Baccalaureate Mass; May 23, 2017 Deacon Jim McFadden; SFHS Class of 2017, you first gathered at SFHS four years ago for the Frosh Overnight Retreat. It just seems like it was yesterday, but underneath the excitement of that charmed weekend was the reality that you just didn’t arrive here by chance. You were chosen…
Fifth Sunday of Easter (A); May 14, 20107 Acts 6:1-7 Ps 33 1 Pt 2:4-9 Jn 14:1-12 Deacon Jim McFadden; (New) Folsom Prison & SJB When I started my teaching career some 30 years ago, the first year was promising, gave me the reassurance that this is where God wanted me to be,…
4th Sunday of Easter (A); May 7, 2017 Acts 2:14,36-51 Ps 23 1 Pt 2:20-25 Jn 10:1-10 Deacon Jim McFadden; (New) Folsom Prison Today is traditionally known as Good Shepherd Sunday, which presents us one of the most beautiful images that has portrayed our Lord Jesus since the earliest centuries of the Church.…
Divine Mercy Sunday (A); April 23, 2017 Acts 2:42-47 Ps 118 1 Pt 1:3-9 Jn 20:19-31 Deacon Jim McFadden; (New) Folsom Prison Today’s gospel begins “On the evening of that first day of the week, when the doors were locked…” (Jn 20:1). Why were they locked? The disciples were afraid. They were…
The Resurrection of Our Lord Easter Sunday, 2017 Acts 10:34,37-43; Ps 118; Col. 3:1-4; Jn 20:1-9 Deacon Jim McFadden; St. John the Baptist C.C. Today we are celebrating The Resurrection of the Lord, which is the be-all and end-all of our Christian faith. It really comes down to this: if Jesus was not raised…
4th Sunday of Lent (A); March 25, 2017 1 Sam 16: 1b,6-7,10-13a Ps 23 Eph 5:8-14 Jn 9:1-41 Deacon Jim McFadden; (New) Folsom Prison As we read today’s Gospel from John (9:1-41), it will be helpful to remember John’s audience and his purpose. John is writing at the end of the first century to…
1st Sunday of Lent (A); March 5, 2017 Gn 2:7-9, 3:1-7 Ps 51 Rom 5:12-19 Mt 4:1-11 Deacon Jim McFadden; (New) Folsom Prison Each year, the first reading and the Gospel of the First Sunday of Lent set before us the narrative of how to respond to temptation. What we see at the beginning…
7th Sunday in Ordinary Time (A); 2-19-17 Lv 19:1-2, 17-18; Ps 103; 1 Cor 3:16-23; Mt 5:38-48 Deacon Jim McFadden; SJB & Folsom Prison Last Sunday we reflected upon Jesus’ teaching not to seek revenge upon those who hurt us. Today, he goes further by calling us to love our enemies. How can…
5th Sunday in O.T. (A); February 5, 2017 Is 58:7-10 Ps 112 1 Cor 2:1-5 Mk 5:13-16 Deacon Jim McFadden; Folsom Prison What can salt and light teach us about God and his Kingdom? What can it teach you about living here in Folsom Prison? Jesus used very ordinary images to illustrate the Kingdom…
2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (A); 1-15-17 Is 49:3,5-6 Ps 40 1 Cor 1:1-3 Jn 1:29-34 Deacon Jim McFadden; St. John the Baptist C.C. Ever since we were kids, we’ve learned to follow the leader. As children, the leader makes a simple challenge: “can you do what I can do? ” As we…
Good Shepherd Sunday (A); April 26, 2026 Acts 2:14,36-41. Ps 23. 1 Pt 2:20-25. Jn 10:1-10 Deacon Jim McFadden Today is traditionally known as Good Shepherd Sunday, which presents us one of the most beautiful images that has portrayed our…
3rd Sunday of Easter (A); April 19, 2026 Acts 2:14,22-33. Ps 16. 1 Pt 1:17-21. Lk 24:13-35 Deacon Jim McFadden Why was it so difficult for the two disciples to recognize the Risen Lord? Jesus’ death scattered his disciples and…
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…
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