6th Sunday of Ordinary Time (A); 2-16-20 Sir 15:15-20 Ps 119 1 Cor 2:6-10 Mt 5:17-37 Deacon Jim McFadden It begins with the tiniest gesture: an interested glance across a classroom, the brushing of a hand, asking for that first date. Lifelong love builds from little expressions of care before it becomes self-surrender…
5th Sunday in O.T. (A); February 9, 2020 Is 58:7-10 Ps 112 1 Cor 2:1-5 Mt 5:13-16 Deacon Jim McFadden These Sundays leading up to Lent, the liturgy offers us teachings from the Sermon of the Mount in the Gospel of Matthew. The Beatitudes launch the Sermon, providing the structure for subsequent teachings,…
The Presentation of the Lord; 2-2-20 Mal 3:1-4 Ps 24 Heb 2:14-18 Lk 2:22-40 Deacon Jim McFadden During the Winter, we have a cornucopia of religious “holidays”: Advent, Christmas, Solemnity of the Mother of God, Epiphany, the Baptism of Jesus, and then entry into Ordinary Time. Today, we celebrate the Presentation of the Lord,…
3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (A); 1-26-20 Is 8:23-9:3 Ps 27 1 Cor 1:10-13,17 Mt 4:12-23 Deacon Jim McFadden Today’s gospel reading from Matthew recounts the beginning of Jesus’ preaching in Galilee. He leaves his hometown Nazareth, an obscure village in the mountains, and settles in Capernaum, an important trading center on the lakeshore.…
Baptism of the Lord (A); 1-12-20 Is 42:1-7 Ps 29 Acts 10:34-38 Mt 3:3-17 Deacon Jim McFadden One of the mysteries of our Lord’s baptism is WHY! Why did he have to do it? What does it mean? Since he is Immanuel, God among us, he didn’t have to be baptized for his own…
2nd Sunday of Ordinary Time (A); 1-19-20 Is 49:3,5-6 Ps 40 1 Cor 1:1-3 Jn 1:29-34 Deacon Jim McFadden; SJB We are now in Ordinary Time, that period of the liturgical year when we pay closer attention to what it means to be a follower of Jesus. On some Sundays we are going…
The Epiphany of the Lord (A); January 5, 2020 Is 60:1-6 Ps 72 Eph 3:2-3 Mt 2:1-12 Deacon Jim McFadden “Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews? For we have observed his star in the East, and have come to worship him” (Mt 2:2) These men, traditionally described…
Solemnity of Mary the Mother of God; 1-1-2020 Nm 6:22-27 Gal 4:4-7 Lk 2:16-21 Deacon Jim McFadden There is an old tradition that Luke the evangelist knew the Blessed Mother and he wove her memories into his Gospel account. This view resonates because he presents the Annunciation, the birth and infancy of Jesus…
As we enter into the 4th Sunday of Advent, we are reminded that all of time and history comes to fulfillment in the Messiah. All the shards of history are gathered together in him. To use the language of St. Paul, all of space and time is recapitulated in Christ, which means everything comes to…
3rd Sunday of Advent (A); 12-8-2019 Is 35:1-6a,10 Ps 146 Js 7:5-10 Mt 11:2-11 Deacon Jim McFadden; SJB Our Gospel for this weekend is taken from the 11th chapter of Matthew, where we’re moving right into the beginning of Jesus’ ministry, which occurs in the middle of Matthew’s Gospel. So, this great Advent…
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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