The Most Holy Trinity (A); June 11, 2017 Ex 34:4b-6,8-9 (Ps) Dn 3 2 Cor 13:11-13 Jn 3:16-18 Deacon Jim McFadden; SJB In the aftermath of our current president’s foreign trip, two of his top advisors wrote an op-ed piece in the Wall Street Journal in which they said: “The president embarked on his first…
The Solemnity of Pentecost (A); 6-4-17 Acts 2:1-11; Ps 104; 1 Cor 12:;3-7,12-13; Jn 20:19-23 Deacon Jim McFadden; St. John the Baptist C.C. Pentecost is not, one could safely say, the most beloved of Christian feasts, though it is of utmost importance since it marks the birthday of the Church! Nonetheless, marketers haven’t…
Baccalaureate Mass; May 23, 2017 Deacon Jim McFadden; SFHS Class of 2017, you first gathered at SFHS four years ago for the Frosh Overnight Retreat. It just seems like it was yesterday, but underneath the excitement of that charmed weekend was the reality that you just didn’t arrive here by chance. You were chosen…
Fifth Sunday of Easter (A); May 14, 20107 Acts 6:1-7 Ps 33 1 Pt 2:4-9 Jn 14:1-12 Deacon Jim McFadden; (New) Folsom Prison & SJB When I started my teaching career some 30 years ago, the first year was promising, gave me the reassurance that this is where God wanted me to be,…
4th Sunday of Easter (A); May 7, 2017 Acts 2:14,36-51 Ps 23 1 Pt 2:20-25 Jn 10:1-10 Deacon Jim McFadden; (New) Folsom Prison Today is traditionally known as Good Shepherd Sunday, which presents us one of the most beautiful images that has portrayed our Lord Jesus since the earliest centuries of the Church.…
Divine Mercy Sunday (A); April 23, 2017 Acts 2:42-47 Ps 118 1 Pt 1:3-9 Jn 20:19-31 Deacon Jim McFadden; (New) Folsom Prison Today’s gospel begins “On the evening of that first day of the week, when the doors were locked…” (Jn 20:1). Why were they locked? The disciples were afraid. They were…
The Resurrection of Our Lord Easter Sunday, 2017 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 Resurrection of the Lord, which is the be-all and end-all of our Christian faith. It really comes down to this: if Jesus was not raised…
4th Sunday of Lent (A); March 25, 2017 1 Sam 16: 1b,6-7,10-13a Ps 23 Eph 5:8-14 Jn 9:1-41 Deacon Jim McFadden; (New) Folsom Prison As we read today’s Gospel from John (9:1-41), it will be helpful to remember John’s audience and his purpose. John is writing at the end of the first century to…
1st Sunday of Lent (A); March 5, 2017 Gn 2:7-9, 3:1-7 Ps 51 Rom 5:12-19 Mt 4:1-11 Deacon Jim McFadden; (New) Folsom Prison Each year, the first reading and the Gospel of the First Sunday of Lent set before us the narrative of how to respond to temptation. What we see at the beginning…
7th Sunday in Ordinary Time (A); 2-19-17 Lv 19:1-2, 17-18; Ps 103; 1 Cor 3:16-23; Mt 5:38-48 Deacon Jim McFadden; SJB & Folsom Prison Last Sunday we reflected upon Jesus’ teaching not to seek revenge upon those who hurt us. Today, he goes further by calling us to love our enemies. How can…
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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