In this episode, Fr Timothy marks the end of the Pentecost period, when we return to, and mark the rest of our lives according to, 'ordinary time'. But there is nothing ordinary about time when we have two words to use - chronos and kairos. We start the Divine Liturgy with the deacon informing the celebrant 'now is the perfect time to act, time to give the blessing'.

A parishioner noted after the homily that " In Galatians 4, 4 : “But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,” In the Greek it is written“ ὅτε δὲ ἦλθε τὸ πλήρωμα τοῦ χρόνου, ἐξαπέστειλεν ὁ Θεὸς τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ, γενόμενον ἐκ γυναικός, γενόμενον ὑπὸ νόμον,” “τὸ πλήρωμα τοῦ χρόνου” is translated (KJV) as the “the fulness of the time”. In this sense one can say that the fullness of time (the fullness of chronos) is the "Kairos": JP

The Liturgy Slowly #42: the beginning of the end, the Elevation of the Gifts

The GiftBy Timothy CurtisNov 29, 2020