Events, Videos

Community Mass – 4th Sunday of Advent

| St. Charles Borromeo

Please join us for Mass for the 4th Sunday of Advent – Sunday, December 20.

  • 9:00 AM EST Sunday Morning Mass celebrated at the Church – not streamed.
  • 11:15 AM EST Community Mass celebrated at the Church and also streamed online and available for playback. Instructions to view the Mass are available here. You can also watch the video via YouTube Live in the window above.

Today’s readings and hymns are available to download here:

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Scriptual Commentary

4th Sunday of Advent – The Gift of Ourselves to Him

| Fr. William Smith

The Annunciation, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, c. 1660, Hermitage

Fr. Smith’s Commentary on the First Reading
Fourth Sunday of Advent
2 Samuel 7:1-5, 8B-12, 14A, 16
December 20, 2020

Today’s reading from Samuel seems very pious. No doubt David is sincere in his desire to show respect, but the LORD is aware that there is another motive as well. This section is quite subtle and has much to teach us

Let us remember the situation, after Moses, about 1350 BC, the Hebrews were a loose coalition of tribes with similar religious beliefs and a shared dietary code. They desired to be as independent as possible but often needed to unite to fight a common enemy. At this time, they would determine a leader – a war chief – who world organize an army and lead it until they won or lost. This leader was called a judge. This system was like the confederations around them.

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Events, Videos

Community Mass – 3nd Sunday of Advent

| St. Charles Borromeo

Please join us for Mass for the 3nd Sunday of Advent (Gaudete Sunday) – Sunday, December 13.

  • 9:00 AM EST Sunday Morning Mass celebrated at the Church – not streamed.
  • 11:15 AM EST Community Mass celebrated at the Church and also streamed online and available for playback. Instructions to view the Mass are available here. You can also watch the video via YouTube Live in the window above.

Today’s readings and hymns are available to download here:

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Scriptual Commentary

3rd Sunday of Advent – Rejoicing Heartily in the Lord

| St. Charles Borromeo

Our Lady of Guadalupe on the Tilma of Saint Juan Diego
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Fr. Smith’s Commentary on the First Reading
Third Sunday of Advent
Isaiah 61:1–2A, 10–11
December 13, 2020

Our passage today is again from the third person to use the name Isaiah. The author chose his name very well as he combines the interests and concerns of both of his predecessors.

First Isaiah began his ministry in 742 BC, the year King Uzziah died. This is significant. Uzziah had reigned for 40 years and had greatly increased the GDP of his kingdom. But he did so by favoring and elite and creating prosperity for some by taking the properties of those not connected to the powerful. This was compounded by his successors who made alliances with Assyria requiring the Judeans to pay vast sums in protection money which the rich managed to avoid further impoverishing the peasants. It is clear why in the very first chapter of Isaiah God says to the people:  

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Events

Catholic Charities’ Virtual Christmas Concert

| Mike McGowan

Catholic Charities’ Christmas concert is available for viewing. It features holiday favorites and jazz standards sung by Ulises and Coco accompanied by Sergio or Coco on the piano. You can watch it online at ccbq.org/christmas-concert/watch. It will also be shown on NetTV on December 15th, 7:30 PM; December 18th, 9:00 PM; December 19th, 2:00 PM; December 20th, 3:00 PM; and December 26th, 10:30 AM.

We invite you to join in for uplifting music and to support the vital work of Catholic Charities. This is also your chance if you have been waiting to hear Ulises belt out My Way.