27th SUNDAY in ORDINARY TIME
October 5th 2025
Sunday readings:
https://www.catholic.org/bible/daily_reading/?select_date=2025-10-05
Almighty ever-living God, who in the abundance of your kindness surpass the merits and the desires of those who entreat you, pour out your mercy upon us to pardon what conscience dreads and to give what prayer does not dare to ask.
from today’s Collect Prayer
The month of October is dedicated to the Holy Rosary. The Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary is celebrated on October 7. In modern times, successive popes have urged the faithful to pray the Rosary. It is a form of contemplative prayer, mental and vocal prayer, which brings down God’s blessing on the Church. It is a biblically inspired prayer that is centered on meditation on the salvific mysteries of Christ in union with Mary, who was so closely associated with her Son in his redeeming activity
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.
October 5, 2025 Twenty Seventh Sunday of Ordinary Time bulletin - Liturgy (continued)
Dear People of God,
Continued Liturgy Series from September 28…
We cannot have the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass without having had Jesus’ Death first. Otherwise, without the original events at Calvary, the Mass would be a merely symbolic action in which good natured people gather together to share a story and eat bread together. There is nothing wrong with being nice, telling stories, and sharing food, but that should not be the sole basis of a religion. If those sorts of things were the only basis of a religion, then anyone could do it and it would lose the whole reason for being: we are reconnecting ourselves to our God through supernatural means that He left us. The Mass is not human beings inventing a ritual to bring us back to God; it is God providing us with a ritual that He wants us to enact for our good. The Mass makes Calvary present to us and thus makes us participants in the original events in the same way that in the Jewish religion people who go through the ceremonial meal sharing related to the Passover are understood to be witnesses of the original Passover in the Book of Exodus. Their shared meal has much more depth and significance and prepares the way for the Mass.
The priest represents the whole people to the Father in the place of the Son. The Son originally offered Himself to the Father on the Cross; the Son now invites men to join Him in making that same offering at the altar in church.
May Our Lord bless you all of your days,
Rev. Samuel Moses Brown
Querido Pueblo de Dios:
Serie de Liturgia Continua desde el 28 de septiembre…
No podemos tener el Santo Sacrificio de la Misa sin haber tenido primero la Muerte de Jesús. De lo contrario, sin los eventos originales en el Calvario, la Misa serÌa una acción meramente simbólica en la que personas de buen corazón se reúnen para compartir una historia y comer pan juntos. No hay nada de malo en ser amable, contar historias y compartir comida, pero eso no deberÌa ser la base única de una religión. Si ese tipo de cosas fueran la única base de una religión, entonces cualquiera podrÌa hacerlo y perderÌa todo su sentido de ser: nos estamos reconectando con nuestro Dios a través de medios sobrenaturales que Él nos dejó. La Misa no es que los seres humanos inventen un ritual para acercarnos a Dios; es Dios quien nos proporciona un ritual que desea que llevemos a cabo para nuestro bien. La Misa hace presente el Calvario para nosotros y, por lo tanto, nos hace participantes en los acontecimientos originales de la misma manera que en la religión judÌa las personas que participan en la comida ceremonial relacionada con la Pascua son entendidas como testigos de la Pascua original en el Libro del Éxodo. Su comida compartida tiene mucho más profundidad y significado, y prepara el camino para la Misa.
El sacerdote representa a todo el pueblo ante el Padre en lugar del Hijo. El Hijo originalmente se ofreció a SÌ mismo al Padre en la Cruz; ahora el Hijo invita a los hombres a unirse a Él para hacer esa misma ofrenda en el altar de la iglesia.
Que Nuestro Señor los bendiga todos los días de sus vidas,
Rev. Samuel Moses Brown
September 28, 2025 Twenty Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time bulletin - Liturgy (continued)
Dear People of God,
Continued Liturgy Series from September 21…
As Christians, we participate in the Sacrifice of Christ by partaking of His Blood in the Eucharist. This kind of participation brings our inclusion into the covenant to a whole new level and it changes who we are in light of how we understand who God is–the same God who died on the cross for us and rose from the dead for us. We take into our body His very Blood to have eternal life within us. We do not apply the blood to our face or doorposts, rather we take it inside of our very flesh to make It part of our flesh. Thus, in a sense, we become like Him by partaking of His Body and Blood. In the process, we should organize everything else in our life to lead that eucharistic moment of the reception of these divine elements.
In John 6:52-57 Jesus makes it very clear that His Blood is not just a symbol or a metaphor for something else. He says: The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” So Jesus said to them, “Very truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood have eternal life, and I will raise them up on the last day, for my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me and I in them. Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so whoever eats me will live because of me. (John 6:52-27 NRSV).
This sacrifice of Jesus present on the altar is also a sacrifice of the Son offered to the Father on our behalf. It is made present by the original act (Jesus dying at Calvary), by the priest (who is a cooperator), and by the Holy Spirit (who makes the Son present in our world).
May Our Lord bless you all of your days,
Rev. Samuel Moses Brown
Querido Pueblo de Dios:
Serie de Liturgia Continuada desde el 21 de septiembre...
Como Cristianos, participamos en el Sacrificio de Cristo al comulgar de Su Sangre en la Eucaristía. Este tipo de participación eleva nuestra inclusión en el pacto a un nuevo nivel y cambia quiénes somos a la luz de cómo entendemos quién es Dios: el mismo Dios que murió en la cruz por nosotros y resucitó de entre los muertos por nosotros. Tomamos en nuestro cuerpo Su misma Sangre para tener vida eterna dentro de nosotros. No aplicamos la sangre en nuestra cara o en los dinteles de nuestras puertas, más bien la tomamos dentro de nuestra propia carne para hacerla parte de nuestra carne. Así, en cierto sentido, nos volvemos como Él al participar de Su Cuerpo y Sangre. En el proceso, deberíamos organizar todo lo demás en nuestra vida para llevar ese momento eucarístico de la recepción de estos elementos divinos.
En Juan 6:52-57 Jesús deja muy claro que Su Sangre no es solo un símbolo o una metáfora de otra cosa. Él dice: Entonces los judíos discutían entre ellos, diciendo: “¿Cómo puede este hombre darnos a comer su carne?” Jesús les dijo: “De cierto, de cierto os digo: si no coméis la carne del Hijo del Hombre y no bebéis su sangre, no tenéis vida en vosotros. El que come mi carne y bebe mi sangre tiene vida eterna, y yo lo resucitaré en el día final, porque mi carne es verdadera comida y mi sangre es verdadera bebida. El que come mi carne y bebe mi sangre permanece en mí, y yo en él. Así como el Padre vivo me envió y yo vivo por el Padre, también el que me come vivirá por mí. (Juan 6:52-57 RVR)
Este sacrificio de Jesús presente en el altar también es un sacrificio del Hijo ofrecido al Padre en nuestro nombre. Se hace presente por el acto original (Jesús muriendo en el Calvario), por el sacerdote (que es un colaborador) y por el Espíritu Santo (que hace presente al Hijo en nuestro mundo).
Que Nuestro Señor los bendiga todos los días,
Rev. Samuel Moses Brown
September 21, 2025 Twenty Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time bulletin - Liturgy (continued)
Dear People of God,
Continued Liturgy Series from September 14…
Moses went and told the people all the words of the LORD and all the ordinances, and all the people answered with one voice and said, “All the words that the LORD has spoken we will do.” And Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD. He rose early in the morning, built an altar at the foot of the mountain, and set up twelve pillars, corresponding to the twelve tribes of Israel. He sent young men of the Israelites, who offered burnt offerings and sacrificed oxen as offerings of wellbeing to the LORD. Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and half of the blood he dashed against the altar. Then he took the book of the covenant and read it in the hearing of the people, and they said, “All that the LORD has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient.” Moses took the blood and dashed it on the people, and said, “Here is the blood of the covenant that the LORD has made with you in accordance with all these words.” (Exodus 24:3-8 NRSV)
We see in this narrative about Israel forming their covenant with God that Moses has them participate in two exterior ways: they agree to follow the commandments of the Lord and Moses sprinkles blood on them. This second means of participation will seem strange to us, but we should keep in mind that this sprinkling of blood reminds the people of what happened in the actual Exodus events. Moses instructed the people to apply blood to the entrance points of their home so that the angel of death would pass over them, thus leaving them in peace. They were marked for God and for blessing by that blood. Again, blood is used in this sort of way to mark the people as being different from everyone else in the world. This blood sprinkled on the people is a way in which they participate in the sacrifice.
May Our Lord bless you all of your days,
Rev. Samuel Moses Brown
Querido Pueblo de Dios:
Serie de Liturgia Continuada desde el 14 de septiembre...
Moisés fue y les dijo al pueblo todas las palabras del SEÑOR y todas las ordenanzas; y todo el pueblo respondió a una voz y dijo: “Todas las palabras que ha hablado el SEÑOR las haremos.” Y Moisés escribió todas las palabras del SEÑOR. Se levantó de madrugada, edificó un altar al pie del monte, y erigió doce pilares, según las doce tribus de Israel. Envió jóvenes de los israelitas, quienes ofrecieron holocaustos y sacrificaron bueyes como ofrendas de bienestar al SEÑOR. Moisès tomó la mitad de la sangre y la puso en tazones, y la otra mitad de la sangre la arrojó sobre el altar. Luego tomó el libro del pacto y lo leyó en la audiencia del pueblo, y dijeron: “Todo lo que ha dicho el SEÑOR lo haremos, y seremos obedientes.” Moisés tomó la sangre y la arrojó sobre el pueblo, y dijo: “Aquí está la sangre del pacto que el SEÑOR ha hecho con ustedes conforme a todas estas palabras.” (Éxodo 24:3-8 NRSV)
Vemos en esta narrativa sobre Israel formando su pacto con Dios que Moisès los hace participar de dos maneras exteriores: ellos aceptan seguir los mandamientos del Señor y Moisès les rocÌa sangre. Este segundo medio de participación nos parecerá extraño, pero debemos tener en cuenta que este rociado de sangre recuerda al pueblo lo que sucedió en los eventos del Éxodo. Moisés instruyó al pueblo a aplicar sangre en los puntos de entrada de su casa para que el ángel de la muerte pasara por encima de ellos, dejándolos en paz. Ellos estaban marcados para Dios y para la bendición por esa sangre. Nuevamente, la sangre se usa de esta manera para marcar al pueblo como diferente de los demás en el mundo. Esta sangre rociada sobre el pueblo es una forma en que ellos participan en el sacrificio.
Que nuestro Señor los bendiga todos los dÌas,
Rev. Samuel Moses Brown
September 14, 2025 The Exaltation of the Holy Cross bulletin - Liturgy (continued)
Dear People of God,
Continued Liturgy Series from September 7…
The Eucharist should be the very center of our lives. For all Christians before the invention of Protestantism, the Eucharist, in the liturgical context was their experience of worship. All Christians participated in and understood the profound experience of being in the Lord’s presence in the Eucharist and partaking of the Sacred Elements. Only in the 16th Century was there a shift in thinking that altered how Christians viewed and experienced their worship of God.
The Eucharist is not just a shared meal, but also a sacrifice in its own right. As previously mentioned, we can think of sacrifice as making something holy and therefore the people who participate in that sacrifice can also be made holy.
In the Old Testament, there are various types of sacrifices, some are consumed by the people and others are burned up completely. In either event, the people of the Old Testament offered their sacrifices to God as an act of worship and in a certain sense, they intended it to placate God.
May Our Lord bless you all of your days,
Rev. Samuel Moses Brown
Querido Pueblo de Dios:
Serie de Liturgia Continuada desde el 7 de septiembre...
La Eucaristía debería ser el centro mismo de nuestras vidas. Para todos los cristianos antes de la invención del protestantismo, la Eucaristía, en el contexto litúrgico, era su experiencia de adoración. Todos los cristianos participaban y entendían la profunda experiencia de estar en la presencia del Señor en la Eucaristía y de participar de los Sagrados Elementos. Solo en el siglo XVI hubo un cambio en la forma de pensar que alteró cómo los cristianos veían y experimentaban su adoración a Dios.
La Eucaristía no es solo una comida compartida, sino también un sacrificio en sí mismo. Como se mencionó anteriormente, podemos pensar en el sacrificio como en hacer algo sagrado y, por lo tanto, las personas que participan en ese sacrificio también pueden ser santificadas.
En el Antiguo Testamento, hay varios tipos de sacrificios, algunos son consumidos por el pueblo y otros se queman completamente. En cualquier caso, el pueblo del Antiguo Testamento ofrecía sus sacrificios a Dios como un acto de adoración y, en cierto sentido, pretendían apaciguar a Dios.
Que nuestro Señor los bendiga todos los 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.