Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe; 11-20-2022 2 Sm 5:1-3. Ps 122. Col 1:12-20. Lk 23:35-43 Deacon Jim McFadden Today we come to the end of the liturgical year, the Solemnity of our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe. The Gospel from Luke presents the kingship of Jesus as the culmination…
33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (C); November 13, 2022 Mal 3:19-20a. Ps 998. 2 Thes 3:7-12. Lk 21:5-19 Deacon Jim McFadden “And they shall be mine, says the Lord of hosts, my own special possession…and I will have compassion on them” (Mal 3:17): these words come to us from the last page of the…
32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (C); November 6, 2022 2 Mc 7:1-2,9-14. Ps 17. 2 Thes 2:16-3:5. Lk 20:27-38 Deacon Jim McFadden Today’s Gospel reading offers us an uplifting teaching of our Lord Jesus on the resurrection of the dead. Jesus is pitted in an argument with some Sadducees, who did not believe in…
30th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C); October 23, 2022 Sir 35:12-14,16-18. Ps 34. 2 Tm 4:6-8; Lk 18:9-14 Deacon Jim McFadden Last Sunday, we reflected on why persistence in prayer is necessary to keep our relationship with God viable. Today we consider the second part of Jesus’ teaching about prayer in Luke 18. The parable…
29th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C); October 16, 2022 Ex 17:8-13. Ps 121. 2 Tim 3:14-4:2. LK 18:1-8 Deacon Jim McFadden At the start of today’s Holy Mass, we address a prayer to our Lord that offers us a key to understand today’s readings. We pray: “Create in us a generous and steadfast heart, so…
28th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C); October 9, 2022 2 Kgs 5:14-17. Ps 987. 2 Tim 2:8-13. Lk 17:11-19 Deacon Jim McFadden Someone once said that “By the time you turn 75 years of age, the only words that should come out of your mouth is “thank you!” Being over that age group, I’d…
27th Sunday of Ordinary Time (C); October 2, 2022 Hb 1:2-3;2:3-4. Ps 95. 2 Tim 1:6-8,13-14. Lk 17:5-10 Deacon Jim McFadden Habakkuk is really having a bad day. The poor guy faces violence and destruction and he yells out to God: “I cry for help but you do not listen! Why must I look…
26th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C); September 25, 2022 Am 6:1a,4-7. Ps 146. 1 Tm 6:11-16. Lk 16:19-31 Deacon Jim McFadden Today’s Responsorial Psalm reminds us that God, “the maker of heaven and earth,” upholds the anawim, Old Testament code for the stranger, the widow, and the orphan—the most marginalized in a kinfolk society. …
25th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C); September 18, 2022 Am 8:4-7. Ps 113. 1 Tm 2:1-8. Lk 16:1-13 Deacon Jim McFadden The parable in this Sunday’s Gospel passage (Lk 16:1-13) involves a shrewd, albeit dishonest steward who, charged with wasting his master’s goods, is about to be fired. He’s prepared to do anything to…
24th Sunday in Ordinary Time; September 11, 2022 Ex 32:7-11,13-14. Ps 51. 1 Tim 1:12-17. Lk 15:1-32 Deacon Jim McFadden Today’s Gospel passage (Lk 15:1-32) begins with several people criticizing Jesus for hanging out with tax collectors and sinners and they scornfully say: “This man receives sinners and eats with them” (v. 2). Well,…
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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