21st Sunday in Ordinary Time; August 27, 2017 Is 22:19-23; Ps 138; Rom 11:33-36; Mt 16:13-20 Deacon Jim McFadden; (New) Folsom Prison St. Paul reminds us, in case we should ever forget, that “How inscrutable are (God’s) judgments and how inscrutable his ways!” (Rom 11: 33b) And, he underscores that truth with an…
20th Sunday in O.T. (A); August 20, 2017 Is 56:1,6-7 Ps 67 Rom 11:13-15,29-32 Mt 15:21-28 Deacon Jim McFadden; SJB Today’s Gospel maybe one of the most problematic in the entire New Testament as on the surface it seems to portray Jesus as a chauvinist. Jesus leaves God’s own holy land and enters…
19th Sunday in O.T. (A); Aug. 13, 2017 1 Kgs 19:9-13a; Ps 85 Rom 9:1-5 Mt 14:22-33 Deacon Jim McFadden; (New) Folsom Prison It’s difficult for most of us to be still. We’re surrounded by a wall of endless chatter, small talk, off-the-cuff remarks that have no beginning and no end. Then, there’s…
17th Sunday in O.T. (A); July 30, 2017 1 Kgs 3:5,7-12 Ps 119 Rom 8:28-30 Mt 13:44-52 Deacon Jim McFadden; (New) Folsom Prison The Swedish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard once said , “The saint’s life is about one thing.” He didn’t mean that a saint’s life would be a monotonous existence—“been there, done that” type…
16th Sunday in O.T. (A); July 23, 2017 Wis 12:13,16-19 Ps 86 Rom 8:26-27 Mt 13:24-43 Deacon Jim McFadden; (New) Folsom Prison The parable of the weeds among the wheat continues Jesus use of short stories to announce the Kingdom of God to the crowds. Among those in today’s Gospel, there is a…
15th Sunday in O.T. (A); July 16, 2017 Is 55:10-11 Ps 65 Rom 8:18-23 Mt 13:1-23 Deacon Jim McFadden; SJB Today’s Gospel is about the great parable of Matthew’s version of the Sower, which was famously painted by Vincent Van Gogh. As you reflect on this parable, I’d encourage you to have Van…
14th Sunday in O.T. (B); July 9, 2017 Zec 9:9-10 Ps 145 Rom 8:9,11-13 Mt 11:25-30 Deacon Jim McFadden; (New) Folsom Prison Life is hard, but good. But, when it’s hard, it can feel like one continual beat-down. Then we hear the tender words from Jesus in today’s Gospel, which are a sign of…
13th Sunday in O.T. (A); July 2, 2017 2 Kgs 4:8-14 Ps 89 Rom 6:3-11 Mt 10:37-42 Deacon Jim McFadden; SJB I’d like to begin this homily with a quiz: by a show of hands, how many in this assembly are baptized? O.K., nearly everyone. For those of you who raised your hands,…
12th Sunday of O.T. (A); June 25, 2017 Jer 20:10-13 Ps 69 Rom 5:12-15 Mt 10:26-33 Deacon Jim McFadden; SJB Ringo Starr once sang that “If you want to sing the blues, you’ve gotta pay your dues, and you know it don’t come easy.” Applied to today’s readings, especially Jeremiah and Matthew, if…
Most Holy Body and Blood (A); June 18, 2017 Dt 8:2-3,14-16; Ps 147; 1 Cor 10:16-17; Jn 6:51-58 Deacon Jim McFadden; SJB Most Americans don’t know what it’s like to go hungry. But, even in a country where obesity is a serious health concern, millions of people do in fact go hungry. Throughout…
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,…
WWW.DEACONJIM.BLOG 