The time of year not categorized as Advent, Christmas, Lent, or Easter is?

• A. Advent
• B. Ordinary Time
• C. Easter Season
• D. Lent

Answer: (B)

Knowledge of the liturgical year and its seasons is what this item tests. Advent, Christmas, Lent, and Easter are the distinct seasons that focus on specific events in Jesus’ life and the church’s celebrations. The time of year outside those major seasons is called Ordinary Time. It appears in two blocks, one after Epiphany and another after Pentecost, and its purpose is to reflect on Jesus’ life and teachings in the flow of daily Christian living rather than on a particular event. The focus during Ordinary Time is growth in faith as Jesus is lived out in ordinary, everyday moments, which is why it’s the period not categorized with Advent, Christmas, Lent, or Easter.