The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (C); 6-23-2022 Gn 14:18-20. Ps 110. 1 Cor 11:23-26. Lk 9:11-17 Deacon Jim McFadden During the Easter season, a major concern in the Sunday Scripture readings was how the movement begun by Jesus of Nazareth would continue after his Death, Resurrection, and Ascension. Since he is…
Solemnity of the Feast of Pentecost; June 5, 2022 Acts 2:1-11. Ps 104. 1 Cor 12:3-7,12-13. Jn 14:15-16,23-26 Deacon Jim McFadden Today, we reflect and re-live the liturgy of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit sent by the Risen Christ upon the Church. I say “re-live” this event because when we listen to the…
6th Sunday of Easter (C); May 22, 2022 Acts 15:1-2, 22-29. Ps 67. Rv 21:10-14. Jn 14:23-29 Deacon Jim McFadden In today’s Gospel, we heard a passage from Jesus’ farewell discourses. Our Lord is giving his last thoughts as a spiritual guide to the Apostles before he enters his Passion and Death. Today’s reading…
The Ascension of the Lord; May 29, 2022 Acts 1:1-11. Ps 47. Eph 1:17-23. Lk 24:46-53 Deacon Jim McFadden Today we are celebrating the Ascension of Jesus into Heaven, which occurred 40 days after the Resurrection and is the culmination of the Easter season in which Jesus is “lifted up” to full participation in…
5th Sunday of Easter (C); May 15, 2022 Acts 14:21-27. Ps 145. Rv 21:1-5. Jn 13:31-35 Deacon Jim McFadden Near the end of the mesmerizing German film Downfall (2005), as Soviet troops close in on Berlin, the focus of the film shifts from the battlefield to the Fuhrer’s secret underground office, where Hitler and…
3rd Sunday of Easter (C); May 1, 2022 Acts 5:27-32, 40b-41. Ps 30. Rv 5:11-14. Jn 21:1-19 Deacon Jim McFadden We continue to read from the final pages of John’s Gospel which deal with the Resurrection appearances of Jesus. As we reflect upon them, let us immerse ourselves in the joy of the Lord’s…
He Knows us and We Know Him 4th Sunday of Easter (C); May 8, 2022 Acts 13:14,43-52. Ps 100. Rv 7:9,14b-17. Jn 10:27-30 Deacon Jim McFadden In today’s Gospel from John, Jesus is presented to us as the true Shepherd of the people of God, who is the Church. As such, the relationship that…
Troubies, when St. Paul entered the seaport city of Corinth to proclaim the Good News, he didn’t say, “Hey, let me tell you about this dead carpenter from Nazareth, who had some cool moral insights that I think you’d like.” NO! Instead he busted into the city square and bellowed in Greek, “Anastasis! Anastasis!…
Divine Mercy Sunday (C); April 24, 2022 Acts 5:12-16 Ps 118 Rv 1:9-13,17-19. Jn 20:19-31 Deacon Jim McFadden Jesus is Risen! What a joy to proclaim this wonderful message—one that is the ultimate “game changer”! The Resurrection is THE pivotal moment in all of Salvation History. Everything has changed; everything is relative to this…
Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord Acts 10:34a,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: The Resurrection of the Lord. Even though it is the pivotal event of our Faith, we are so familiar with this solemnity, that we may…
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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