Catholic calendar has its own years like Year A,B,C and in each year, there are special dates and ordinary time. The previous Sunday is 9th week in Ordinary Time. It is when the priest goes back to wearing green and decorations in church are humble. Then, there is the sombre Lent when priest wears purple and there are no flowers at all. And the joyful period when they wear red and the church is nicely decorated.
So, it is now Ordinary Time in the Catholic calendar. And I want to go back to ordinary time too. And what exactly is my ordinary time? Well, I think I have forgotten what it is. Life has not been ordinary lately. I see it as God’s affirmation that I can do whatever I have been asked to do.
Ordinary to me was to work late, sleep late and do routine family stuffs. Sometimes, things are so routine, I don’t even touch the Bible for weeks. Things are rosy and happy all around and in those moments, there just wasn’t a need for God. And that to me, is not a very good thing. I merely exist but not moving forward.
So, the past two months have been topsy-turvy in some ways. These aren’t my own life but others’ lives that I was involved in. I must thank God that on the home front, things are rosy. But not for others. That’s why I had to change my normal routine of doing things for myself to doing things for others.
Then, there are those hardships, grief, sorrows, anguish, sadness and many other things that I encounter each day that makes me turn to God to find the courage and strength to face them. Some of these are over, after they succumbed to death.
Now I wonder if I can go back to the weekender church goer who sing a few happy hymns, come back to a happy life and just live a happy, ordinary routine? I know for sure that’s not what satisfy me as an individual. I am built for bigger things, tougher tasks and more challenges. So, bring it on, I am ready for anything. Give me something to handle so that I am not totally an obsolete Christian.
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