As Christian people we are always called to be growing in our faith, growing in the Lord.

Ordinary time, the numbered Sundays of the year and the weeks in between them, is the time for us to practice our discipleship. 

The scriptures in ordinary time focus on what Jesus taught, and on the responses, of apostles, disciples, followers, and bystanders - to say nothing of the religious and civil leaders, to that teaching.

In the special seasons of the year,

Advent, Christmas,

          Lent, and Easter,

we hear the central stories of our faith, about Christ's birth, passion, death and resurrection.  Those events shape who we are as Christians. 

Thanks to the power of the Holy Spirit, Christ continues to live among us.  The reign of God is comes into more clear  reality by our being the Body of Christ - the hands, eyes, ears, mouth of Christ in our world.

So as you hear Jesus' stories during ordinary time, don't forget to remember to notice that, what Jesus told people 2000 years ago, he is still teaching us and having us practice today.