ORDINARY TIME DURING WINTER
This year, there are only 5 Sundays of Ordinary Time between the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord and Ash Wednesday (Feb. 17th). In the cold and dark wintertime, the Eucharistic Liturgy, the Mass we share, is all the more important because it is where we are drawn into the "compelling love of Christ" who "sets us on fire." During Ordinary Time, we pray that God will "direct our actions" so that "we may abound in good works."