Events, Videos

Community Mass – 7th Sunday Ordinary Time

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On Sunday, February 20, 2022, join us in person or online for the 7th Sunday of Ordinary Time.

Our current Mass times are:

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

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The readings will be from Cycle C.

Entrance: Love Divine, All Loves Excelling – 641
Readings and Psalm: 1112
Offertory: Ubi Caritas – 696
Communion: Be Not Afraid – 683
Closing: City of God – 766

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 – 6th Sunday Ordinary Time

| St. Charles Borromeo

On Sunday, February 13, 2022, join us in person or online for the 6th Sunday of Ordinary Time.

Our current Mass times are:

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

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The readings will be from Cycle C.

Entrance: Gather Us In – 848
Readings and Psalm: 1109
Offertory: We Are the Light of the World – 592
Communion: You Satisfy the Hungry Heart – 940
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 .

Scriptual Commentary

Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time – Truly Accepting the Resurrection

| St. Charles Borromeo

Sermon on the Mountain, Károly Ferenczy,
1896, Magyar Nemzeti Galéria (Budapest)
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And raising his eyes toward his disciples he said:
“Blessed are you who are poor,
for the kingdom of God is yours.
Blessed are you who are now hungry,
for you will be satisfied.
Blessed are you who are now weeping,
for you will laugh.
Blessed are you when people hate you,
and when they exclude and insult you,
and denounce your name as evil
on account of the Son of Man.
(Luke 6:20–21)

Fr. Smith’s Commentary on the Second Reading
Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
1 Cor 15:12, 16-20
February 13, 2022

The 15th chapter of Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians is so important that we will read it for five Sundays. Even then, we will examine only about half. Last week’s selection gave us a concise but clear statement of the creed:

that Christ died for our sins
in accordance with the scriptures
that he was buried
that he was raised on the third day
in accordance with the scriptures;
that he appeared to Kephas,
then to the Twelve

(1 Co 15:3–5)

This week, he will begin to examine what happens when this basic belief of Christianity is ignored or denied. The Corinthians were a flesh and blood community. They had concrete and specific concerns which affected how they interpreted doctrine and indeed how doctrine formed them.

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Homilies

5th Sunday Ordinary Time – Homily (Fr. Smith)

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I hope that you are enjoying reading Luke’s gospel this year. The people of Brooklyn Heights and Brownstone Brooklyn are Luke’s target audience. When we began to read him a few weeks ago we saw that the Gospel and its continuation the Acts of the Apostles were dedicated to Theophilius, an educated man who was perhaps Luke’s patron. His literary strategy and style are clearly that of a trained writer and he provides the educated reader with the pleasures of learning and craft. We will see today that this contains an opportunity for irony as well. 

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