Author: St. Charles Borromeo

Events, Videos

Community Mass – St. Charles Borromeo

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Celebrate our parish’s patron saint on Sunday, November 7, 2021 in person or online.

Our current Mass times are:

  • 9 AM EST – Morning Mass – in person
  • 11:15 AM EST – Community Mass – in person and streamed online
  • 7 PM EST – Evening Mass – in person

    Watch the video live or on replay via YouTube Live by clicking in the window above.

Entrance: All Are Welcome – 850
Readings and Psalm – 1186
Offertory: The Cry of the Poor – 47
Communion: Christ Be Our Light – 590
Mozart Ave Verum Corpus after communion for the 11:15am mass
Closing: Blest Are They – 735

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 .

Events, Videos

Community Mass – 31st Sunday Ordinary Time

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Celebrate with us on Sunday, October 31, 2021 in person or online.

Due to technical issues, we were not able to stream the 11:15 AM Mass. Above is the recording of the 9 AM Mass earlier in the day.

Our current Mass times are:

  • 9 AM EDT – Morning Mass – in person
  • 11:15 AM EDT – Community Mass – in person and streamed online
  • 7 PM EDT – Evening Mass – in person

    Watch the video live or on replay via YouTube Live by clicking in the window above.

Entrance: Glory and Praise to Our God – 606
Responsorial Psalm & Readings – 1183
Offertory: Ubi Caritas – 696
Communion: Taste and See – 930
Closing: Let There Be Peace on Earth – 829

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

30th Sunday Ordinary Time – Homily (Fr. Smith)

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There are several stories I have used for decades, and now find that they have revealed more about me than I would have thought or wanted. One of these I found years ago in a book about Zen Buddhism.   

There was a young man who sought enlightenment. He travelled many miles across many countries to sit at the feet of a great master. When he saw him, he ran to him, cast himself at his feet and told him that he wished to be Enlighted. The master asked him how much he wanted to be Enlighted and he responded more than anything in the world. The master slapped him across the face and told him to come back when he was serious. The young man said had crossed deserts and mountains to see him wasn’t that proof enough. The Master slapped him again, only harder. The young man went away, got a job in the town and studied harder. The next year he returned to the Master, said the same thing, this time the Master smiled but said nothing to him. He returned to his job, waited another year but this time did not visit him in public but found  him while he was bathing in a river. He waded out to him and again told him he wished enlightenment, the master asked again how much, and he answered more than anything in the world. The Master took him by hair and with surprising strength pushed him under the water. The young man struggled but could not break free, finally when he was about to drown he master released him. When he came out of the water, gasping for air, the Master calmly asked him “What did you think about under the water. He answered: “Air”. The Master told him to come back when he would think only of enlightenment.  

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Community Mass – 29th Sunday Ordinary Time

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Please celebrate with us on Sunday, October 17, 2021 in person or online.

Our current Mass times are:

  • 9 AM EDT – Morning Mass – in person
  • 11:15 AM EDT – Community Mass – in person and streamed online
  • 7 PM EDT – Evening Mass – in person

    Watch the video live or on replay via YouTube Live by clicking in the window above.

Entrance: Sing of the Lord’s Goodness – 610
Responsorial Psalm & Readings – 1179
Offertory: There Is a Balm in Gilead – 640
Communion: Amazing Grace – 645
Closing: Rain Down – 582

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

29th Sunday Ordinary Time – Homily (Fr. Smith)

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Rich Romans placed seats at the front gates of their town houses for their clients. Clients were people dependent upon a patron for their jobs and intervening for them with higher authorities. When the patron went to the market or to court, his clients walked behind him to show his importance. There were literally his followers. The patron will in turn have been the client of someone greater and would have followed him to the Senate or another place of great importance. Mark’s gospel was written by and for Roman Christians and Mark seized on today’s story to show that Christians are not Jesus’ clients but his disciples and that disciples do not have clients but sisters and brothers. It is a hard lesson to learn, and one needed to be relearned in every generation, especially ours. 

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