1st Sunday of Lent (B); February 18, 2024 Gn 9:8-15. Ps 25. 1 Pet 3:18-22. Mk 1:12-15 Deacon Jim McFadden Each year the Church admonishes us to turn our faces once again to the mystery and heart of our faith: The Paschal Mystery of the living, dying, and rising of Jesus and our own living,…
Un Dios que se “contamina” con nuestra humanidad herida VI Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario (B); 11 de febrero de 2024 Lev 13:1-2,44-46. Sal 32. 1 Cor 10:31—11:1. Marcos 1:40-45 Diácono Jim McFadden Los últimos domingos nos hemos encontrado con Jesús, el Divino Médico de nuestros cuerpos y almas. Fue enviado a nuestro mundo plagado de…
6th Sunday of Ordinary Time (B); February 11, 2024 Lv 13:1-2,44-46. Ps 32. 1 Cor 10:31—11:1. Mk 1:40-45 Deacon Jim McFadden The last few Sundays we have encountered Jesus, the Divine Physician of our bodies and souls. He was sent into our world plagued by alienation, polarization, dissension, dysfunction, and social injustice of every…
5º Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario (B); 4 de febrero de 2024 Trabajo 7:1-7. Sal 147. 1 Cor 9:16-23. Marcos 1:29-39 Diácono Jim McFadden Querido y glorioso médico fue un clásico histórico/ficción sobre San Lucas de Taylor Caldwell publicado en 1959. Recuerdo haber devorado el libro cuando era un adolescente que vivía en San Francisco, lo…
5th Sunday of Ordinary Time (B); February 4, 2024 Job 7:1-7. Ps 147. 1 Cor 9:16-23. Mk 1:29-39 Deacon Jim McFadden Dear and Glorious Physician was a classic historical/fiction about St. Luke by Taylor Caldwell published in 1959. I remember devouring the book as a teenager living in San Francisco, which was part of…
Pope Benedict on Gender ideology Our American culture is making a shift to the cause of transgenderism. Both cultural elites and the medical profession are taking up this cause even though it cannot be scientifically validated, but political considerations override such considerations. Before we look at how this trend is being played out in…
28th Sunday in Ordinary Time (A); October 11, 2026 Is 25:6-10a. Ps 23. Phil 4:12-20. Mt 22:1-14 Deacon Jim McFadden The parable we hear in today’s Gospel tells us a lot about the Kingdom of God, which is likened…
27th Sunday of Ordinary Time (A); October 4, 2026 Is 5:1-7. Ps 80. Phil 4:6-9. Mt 21:33-43 Deacon Jim McFadden The parable about the mismanagement of the vineyard tells us a lot about the Kingdom of God, the choices we…
26th Sunday in Ordinary Time (A); September 27, 2026 Ez 18:25-28. Ps 25. Phil 2:1-11. Mt 21:28-3 Deacon Jim McFadden In a past issue of the Catholic Herald (September/October 2020), the newsmagazine for the Diocese of Sacramento, there is a…
