The Narthex
Three Liturgical Calendar Reforms
Scrapping 'Ordinary Time' & restoring the Pentecost Octave and preparatory penitence in Advent
By John M. Grondelski | January 12th 2026 12:53 PMAlmost fifty years out from the 1969 Roman Calendar reform seems a fitting distance to assess what works and what hasn’t. By and large, I think the Calendar reform has been correct and pastorally successful, but I would offer three changes. First, I would jettison the periods of “Ordinary Time”…
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