31st SUNDAY in ORDINARY TIME
Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed
ALL SOULS’ DAY
November 2nd 2025
Sunday readings:
https://www.catholic.org/bible/daily_reading/?select_date=2025-11-02
Today is the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls' Day). The Church, after celebrating the feast of All Saints, today prays for all who, in the purifying suffering of Purgatory, await the day they will join in heavenly glory. The celebration of the Mass, which re-presents the Sacrifice of Christ on Calvary, has always been the principal means by which the Church fulfills the great responsibility of charity toward the dead. Death cannot break the bonds of the Body of Christ.
—Daily Roman Missal
Pope Benedict XVI to Young People
"You need to know what you believe. You need to know your faith with that same precision with which an IT specialist knows the inner workings of a computer. You need to understand it like a good musician knows the piece he is playing. Yes, you need to be more deeply rooted in the faith than the generation of your parents so that you can engage the challenges and temptations of this time with strength and determination. You need God's help if your faith is not going to dry up like a dewdrop in the sun, if you want to resist the blandishments of consumerism, if your love is not to drown in pornography, if you are not going to betray the weak and leave the vulnerable helpless."
Welcome to St. Eugene’s
St. Eugene's is the Cathedral Church of the Diocese of Santa Rosa in California. Our parish includes more than 1700 registered families and a variety of different ministries. Our parish was founded in 1950 and it became the Cathedral of the Diocese of Santa Rosa in 1962 when the Diocese was founded. Welcome to our parish and to our community centered on Christ Jesus Our Lord.
Announcements
Please check this week’s bulletin for all current announcements. Only special announcements or ones that didn’t make it into the bulletin are listed here.
November 2, 2025 Thirtieth Sunday of Ordinary Time bulletin - Liturgy (continued)
Dear People of God,
Continued Liturgy Series from October 26…
We cannot properly participate in the prayers of the Mass when we view the actions of the priest as part of a communal event put on for the people themselves. The Mass is properly oriented to God the Father and is an act of cultic ritual worship. Though that seems somewhat foreign to us as modern people, it is what the Mass is at its core. We, then, are drawn into that very worship by our interior participation and that interior participation leads us to exterior participation. Our interior participation is also supposed to alter how we live our life and the things that we value in our day to day life. We should orient ourselves towards God in every moment.
This reflection on the nature of the liturgy begins to get at the very spirit of the liturgy, or the reasons why we have liturgy in the first place. To start, I would like to make a fundamental division in the world’s religions. Two primary types of religion exist: pagan and revealed. The word “pagan” literally means “of the rural areas” or “rural people;” in an extended sense it refers to the spiritual beliefs of people living in areas that have not yet been introduced to revealed religion. In essence, pagan religion is whatever the people of some area happen to have as inherited cultural beliefs about spiritual realities. In contrast, revealed religion can refer to any of the three Abrahamic Faiths: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. These religions make a claim that God revealed them to some prophet in time as opposed to a set of spiritual beliefs people happen to have. All of the world’s religions have some kind of rituals or things that they do.
May Our Lord bless you all of your days,
Rev. Samuel Moses Brown
Querido Pueblo de Dios,
Serie de liturgia continua desde el 26 de octubre…
No podemos participar adecuadamente en las oraciones de la Misa cuando consideramos las acciones del sacerdote como parte de un evento comunitario realizado para el pueblo mismo. La Misa está propiamente orientada a Dios Padre y es un acto de culto ritual. Aunque esto nos parezca algo extraño como personas modernas, es lo que la Misa es en su esencia. Entonces, somos atraídos a ese mismo culto por nuestra participación interior y esa participación interior nos conduce a la participación exterior. Nuestra participación interior también debe modificar la manera en que vivimos nuestra vida y las cosas que valoramos en nuestro día a día. Debemos orientarnos hacia Dios en cada momento.
Esta reflexión sobre la naturaleza de la liturgia comienza a acercarse al mismo espíritu de la liturgia, o a las razones por las cuales tenemos liturgia en primer lugar. Para empezar, me gustaría hacer una división fundamental en las religiones del mundo. Existen dos tipos principales de religión: pagana y revelada. La palabra “pagano” literalmente significa “de las áreas rurales” o “personas rurales”; en un sentido más amplio, se refiere a las creencias espirituales de las personas que viven en áreas que aún no han sido introducidas a la religión revelada. En esencia, la religión pagana es cualquier cosa que la gente de alguna área tenga como creencias culturales heredadas sobre realidades espirituales. En contraste, la religión revelada puede referirse a cualquiera de las tres religiones abrahámicas: judaísmo, cristianismo e islam. Estas religiones afirman que Dios se les reveló a algún profeta en su tiempo, a diferencia de un conjunto de creencias espirituales que la gente tenga por casualidad. Todas las religiones del mundo tienen algún tipo de rituales o cosas que realizan.
Que Nuestro Señor los bendiga todos los días de sus vidas,
Rev. Samuel Moses Brown
October 26, 2025 Twenty Nineth Sunday of Ordinary Time bulletin - Liturgy (continued)
Dear People of God,
Continued Liturgy Series from October 19…
Much has been done in the way of improving exterior participation in the Liturgy while at times that has interfered with interior participation. For instance, at many parishes the person leading singing has been placed somewhere everyone can see and hear the person clearly. It is true that this does improve participation in singing in the congregation, which is a good thing.
At the same time, it creates the unintended illusion that the choir is competing with the priest for visual attention. When people who are just learning about the Catholic faith see that, they are often confused. It creates competition for the attention of the congregants.
Even more so, in churches where the choir is situated in the sanctuary itself, it creates the sense that the choir are on a stage and that the priest is part of what they are doing. It also sends the message that the whole liturgy is oriented towards being in front of the congregation and getting their attention. Unfortunately, this can come to be viewed like entertainment which sends the wrong message about the nature of our worship and alters our perception of what the Mass truly is.
We cannot properly participate in the prayers of the Mass when we view the actions of the priest as part of a communal event put on for the people themselves. The Mass is properly oriented to God the Father and is an act of cultic ritual worship.
May Our Lord bless you all of your days,
Rev. Samuel Moses Brown
Querido Pueblo de Dios,
Serie de Liturgia Continuada desde octubre 19…
Se ha avanzado mucho en la mejora de la participación exterior en la Liturgia, aunque a veces eso ha interferido con la participación interior. Por ejemplo, en muchas parroquias, la persona que dirige el canto ha sido colocada en un lugar donde todos puedan ver y escuchar claramente a esa persona. Es cierto que esto mejora la participación en el canto por parte de la congregación, lo cual es algo bueno.
Al mismo tiempo, crea la ilusión no intencionada de que el coro está compitiendo con el sacerdote por la atención visual. Cuando las personas que recién están aprendiendo sobre la fe católica ven eso, a menudo se sienten confundidas. Genera competencia por la atención de los feligreses.
Aún más, en las iglesias donde el coro se encuentra en el mismo santuario, se crea la sensación de que el coro está en un escenario y que el sacerdote es parte de lo que ellos están haciendo. También envía el mensaje de que toda la liturgia está orientada a estar frente a la congregación y captar su atención. Desafortunadamente, esto puede llegar a ser visto como entretenimiento, lo que envía un mensaje equivocado sobre la naturaleza de nuestra adoración y altera nuestra percepción de lo que realmente es la Misa.
No podemos participar adecuadamente en las oraciones de la Misa cuando vemos las acciones del sacerdote como parte de un evento comunitario organizado para el pueblo. La Misa está propiamente orientada a Dios Padre y es un acto de culto ritual.
Que nuestro Señor los bendiga todos los días de su vida,
Reverendo Samuel Moses Brown
October 19, 2025 Twenty Nineth Sunday of Ordinary Time bulletin - Liturgy (continued)
Dear People of God,
Continued Liturgy Series from October 12…
The Holy Spirit makes the Son present in this world as He did for Our Lord originally in Luke 1:35, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you,” says the angel to Mary. Though we do not see the action of the Spirit, as Jesus noted in John 3 when speaking to Nicodemus, we do experience the effects. We cannot see the bread and wine become the Eucharist, but there are a wide variety of effects we experience. In particular, many Catholics report feeling the presence of the Lord in some mystical interior way when in the presence of the Eucharist especially when the Eucharist is exposed for adoration. Some non-Catholics have also said that they have had such experiences.
The priest offers this Eucharist (the Body and Blood of the Son) to the Father on behalf of the entire community. The community joins the priest in this action by their participation in the liturgy itself. This is an area where people often cannot agree on what the word participation means. On the one hand, there is exterior participation such as song singing, saying the responses, and assuming the postures of the congregation (sitting, standing, kneeling). On the other hand, there is interior participation, such as hearing the words spoken, listening to the singing, engaging with the Lord in the context of liturgy. Many of the Church’s documents have asked that the members of the congregation participate in the liturgy in both of these ways.
May Our Lord bless you all of your days,
Rev. Samuel Moses Brown
Querido Pueblo de Dios,
Serie de Liturgia Continuada desde octubre 12…
El Espíritu Santo hace presente al Hijo en este mundo tal como lo hizo originalmente para Nuestro Señor en Lucas 1:35: “El Espíritu Santo vendrá sobre ti”, dice el ángel a María. Aunque no vemos la acción del Espíritu, como Jesús señaló en Juan 3 al hablar con Nicodemo, sí experimentamos sus efectos. No podemos ver cómo el pan y el vino se convierten en la Eucaristía, pero hay una amplia variedad de efectos que experimentamos. En particular, muchos católicos relatan sentir la presencia del Señor de una manera mística e interior cuando están en presencia de la Eucaristía, especialmente cuando la Eucaristía está expuesta para la adoración. Algunos no católicos también han dicho que han tenido experiencias similares.
El sacerdote ofrece esta Eucaristía (el Cuerpo y la Sangre del Hijo) al Padre en nombre de toda la comunidad. La comunidad se une al sacerdote en esta acción mediante su participación en la liturgia misma. Este es un ámbito en el que a menudo las personas no pueden ponerse de acuerdo sobre lo que significa la palabra participación. Por un lado, existe la participación exterior, como cantar, decir las respuestas y adoptar las posturas de la congregaci ón (sentarse, levantarse, arrodillarse). Por otro lado, existe la participación interior, como escuchar las palabras pronunciadas, prestar atención al canto y relacionarse con el Señor en el contexto de la liturgia. Muchos de los documentos de la Iglesia han pedido que los miembros de la congregación participen en la liturgia de ambas maneras.
Que Nuestro Señor los bendiga todos los días de sus vidas,
Rev. Samuel Moses Brown
October 12, 2025 Twenty Eighth Sunday of Ordinary Time bulletin - Liturgy (continued)
Dear People of God,
Continued Liturgy Series from October 5…
The priest speaks the words of institution at the Mass to the people gathered for the sacrifice in the voice of the Son Himself. Otherwise during the Eucharistic Prayer, the priest narrates the events in the third person talking to the Father. The assembled people join in the priest’s prayers interiorly by being present, by listening, by agreeing, by ordering their life around this event. Interior participation does not need to understand the language or hear every word, but rather is about an interior disposition related to being a disciple of Jesus in this world today. Thus we participate with our mind, heart, and soul. The assembled people also participate exteriorly by singing, by saying “Amen,” by assuming the common postures of the Mass, by orienting their senses to experience what God has ready for them in the Mass. The laity participate most sacrificially by offering their sons, brothers, and friends to the Church so that priests may exist. This is one reason why vocations work is so important. Without the laity offering up new men, we would not have the Sacraments.
As an aside, sometimes people get fixated on changing the criteria of priesthood, but any such conversation must be careful not to avoid the very nature of priesthood and the sacrificial nature of the Mass. If a priest were just a community organizer, anyone could be a priest. A priest is so much more than a community organizer. The priest does nothing without the Holy Spirit in relation to the Sacraments.
May Our Lord bless you all of your days,
Rev. Samuel Moses Brown
Querido Pueblo de Dios,
Serie de Liturgia Continuada desde octubre 5...
El sacerdote pronuncia las palabras de la institución en la Misa ante el pueblo reunido para el sacrificio con la voz del mismo Hijo. De lo contrario, durante la Plegaria Eucarística, el sacerdote narra los hechos en tercera persona dirigiéndose al Padre. El pueblo reunido se une a las oraciones del sacerdote interiormente estando presente, escuchando, aceptando y ordenando su vida en torno a este acontecimiento. La participación interior no requiere entender el idioma ni escuchar cada palabra, sino más bien una disposición interior relacionada con ser discípulo de Jesús en el mundo actual. Así, participamos con nuestra mente, corazón y alma. El pueblo reunido también participa exteriormente cantando, diciendo “Amén”, adoptando las posturas comunes de la Misa y orientando sus sentidos para experimentar lo que Dios ha preparado para ellos en la Misa. Los laicos participan de manera más sacrificial ofreciendo sus hijos, hermanos y amigos a la Iglesia para que existan sacerdotes. Esta es una de las razones por las que el trabajo de las vocaciones es tan importante. Sin los laicos ofreciendo nuevos hombres, no tendríamos los Sacramentos.
Como comentario aparte, a veces las personas se obsesionan con cambiar los criterios del sacerdocio, pero cualquier conversación al respecto debe tener cuidado de no evitar la naturaleza misma del sacerdocio y la naturaleza sacrificial de la Misa. Si un sacerdote fuera solo un organizador comunitario, cualquiera podría ser sacerdote. Un sacerdote es mucho más que un organizador comunitario. El sacerdote no hace nada sin el Espíritu Santo en relación con los Sacramentos.
Que Nuestro Señor los bendiga todos los días de sus vidas,
Rev. Samuel Moses Brown
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December 22, 2024 Fourth Sunday of Advent bulletin - Christian Peace
December 15, 2024 Third Sunday of Advent bulletin - Advent Joy + Preparation
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November 24, 2024 Christ the King bulletin - Give Thanks to God
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October 27, 2024 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time bulletin - Eucharistic Prayers
October 20, 2024 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time bulletin - Do you believe? & Eucharistic Prayers
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Pastor’s Desk
Mass, Confession, & Adoration Schedule
Weekly Mass Schedule
Weekday Mass
Mon-Fri — 6:45 a.m. & 8 a.m.
Tues — 5:30 p.m.
Saturday — 8 a.m.
Saturday Evening Vigil:
4:30 p.m. (English)
6:30 p.m. (Spanish)
Sunday Mass:
7:30 a.m.
9 a.m.
10:30 a.m. *
12 noon
5:30 p.m.
Only the Sunday, 10:30 a.m. Mass (*) will continue to be live-streamed on St. Eugene Cathedral YouTube Channel. An outdoor speaker and/or monitor will only be placed outside for special Masses/events that would require outside overflow seating.
Holy Day Mass Schedule
The usual schedule for Holy Days follows. Please check current bulletin for any changes.
6:45 a.m., 8 a.m., 5:30 p.m. and
7 p.m. (Spanish)9:20 a.m. school Mass during the school year
Adoration Times
24 hours a day. Passcode required.º
º The Adoration Chapel is open for Perpetual Adoration. See the announcement above, the latest bulletin, or the Adoration web page for more information.
Confession
Saturday 3:00-4:30 p.m. or by appointment
First Saturday of every month prior to and during the 8 a.m. Mass
Sunday Masses Confession:
No regular schedule - dependent on priests’ availability.