Nothing Ordinary about Ordinary Time

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“Ordinary Time” is the part of the church year that is not a major festal season like Advent, Christmas, Lent, or Easter.
In the Episcopal Church, it refers especially to the stretches of time:

  • after the Epiphany season

  • after Pentecost

It is called “ordinary” not because it is unimportant, but because the Sundays are numbered or “ordered”: the First Sunday after the Epiphany, the Second Sunday after Pentecost, and so on.
 During Ordinary Time, the liturgy often emphasizes: 

  • the life and teachings of Jesus

  • Christian growth and discipleship

  • the ongoing life of the Church

The liturgical color for most of Ordinary Time is green, symbolizing growth.