The shared center — held across the tradition
The unremarkable hour is the material.
Not a gap between meaningful hours. The thing itself, and the only thing there is enough of.
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The meeting is silent and has no occasion.
It happens weekly for no reason, which is the reason.
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Contested within — affirmed by some schools, refused by others
Ordinary Time keeps no feast days.
Contested: a minority keep one unmarked day a year, arguing that refusing all celebration is itself a celebration of refusal.
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