28th Sunday in O.T.; Oct. 15, 2017 Is 25:6-10a Ps 23 Phil 4:12-20 Mt 22:1-10 Deacon Jim McFadden Most of us like a good party. Today’s gospel focuses on a royal wedding party, which can tell us a lot about the Kingdom of God. A beautiful image used in Scripture is to describe…
27th Sunday in O.T.; October 8, 2017 Is 5:1-7 Ps 80 Phil 4:6-9 Mt 21:33-43 Deacon Jim McFadden; (New) Folsom Prison The parable about the mis-management of a vineyard tells us a lot about the Kingdom of God and the choices we make. It shows us that we have everything we need right…
St. Francis Day: October 4, 2017 Gal 6:14-18 Ps 27 Mt 11:25-30 Deacon Jim McFadden; SFHS In March of 2013 when the conclave to elect the next pope was voting, it was becoming apparent that the cardinal from Buenos Aires, Argentina, Jorge Mario Bergoglio was going to be chosen. When he went over…
25th Sunday in O.T. (A); Sept. 24, 2017 Is 55:6-9 Ps 145 Phil 1:20c-24 Mt 20:1-16a Deacon Jim McFadden; (New) Folsom Prison Sometimes Jesus just doesn’t seem fair. The parable of the Day Laborers evokes the sense of getting ripped off. That’s why is it probably the least liked parable that Jesus ever told…
24th Sunday in Ordinary Time (A); 9-17-17 Sir 27:30-28:7; Ps 103:1-4,9-12; Rom 14:7-9; Mt 18:21-35 Deacon Jim McFadden; St. John the Baptist C.C. Last week’s readings spoke of reconciliation. This week we consider the same theme, but from the perspective of forgiveness. We all know how difficult it is to swallow our pride…
21st Sunday in Ordinary Time; August 27, 2017 Is 22:19-23; Ps 138; Rom 11:33-36; Mt 16:13-20 Deacon Jim McFadden; (New) Folsom Prison St. Paul reminds us, in case we should ever forget, that “How inscrutable are (God’s) judgments and how inscrutable his ways!” (Rom 11: 33b) And, he underscores that truth with an…
20th Sunday in O.T. (A); August 20, 2017 Is 56:1,6-7 Ps 67 Rom 11:13-15,29-32 Mt 15:21-28 Deacon Jim McFadden; SJB Today’s Gospel maybe one of the most problematic in the entire New Testament as on the surface it seems to portray Jesus as a chauvinist. Jesus leaves God’s own holy land and enters…
19th Sunday in O.T. (A); Aug. 13, 2017 1 Kgs 19:9-13a; Ps 85 Rom 9:1-5 Mt 14:22-33 Deacon Jim McFadden; (New) Folsom Prison It’s difficult for most of us to be still. We’re surrounded by a wall of endless chatter, small talk, off-the-cuff remarks that have no beginning and no end. Then, there’s…
Pope Francis v. the Alt-right. The struggle between progressives and conservatives under the Francis pontificate took a dramatic turn when the New York Times linked alt-right standard bearer, Steve Bannon (former Breitbart News editor, current advisor to President Trump, and self-identified but non-practicing Catholic) to the Vatican. According to the Times, Bannon and…
Lindy West’s op-ed piece, Of Course Abortion Should Be a Litmus Test for Democrats, underscores that the latter have a major religion problem. 80% of white evangelicals and 52% of Catholics voted for Trump; that figure goes to 60% for regular Mass attendees. Hispanics are becoming the majority of American Catholics and they…
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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