Welcome to the weekly Ordinary Time Daybook devotional post for the 24 weeks between Pentecost and Advent. Ordinary Time is the longest season of the church calendar - a season of working and resting with Christ as he brings God's kingdom on earth as it is in heaven.

You can read here for a brief description of the liturgical season of Ordinary Time.

LOOK: Christ and the Lepers, Diocesan Museum of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising - Source

LISTEN: A Gospel Number, Over the Rhine - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube

READ: Ruth 1:1-19a; Psalm 113; 2 Timothy 2:1-15; Luke 17:11-19

(Open the post to find the daily readings for the rest of the week.)

PRAY: Collect for Eighteenth Sunday After Pentecost, the Book of Common Prayer

DO: In celebration of the life of Saint Francis, read Canticle of the Sun (or Praise of the Creatures), preferably outside in a place where you can say it out loud without feeling too silly.

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