Messages from the Pastor

28th Sunday in Ordinary Time – No Match for the Love and Faithfulness of God

| Fr. William Smith

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.

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Events, Videos

Community Mass – 28th Sunday Ordinary Time – 10/11 11:15 am EDT

| St. Charles Borromeo

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.

Homilies, Videos

27th Sunday Ordinary Time (Fr. Smith Homily)

| St. Charles Borromeo

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.  

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Messages from the Pastor

Contribute to the Annual Catholic Appeal

| Fr. William Smith

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” →

Events

Young Professionals Gathering on Sunday after Mass

| St. Charles Borromeo

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!!

Events, Videos

Community Mass – 27th Sunday Ordinary Time – 10/4 11:15 am EDT

| St. Charles Borromeo

Please join us for our Community Mass for the 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Sunday, October 3 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.