16th Sunday in Ordinary Time (A); July 23, 2023 Wis 12:13,16-19 Ps 86 Rom 8:26-27 Mt 13:24-43 Deacon Jim McFadden The parable of the weeds among the wheat continues Jesus’ use of parables to announce the Kingdom of God to the crowds. Among those in today’s Gospel, there is a rather perplexing one: in the
15th Sunday in Ordinary Time (A); July 16, 2023 Is 55:10-11. Ps 65. Rom 8:18-23. Mt 13:1-23 Deacon Jim McFadden Today’s Gospel is about the parable of the Sower, which has been painted by a number of artists, most notably Vincent Van Gogh. As you reflect upon the parable, I’d encourage you to have
13th Sunday in Ordinary Time (A); July 2, 2023 2 Kgs 4:8-11, 14-16a. Ps 89. Rom 6:3-4,8-11. Mt 10:37-42 Deacon Jim McFadden John the Evangelist began his Gospel by proclaiming the Word of God became Flesh in Jesus, which means Jesus is divine. The first line in Mark’s Gospel is that “Jesus Christ (is)
12th Sunday of Ordinary Time (A); June 25, 2023 Jer 20:10-13. Ps 69. Rom 5:12-15. Mt 10:26-33 Deacon Jim McFadden Ringo Starr once sang that “Got to pay your dues if you want to sing the blues/And you know it don’t come easy” (It Don’t Come Easy by Ringo Starr and George Harrison). Applied
14th Sunday in Ordinary Time (A); July 9, 2023 Zec 9:9-10; Ps 145; Rom 8:9-13; Mt 11:25-30 Deacon Jim McFadden In today’s Gospel reading Jesus is not offering us one more philosophy of God. He is offering us the view of the inner life of God and he is inviting us to share in
Corpus Christi Sunday (A); June 11, 2023 Dt 8:2-3,14-16. Ps 147. 1 Cor 10:16-17. Jn 6:51-58 Deacon Jim McFadden On this Solemnity of Corpus Christi, the idea of memory comes up frequently. At the get-go we hear in our 1st reading from Deuteronomy, “Remember how the Lord your God has lead you” (Dt 8:2).
The Most Holy Trinity (A); June 4, 2023 Ex 34:4-9. Dn 3 2 Cor 13:11-13. Jn 3:16-18 Deacon Jim McFadden Our country has had deal with political polarization from the date of our birth as a nation, but as seemed to become more problematic in recent years as politics has become a blood sport.
Pentecost Sunday (A); May 28, 2023 Acts 2:1-11. Ps 104. 1 Cor 12:3-7,12-13. Jn 20:19-23 Deacon Jim McFadden When I was a boy in the very distant past, the 3rd Person of the Trinity was referred to as the Holy Ghost. Associating ghosts with spooky movies or novels, I wasn’t too keen on interacting
Ascension of the Lord (A); May 21, 2023 Acts 1:1-11. Ps 47. Eph 1:7-23. Mt. 28:16-20 Deacon Jim McFadden In the closing scene to the 1999 movie The Matrix, the main character Neo played by Keanu Reeves—who’s been trying to figure out whether or not he’s “The One”—shoots upward in the sky. Along with
The Farewell Discourse (2) 6th Sunday of Easter (A); May 14, 2023 Acts 8:5-8,14-17. Ps 66. 1 Pt 3:15-18. Jn 14:15-21 Deacon Jim McFadden During the time of the Eisenhower Administration, a world famous psychoanalyst Erich Fromm wrote a remarkable book, The Art of Loving, which was a daring and challenging prescription to learn
The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph; 12-28-2025 Sir 3:2-6. Ps 128. Col 3:12-21. Mt 2:13-15, 19-21 Deacon Jim McFadden On this first Sunday after Christmas, the Liturgy invites us to celebrate the Feast of the Holy Family…
Christmas (A) ; 12-25-2025 Is 52:1-7. Ps 97. Heb 1:1-6 . Jn 1:1-18 Deacon Jim McFadden Christmas celebrates God’s overwhelming desire to be united with us. Sometimes we wonder, why does he bother? He’s perfect—he doesn’t need anything since…
4th Sunday of Advent (A); December 21, 2025 Is 7:10-14. Ps 24. Rom 1:1-7. Mt 1:18-24 Deacon Jim McFadden As we enter into the 4th Sunday of Advent, let us remember that salvation history has a trajectory which comes…
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