We are happy to share that our 9 AM Sunday Mass will resume on October 18. Thanks to our reopening committee, volunteer ushers, music ministry, lectors, and priests for making it possible to expand our worship times on Sunday.
Starting on October 18, two Sunday Masses will be celebrated at St. Charles Borromeo: 9 AM and 11:15 AM. The 11:15 AM Mass will continue to be live-streamed via Zoom and YouTube and also available for later viewing on YouTube for those who are not able to join us in person. We will look to add a 7 PM Mass at a later date.
Again, the new schedule starts in eight days on Sunday, October 18. There is no 9 AM Mass this upcoming Sunday, October 11; only a 11:15 AM Mass.
We are still seeking more volunteer ushers. Our volunteer ushers allow us to worship together while abiding by the recommended safety precautions. If you are able to serve as an usher either at a 9 AM or 11:15 AM Sunday Mass, please contact Jane Olson, Joe Genova, or speak to them outside the church after Mass.
Memorial Mass for Frances X. Gates on 10/24
We will hold a memorial mass in honor of Frances X. Gates, a beloved and devoted parishioner of St. Charles, to commemorate the one-year anniversary of her death on Saturday, Oct. 24, 5 PM in the church. After the Mass, we’ll induct her into the St. Charles Borromeo Hall of Fame in the back of the church and have a small, socially-distant reception in the narthex. All are welcome to attend.
St. Charles at Home 26 – Belonging Comes Before Belief
Pastor Fr. Bill Smith and Terriann Nohilly discuss the 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time, regarding the Parable of the Vineyard. They discuss motherhood, the connectedness that comes with being part of a real community, and the small actions that can foster it.
St. Charles at Home episodes feature conversation between the prior Sunday’s homilist and parishioners to provide us with more connection to the parish during the week. The videos are available on our YouTube channel and our website.
28th Sunday in Ordinary Time – No Match for the Love and Faithfulness of God
The Lord is My Shepherd, Eastman Johnson, 1863, Smithsonian American Art Museum
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Fr. Smith’s Commentary on the First Reading
Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Isaiah 25:6-10A
October 10, 2020
We once more read from “First” Isaiah today. Last week in the “Song of the Vineyard” (Isaiah 5), he joined the prophets of his time in revealing and condemning injustice; most directly for Isaiah, the inequality that divided the rich from the poor and weakened community. If that were all he did he would be remembered as a great prophet and leader. However, we find in Isaiah the first clear articulation of the vocation of the Jewish people. His understanding of this is so profound that it not only inspired his successors but should move us as well.
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Please join us for our Community Mass for the 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Sunday, October 11at 11:15 AM EDT. It will be a public Mass celebrated in the church and also streamed online.
Instructions to view the Mass are available here. You can also watch the video via YouTube Live in the window here.
- Today’s readings and hymns are available to download here: October 11
As per the instructions from our Reopening Committee, hymnals, bulletins, and other handouts will not be available at the church. Please download on your phone or tablet, or bring your own missal. - Support our Parish – Please contribute to our General Collection online here.
- Help us support Catholic Charities Food Pantries in Brooklyn and Queens online
- Annual Catholic Appeal – Contribute online here. Select “St. Charles Borromeo R.C. Church – Brooklyn” as the parish.
Evening Prayer Tonight at 5 PM
Please download the worship aid to participate in Friday’s evening prayer at 5 PM. Today, we commemorate the feast of St. John Henry Newman.
Instructions on how to join are available here.
27th Sunday Ordinary Time (Fr. Smith Homily)
Transcript:
The readings for Mass in Ordinary Time are chosen so that the first reading from the Old Testament connects to the Gospel reading. Sometimes this connection can seem tenuous at best, but today it is not only clear but necessary. Everyone who heard this gospel would have known the “Song of the Vineyard” from our reading from Isaiah and understood its message. This included not only the original audience of the chief priests and other leaders of the Jewish people but also the Jewish Christians in Matthews audience who would have heard it since childhood and he gentile Christians for whom it would have been a key text in their Baptismal preparation.
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