27th Sunday in O.T. (B); October 7, 2018 Gn 2:18-24 Ps 128 Heb 2:9-11 Mk 10:2-16 Deacon Jim McFadden During the ‘60s, the rock group Three Dog Night, had a pop-hit, One is the Loneliest Number, that addresses the pain associated with isolation. That’s why solitary confinement in maximum security prisons is so soul-deadening…
26th Sunday in O.T.; Sept. 30, 2018 Num 11:25-29 Ps 19 Jas 5:1-6 Mk 9: 38-43, 45, 47-48 Deacon Jim McFadden; (New) Folsom Prison; SJB In 2010 there was a film, 127 Hours, starring James Franco, about the outdoorsman Aron Ralston who fell into a crevice while on a canyoneering venture in southeastern…
Following Jesus Is Not Easy 24th Sunday In O.T.; September 16, 2018 Is 50:5-9a Ps 116 Jas 2:14-18 Mk 8:27-35 Deacon Jim McFadden; St. John the Baptist C.C. Today’s Gospel presents us with a scene we know well: Jesus is on his way towards Caesarea Philippi and he asks the disciples: “Who do…
23rd Sunday in O.T. (B); September 9, 2018 Is 35:4-7a Ps 146 Jas 2:1-5 Mk 7:31-37 Deacon Jim McFadden; (New) Folsom Prison In this week’s Gospel, taken from Mark, we have Jesus healing a deaf man who also has a speech impediment. As always, we have to look at the surface, literal description…
22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time; Sept. 2, 2018 Dt 4:1-2,6-8 Ps 15 Jas 1:17-18,21b-22,27 Mk 7:1-8,14-15,21-23 Deacon Jim McFadden; St. John the Baptist C.C. One of the great tensions in the spiritual life is between observing the Law and abiding by the Law of Love. Are we a religion of the Law with…
21st Sunday in O.T. (B); August 26, 2018 Jos 24:1-2a,15-17b,18b Ps 34 Eph 5:21-32 Jn 6:60-69 Deacon Jim McFadden Today, we come to the end of that extraordinary Eucharistic discourse, which has been our focus for the last several weeks. Jesus is speaking at the Capernaum synagogue and his speech is the most remarkable…
19th Sunday in O.T. (B); August 12, 2018 1 Kgs 19:4-8 Ps 34 Eph 4:30-5:2 Jn 6:41-51 Deacon Jim McFadden; (New) Folsom Prison Homer’s Odyssey…Herman Melville’s Moby Dick…Jack Kerouac’s On The Road—all have something in common: as the main characters make their way through their respective narrative, they point to the journey of life…
The Bread that Satisfies 18th Sunday of Ordinary Time; August 5, 2018 Ex 16:2-4,12-15 Ps 78 Eph 4:17,20-24 Jn 6:24-35 Deacon Jim McFadden; (New) Folsom Prison This Sunday we continue our reflection of Chapter Six of the Gospel according to John. After the multiplication of the loaves and fishes, the people went…
17th Sunday in Ordinary Time (B); July 29, 2018 2 Kings 4:42-44; Ps 145; Eph 4:1-6; Jn 6:1-15 Deacon Jim McFadden; St. John the Baptist C.C. The sixth chapter of John’s gospel, from which we’ll be reading for the next several weeks, is an on-going meditation on the meaning of the Mass and…
18- “Two by Two” 15th Sunday in O.T. (B); July 15, 2018 ay in O.T. (B); July 15, 2018 Am 7:12-15 Ps 85 Eph 1:3-15 Mk 6:71-3 Deacon Jim McFadden; St. John the Baptist C.C. In Mark’s gospel, we read that Jesus sent out the Twelve “two by two,” which is relevant…
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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