity.… You, who are in the midst of battle, must protect yourself with the buckler of holy thoughts drawn from good books.” -St. John Chrysostom
