Praising God in Warrenton

Well, if it is not Christmastide or Lent, Eastertide or Advent, it can only be one thing—ordinary time. Now the annuls of history tell us that the “ordinary” of ordinary time comes from “ordinal”; as in, the ordinal numerals by which the weeks of ordinary time are numbered. But certainly, the connotation “common” befits, just the same. Since, of course, before our eyes is neither the white or gold of Christmas or Easter, nor the purple or blue of Lent or Advent, but ordinary green.