5th Sunday of Easter (C); May 19, 2019 Acts 14:21b-27 Ps 145 Rv 21:1-5a Jn 13:31-35 St. John the Baptist C.C.; Deacon Jim McFadden Today, I’d like to focus on the striking second reading from the Book of Revelation, which is the very end of the last book of the Bible. This passage brings…
Third Sunday of Easter (C); May 5, 2019 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 wonderfully rich chapters of John which deal with the Resurrection appearances of Jesus. In the 21st chapter we have an account of Jesus appearing to the disciples…
Divine Mercy Sunday (C); April 28, 2019 Acts 5:12-16 Ps 118 Rv 1:1-19 Jn 20:19-31 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 event! Why?…
The Resurrection of our Lord Easter Sunday, 2019 Acts 10:34,37-43 Ps 118 Col 3:1-4 Jn 20:1-9 Deacon Jim McFadden; St. John the Baptist C.C. Today we are celebrating the heart of our Christian faith: The Resurrection of the Lord. It is the pivotal event of our Faith, because of its utter uniqueness and…
6th Week of Lent: Palm Sunday (C); 4-14-19 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. They are told to untether a donkey and if there is any protest…
The Woman Caught in Adultery 5th Sunday of Lent (C); April 7, 2019 Is 43:16-21 Ps 126 Phil 3:8-14 Jn 8:1-11 Deacon Jim McFadden People of God, what an overflow of rich Lenten readings we have, which are so richly textured and challenging. Last week we had what some consider the greatest story ever…
4th Sunday of Lent (C); March 31, 2019 Jos 5:9-12 Ps 34 2 Cor 5:17-21 Lk 5:1-3,11-32 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 new…
3rd Sunday of Lent (C); March 24, 2019 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 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 17, 2019 Gn 15:5-18 Ps 27 Phil 3:17-4:1 Lk 9:288-36 Deacon Jim McFadden; (New) Folsom Prison & SJB The readings from today awaken a sense of wonder to a world beyond our own—a mystical consciousness. So, in the first reading—memorable, magical, strange—Abraham enacts a ritual in which God establishes…
1st Week of Lent (C); March 10, 2019 Deut 26:4-10 Ps 91 Rom 10:8-13 Lk 4:1-13 Deacon Jim McFadden; (New) Folsom Prison Brothers, we come, once again, to that great season of lent, which by its nature is a desert time, which is to say, a time of simplicity, purification, and asceticism. We notice…
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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