Ordinary Time follows Epiphany, followed a few weeks later by Lent.
The Liturgical season's are: Advent Christmas Time after Epiphany (Ordinary Time) Lent Easter Time after Pentecost (Ordinary Time)
An epiphany is "a sudden, powerful, and often spiritual or life-changing realization that a character experiences in an otherwise ordinary moment."
The Season after Advent (liturgical color - Purple) is Christmas (liturgical color - gold/white) then follows Epiphany, [in some calendars the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord precedes (red) is the Last Sunday before the beginning of "Ordinary Time") Sundays After Epiphany also known as "Ordinary Time" (liturgical color - green) to Lent (liturgical color - purple) then to Easter and the Sundays after Easter (liturgical color gold/white) , on to Pentecost, (the liturgical color for Pentecost is red) followed by Sundays after Pentecost again, "Ordinary Time" (the liturgical color for Sundays after Pentecost and "Ordinary Time is green) [in some calendars the last Sunday in Ordinary Time is the "Feast of Christ the King) and then Advent starts all over again.
The liturgical colors signify the liturgical season being celebrated and its spirit. Violet is for the seasons for Advent and Lent. White is for the Easter and Christmas seasons. Green is used during the Ordinary Time.
"Epiphany" is a noun.
Epiphany means a knew found understanding or knowledge. So, Epiphany is when we celebrate the new born child, Jesus Christ, being revealed to the wise men and, through them, the world. Epiphany is not used for the wise men, the wise men revealed an epiphany.
Ordinary time is the time on the church (liturgical) calendar that does not encompass the other seasons of the church year such as Advent and Lent. It is a time to focus on God's movement and rythmns in the ordinary seasons of our life.The Catholic liturgical year runs concurrently with the civil year. ("Liturgical year" means the annual cycles of feast and observances.) Actually, there are three cycles in the Catholic church. There is the three year cycle for Sunday Mass readings, the two year cycle for the weekday Mass readings, and the annual cycle of liturgical seasons and feast days.The liturgical seasons are Advent (the weeks leading up to Christmas), Christmastide (which continues through Epiphany), Lent (the weeks of preparation for Easter), the Easter season or Paschaltide (the weeks from Easter to Pentecost). These times are marked by special prayers and observances.The rest of the year is called Ordinary Time.These are the weeks from after Epiphany until Ash Wednesday (which begins Lent) and from after Pentecost until Advent. There are still feastdays and holidays during this time, but it is not considered a particular liturgical season.Ordinary Time refers to the time in the liturgical calendar when the Church is not in one of the special seasons of the year, such as Advent, Christmas, Lent or Easter.
The plural form for the noun epiphany is epiphanies.
The young girl had a epiphany with her mother about the plans to go home.I have had an epiphany!
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Songs in Ordinary Time was created in 1995-08.