Events, Videos

Community Mass – 3rd Sunday Ordinary Time

| St. Charles Borromeo

On Sunday, January 23, 2022, join us in person or online for the 3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time.

Our current Mass times are:

  • 9 AM EST – Morning Mass
  • 11:15 AM EST – Community Mass
  • 7 PM EST – Evening Mass

    Watch the video live or replay on demand via YouTube Live by clicking in the window above.
    Subscribe to our YouTube channel at youtube.com/stcharlesbklyn .

The readings will be from Cycle C.

Entrance: Sing a New Song – 607
Offertory: Here I am, Lord – 777
Communion: Taste and See – 930
Closing: Rain Down- 582

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 .

Scriptual Commentary

3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time – Bound Together by Our Spiritual Gifts

| Fr. William Smith

Le Christ chez les paysans, Fritz von Uhde,
1887–1888, Musée d’Orsay
(About this Image)

Fr. Smith’s Commentary on the Second Reading
Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
1 Cor 12:12–30
January 23, 2022

Paul’s letters to the Corinthians are among his most personal writings. As we saw last week, Corinth was a busy mercantile and industrial city, which attracted people from the entire empire. The church at Corinth reflected this diversity not only with members from many religious and ethnic groups but by its composition: a small elite, some small businesspeople, and many laborers and craftspeople. They were enthusiastic but often did not fully digest Paul’s message and needed to be “reinstructed” more carefully. Continue reading “3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time – Bound Together by Our Spiritual Gifts” →

Homilies

2nd Sunday Ordinary Time – Homily (Fr. Smith)

| St. Charles Borromeo

The wedding feast of Cana is the third epiphany. Epiphany means manifestation or revelation. We have seen Jesus revealed with the Magi who recognized him as more than the Jewish messiah but a person of international importance. Last week we saw that at his Baptism the Faher and Holy Spirit proclaimed that he was of cosmic importance, indeed God himself. Today he reveals his glory so that we might share in it like the disciples and believe in him.

This is beautiful in itself but this is from John and there are more dimensions to explore. The most relevant for today is Mary.

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Events, Videos

Community Mass – 2nd Sunday Ordinary Time

| St. Charles Borromeo

On Sunday, January 16, 2022, join us in person or online for the 2nd Sunday of Ordinary Time.

Our current Mass times are:

  • 9 AM EST – Morning Mass
  • 11:15 AM EST – Community Mass
  • 7 PM EST – Evening Mass

    Watch the video live or replay on demand via YouTube Live by clicking in the window above.
    Subscribe to our YouTube channel at youtube.com/stcharlesbklyn .

The readings will be from Cycle C.

Entrance: All Are Welcome – 850
Offertory: Now Thank We All Our God – 636
Communion: We Are Many Parts – 834
Closing: All the Ends of the Earth – 604

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 .

Scriptual Commentary

Second Sunday of Ordinary Time – Using Our Spirit-Given Gifts

| Fr. William Smith

The Marriage at Cana, Maerten de Vos,
c. 1596, O.-L. Vrouwekathedraal
(About this Image)

Fr. Smith’s Commentary on the Second Reading
Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
1 Corinthians 12:4–11
January 16, 2022

TV Westerns of the 50s and 60s were a wonderful introduction to sociology. Wagon Train, Have Gun Will Travel, and countless others showed how towns and the social structures that maintained them developed. They mostly unconsciously revealed the importance of class and caste. Despite the almost official American ideology of rugged individualism, we saw how people worked together to build towns along rivers, between mountains, and eventually along train routes. Although most people farmed crops or herded animals, others were drawn to support roles of merchandising and transportation. There was almost always at least one church, school, and saloon in any town and perhaps to appeal to a wider audience, the contributions of white ethics were shown from the beginning. Black, Brown, and Asian people were added in the later sixties. Some programs were very honest about racial tensions but almost all about the conflicts between the very small elite and the workers and farmers. The realities both positive and negative of the power structures were clearly seen.

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