Events, Videos

Community Mass – 14th Sunday Ordinary Time

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On Sunday, July 3, 2022, join us in person or online for the 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Our current Sunday Mass times are:

The readings will be from Cycle C.

Entrance: Glory and Praise to Our God – 606

Readings/Psalm – 1133

Offertory: Here I am, Lord – 777

Communion: Taste and See – 930

Closing: America the Beautiful – 984

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 .

Scriptual Commentary

14th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Crucifying the Petty in Us

| Fr. William Smith

Photo by Paz Arando on Unsplash

The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few;
so ask the master of the harvest
to send out laborers for his harvest.
(Luke 10:2)

Fr. Smith’s Commentary on the Second Reading
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Galatians 6:14–18
July 3, 2022

This week, we read the conclusion of Paul’s letter to the Galatians. Paul is writing with great emotion and has let his guard down. As with 2nd Corinthians, which we read earlier in the year, he will reveal much about himself. Some of this is admittedly unseemly, but they also show a man who loves God and is fiercely protective of the churches he founded.

He was protecting them from what we now call “Judaizing Christians.” These were people who came from Jerusalem and taught that the communities baptized by Paul needed to become more Jewish. The men should be circumcised, and all adopt Torah laws. They had many reasons for this, and Paul answered them throughout the letter. As he concludes, he brings to the fore a disease which would have been in the back of his readers’ minds: Jews were a protected class in the Empire. They alone did not have to offer sacrifice to the emperor. For others failure to do so was a capital crime.

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Homilies

Homily – 13th Sunday Ordinary Time (Fr. Gribowich)

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Good morning, everyone.

It’s a great joy to be with you here at Saint Charles as we welcome into our community.

I’m sorry I got to get this right. I’m sorry. Olivia Ray and Margot Michel.

Yeah. I should know who I am welcoming into the community, but I guess I have a little bit of a pass because I haven’t been around for a while.

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Homilies

Homily – 13th Sunday Ordinary Time (Fr. Smith)

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We return this week to Sunday Mass in “Ordinary Time”. The decoration of the church and the priest’s vestments will be in green, and the first reading of the Mass will be connected to the Gospel. This week we might think however that the reading from Kings on Elijah and Elisha contradict the Gospel but that is far from the case, indeed the possible contrast reminds us of a great truth.

 We take up our readings from St Luke today from where we left off before Lent. The disciples have acknowledged that he is, at very least, the Messiah and Jesus has told them that he must suffer and die in Jerusalem. They have reluctantly given at least intellectual assent to this and now Jesus is going to Jerusalem for his death and resurrection. Luke calls this “his time for being taken up”.

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Events, Videos

Community Mass – 13th Sunday Ordinary Time

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On Sunday, June 26, 2022, join us in person or online for the 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time. We will be celebrating the baptisms of Margoux and Olivia at the 11:15 AM Community Mass.

Our current Sunday Mass times are:

The readings will be from Cycle C.

Entrance: Gather Your People – 837

Readings/Psalm – 1130

Offertory:  The Summons – 790

Communion: Lord, When You Came – 781

Closing: City of God – 766

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 .

Bulletin

Mass Intentions for the Week of June 26

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Mass Intentions

Sunday, June 26
9 AM Mass Remembered By
Robert DeGregorio ✟ James Maleady
11:15 AM Mass Requested By
Thanksgiving for many blessing received Angel & Minsie Ampil
In memory of my father Percíval Williams ✟ Lela Madoo
11:15 AM Baptisms
Margoux Michele Ryan
Olivia Rae Kenny
Tuesday, June 28
12:10 PM Mass Remembered By
Dorothy Joan Torregrossa ✟ James Maleady
Thursday, June 30
12:10 PM Mass Remembered By
Estrella, Emilia, & Felipe Valdez ✟ Gloria Valdez

The Masses celebrated at St. Charles Borromeo may be offered for your intentions–for any person or persons, living or deceased. To have a Mass offered for someone, please call or email the rectory.