Lectionary Preaching Workbook
The Sunday celebration of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ - with the promise of his ultimate return - remains the basic theological clue of the church year. The Gospel for the Day (and the Year, for that matter) is set in that particular context throughout the long Pentecost cycle/season. The Roman Catholic Church is absolutely correct in calling Pentecost "Ordinary Time;" it is just that. But the reality of the resurrection, which is remembered and observed every single Sunday of the year, transforms ordinary time into extraordinary time.