We are Called

Ordinary Time

In the Church calendar the Mme we are in now is Ordinary Time, symbolised by the colour green. It is a Mme for us to look at what happens outside of all the big, exciMng events in the year and in our lives. Stored away inside us is a great potenMal to turn the ordinary into something extraordinary.

We ojen think that who we are and what we do isn’t that special. We are just ordinary people doing ordinary things. It is good to stop and remember that we are in fact very special, made in God’s image.

The green of ordinary Mme becomes then a signal for our growth into some of what might be God’s plan for us.

Hidden inside us is the power to be something extraordinary, a creator of extra-ordinary things, an image of God to others. A way that we can do this is by drawing on the wisdom of other ordinary people who accomplished extraordinary things in their lives and inspire us to the same mission.

Consider the postage stamp: Its usefulness consists in the ability to sMck to one thing unMl it gets there.

Josh Billings

We can do no great things, only small things with great love.

Mother Teresa

A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.

St Francis of Assisi

The world says, “the more you take, the more you have.” Christ says, “the more you give, the more you are.”

Frederick Buchner

The best exercise for strengthening the heart is reaching down and lijing people up.

Ernest Blevins

All that we do without offering it to God is wasted.

St John Vianney