Palm Sunday; 6th Sunday of Lent (C); April 10, 2022 Is 50:4-7. Ps 22. Phil 2:6-11. Lk 22:14-23:56 Deacon Jim McFadden In our Gospel reading for the Palm Sunday procession, Jesus sends his disciples into Jerusalem to prepare for his triumphal entry. As he enters Jesus will be greeted with joyful acclimations as the…
The Woman Caught in Adultery 5th Sunday of Lent (C); April 3, 2022 Is 43:16-21. Ps 126. Phil 3:8-14. Jn 8:1-11 Deacon Jim McFadden Today we have another richly textured and challenging Lenten reading. This week we have the story of the woman caught in adultery from John’s Gospel—a tale that has beguiled Christians…
4th Sunday of Lent (C); March 27, 2022 Jos 5:9-12. Ps 34. 2 Cor 5:17-21. Lk 1205:1-3, 11-32 Deacon Jim McFadden Today is Laetare Sunday, a time for rejoicing because the Father reveals to us that “Everything I have is yours” (Lk 15:31b). Lent is more than half over, and redemption and forgiveness and…
3rd Sunday of Lent (C); March 20, 2022 Ex 3:1-8,13-15. Ps 103. 1 Cor 10:1-6. Lk 13:1-9 Deacon Jim McFadden Throughout the Catholic Church, today is the First Scrutiny for catechumens. Who are the catechumens? They are those who have inquired into becoming a member of the Catholic Church and, after a period of…
2nd Sunday of Lent; March 13, 2022 Gn 15:5-18. Ps 27. Phil 3:17-4:1. Lk 9:28-36 Deacon Jim McFadden The readings for the Second Sunday of Lent awaken a sense of wonder to a world beyond our own—a mystical consciousness in which we encounter the glory of God. So, in our first reading Abraham—the Father…
1st Week of Lent (C); 03-06-2022 Deut 26:4-10. Ps 91. Rom 10:8-13. LK 4:1-13 Deacon Jim McFadden People of God, we come, once again, to that great season of Lent, which is a time for conversion. We return to the source of our faith and spend these 40 days allowing ourselves to be touched…
Ash Wednesday (C); March 2, 2022 Jl 2:12-18. Ps 51. 2 Cor 5:20-6:2. Mt 6:1-6, 16-18 Deacon Jim McFadden Sisters and brothers of the St. Francis Catholic community, we come once again, to that great season of Lent, which is a great opportunity to prune away falseness, superficiality, and indifference to God, each other,…
8th Sunday in O.T. (C); 02-27-2022 Sir 27:4-7. Ps 92. 1 Cor 15:54-58. Lk 6:39-45 Deacon Jim McFadden There are different levels of spiritual development. As the People of God, we hope that we are moving in the same direction as we strive to realize our destiny to be at-one with the Blessed Trinity…
6th Sunday in O.T. (C); 02-13-2022 Jer 17:5-8. Ps 1. 1 Cor 15:12,16-20. Lk 6:17,20-26 Deacon Jim McFadden What does it mean to be happy? What does it mean to be blessed. How can they be found? These are ground-floor, basic the ‘rubber hitting the road’ questions. If we get them wrong, then we’ve…
7th Sunday in O.T. (C); 02-20-2022 1 Sm 26:2,7-23. Ps 103 1 Cor 15:45-49. Lk 6:27-38 Deacon Jim McFadden The Sermon of the Mount, which may be construed as Jesus’ State of the Kingdom address, is in two parts: (1) the Beatitudes, which describes what it’s like to live in the Kingdom of God…
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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