Please download the worship aid to participate in Friday’s evening prayer, which will begin at 5 PM.
Evening Prayer for February 24
Instructions on how to join are available here.
In Memoriam: Blanca Leonor Anchundia
Blanca Leonor Anchundia, the mother of Blanca Anchundia-Toala, our parish secretary, died last week in Ecuador. The funeral will be this Saturday, February 25 in our parish:
- Viewing: 3 PM at the church (19 Sidney Place);
- Mass: 4 PM at the church; and
- Repass: held at the rectory (31 Sidney Place) following the Mass.
Eternal rest grant onto her, O Lord,
and let perpetual light shine upon her
Community Mass – 7th Sunday Ordinary Time
On Sunday, February 19, 2023, join us in person or online for the 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Our current Sunday Mass times are:
- 9 AM ET – Morning Mass
- 11:15 AM ET – Community Mass
- 7:00 PM ET – Evening Mass
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Automated closed captioning is available.
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Today’s readings will be from Cycle A.
Readings/Psalm – 1110
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 .
- Support our Parish – Please contribute to our General Collection online here.
- Help us support Catholic Charities Food Pantries in Brooklyn and Queens online
Seventh Sunday of Ordinary Time – Being a Temple of the Spirit
The Sermon on the Mount, Carl Bloch, 1877,
Museum of National History (Denmark)
You have heard that it was said,
An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
But I say to you, offer no resistance to one who is evil.
When someone strikes you on your right cheek,
turn the other one as well.
(Matthew 5:38–39)
Fr. Smith’s Commentary on the Second Reading
Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
1 Corinthians 3:16–23 (with reference to 1 Cor 3:1–3:9)
February 19, 2023
We will conclude our examination of the opening section of Paul’s “First Letter to the Corinthians” today. It is a Christian essential because it reveals the social consequences of accepting Jesus. A Christian has accepted Jesus and more specifically Jesus as the crucified Lord only when he has changed his or her entire life. This as we have seen includes what and who we deem important in our daily lives. By this point an honest reader will acknowledge that he or she may have accepted the doctrines but not the consequences. He will address that today. We will need however to look at several verses before the ones chosen for today’s readings.
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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.
Ash Wednesday 2/22 Schedule
Ash Wednesday is February 22 and begins the 40-day Lenten period of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving to prepare for the celebration of the passion, death, and resurrection of Jesus. Below is our Mass and service schedule:
8 AM – Mass
12:10 PM – Mass
4 PM – Children’s Service
5 PM – Service
7 PM – Mass
Ashes will be distributed during each of the Masses and services. Ashes will not be distributed on an individual basis at any other time.
Confessions will be heard:
after the 8 AM Mass,
after the 12:10 PM Mass,
from 4 PM to 6 PM, and
after the 7 PM Mass.
Homily – 6th Sunday Ordinary Time (Fr. Smith)
The Biblical idea of Righteousness is a gift that keeps on giving. It has so many meanings that a preacher could give several homilies without repeating anything essential. Part of this is that several Hebrew words have been translated as one Greek word and this has eventually been translated into 2 English words righteousness and justification. To make it even more complicated they can be applied both to God and humanity. Yet the basic reason may be quite simple. Righteousness is about being in a good relationship with God, and human language; even inspired, will always be left wanting. Righteousness is both too broad and too deep.
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