Msgr. Al LoPinto and Adela Peña discuss the homily from last Sunday, the Little Way of St. Therese of Lisieux, and the Catholic Charities Food Pantry.
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Milagro de los panes y los peces, Juan de Espinal, c. 1750, Despacho del Alcalde de la Casa consistorial de Sevilla (Wikipedia)
18th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Rom. 8:35, 37-39
August 2, 2020
Today’s reading is one of the most beautiful standalone passages in St. Paul. Whenever possible, I use it for funerals because it expresses the bedrock of Christian hope. Yet having examined the rest of Romans, we can see why it is such a fitting conclusion to it. It is also a pertinent exhortation to us at St. Charles.
The selection that will be used at Mass needs to be read with the passage immediately before it. Together, they form a powerful and haunting victory hymn: Continue reading “18th Sunday of Ordinary Time – Living in the Spirit, Sharing in His Victory”
Please join us for our Community Mass for the 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Sunday, August 2 at 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.
Please download the worship aid to participate in Friday’s evening prayer at 5 PM:
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Transcript:
Transcript:
With today’s parables, we come to the end of that section of Matthew where he has his presentation of the parables of Jesus. And all of those parables basically are related to the Kingdom of God. You’ll see that even more focused today in the parables that are presented.
But I would suggest to you that Jesus is talking more than just about the kingdom of God, the magnificence of the Kingdom – how precious it is, how radiant it is, how wonderful it is – but he is actually talking about the life of a disciple.
Continue reading “17th Sunday Ordinary Time – Homily (Msgr. LoPinto)”Please join us for our Community Mass for the 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Sunday, July 26 at 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.
Fr. Bill Smith and Francis Chin continue the discussion on the homily from the 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time and talk about hope and the Parable of the Weeds, Fr. Bill’s mother and community organizing, and the late Rep. John Lewis and San Diego Comic-Con.
Works cited:
Halberstam, David. The Children
Lewis, John; Aydin, Andrew; Powell, Nate. March (3 volumes)
Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story
Roll Call, “John Lewis Leads Procession at Comic-Con”
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