In the first reading there are seven brothers who are tortured to death. In the Gospel, the Sadducees create a hypothetical question that includes seven brothers who die. Both readings deal with the belief in life after death. Meanwhile, the first reading's torture was given due to the orders of a perverse and wicked king who is testing the faith of the seven brothers, and the second reading asks "that we may be delivered from perverse and wicked people, for not all have faith." Lastly, in the Gospel, Jesus demonstrates that Moses knew that the dead would rise "when he calls the Lord, 'the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.' He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to Him all are alive." This very phrase was examined during our Bible study--even if with a slightly different context.
I believe that what are often thought of as coincidences are frequently insights into the complex workings of our universe, and thus further proof of God's grand design. Certainly, it's possible to see patterns where none exist as our brains are coded to think in patterns. Yet, as a speech yesterday pointed out, nature is frequently built in patterns, so it only makes sense that we would learn better that way. Similarly, a second speech discussed the concept of the "uncanny valley"--how humans tend to reject art or robots that get closer and closer to mimicking humans due to the slightest disconnects between the artificial and reality.
I think that it is something more. There is something notably artificial about human-made constructs (such as Daylight Saving Time) which strikes a harsh chord in comparison to the intricate patterns naturally made by the Master Creator. In that sense, His "ordinary time" is more extraordinary than any system we can devise.