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Community Mass – 31st Sunday Ordinary Time
Celebrate with us on Sunday, October 31, 2021 in person or online.
Due to technical issues, we were not able to stream the 11:15 AM Mass. Above is the recording of the 9 AM Mass earlier in the day.
Our current Mass times are:
- 9 AM EDT – Morning Mass – in person
- 11:15 AM EDT – Community Mass – in person and streamed online
- 7 PM EDT – Evening Mass – in person
Watch the video live or on replay via YouTube Live by clicking in the window above.
Entrance: Glory and Praise to Our God – 606
Responsorial Psalm & Readings – 1183
Offertory: Ubi Caritas – 696
Communion: Taste and See – 930
Closing: Let There Be Peace on Earth – 829
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 .
- Please follow the instructions of the ushers, and observe all of the posted health precautions so that we can continue to worship together safely.
- Support our Parish – Please contribute to our General Collection online here.
- Help us support Catholic Charities Food Pantries in Brooklyn and Queens online
31st Sunday in Ordinary Time – Sharing in the One Priesthood of Jesus
Caritas, William Wilson, 1954,
St. Mungo’s Cathedral (Glasgow). Source: Flickr
The scribe said to him, “Well said, teacher.
You are right in saying,
‘He is One and there is no other than he.’
And ‘to love him with all your heart,
with all your understanding,
with all your strength,
and to love your neighbor as yourself’
is worth more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
(Mark 12:32–34)
Fr. Smith’s Commentary on the Second Reading
Thirty-First Sunday of Ordinary Time
Hebrews: 7:23-28
October 31, 2021
Last week, we were introduced to the priest / king Melchizedek. He was a mysterious figure who the author of Hebrews used to demonstrate the validity and superiority of Jesus’s priesthood. He returns to this in today’s passage, but we must back up a bit to the beginning of chapter 7 to understand the issues involved.
Chapter 7 will compare the priesthood of Melchizedek with that of the official “Levitical” priesthood and then show the importance of Jesus’ descent from the former. The author is demonstrating considerable intellectual dexterity and originality in this interpretation but one, as we will discover, very important for our own understanding of the Priesthood.
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Evening Prayer at 5 PM
Please download the worship aid to participate in Friday’s evening prayer, which will begin at 5 PM.
Instructions on how to join are available here.
30th Sunday Ordinary Time – Homily (Fr. Smith)
There are several stories I have used for decades, and now find that they have revealed more about me than I would have thought or wanted. One of these I found years ago in a book about Zen Buddhism.
There was a young man who sought enlightenment. He travelled many miles across many countries to sit at the feet of a great master. When he saw him, he ran to him, cast himself at his feet and told him that he wished to be Enlighted. The master asked him how much he wanted to be Enlighted and he responded more than anything in the world. The master slapped him across the face and told him to come back when he was serious. The young man said had crossed deserts and mountains to see him wasn’t that proof enough. The Master slapped him again, only harder. The young man went away, got a job in the town and studied harder. The next year he returned to the Master, said the same thing, this time the Master smiled but said nothing to him. He returned to his job, waited another year but this time did not visit him in public but found him while he was bathing in a river. He waded out to him and again told him he wished enlightenment, the master asked again how much, and he answered more than anything in the world. The Master took him by hair and with surprising strength pushed him under the water. The young man struggled but could not break free, finally when he was about to drown he master released him. When he came out of the water, gasping for air, the Master calmly asked him “What did you think about under the water. He answered: “Air”. The Master told him to come back when he would think only of enlightenment.
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Please celebrate with us on Sunday, October 17, 2021 in person or online.
Our current Mass times are:
- 9 AM EDT – Morning Mass – in person
- 11:15 AM EDT – Community Mass – in person and streamed online
- 7 PM EDT – Evening Mass – in person
Watch the video live or on replay via YouTube Live by clicking in the window above.
Entrance: Sing of the Lord’s Goodness – 610
Responsorial Psalm & Readings – 1179
Offertory: There Is a Balm in Gilead – 640
Communion: Amazing Grace – 645
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 .
- Please follow the instructions of the ushers, and observe all of the posted health precautions so that we can continue to worship together safely.
- Support our Parish – Please contribute to our General Collection online here.
- Help us support Catholic Charities Food Pantries in Brooklyn and Queens online