"Ordinary Time" at

After the Cyber-Church of Jesus Christ Childfree observed Christmas Eve, we decided to always observe some holiday or season of the Christian church.

Now it's January. Christmas is over. The Wise Men have gone home. The Catholic Church liturgical calendar calls this "Ordinary Time". And that's a very accurate name. It's hard to think of things to celebrate, this time of year... aside from the fact that at last all those Santa Claus songs are over.

So, let's celebrate the ordinary stuff:

• The ability to drive straight home from work, without stopping at the babysitter's first.
• The ability to have a quiet dinner after work - or any other time.
• The ability to go to bed when we're sleepy. And stay asleep through the night.
• The ability to go to church for our own sake, not our children's.
• More time to get involved in church programs.

Parents have different things to celebrate. More power to them, but I'm happy with what I have.

Our Frequently Asked Questions are here, if you'd like to read them. They might be good reading (or at least amusing) for those long (Northern Hemisphere) winter nights.

Here are some other fun links:

• Here is a (Roman) Catholic liturgical calendar.
• We could also go with a Russian Orthodox one, if we wanted to confuse people. (Much information on that here.)
• Here is a wonderful page all about liturgical calendars. Did you know Easter dates repeat on a 5.7 million year cycle?