Of the Ordinary and Extraordinary

Note: On Tuesdays and some Sundays, you can find me atYour Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there.

Thud.

Here we are in the first week of ordinary time of the new liturgical year and the second full week of the calendar year. Sure, we know intellectually that “ordinary” refers to ordinal, as in counting. Sure, we know that another of our special seasons, Lent, is less than a month away. But right now, it’s ordinary time, and let’s be honest: o...