Author: St. Charles Borromeo

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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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 .

Homilies

Homily – Corpus Christi (Fr. Smith)

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Monsignor was supposed to celebrate this mass today, but this would be his fourth mass for the weekend.

And I got back early, so I volunteered to celebrate, but I did not prepare a homily.

And as and as you know, there is nothing more dangerous than an old man without a script.

You weren’t supposed to laugh at that, but I in a sense do have one.

I was up in Cooperstown this morning. a couple who attends mass at the seven – they used, they sit right over there when they’re here.

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Homily – Corpus Christi (Msgr. LoPinto)

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Today, we celebrate the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, referred to as the feast of Corpus Christi. It is also Father’s Day, and it is also June 19th. Three things coming together in one day.

But as we listen to the scripture, I think what we see in the second reading from today is how Paul shares with the people, what has been handed down, what has been passed on from him to others to the community of faith. And it is the recollection of what took place. The Last Supper. Jesus, as part of that Passover meal that he was celebrating with his disciples.

Now he took the bread, blessed it and gave it.

“This is my body” and how he took the wine and gave it and said, “This is my blood.”

In a sense, beginning the tradition of the Eucharist right then and there.

And you might say, well, why? Why was he doing that? What was the implications with his action at that point?

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Community Mass – Corpus Christi

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On Sunday, June 19, 2022, join us in person or online for the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ.

Our current Sunday Mass times are:

The readings will be from Cycle C.

Entrance: Gather Your People – 837

Readings/Psalm – 1091

Offertory:  Let Us Be Bread – 946

Communion: I Am the Bread of Life – 945

Closing: Lift Every Voice and Sing

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 .

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Community Mass – Trinity Sunday

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On Sunday, June 12, 2022, join us in person or online for the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity.

Our current Sunday Mass times are:

The readings will be from Cycle C.

Entrance: Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty! – 567

Readings/Psalm – 1088

Offertory:  Eye Has Not Seen – 728

Communion: How Great Thou Art – 578

Closing: O God, Almighty Father – 566

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 .

Homilies

Pentecost – Homily (Fr. Smith)

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Today’s gospel reading may sound familiar. It was read the week after Easter. I did not want to repeat myself too much so I reread my homily for that day. This is not for the faint of heart. There was something wrong with it and it was at first hard to define exactly what that was. The interpretation of the scriptures was fine, the examples were good and phrasing acceptable. But then I remembered a quip by the famous British Catholic wit G K Chesterton. When asked by a newspaper to answer the question what is wrong with the world. He answered, “I am what is wrong with the world.’ What is wrong with that homily? I am what was wrong with that homily.

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