Sunday is Pentecost; Ordinary time starts on Monday. So we will be in a week of Ordinary time that has no Sunday. Which week will that be, you ask?
The ninth week.
How do I know that?
Because looking back at my church calendar I see that the last week of ordinary time we had (just before Lent started) was the 8th. Therefore, we pick up OT again with the 9th week.
The psalter will be week I. I know this because 9 is one more than 8. All weeks that are multiples of 4 will use week IV of the psalter. Multiples of 4, plus 1, will always use week I of the psalter. Multiples of 4, plus 2, will always use week II of the psalter, and so on. Memorize this rule and save yourself the bother of having to look things up.
The next two weeks after this one (10th and 11th weeks) will simlarly not have ordinary Sundays because they are the feasts of the Most Holy Trinity and Corpus Christi, respectively. But each following Monday will resume with the regular order of the psalter: week II after Trinity Sunday and week III after Corpus Christi. We finally get an actual Sunday or Ordinary time on June25th.
Does this make everything clear?
Pentecost Blessings to you all.
The ninth week.
How do I know that?
Because looking back at my church calendar I see that the last week of ordinary time we had (just before Lent started) was the 8th. Therefore, we pick up OT again with the 9th week.
The psalter will be week I. I know this because 9 is one more than 8. All weeks that are multiples of 4 will use week IV of the psalter. Multiples of 4, plus 1, will always use week I of the psalter. Multiples of 4, plus 2, will always use week II of the psalter, and so on. Memorize this rule and save yourself the bother of having to look things up.
The next two weeks after this one (10th and 11th weeks) will simlarly not have ordinary Sundays because they are the feasts of the Most Holy Trinity and Corpus Christi, respectively. But each following Monday will resume with the regular order of the psalter: week II after Trinity Sunday and week III after Corpus Christi. We finally get an actual Sunday or Ordinary time on June25th.
Does this make everything clear?
Pentecost Blessings to you all.
