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.
Continue reading “28th Sunday in Ordinary Time – No Match for the Love and Faithfulness of God”Community Mass – 28th Sunday Ordinary Time – 10/11 11:15 am EDT
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.
Continue reading “27th Sunday Ordinary Time (Fr. Smith Homily)”Contribute to the Annual Catholic Appeal
One of the principal means of supporting the service and charitable activities of the Diocese is the Annual Catholic Appeal. This is more needed now with the effects of the pandemic but the pandemic itself has prevented many of the fund-raising activities from occurring. The Annual Catholic Appeal supports many important activities for the good of the church and the community.
Therefore, if you have not given, I ask you to please consider doing so. If you are in the church today, there are forms on the tables in the rear of the church. Please fill them out, drop the card in the collection box and take the pencil with you. You may also request a form from the rectory, and we will send it to you.
You can also give online at https://catholicfoundationbq.org/annual-catholic-appeal/. Instructions for filling it out are listed below. Continue reading “Contribute to the Annual Catholic Appeal”
Young Professionals Gathering on Sunday after Mass
Before we lose the nice weather for the year, Fr. Bill has graciously invited us to hold a socially distant in-person meeting in the rectory garden. In lieu of our regular monthly Zoom meeting, please join us in person on Sunday, October 4, after the 11:15 AM Mass.
This month, we will celebrate St. Francis on his feast day with Bubbles + Blessing of Animals! St. Francis was known for his love for animals and nature, and despite being born to wealth, he chose to live in poverty like Jesus. Our beloved Pope Francis chose to be called after St. Francis of Assisi, “the man of poverty, the man of peace, the man who loves and protects creation,”
So bring your pets (though Fr. Bill requests no tarantulas) and we will get them blessed in the small slice of nature that is Fr. Bill’s beautiful garden over a glass of bubbly or two!!