What does Ordinary Time mean according to Catholics?

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Each part of the liturgical year has either a special season or is in 'ordinary time'. A special season are things like: Lent, Easter, Advent, and Christmas. Whenever the Church isn't celebrating one of these, it is Ordinary Time.

The English name "Ordinary" is intended to translate the Latin term Tempus per annum (literally "time through the year"). This doesn't mean that Ordinary Time was nothing special, because Jesus preformed miracles all throughout the year. This means that, because Ordinary Time takes up more than half of the liturgical year, it is referred to as: Tempus per annum, or "time through the year."

Ordinary time are those periods throughout the liturgical year when the church is not commemorating a special season such as Lent, Advent, Christmas and Easter.

Each part of the liturgical year has either a special season or is in 'Ordinary Time'. A special season are things like: Lent, Easter, Advent, and Christmas. Whenever the Church isn't celebrating one of these, it is Ordinary Time.

The Roman Catholic liturgical calendar is split into various season such as Lent, Advent, Easter, etc. Ordinary time is simply the time not assigned to these named season. The weeks in ordinary time are numbered sequentially.

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