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…
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…
The Farewell Discourse (1) 5th Sunday of Easter (A); May 7, 2023 Acts 6:1-7. Ps 33. 1 Pt 2:4-9. Jn 14:1-12 Deacon Jim McFadden In the Gospel passage (Jn 14:1-12) for this weekend we hear the beginning of Jesus’ “Farewell discourse” on the night of the Last Supper, just before facing the Passion. In…
3rd Sunday of Easter (A); April 23, 2023 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 shattered their hopes and dreams. Previously, they had been so full of hope and enthusiasm;…
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…
Easter Sunday: The Resurrection of Our Lord; 4-06-2026 Acts 10:334,37-43. Ps 118. Col 3:1-4. Jn 20:1-9 Deacon Jim McFadden Today we are celebrating the apex of the liturgical calendar; indeed, it is the nucleus of our Faith: The Resurrection of…
Good Friday: The Passion of the Lord (A); 2026 Deacon Jim McFadden Can you imagine was must have transpired in Hell when Jesus died on the Cross? No doubt some serious infernal celebration must have erupted when the Son of…
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