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Community Mass – Palm Sunday

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On Sunday, April 10, 2022, join us in person or online for Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord.

Our current Mass times are:

The readings will be from Cycle C.

Entrance: All Glory, Laud, and Honor – 498
Psalm 22 – My God, My God
Offertory: O Sacred Head Surrounded – 512
Communion: Precious Lord, Take My Hand – 955, Be Not Afraid – 683
Closing: Were You There – 511

The Gather 3rd Edition Hymnal/Missals are available for use in the church – pick one up as you enter and return it after Mass. Instructions on how to use the hymnal missal are available here: https://www.stcharlesbklyn.org/hymnal-missal/ .

Today’s readings are also available to read online at the USCCB website https://bible.usccb.org .

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Holy Week at St. Charles

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Palm SundayApril 109 AM, 11:15 AM*, 7 PM Masses – Palms will be distributed
10 AM Family Faith Class
10 AM Young Families Meeting
2 PM – Ukrainian Pysanky Easter Egg Workshop – RSVP required
5:15 PM Bible Study – Luke on Zoom
Reconciliation MondayApril 1111 AM Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
12:10 PM* Mass, Confessions available after Mass
4 to 8 PM – Sacrament of Reconciliation Walk-In
5 PM Rosary on Zoom
TuesdayApril 128 AM Online Mass on Zoom
WednesdayApril 138:30 AM to 11:30 AM Food Pantry Packing
12:10 PM* Weekday Mass
12:30 PM – 2 PM Church open for Private Prayer
Holy ThursdayApril 148:30 AM to 1:30 PM Food Pantry Distribution
7 PM* Mass of the Lord’s Supper
Good Friday April 153 PM* Celebration of the Passion of the Lord
7 PM Stations of the Cross
Holy SaturdayApril 168 PM* Easter Vigil Mass
Easter SundayApril 179 AM, 11:15 AM* Masses
(No evening Mass on Easter Sunday)

* Also livestreamed on our YouTube channel at stcharlesbklyn.org/youtube

All events are at the Church, 19 Sidney Place, unless otherwise noted.
Tickets/reservations are not required for Mass.

COVID Safety Precautions

  • Masks are still required at the 9 AM Mass, which traditionally is our Family Mass. We want everyone to be able to worship safely, including families with young children who are not yet eligible to be vaccinated.
  • At our other Masses, we recommend you wear a mask and continue to use appropriate caution to prevent the spread of germs.
  • We implore you to wear a mask when receiving communion and receive it in your hands. We have older priests and we want to keep them and all of us safe.

Homilies

5th Sunday of Lent – Homily (Fr. Smith)

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The story of the woman caught in adultery is the sleaziest chapter in the New Testament. Everyone, but Jesus is a sinner, and the adulterous woman is perhaps the least of them 

To understand why we need some background.  

It was easy for a man to divorce his Wife. One famous rabbi (Hillel) held that a man could divorce his wife if she turned out to be a bad cook. But if he divorced her, he had to return the dowery unless she was convicted of adultery  

In Jewish law adultery was a capital crime punishable by the savage death of stoning. The great rabbis were cultured and ethical men and did not want to enforce this. They did not condone adultery, but they recognized that the punishment was greater than the crime. So, they required that there must be two male eyewitnesses to prove anyone’s guilt for the death sentence to be imposed. Furthermore, they defined eyewitness as literally that: both witnesses had to actually see the act. This was taken so seriously that if a whole village saw someone enter a house, come out a few minutes later and a dead body was found in the house immediately after that they could not convict.  

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Community Mass – 5th Sunday of Lent

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On Sunday, April 3, 2022, join us in person or online for the 5th Sunday of Lent.

Our current Mass times are:

The readings will be from Cycle C.

Entrance: From Ashes to the Living Font – 474
Offertory: Lord of All Hopefulness – 663
Readings and Psalms – 1032
Communion: Be Not Afraid – 683
Closing: Jerusalem My Destiny – 492

The Gather 3rd Edition Hymnal/Missals are available for use in the church – pick one up as you enter and return it after Mass. Instructions on how to use the hymnal missal are available here: https://www.stcharlesbklyn.org/hymnal-missal/ .

Today’s readings are also available to read online at the USCCB website https://bible.usccb.org .

Events, Videos

Community Mass – 4th Sunday of Lent

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On Sunday, March 27, 2022, join us in person or online for the 4th Sunday of Lent.

Our current Mass times are:

The readings will be from Cycle C.

Entrance: I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say – 724
Readings and Psalms – 1029
Offertory: Hosea – 484

Communion: Taste and See – 930

Closing: Though the Mountains May Fall – 689

The Gather 3rd Edition Hymnal/Missals are available for use in the church – pick one up as you enter and return it after Mass. Instructions on how to use the hymnal missal are available here: https://www.stcharlesbklyn.org/hymnal-missal/ .

Today’s readings are also available to read online at the USCCB website https://bible.usccb.org .

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Mass Intentions for the Week of March 20

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Sunday, March 20
9 AM Mass Remembered By
Theresa & Loreto Schiano ✟ Daughters Giustina & Gemma
11:15 AM Mass Remembered By
Warner Lombardi ✟, Saturnino Duque ✟,
& Robert Barry ✟		 Angel & Minsie Ampil
Saturday, March 26
12 PM Baptism
Emma Diaz

The Masses celebrated at St. Charles Borromeo may be offered for your intentions–for any person or persons, living or deceased. To have a Mass offered for someone, please call or email the rectory.