This is the second volume of a three-volume set for Ordinary
Time in the Christian Year. For the weekday readings at Mass there
is a two-year cycle: Year A and Year B. Over the two years there is
a different first reading from the Scriptures whilst both years
share the same Gospel readings. On Sundays there is a three-year
cycle.
Ordinary Time has often been described as the growing season in
the Christian Year. After having celebrated the major observances
in our Lord's life over the span of five months or less, the rest
of the year is devoted to our Lord's ministry rather than to events
in his life. It is a time to discover how the early Christian
communities remembered the teaching and preaching of the Lord in
light of their own experiences.
That preaching and experience we can read about in the earliest
Christian documents in the genuine letters of St. Paul in the New
Testament. At the centre of his preaching was Christ's death and
resurrection, in which the baptised shared. Paul wrote his letters
to deal with problems that arose in those first Christian
communities. When we read the Pauline Letters we realise that not
much has changed. Human nature is still basically the same and as a
result the same problems that arose two thousand years ago we still
have today. Hence St. Paul speaks also to us.
As well as the Pauline Letters, Ordinary Time covers many other
parts of our Bible, both the Old and New Testaments. By meditating
on the daily set readings, our lives as Christians are enriched as
we come to a deeper understanding of Scripture.
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