ordinary times
"July 31st., Lammas - LAMMAS, LUGHNASAD, LUGH-MASS - JUL.31st/AUG.1
Light diminishes the days grow shorter, we have worked hard to bring things to fruition, but the Harvest is not yet clear, we know that to harvest we must sacrifice. This is the time to look within and see the sacrifice that needs to be made to transform. This is the first Harvest, the honoring of the Grain and the Corn. In Pagan times this was the time of games of skill and
competition and Lugh was Honored"
source: http://www.waningmoon.com/guide/wheel.shtml
when i researched the Christian (catholic) liturgical year, i learned they call this time ORDINARY DAYS.
"... from the Monday following the Baptism of Our Lord up to Ash Wednesday; and from Pentecost Monday to the First Sunday of Advent. This makes it the largest season of the Liturgical Year.
In vestments usually green, the color of hope and growth, the Church counts the thirty-three or thirty-four Sundays of Ordinary Time, inviting her children to meditate upon the whole mystery of Christ - his life, miracles and teachings - in the light of his Resurrection. If the faithful are to mature in the spiritual life and increase in faith, they must descend the great mountain peaks of Easter and Christmas in order to "pasture" in the vast verdant meadows of tempus per annum, or Ordinary Time. (emphasis mine)
Sunday by Sunday, the Pilgrim Church marks her journey through the tempus per annum
as she processes through time toward eternity.[2
source: http://www.catholicculture.org/liturgicalyear/overviews/seasons/Ordinary%5FTime/ordinary1.cfm
i like this.... how one must endure sacrifice and how often the greatest sacrifice is a lack of excitement. between the peaks and valleys, we have time to contemplate and celebrate the time to consider what must be done within ourselves; how we must respond to the beginning of our harvesting and/or how we CAN meditate on the life of Christ.... seems to me the faiths aren't so different. one focuses within and the other asks us to focus outside of ourselves but that outside resides within. it is NOT us, but it chooses to be a part of us. we can thank God for the corn as we thank Him for His son.
i am uncertain if i am making sense to anyone but myself... :)
but i find it extraordinary that this time that enchants me every year begins now, not just at the last harvest - the harvest into darkness when we have gathered all we could.... but NOW... in the ordinary times, the spell begins.
i am finding it pleasant that during this time of little to reap - few close friends living near or common to me; no boyfriend or house to keep, i am starting to feel the magick of the Ordinary. though i worship no one but God, i DO thank Him for this time of year - this time of rest; away from the blinding and demanding light. - the time under the moon and stars.... the time where imagining fairies is easy and feeling angels is hopeful...
that just before the saints and angels walk me by hand thru the halloween acid house of autumn,
i am gifted with the extraordinary ordinary.