March 1, 2013; First Friday Mass (C) Gn 37:3-4, 12-13, 17-28 Ps 105 Mt 21:33-43, 45-46 Deacon Jim McFadden; St. Francis H.S. The story of Joseph being sold into slavery prefigures Jesus, who was betrayed by one of his own disciples and put to death on a cross. Jesus came to reconcile us…
Catholics Show Changes in Attitudes and Behaviors—Core Beliefs Remain. We’re becoming a younger Church in America, which reflect changes in attitudes and behaviors, according to a study conducted by the National Catholic Reporter. Adult Catholics who were of the pre-Vatican II generation (born 1940 or before) constitute 10% of the Catholic population. The Vatican II…
4th Sunday of Advent (C); 12-22-12Mi 5:1-4a Ps 80 Heb 10:5-10 Lk 1:39-45The image of John the Baptist leaping for joy in the womb of his mother at the sound of the greeting of the Blessed Virgin Mary harkens back to the Old Testament image of David, leaping and dancing before the Ark of the…
Service & Participation in Divine Action –Pope Benedict XVI, General Audience (September 26, 2012) …After a long series of Catecheses on payer in Scripture, we can ask ourselves: how can I let myself be formed by the Holy Spirit and thereby become able to enter into the atmosphere of God, of prayer with Go.…
World Mission Sunday; October 21, 2012 Is 60:1-6; Rom 10:9-18; Mt 28: 16-20 Deacon Jim McFadden; Divine Savior Catholic Church The great missionary commission is straightforward and all-encompassing. The disciples, which means all of us who have been baptized and initiated into the Church, the Body of Christ, are to go out…
27th Sunday in Ordinary Time (B); 10-7-12 Gn 2:18-24; Ps 128:1-6; Heb 2:9-11; Mk 10:2-16 Deacon Jim McFadden; Divine Savior Catholic Church Today, the Church gives us wonderful readings on marriage. I think one of the most significant contributions of Vatican II was its theology and spirituality of marriage. For too…
St. Francis Day; October 4, 2012 Gal 6:14-18; Ps 27; Mt 11:25-30 Deacon Jim McFadden; St. Francis High School Are there any saints in this assembly? Does anyone want to be a saint? The great Jesuit theologian Karl Rahner once said that the only regret is not to become a saint. Well…
25th Sunday in Ordinary Time (B); 9-23-12 Wis 2:12,17-20; Ps 54; Jas 3:16-4:3; Mk 9:30-37 Deacon Jim McFadden; Divine Savior C.C. Folsom Prison As Jesus leaves Caesarea Philippi with his disciples, he explains to them his mission: “The Son of Man is to be handed over to men and they will kill…
As we approach the Gospels, we do so with the desire to encounter the Risen Christ so that our faith relationship may deepen in and through Him. In this endeavor we need to have an overriding sense of how God is present in Salvation History. If we’re going to understand what is being said…
Pope Benedict XVI …The theme chosen this year is meaningful—“By nature, man is relation to the infinite”—in view of the now imminent Year of Faith which I have chosen to proclaim for the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council. Speaking of man and of his desire for the…
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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