Time bound

I went to the store a couple days after Christmas and noticed that the store had pulled down all the Christmas items they had for sale, replacing them with Valentine’s Day gifts and cards. Seeing this was a revelation for me, as it made me realize that all people live according to a certain cycleand that our American consumer culture has its own “liturgical” calendar.

As the Church, we have a liturgical calendar that begins in Advent, then moves to Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, Easter, and Pentec...