Ordinary Resources

Today we begin the second part of ordinary time. The first part began the day after the feast of the Baptism of the Lord and extended until the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday. This second part begins today, the first day after Pentecost, and will run through the ninth hour of the Saturday before the Ist Sunday of Advent. We resume in week X of ordinary time. That's right, because time "per annum" can be 33 or 34 weeks, depending on the year. When it is 33 weeks, omit the following week that was interrupted with the beginning of Lent, and resume the series with the one that follows the omission. Example is this year, that we were in week VIII, and omitted the IX. When it is 34 weeks, the series to give birth from the week following the one that was interrupted with the start of Lent. For example, if Ash Wednesday falls on the fifth week in Ordinary Time, the Monday following Pentecost will be the Monday of the sixth week in Ordinary Time. Whether 33 or 34 weeks depends on the day the year begins: those that start on Sunday, Monday or Saturday are 34; while those that start on other days are 33.

In this second part of ordinary time there are some solemnities that are mobile, that is, whose celebration changes year by year, because they depend on the date on which Pentecost is celebrated, or the end of this time with the beginning of Advent. The first is the Holy Trinity, which is celebrated on the Sunday after Pentecost. The second is the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ, Corpus Christi, which can be celebrated in two days, depending on the country. In places where it is a precept feast, it is celebrated on the Thursday after the Holy Trinity. In places where it is not a precept feast, it is celebrated on the Sunday after the Holy Trinity. The third is the Sacred Heart of Jesus, which is celebrated on the Friday following the following Sunday after the Holy Trinity. Additionally, there is a fourth mobile solemnity, which is Jesus Christ, King of the Universe. This is celebrated the last Sunday in Ordinary Time, that is, the Sunday before the first of Advent. There is also a feast that is movable: Jesus Christ Supreme and Eternal Priest, which is celebrated on the Thursday after Pentecost; and two Marian memories that change each year: the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church, which is celebrated the Monday after Pentecost; and the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary, celebrated on the Saturday after the Second Sunday after Pentecost