Saint Edmund R.C. Parish - Brooklyn

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Saint Edmund R.C. Parish - Brooklyn Saint Edmund Roman Catholic Church located in Brooklyn, NY EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT: First Fridays, following the 9:00 am
Mass.

SUNDAY MASSES:
Saturday 5:00 pm
Sunday 8:30 am & 11:00 am
WEEKDAYS: 9:00 am

BAPTISM:
email [email protected]


MARRIAGES: Arrangements must be made SIX months prior to the marriage. SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION:
Saturday, 4:00 pm thru 4:30 pm

SACRAMENT OF THE ANOINTING OF THE SICK: Sick calls any day or night by
calling the Rectory. Angelus and Benediction at Noon. NOVENA: Miraculous Medal—Mondays—following the 9:00 am Mass. ROSARY: Daily, following the 9:00 am Mass. PRAYER GROUP: Wednesdays, following the 9:00 am Mass. REGISTRATION: We extend welcome to all new parishioners and invite them and
any others, who have not yet registered, to become members of the St. Edmund’s
Parish Family. Please contact the Rectory Office for a Registration Form.

Today is Tuesday in the 25th week of Ordinary Time DAILY PRAYER Heavenly Father,form in me the likeness of your Son,...
09/22/2026

Today is Tuesday in the 25th week of Ordinary Time

DAILY PRAYER
Heavenly Father,
form in me the likeness of your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, and deepen his life within me that I may be like him in word and deed.
Increase my eagerness to do your will and help me to grow in the knowledge of your love and truth. Amen

DAILY VERSE (Luke 11:28)

Alleluia, alleluia.
Blessed are those who hear the word of God
and observe it.
Alleluia, alleluia

CLICK FOR TODAYS READINGS:
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/092226.cfm

REFLECTION:

HOW DO WE BECOME A BROTHER AND SISTER OF JESUS.

THE WORD OF GOD CREATES A NEW FAMILY.

Bishop Barron tells that in today’s Gospel, Jesus identifies his disciples as his family. I want to say something about our becoming disciples in his family. Once we make the decision to follow Jesus, then every other claimant to supremacy must fall away.

As I’ve argued many times before, every one of us has something or some set of values that we consider greatest. Perhaps it is money, material things, power, or the esteem of others. Perhaps it is your family, your kids, your wife, your husband.

None of this is false, and none of these things are bad. But when you place any of them in the absolute center of gravity, things go awry. When you make any of them your ultimate or final good, your spiritual life goes haywire. When you attach yourself to any of them with an absolute tenacity, you will fall apart.

Only when we make Christ the cornerstone of our lives are we truly ready for mission. Keep in mind that every encounter with God in the Bible conduces to mission, to being sent to do the work of the Lord. If we try to do this work while we are stuck to any number of attachments, we will fail. Period.
- BLESSING
May the Lord bless us,
protect us from all evil and bring us to everlasting life. Amen

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Courtesy of various sources such as Laudate app, Homily by Bishop Barron & other sources

Thank you to all who attended our 5th Annual BBQ on Catechetical Sunday. We began with Mass, the blessing of our childre...
09/21/2026

Thank you to all who attended our 5th Annual BBQ on Catechetical Sunday. We began with Mass, the blessing of our children’s backpacks, our catechists, our teachers and our administrators. We had A fabulous performance by a jazz big band, plenty of food, prizes and a 50/50.
It was a great success!

Today is the feast of Saint Matthew, Apostle and EvangelistDAILY PRAYER Lord Jesus,you guide me by the light of your...
09/21/2026

Today is the feast of Saint Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist

DAILY PRAYER
Lord Jesus,
you guide me by the light of your saving truth. Fill my heart and mind with your light and truth and free me from the blindness of sin and deception that I may see your ways clearly and understand your will for my life.
May I radiate your light and truth in word and deed to those around me. Amen

DAILY VERSE
Alleluia, alleluia.
We praise you, O God,
we acclaim you as Lord;
the glorious company of Apostles praise you.
Alleluia, alleluia

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REFLECTION

Today’s Gospel celebrates the call of Matthew. Jesus tells the tax collector, “Follow me.”

The call of Jesus addresses the mind, but it moves through the mind into the body, and through the body into the whole of one’s life, into the most practical decisions. “Follow me” has the sense of “apprentice to me” or “walk as I walk; think as I think; choose as I choose; see as I see.” Discipleship entails an entire reworking of the self according to the pattern and manner of Jesus.

Upon hearing the address of the Lord, Matthew “got up and followed him.” The Greek word behind “got up” is anastas, the same word used to describe the resurrection (anastasis) of Jesus from the dead. Following Jesus is indeed a kind of resurrection from the dead, since it involves the transition from a lower form of life to a higher.

Those who have undergone a profound conversion tend to speak of their former life as a kind of illusion, something not entirely real. The father of the prodigal son can say that he “was dead and has come to life again.” So conversion is an anastasis, a rising from death.

Saint Matthew, Pray for Us
- BLESSING
May the Lord bless us,
protect us from all evil and bring us to everlasting life. Amen

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Today is Sunday in the 25th week of Ordinary Time DAILY PRAYER Heavenly Father,you are the source of all true friend...
09/20/2026

Today is Sunday in the 25th week of Ordinary Time

DAILY PRAYER
Heavenly Father,
you are the source of all true friendship and love. In all my relationships, may your love be my constant guide for choosing what is good and for rejecting what is contrary to your will. Amen

DAILY VERSE (Acts 16:14b)

Alleluia, alleluia.
Open our hearts, O Lord,
to listen to the words of your Son.
Alleluia, alleluia

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https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/092026.cfm

REFLECTION

Our spiritual food today is the Parable of the Landowner and the Vineyard.

Where is the meat in this Parable?

First, it is easy to tell that the Landowner is God. The Vineyard is the Church.

The Catechism teaches that the Church is the seed of the Kingdom of God in this world.

The Laborers in the Vineyard are you and me.

The Parable teaches us that the Landowner is a just Employer.

He is like a Father to all the laborers.

If we know that our Employer is kind, fair and just, it will be well for us.

Many employees adopt an adversarial posture with regard to their employers. Labor Union attitude.

Unfortunately too, many people fear God and distrust Him.

God wants His children to love Him, not fear Him. Reverence is the right attitude towards God and not sevile fear.

Love the Lord your God with all your heart and mind and soul.

In September, the Church honors the Sorrowful Heart of Mary. May the Blessed Virgin Mary, Our Lady of Sorrows obtain for us mercies from her Son Jesus.
- BLESSING
May the Lord bless us,
protect us from all evil and bring us to everlasting life. Amen

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Today is Saturday in the 24th week of Ordinary Time DAILY PRAYER Lord Jesus,faith in your word is the way to wisdom,...
09/19/2026

Today is Saturday in the 24th week of Ordinary Time

DAILY PRAYER
Lord Jesus,
faith in your word is the way to wisdom, and to ponder your divine plan is to grow in the truth. Open my eyes to your deeds, and my ears to the sound of your call, that I may understand your will for my life and live according to it. Amen

DAILY VERSE (Luke 8:15)

Alleluia, alleluia.
Blessed are they who have kept the word with a generous heart
and yield a harvest through perseverance.
Alleluia, alleluia

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https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/091926.cfm

REFLECTION

THE SEED IS THE WORD OF GOD.
ARE YOU A HEARER OR A DOER OF THE WORD?

Did you guess that the Sower in the Gospel for today (Luke 8: 4 - 15) is Jesus the Farmer?

The seed is the word of God. One of Jesus numerous names is the Word of God (Cf Revelation 19:13).

The seed that fell among thorns may be likened to some living today in western societies.

Unbridled affluence and materialism have eroded the faith of Our Fathers in these countries .

People hear the Pearl of the Gospel: "Seek first the kingdom of God and holiness of life above every other thing and all your needs shall be met. Stop worrying about tomorrow which you cannot control. Trust firmly in my Divine All Powerful Providence. (Free translation - Cf Matthew 6: 33 - 34).

We hear the word and prefer to be hearers only and not doers of the word.

Our ever merciful Savior continues to sow the word every day through the Sacred Scriptures, teachings from Sacred Tradition and Magisterium.

But you too, you are a sower of the word whether you are a teacher, catechist, evangelist, nurse, housewife, politician, gabage collector, etc. Whatever you are or do, the Lord has entrusted you to partner with Him to transform the world today. How do you respond?
- BLESSING
May the Lord bless us,
protect us from all evil and bring us to everlasting life. Amen

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Today is Friday in the 24th week of Ordinary Time DAILY PRAYER Lord Jesus,set my heart on fire for you that I may gi...
09/18/2026

Today is Friday in the 24th week of Ordinary Time

DAILY PRAYER
Lord Jesus,
set my heart on fire for you that I may give freely of the gifts, talents, and resources you give me, for your sake and for the work of the Gospel. Amen

DAILY VERSE (Matthew 11:25)

Blessed are you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth;
you have revealed to little ones the mysteries of the Kingdom.

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REFLECTION

our Gospel today celebrates the female disciples of Jesus. One of the principal marks of Jesus’s teaching is the overturning of social conventions. In service of what he calls the kingdom of God, God’s way of ordering the world, he says and does all sorts of outrageous things.

And one of the most striking and surprising of Jesus’s moves is a radical inclusion of women. He allows women into his inner circle (practically unheard of for a rabbi). He speaks publicly to the woman at the well. He engages with the Syro-Phoenician woman. He forgives the woman caught in adultery. And the first witnesses of the resurrection are women.

Luke, who told this story, was a companion of Paul, and his Gospel reflects many of Paul’s themes. Paul famously says that in Christ, “There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free person, there is not male and female.” This was very radical stuff in those times, for these were some of the most basic social divisions of the ancient world. Free men were a lot better off than slaves, Jews had huge advantages over Greeks, and males were seen as superior to females. But not anymore—not in light of the kingdom of God that Jesus announces.

Given all of this, can we see these women disciples as forerunners of all of the great women who have followed Jesus over the centuries? Can we see them as prototypes of Teresa of Avila, Joan of Arc, Clare of Assisi, Thérèse of Lisieux, Teresa of Kolkata, Katharine Drexel, Edith Stein, and Dorothy Day?
- BLESSING
May the Lord bless us,
protect us from all evil and bring us to everlasting life. Amen

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Courtesy of various sources such as Laudate app, Homily by Bishop Barron & other sources

Today is Thursday in the 24th week of Ordinary Time DAILY PRAYER Lord Jesus,your grace is sufficient for me. Fill my...
09/17/2026

Today is Thursday in the 24th week of Ordinary Time

DAILY PRAYER
Lord Jesus,
your grace is sufficient for me. Fill my heart with love and gratitude for the mercy you have shown to me and give me joy and freedom to love and serve others with kindness and respect. Amen

DAILY VERSE (Matthew 11:28)

Alleluia, alleluia.
Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened,
and I will give you rest, says the Lord
Alleluia, alleluia.

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REFLECTION

Today’s Gospel, Luke 7:36–50, tells of the woman who approaches Jesus with profound humility, washes his feet with her tears, and anoints them with ointment. While Simon the Pharisee sees only her past, Jesus sees her faith and love.

The woman does not offer Jesus an explanation or defend herself. She simply comes as she is. Her tears become a prayer, and her act of love reveals that she has received—or deeply desires—the mercy of God. Jesus reminds Simon that the person who recognizes how much he or she has been forgiven will naturally respond with greater love.

The Gospel challenges us to examine how we look at others. Do we define people by their mistakes, or do we see them as persons whom God is still transforming? It also invites us to approach Christ without fear. Our sins do not disqualify us from coming to Jesus; they are precisely the reason we need his mercy.

Today, let us bring Jesus whatever burdens, regrets, or wounds we carry. May gratitude for his forgiveness soften our hearts and make us more compassionate toward others.

Prayer:
Lord Jesus, help me to come before you with humility and trust. Forgive my sins, free me from judgment, and teach me to love as generously as I have been loved. Amen.
USCCB
- BLESSING
May the Lord bless us,
protect us from all evil and bring us to everlasting life. Amen

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Today is Wednesday in the 24th week of Ordinary Time DAILY PRAYER Lord Jesus,set my heart on fire for you that I may...
09/16/2026

Today is Wednesday in the 24th week of Ordinary Time

DAILY PRAYER
Lord Jesus,
set my heart on fire for you that I may give freely of the gifts, talents, and resources you give me, for your sake and for the work of the Gospel. Amen

DAILY VERSE (John 6:63c, 68c)

Alleluia, alleluia.
Your words, Lord, are Spirit and life,
you have the words of everlasting life.
Alleluia, alleluia

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REFLECTION

When Jesus compares us to little children in the marketplace who refuse to play the game according to rules, what is He saying?

If you want to be an adult Christian, you must learn one truth and abide by it.

Nobody can please the world. The world has no gold standard.

It has rather arbitrary rules strung together to satisfy selfish whims.

The world controls people through Opinion Polls.

Many people are terrified of adverse opinions from their neighbors, peers and the public.

Jesus did not care what people think about Him.

His greatest desire is to do the will of His Father.

In His teaching in today's Gospel, Jesus is not theoretical. He gives examples:

"For John the Baptist came neither eating food nor drinking w**e, and you said, ‘He is possessed by a demon.’ The Son of Man came eating and drinking and you said, ‘Look, he is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners."

But wisdom is vindicated by her works.” (Matthew 11: 18 - 19).

In September, the Church honors the Sorrowful Heart of Mary.
- BLESSING
May the Lord bless us,
protect us from all evil and bring us to everlasting life. Amen

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Today is The Feast of the Exaltation of the CrossDAILY PRAYER Lord Jesus Christ, your death brought life for us. Fil...
09/14/2026

Today is The Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross

DAILY PRAYER
Lord Jesus Christ, your death brought life for us. Fill me with your Holy Spirit that I may walk in freedom and joy as a child of God and as an heir with Christ of an eternal inheritance.

DAILY VERSE

Alleluia, alleluia.
We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you,
because by your Cross you have redeemed the world
Alleluia, alleluia

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REFLECTION

Today, the Gospel is a prophecy, that is, a glance into the mirror of reality that plunges us into its truth, far beyond what our own senses tell us: the Cross, the Holy Cross of Jesus Christ is the Savior's Throne. That is why Jesus asserts, “So must the Son of Man be lifted up” (Jn 3:14).

We do know the Cross was the most ignominious and heinous torture of its time. To exalt the Holy Cross would therefore be some sort of cynical joke, were it not for the crucified Christ hanging on it. The cross, without the Redeemer, is sheer cynicism; but with the Son of man the Cross is the new tree of Wisdom. By “freely submitting Himself to the passion” of the Cross, Jesus Christ has opened the substance and purpose for our lives: to be lifted up with Him to the Holy Cross to fling open our arms and our heart to God's heavenly gift, in an admirable exchange. Here too, we must listen to the Father's voice that came from the heavens: “You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased” (Mk 1:11). To be crucified with Jesus and resurrect with Him: that is the reason for it all!

So let’s seek the Holy Cross in our own life, to fill us up with the certainty that, “through Him, with Him and in Him”, our offering will be transformed, in the hands of the Father, for the Holy Spirit, in eternal life: “Shed for you and for all men for the remission of sins.”
- BLESSING
May the Lord bless us,
protect us from all evil and bring us to everlasting life. Amen

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Today is Sunday in the 24th week of Ordinary Time DAILY PRAYER Lord Jesus,your healing presence brings life and rest...
09/13/2026

Today is Sunday in the 24th week of Ordinary Time

DAILY PRAYER
Lord Jesus,
your healing presence brings life and restores us to wholeness of mind, body, and spirit.
Speak your word to me and give me renewed hope, strength, and courage to follow you in the midst of life's sorrows and joys. Amen

DAILY VERSE (John 13:34)

Alleluia, alleluia.
I give you a new commandment, says the Lord:
love one another as I have loved you

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REFLECTION

in today’s Gospel, Jesus tells a parable that illustrates God’s mercy. The Latin word for mercy is misericordia, which designates the suffering of the heart, or compassion—cum patior (“I suffer with”).

Mercy is identical to what the Old Testament authors refer to as God’s hesed or tender mercy. It is the characteristic of God, for God is love. The love that obtains among the Trinitarian persons spills over into God’s love for the world that he has made.

Think of a mother’s love for her children. Could you ever imagine a mother becoming indifferent to one of her offspring? But even should she forget, we read in the prophet Isaiah, God will never forget his own. Consider the fact that nothing would exist were it not willed into being by God. But God has no need of anything; hence, his sustaining of the universe is an act of disinterested love and tender mercy.

There is no greater manifestation of the divine mercy than the forgiveness of sins. When G. K. Chesterton was asked why he became a Catholic, he answered, “To have my sins forgiven.” This is the greatest grace the Church can offer: reconciliation, the restoration of the divine friendship, the forgiveness of our sins.
- BLESSING
May the Lord bless us,
protect us from all evil and bring us to everlasting life. Amen

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Courtesy of various sources such as Laudate app, Homily by Bishop Barron & other sources

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2460 Ocean Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
11229

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Monday 9am - 4pm
Tuesday 9am - 4pm
Wednesday 9am - 4pm
Thursday 9am - 4pm
Friday 9am - 4pm
Saturday 9:30pm - 5pm

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