TWENTY FIRST SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME
August 24, 2025
Sunday readings:
https://www.catholic.org/bible/daily_reading/?select_date=2025-08-24
If the faithful are to mature in the spiritual life and increase in faith, they must descend the great mountain peaks of Easter and Christmas in order to "pasture" in the vast verdant meadows of tempus per annum, or Ordinary Time.
Missionary Cooperation—Propagation of Faith
August 23-24, 2025
We are having a special collection for the Diocese of Guntur as part of our missionary cooperation program. The Diocese of Guntur is located in southern India. It has just over a half million Catholics out of about 6 million total people in the general population. The diocese hosts a variety of social programs to assist people which includes helping with housing and education. As you can imagine the Diocese of Guntur needs funds to assist people in a variety of difficult circumstances. We thank you in advance for your generosity in helping your brothers and sisters in Christ who are in need in another place in the world. God bless you!
Welcome to St. Eugene’s
St. Eugene’s is the cathedral church for the Diocese of Santa Rosa, located in Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California. Our parish community includes more than 1700 registered parishioner households and a school for preschool through eighth grade students. Our parish was founded in 1950 and became the cathedral when the Diocese of Santa Rosa was established in 1962.
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.
August 24, 2025 Twenty First Sunday of Ordinary Time bulletin - Liturgy (continued)
Dear People of God,
Continued Liturgy Series from August 17…
We see the theme of meeting on the first day of the week in other places in the New Testament. We see in the Gospel of John that ancient Christians met on the first day of the week, which was Sunday though they started counting Sunday at sundown on Saturday according to Jewish custom. Three times in John 20, it is mentioned that the events were happening on Sunday. This day was preeminently important to them because it was the day of the Resurrection of Jesus and the first time that they were “breaking bread” after the crucifixion (Luke 23:30- 32).
Additionally, in the context of the Jewish faith, Sunday is the first day of Creation. Some people might wonder how we know the day on which God began creating. In one sense, we (Gentiles) would have no idea. It could have been any day, except that the Jewish people kept track meticulously on the Sabbath which is Saturday. Since Creation ends with the Sabbath as the seventh day, we know that the first day was Sunday. This day is also called the “Eighth Day” in some cultures.
In a sense, Sunday is both the first day of Creation and the day on which it starts over again. It is the day of “recreation” or the day on which God starts creating all over again. It is extremely fitting that God the Son rose from the dead on Sunday. So too, it is extremely fitting that we worship Him on Sunday. This day has always been reserved in the Christian mind for the worship of God and for His glory. It is the preeminent day of focus on God.
To be continued...
May Our Lord bless you all of your days,
Rev. Samuel Moses Brown
Querido Pueblo de Dios:
Serie de Liturgia Continua desde el 17 de agosto...
Vemos el tema de reunirnos en el primer día de la semana en otros lugares del Nuevo Testamento. En el Evangelio de Juan vemos que los antiguos cristianos se reunían en el primer día de la semana, que era domingo, aunque empezaban a contar el domingo desde la puesta de sol del sábado de acuerdo con la costumbre judía. Tres veces en Juan 20 se menciona que los eventos estaban ocurriendo en domingo. Este día era de suma importancia para ellos porque era el día de la Resurrección de Jesús y la primera vez que estaban "partiendo el pan" después de la crucifixión (Lucas 23:30-32).
Además, en el contexto de la fe judía, el domingo es el primer día de la Creación. Algunas personas podrían preguntarse cómo sabemos el día en que Dios comenzó a crear. En cierto sentido, nosotros (los gentiles) no tendríamos idea. Podría haber sido cualquier día, salvo que el pueblo judío llevó un registro meticuloso en el Sabbat, que es el sábado. Dado que la Creación termina con el Sabbat como el séptimo día, sabemos que el primer día fue el domingo. Este día también se llama el “Octavo Día” en algunas culturas.En cierto sentido, el domingo es tanto el primer día de la Creación como el día en que comienza de nuevo. Es el día de la “re-creación” o el día en que Dios comienza a crear de nuevo. Es extremadamente apropiado que Dios el Hijo resucitara de entre los muertos en domingo.
Así también, es extremadamente apropiado que lo adoremos el domingo. Este día siempre ha estado reservado en la mente cristiana para la adoración de Dios y para Su gloria. Es el día preeminente de enfoque en Dios.
Continuará...
Que nuestro Señor los bendiga,
Rev. Samuel Moses Brown
August 17, 2025 Twentieth Sunday of Ordinary Time bulletin - Liturgy (continued)
Dear People of God,
Continued Liturgy Series from August 10…
The first Christians broke bread understanding that Jesus became present when they did so in the context of some kind of liturgy. I say “some kind” because they did not have everything figured out right away. It took time for them to have a more defined liturgy as we would understand it. It is very significant that they meet to “break bread” and that they do this on the first day of the week. In the ancient Jewish context, this means that they were meeting on Saturday night. Sunday is the first day of the week and the days begin with sundown in the Jewish religion. Thus it was Saturday night.
It appears that the first Christians met at this time for the Mass, or the breaking of the bread, as they were calling it. In Latin, that term is “fractio panis” meaning “the fraction of the bread.” It seems that the literal breaking of the bread was a very early and significant part of the Mass. To this day, every Mass has a part in which the celebrant breaks the host. He may do so over the chalice or over the paten, but at every Mass he does it. This is something that is probably one of the oldest aspects of the Mass and in the time of the Apostles was probably very literal in that they may have only had one piece of bread that they broke into as many pieces as needed for the congregation. We started using smaller hosts for individual reception of Communion at a later date.
We see the theme of meeting on the first day of the week in other places in the New Testament also.
To be continued...
May Our Lord bless you all of your days,
Rev. Samuel Moses Brown
Querido Pueblo de Dios:
Continúa la serie litúrgica del 10 de agosto…
Los primeros cristianos partían el pan entendiendo que Jesús se hacía presente cuando lo hacían en el contexto de algún tipo de liturgia. Digo “algún tipo” porque no tenían todo resuelto de inmediato. Les tomó tiempo tener una liturgia más definida como la entenderíamos hoy. Es muy significativo que se reúnan para “partir el pan” y que lo hagan el primer día de la semana. En el contexto judío antiguo, esto significa que se reunían el sábado por la noche. El domingo es el primer día de la semana y los días comienzan con el atardecer en la religión judía. Por lo tanto, era el sábado por la noche.
Parece que los primeros cristianos se reunieron en este momento para la Misa, o la fracción del pan, como la estaban llamando. En latín, ese término es "fractio panis" que significa "la fracción del pan". Parece que la literal ruptura del pan fue una parte muy temprana y significativa de la Misa. Hasta el día de hoy, cada Misa tiene una parte en la que el celebrante rompe la hostia. Puede hacerlo sobre el cáliz o sobre la patena, pero en cada Misa lo hace. Esto es algo que probablemente es uno de los aspectos más antiguos de la Misa y en la época de los Apóstoles probablemente fue muy literal en el sentido de que podían tener solo un trozo de pan que rompían en tantas piezas como necesitaba la congregación. Comenzamos a usar hostias más pequeñas para la recepción individual de la Comunión en una fecha posterior.
Vemos el tema de reunirse en el primer día de la semana en otros lugares del Nuevo Testamento también.
Continuará…
Que Nuestro Señor los bendiga todos sus días,
Rev. Samuel Moses Brown
August 10, 2025 Nineteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time bulletin - Liturgy (continued)
Dear People of God,
continued Liturgy Series from August 3…
Another element about Christian liturgy that seems to have been present from the beginning is the primacy of the Eucharist. Christians celebrated the Eucharist very often and had a specific understanding of the nature of the Eucharist. We see this view in different places in the New Testament. The first place I want to review is Acts 20:7-12 which is reproduced below from the English Standard Version of the Bible.
On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul talked with them, intending to depart on the next day, and he prolonged his speech until midnight. There were many lamps in the upper room where we were gathered. And a young man named Eutychus, sitting at the window, sank into a deep sleep as Paul talked still longer. And being overcome by sleep, he fell down from the third story and was taken up dead. But Paul went down and bent over him, and taking him in his arms, said, “Do not be alarmed, for his life is in him.” And when Paul had gone up and had broken bread and eaten, he conversed with them a long while, until daybreak, and so departed. And they took the youth away alive, and were not a little comforted. (Acts 20:7-12 ESV)
We first notice that the meeting is called the “breaking of the bread.” Many people think of that as a general term to mean the sharing of food. While that might often be the case, there does seem to be a specific meaning in the ancient Christian context. The first Christians broke bread understanding that Jesus became present when they did so in the context of some kind of liturgy.
To be continued...
May Our Lord bless you all of your days,
Rev. Samuel Moses Brown
Querido Pueblo de Dios:
continúa la serie litúrgica del 3 de agosto…
Otro elemento de la liturgia cristiana que parece haber estado presente desde el principio es la primacía de la Eucaristía. Los cristianos celebraban la Eucaristía muy a menudo y tenían una comprensión específica de la naturaleza de la Eucaristía. Vemos esta visión en diferentes lugares del Nuevo Testamento. El primer lugar que quiero revisar es Hechos 20:7-12, que se reproduce a continuación de la versión estándar en inglés de la Biblia.
El primer día de la semana, cuando nos reunimos para partir el pan, Pablo habló con ellos, con la intención de partir al día siguiente, y prolongó su discurso hasta la medianoche. Había muchas lámparas en el aposento alto donde estábamos reunidos. Un joven llamado Eutico, sentado a la ventana, se sumió en un profundo sueño mientras Pablo seguía hablando. Vencido por el sueño, cayó del tercer piso y fue levantado muerto. Pero Pablo bajó, se inclinó sobre él y, tomándolo en sus brazos, le dijo: «No os alarméis, porque su vida está en él». Después de subir Pablo, partir el pan y comer, conversó con ellos largo rato hasta el amanecer, y así partió. Se llevaron vivo al joven, y se consolaron bastante. (Hechos 20:7-12 ESV)
Primero notamos que la reunión se llama "fracción del pan". Mucha gente piensa que es un término general para referirse a compartir la comida. Si bien a menudo puede ser así, parece tener un significado específico en el contexto cristiano antiguo. Los primeros cristianos partían el pan entendiendo que Jesús se hacía presente al hacerlo en el contexto de algún tipo de liturgia.
Continuará...
Que Nuestro Señor los bendiga todos sus días,
Reverendo Samuel Moses Brown
August 3, 2025 Eighteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time bulletin - Liturgy (continued)
Dear People of God,
Continued Series from July 27th…
There is a need for a lectionary and it was developed to make sure that the clergy did not only use Scripture passages that they liked. Rather, we are supposed to get a well rounded view of the Bible throughout the years by reading from a variety of places in Sacred Scripture. This way it is not the choice of any one person what is read at Mass, rather it is the choice of the Church as a whole. A liturgical principle that we should all keep in mind is that the things of liturgy are not supposed to be the ideas or choices of any one person. Instead, the components of the liturgy should be the Church expressing herself as a corporate whole and making informed liturgical choices that are truly helpful to Christian spirituality.
The liturgy is not about the personal expression of the cleric who is officiating at the liturgy. The liturgy is about Christ acting through the Church and the individual member of the clergy to authentically express the Truth which is, above all else, a person: Jesus Christ. This is why it is so crucial for clergy and laity alike to read the liturgical documents and to have a grounded understanding of them. In particular, we should also have a firm understanding of the documents of Vatican II and what they say about liturgy. So often people have claimed in the past that Vatican II did or said something that was not really firmly grounded in the documents of that Council. When we read those documents, we gain a stronger understanding of the nature of the liturgy and our shared worship of our God.
To be continued...
May Our Lord bless you all of your days,
Rev. Samuel Moses Brown
Querido Pueblo de Dios,
Continuado desde el 27 de julio...
Hay una necesidad de un leccionario y se desarrolló para asegurarse de que el clero no utilizara solo los pasajes de las Escrituras que les gustaban. Más bien, se supone que debemos obtener una visión completa de la Biblia a lo largo de los años leyendo de una variedad de lugares en las Sagradas Escriturass. De esta manera, no es la elección de una sola persona lo que se lee en la Misa, sino la elección de la Iglesia en su conjunto. Un principio litúrgico que todos debemos tener en cuenta es que las cosas de la liturgia no deben ser las ideas o elecciones de una sola persona. En cambio, los componentes de la liturgia deben ser la Iglesia expresándose a sí misma como un todo corporativo y tomando decisiones litúrgicas informadas que sean realmente útiles para la espiritualidad cristiana.
La liturgia no se trata de la expresión personal del clérigo que oficia la liturgia. La liturgia se trata de Cristo actuando a través de la Iglesia y del miembro individual del clero para expresar auténticamente la Verdad que es, sobre todo, una persona: Jesucristo. Es por esto que es tan crucial que tanto el clero como laicado lean los documentos litúrgicos y tengan una comprensión sólida de los mismos. En particular, también deberíamos tener un firme entendimiento de los documentos del Concilio Vaticano II y de lo que dicen sobre la liturgia. A menudo, en el pasado, las personas han afirmado que el Concilio Vaticano II hizo o dijo algo que realmente no estaba firmemente arraigado en los documentos de ese Consejo. Cuando leemos esos documentos, obtenemos una comprensión más fuerte de la naturaleza de la liturgia y de nuestra adoración compartida a nuestro Dios.
Continuará...
Que nuestro Señor los bendiga todos sus días,
Rev. Samuel Moses Brown
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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.