Much as many of us enjoy the Christmas season and the New Year celebrations, there is a common sense of relief when they all come to an end and we can return to our normal routines. January, however, does make the return to a routine challenging given that it somehow manages to cram a feeling of at least five and a half weeks into its 31 days!  After the Feast of the Epiphany brings the Church’s Christmas season to a close, we return to what is known as Ordinary Time in the liturgical calendar. But this word ‘ordinary’ does not mean normal or plain as we commonly use it today, but rather it gives a sense of order to what is done – a structure, a pattern, a certainty. Without order there would be chaos; without order there would be little special when things, such as Christmas, celebrate the ‘out of the ordinary’. It is useful to reflect, therefore, that order has its place and its benefit in our lives as it does in the Church, and we should treasure it as much as we treasure the seasons of Christmas and Easter.

Mr R Cunningham
Headteacher