6 Months of Green

For us Latins, the ride has stopped and it’s time to get off–the liturgical roller coaster we have been on since November, that is!

With a scant 4 Ord. Time Sundays rest, we have been on the move through Advent, Christmas, Lent, Holy Week, Easter, Ascention and Pentecost. We are now in the joys of Post Pentecost moveable feasts which are still timed by Easter and which now ease us into the rest of the year: Trinity Sunday, Corpus Christi Sunday, Sacred Heart and the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

Passed these, and it all green, folks. Green as far as the eye can see.

But, what is this green season? On the Sundays of Ordinary Time, we march through one of the synoptic gospels hearing the story of Jesus from start to finish. This year we are in Cycle A, so we will be working through the Gospel of Matthew, which means slightly longer Gospel readings than the Gospel of Mark, an emphasis on the Jewishness of Christ and his fulfillment of the Law. So, brush up on your Matthew, listen for these themes and pray that the ministry of Jesus continue to be fulfilled in spiritual lives and the works of mercy that flow therefrom.

Blessed Ordinary Time to all.

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7 Responses to “6 Months of Green”

  1. nan Says:
    May 14, 2008 at 1:47 am

    Fr. J., do you have etymology on Dalmatican? It sounds like something that may have originated on the coast of Croatia.

  2. Fr. J. Says:
    May 14, 2008 at 2:12 am

    Great question. I had never put it together but here is what the Harper’s Encycl. of Catholicism says: “outer vestment worn by deacons at mass or processions. It derives from a white tunic worn in second century Dalmatia.”

    Good Call !!

  3. nan Says:
    May 14, 2008 at 3:35 am

    Since I have no knowledge of theology whatsoever, that and bad translations are all I can contribute here.

  4. Fr. J. Says:
    May 14, 2008 at 4:23 am

    Now, Nan, give yourself credit. I always look forward to your comments.

  5. nan Says:
    May 14, 2008 at 5:57 am

    Fr J., thanks for that. I err on the side of censorship most of the time.

  6. Dr. Eric Says:
    May 15, 2008 at 11:21 pm

    I must confess that I’m not a fan of the Green. It must be that yellow-green shade that many vestments are made with. I look forward to Feast Days in Ordinary Time so I can see the beautiful Reds and Whites with their colored accents.

  7. asimplesinner Says:
    May 16, 2008 at 9:14 pm

    For daily Mass I often attend a Domincan parish…

    Being that the Good God has allowed the Dominicans the grace of a good many martyrs who have been raised to the dignity of the altar, and they are given the option of celebrating the optional feasts, I could go the whole or ordinary time - just about - seeing red vestments as they make commemoration of their martyrs.

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