Make Her Known
ORDINARY TIME: After the feast of Pentecost which fell on May 31, the Church’s liturgical calendar changed from the Season of Easter to Ordinary Time. Many people might have missed this fact because the liturgical colour for Ordinary Time – green – is not used on the first two Sundays of this phase of the season.
The Easter colour of white is continued because two solemnities – Holy Trinity and The Body and Blood of Christ – are celebrated on the Sundays following Pentecost.
The name “Ordinary Time” for that part of the church year outside the seasons of Advent, Christmas, Lent and Easter is perhaps rather an unfortunate term. The word “ordinary” commonly means something that is unexceptional or uninteresting. However, the word “ordinary” as used in “Ordinary Time” means that the Sundays after the seasons of Christmas and Easter are counted in order, using ordinal numbers.
It is best to think of Ordinary Time as one of the liturgical seasons – the longest season of the church year. Its liturgical colour of green points to our Christian hope and life, entering into the mystery of Christ in all its fullness.
Ordinary Time enables us to devote ourselves to exploring the mystery of Christ in all its aspects and to celebrate the presence of God in the ordinary patterns of human life.
(Ref. "Liturgy Brisbane")
21 September 2020, St. Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist, Feast; Lit Colour: Red;
Ordinary Time: 9th Week after the Easter Season (from Monday, 1 June 2020) to 34th Week, end of Year A (on Saturday, 28 November 2020).
NOTE: This page is being prepared.
20 September 2020, 25th Sunday of Ordinary Time; Lit Colour: Green
19 September 2020, Saturday, 24th Week, Ordinary Time; Lit Colour: Green OR Red: St. Januarius, Bishop & Martyr; OR White or green: Saturday Mass of Our Lady, memorials.
" As Jesus was walking on from there he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax office, and he said to him, 'Follow me.' And he got up and followed him."
- Matthew 9:9
Mass Readings
Our Mother of Perpetual Help Church, Ipoh, Malaysia
[Ref. Daily Readings: Universalis.com; Bible Quotes: oremus Bible Browser; Reflections (1): CatholicCulture.org; (2) OMPH Spiritual Health]
Address: 1 Jalan Serindek, 31400 Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia; Tel: (60) 05 5458220; Email: omphip@gmail.com
18 September 2020, Friday, 24th Week, Ordinary Time; Lit Colour: Green
""A sealed glass vial containing a dark unknown substance, allegedly the clotted blood of San Gennaro (St Januarius), is shown several times a year to a packed crowd in the Cathedral of Napoli (Naples). Whilst the container is being handled during a solemn ceremony, the solid mass suddenly liquefies before everybody's eyes. This well-documented phenomenon is still regarded as unexplained by believers and sceptics alike."
from "The blood of St. Januarius"