Don’t Talk to the Divider!
1st Sunday of Lent (A); February 22, 2026 Gn 2:7-9, 3:1-7. Ps 51. Rom 5:12-19. Mt 4:1-11 Deacon Jim McFadden Each year, the Gospel of the 1st Sunday of Lent presents us with the narrative of Jesus in the…
Category: Homilies
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Jesus is the Sower; We’re the Soil
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…
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There’s No True Love Without The Cross
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)…
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Christians: Stand Up and Be Counted!
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…
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“I Will Give You Rest”
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…
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The Eucharist: the Sacrament of Memory
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). …
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The Center Cannot Hold…Without God
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. …
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The Other Guy
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…
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Up, Up, and Away!
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…
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The Holy Spirit: the Gift of God’s Love
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…
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Two Voices
4th Sunday of Easter (A); April 30, 2023 Acts 2:14,36-51. 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 Lord Jesus since the earliest centuries of the Church. When Jesus declares in…
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Ash Wednesday: A Time for pruning
Jl 2:12-18. Ps 51. 2 Cor 5:20-6:2. Mt 6:1-6, 16-18 Deacon Jim McFadden People of God, we come once again, to that great season of Lent, which is a great opportunity to prune away falseness, superficiality, and indifference to…
Respect a Person’s Dignity!
6th Sunday of Ordinary Time (A); February 15, 2026 Sir 15:15-20. Ps 119. 1 Cor 2:6-10. Mt 5:17-37 Deacon Jim McFadden It can begin with the smallest gesture: an interested glance across a classroom, the brushing of a hand,…
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