Third Sunday of Lent (B); March 4, 2018 Ex 20:1-17; Ps 19; 1 Cor 1:22-25; Jn 2:13-25 Deacon Jim McFadden; (New) Folsom Prison The core of our faith is the Paschal Mystery, which refers to Jesus’ death and resurrection and their saving significance for us. The adjective paschal derives from the Hebrew verb pasach,…
6th Sunday in O.T.; February 11, 2018 Lv 13:1-2,44-46 Ps 32 1 Cor 10-31-11:1 Mk 1:40-45 Deacon Jim McFadden Last Sunday we saw that in his public life Jesus healed many sick people, revealing that God wants us to be well—indeed, that our joy may be full; that we live life to its fullness.…
1st Sunday of Lent (B); February 18, 2018 Gen 9:8-15 Ps 25 1 Pet 3:18-22 Mk 1:12-15 Deacon Jim McFadden; St. John the Baptist C.C. Lent is about belonging: staying connected with God, each other, and ourselves. The first readings for all the Lenten Sundays in Lectionary Cycle B…
SFHS Frosh Retreat; 2-7-18 Esther 5:1-5 Ps 95 Jn 4:5-42 Deacon Jim McFadden; St. Anthony’s C.C. Have you wondered why the source of “living water” would ask the Samaritan woman, an outsider, for a drink? Shouldn’t it be the other way around? Many decades ago as a young college student, I read William…
SFHS Frosh Retreat; 2-7-18 Esther 5:1-5 Ps 95 Jn 4:5-42 Deacon Jim McFadden; St. Anthony’s C.C. Have you wondered why the source of “living water” would ask the Samaritan woman, an outsider, for a drink? Shouldn’t it be the other way around? Many decades ago as a young college student, I…
5th Sunday of O.T.; February 4, 2018 Job 7:1-7; Ps 147; 1 Cor 9:16-23; Mk 1:29-39 Deacon Jim McFadden; (New) Folsom Prison and SJB Pope Francis often describes the Church as a “field hospital” of wounded, broken, sinful people who are in need of healing. While it is difficult to admit, all of…
Pax et Bonum Mass; January 31, 2018 Sir 50:22-24 Ps 145 Eph 1:3-14 Jn 16:20-22 Deacon Jim McFadden; St. Francis High School I first came across the greeting Pax et Bonum 50 years ago as a young man entering a Franciscan monastery in upstate New York to discern whether I had a vocation to…
3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (B); 1-21-18 Jon 3:1-5,10; Ps 25; 1 Cor 7:29-31; Mk 1:14-21 Deacon Jim McFadden Fifteen years ago, I was preparing an inmate at Folsom Minimum Security Facility for his confirmation on Christmas Day, which was presided by Auxiliary Bishop Garcia. He was so excited but wanted to stay focused on…
2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (B); Jan. 14, 2018 1 Sam 3:3:3-10,19: Ps 42; 1 Cor 6:13-15,17-20; Jn 1:35-42 Deacon Jim McFadden; St. John the Baptist C.C. Unlike the Synoptic Gospels, the Gospel of John does not depict Jesus calling the first disciples while walking along the shore of the Sea of Galilee. …
The Cross is the Way Home 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (A); August 30, 2026 Jer 20:7-9. Ps 63. Rom 12:1-2. Mt 16:21-27 Deacon Jim McFadden After establishing Peter as the rock of his Church, Jesus then begins to speak…
21st Sunday in Ordinary Time (A); August 23, 2026 Is 22:19-23. Ps 138. Rom 11:33-36. Mt 16:13-20 Deacon Jim McFadden Midway through his public ministry, Jesus ventured with his disciples to the northern reaches of the Promised Land, to the…
20th Sunday in Ordinary Time (A); August 16, 2026 Is 56:1,6-7. Ps 67. Rom 11:13-15,29-32. Mt 15:21-28 Deacon Jim McFadden Today’s Gospel (Mt 15:21-28) presents us with a unique example of faith in Jesus’s encounter with a Canaanite woman,…
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