Homily – 24th Sunday Ordinary Time

So the number seven.

How many of you came up with a few things that involve the number seven? Very good. Some of you did. Who came up with seven days of creation – good. How many of you came up with seven days of the week? Pretty obvious. How many of you came up with the seven deadly sins? How many of you came up with the seven virtues that go along with the deadly sins?

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Community Mass – 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Join us to worship together in person or online. Mass times are:

  • 9 AM ET Sunday – Morning Mass
  • 11:15 AM ET Sunday – Community Mass
  • 7 PM ET Sunday – Evening Mass

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Today’s readings will be from Cycle A.

Readings/Psalms: 1161

Entrance: All Are Welcome – 850

Offertory: Ubi Caritas – 696

Communion: Let Us Be Bread – 946

Closing: City of God – 766

The Gather 3rd Edition Hymnal/Missals are available for use in the church – they are at the ends of the pews. Please return the missals to the end of the pew 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 .

Homily – 23rd Sunday Ordinary Time

How many of us in the community this morning were taught by religious sisters or brothers or priests? How many of us had a good Catholic education? Are there sort of iffy, good, questionable? How many of us think that nuns and brothers and priests absolutely always get along, that they never have a conflict at all?

Well, that’s the way it should be, right? Everybody who lives in community should always get along, goes for everybody. Well, I have a little confession to make. Don’t get too excited. Not a big deal. But I don’t like poetry because usually I just don’t want to spend the time trying to figure out what the poet was talking about.

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Community Mass – 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Join us to worship together in person or online. Mass times are:

  • 9 AM ET Sunday – Morning Mass
  • 11:15 AM ET Sunday – Community Mass
  • 7 PM ET Sunday – Evening Mass

Watch the video live by clicking in the window above. Automated closed captioning is available.

If you like our online masses, please Like our videos so more people can find them. Subscribe to our YouTube channel stcharlesbklyn at this link to watch on your Internet enabled TV or viewing device.

Today’s readings will be from Cycle A.

Readings/Psalms: 1158

Entrance: As We Gather at Your Table – 839

Offertory: The Love of the Lord – 792

Communion: I Am the Bread of Life – 945

Closing: They’ll Know We Are Christians – 835

The Gather 3rd Edition Hymnal/Missals are available for use in the church – they are at the ends of the pews. Please return the missals to the end of the pew 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 .

Fall Parish Gathering: Sep. 17

Our fall parish gathering will be on Sunday, September 17 after the 11:15 AM Mass. Eat, drink, celebrate Catechetical Sunday, and enjoy fellowship with your fellow parishioners and our Brooklyn Heights community!

To help us order the right amount of food, please sign up below or on the guest attendees sheets in the back of the church if you plan to attend. We hope to see you there.

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