Tuesday, August 15, 2023: The Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a Holy Day of Obligation. Mass will be offered at 12:10 PM today.
Community Mass – 19th 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: 1146
Entrance: I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say – 724
Offertory: Be Not Afraid – 683
Communion: Precious Lord, Take My Hand – 955
Closing: Though the Mountains May Fall – 689
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 .
- Support our Parish – Please contribute to our General Collection online here.
- Help us support the new Catholic Charities Center at 55 Pierrepoint for food support and services.
- Join the Brooklyn Diocese Annual Catholic Appeal
Friday Evening Prayer at 5 PM
Please download the worship aid to participate in Friday’s evening prayer, which will begin at 5 PM.
Instructions on how to join are available here.
Homily – Feast of the Transfiguration
Just to let you know, midway through the Gloria, I remembered James’s name.
So the stroke was a little premature, but there is a popular expression right now that I truly find interesting, and that expression very often is heard when anyone walks into a major department store.
If you walk in the wrong entrance and by the wrong entrance, I mean the one by the women’s perfume counter, there is someone there to spray you automatically.
The atomizer is are out and they ask, Do you want to make over?
Make over? Now, most people that I asked to say they do not like change.
So let me ask the question. How many of us in the community this morning like change?
Now the good Catholic reply is, Well, it depends.
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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: 1204
Entrance: Glory and Praise to Our God – 606
Offertory: Open My Eyes – 651
Communion: Christ, Be Our Light! – 590
Closing: Sing to the Mountains – 519
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 .
- Support our Parish – Please contribute to our General Collection online here.
- Help us support the new Catholic Charities Center at 55 Pierrepoint for food support and services.
- Join the Brooklyn Diocese Annual Catholic Appeal
Friday Evening Prayer at 5 PM
Please download the worship aid to participate in Friday’s evening prayer, which will begin at 5 PM.
Instructions on how to join are available here.
Homily – 17th Sunday Ordinary Time
Good morning once again, everyone.
Like I said, great joy to be with you always back in town.
This is my last weekend here for a little while, so I appreciate the warm welcome.
I also want to thank Francis for finding in one of the closets back here this new, well it’s old actually, sprinkling utensil.
I don’t know what you even call that thing.
[Francis: It’s an “aspergillum”.]
Yeah, it looks like some type of, like, witch’s broom or something, Right.
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