The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ; 6-2-2024 Ex 24:3-8. Ps 116. Heb 9:11-15. Mk 14:12-16,22-26 Deacon Jim McFadden Most of us are aware that under the direction of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, that the National Eucharistic Revival will culminate in July in Indianapolis. Our diocese was part of that Pilgrimage…
The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity (B); May 26, 2024 Dt 4:32-34. Ps 33. Rom 8:14-17. Mt 28:16-20 Deacon Jim McFadden In his Summa Theologica St. Thomas Aquinas claims that “it is impossible to believe explicitly in the mystery of Christ without faith in the Trinity.” The doctrine of the Trinity is what…
The Solemnity of Pentecost (B); May 19, 2024 Acts 2:1-11. Ps 104. 1 Cor 12:3-7,12-13. Jn 20:19-23 Deacon Jim McFadden In today’s first reading of our Liturgy, the coming of the Holy Spirit is presented in dramatic fashion—comparing it to “the rush of a violent wind” (Acts 2:2). What does this image tell us? …
Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord (B); 5-12-2024 Acts 1:1-11. Ps 47. Eph 1:17-23. Mk 16:15-20 Deacon Jim McFadden The Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord embraces two elements. On one hand our gaze is directed towards heaven where the glorified Jesus is seated at the right hand of God the Father…
6th Sunday of Easter (B); May 5, 2024 Acts 10:25-26,34-35,44-48. Ps 98. 1 Jn 4:7-10. Jn 15:9-17 Deacon Jim McFadden Today’s Gospel—John chapter 15—brings us back to the Last Supper, which contains our Lord’s final, lengthy discourses. After having compared himself to the vine and us to the branches, Jesus then explains what fruit is…
5th Sunday of Easter (B); April 28, 2024 Acts 9:26-41. Ps 22. 1 Jn 3:18-24. Jn 15:1-8 Deacon Jim McFadden You may be familiar with the Co-Exist bumper sticker, which horizontally lists the great religions of the world: it uses the Islamic crescent moon for ‘C’, a peace sign for the ‘O’, the Hindu Om…
4th Sunday of Easter (B); April 21, 2024 Acts 4:8-12. Ps 118. 1Jn 3:1-2. Jn 10:11-18 Deacon Jim McFadden Two lovers look at one another and say without any reservation: “I promise to be faithful to you, in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health, to love and to honor you all…
3rd Sunday of Easter (B); April 14, 2024 Acts 3:13-15,17-19. Ps 42. 1 Jn 2:1-5. Lk 24:35-48 Deacon Jim McFadden The Easter season offers us a spirituality of hope. If Jesus can undergo such suffering and death and rise to new life, he can do the same thing in our life—right here, right now;…
2nd Sunday of Easter (Mercy Sunday); April 7, 2024 Acts 4:32-35. Ps 118. 1 Jn 5:1-6. Jn 20:19-31 Deacon Jim McFadden The seven weeks between Easter Sunday and Pentecost constitutes the Easter season. While lest well known than Advent or Lent—people will give you quizzical looks when you say “Happy Easter” well into May—the…
Divine Mercy Sunday (A); April 12, 2026 Acts 2:42-47. Ps 118. 1 Pt 1:3-9. Jn 20:19-31 Deacon Jim McFadden During the ‘90s, a popular, albeit off-beat television show was the X-Files, featuring agent Fox Mulder, an investigator of the…
Easter Sunday: The Resurrection of Our Lord; 4-06-2026 Acts 10:334,37-43. Ps 118. Col 3:1-4. Jn 20:1-9 Deacon Jim McFadden Today we are celebrating the apex of the liturgical calendar; indeed, it is the nucleus of our Faith: The Resurrection of…
Good Friday: The Passion of the Lord (A); 2026 Deacon Jim McFadden Can you imagine was must have transpired in Hell when Jesus died on the Cross? No doubt some serious infernal celebration must have erupted when the Son of…
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