are we drinking from the right well?
3rd Sunday of Lent (A); March 8, 2026 Ex 17:3-7. Ps 95. Rom 5:1-8. Jn 4:5-42 Deacon Jim McFadden This Sunday we have the wonderful opportunity to revisit the story of the woman at the well, which is the…
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Going Straight for the Essential
The Transfiguration of the Lord (C); August 6, 2013 Dn 7:9-10,13-14 Ps 97 2 Pet 1:16-19 Lk 9:28b-36 Deacon Jim McFadden; Coaches’ Retreat at St. Francis H.S. To become fully alive as a human being, which, as St. Irenaeus reminds us, gives glory to God, is a process of cutting away all that…
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Being American, Being Catholic
14th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C); July 7, 2013 Is 66: 10-14c Ps 66 Gal 6:14-18 Lk 10:1-12,17-20 Deacon Jim McFadden; Folsom Prison (We Americans embrace freedom. However, a proper biblical understanding must inform our celebration of it. In both classical philosophy and the Bible, “freedom is not so much individual choices as the…
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Take Jesus With You
Class of 2013: Live Joyfully and Take Jesus with You! Farewell Mass; May 15, 2013 Acts 20:28-38 Ps 68 Jn 17:11b-19 Deacon Jim McFadden; St. Francis High School As the St. Francis community temporarily disbands as we venture into Summer Vacation, we pay special attention to the graduating class of 2013. We can…
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The Guidance of the Holy Spirit
6th Sunday of Easter (C); May 5, 2013 Acts 15:1-2,22-29 Ps 67 Rv 21:10-14 Jn 14:23-29 Deacon Jim McFadden; Folsom Prison (The first reading is taken from the 15th chapter of the Acts of the Apostles, which is about the Council of Jerusalem that allowed Gentiles into the Church. This Council, like all councils,…
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Let Jesus Illumine Your Life
Third Sunday of Easter (C); April 14, 2013 Acts 5:27-32, 40b-41 Ps 30 Rv 5:11-14 Jn 21:1-19 Deacon Jim McFadden; Folsom Prison 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…
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Taking Care of Business
March 1, 2013; First Friday Mass (C) Gn 37:3-4, 12-13, 17-28 Ps 105 Mt 21:33-43, 45-46 Deacon Jim McFadden; St. Francis H.S. The story of Joseph being sold into slavery prefigures Jesus, who was betrayed by one of his own disciples and put to death on a cross. Jesus came to reconcile us…
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The Great Missionary Commission
World Mission Sunday; October 21, 2012 Is 60:1-6; Rom 10:9-18; Mt 28: 16-20 Deacon Jim McFadden; Divine Savior Catholic Church The great missionary commission is straightforward and all-encompassing. The disciples, which means all of us who have been baptized and initiated into the Church, the Body of Christ, are to go out…
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“The Two of Them Shall Become One Flesh”
27th Sunday in Ordinary Time (B); 10-7-12 Gn 2:18-24; Ps 128:1-6; Heb 2:9-11; Mk 10:2-16 Deacon Jim McFadden; Divine Savior Catholic Church Today, the Church gives us wonderful readings on marriage. I think one of the most significant contributions of Vatican II was its theology and spirituality of marriage. For too…
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St. Francis: Embracing the Leper
St. Francis Day; October 4, 2012 Gal 6:14-18; Ps 27; Mt 11:25-30 Deacon Jim McFadden; St. Francis High School Are there any saints in this assembly? Does anyone want to be a saint? The great Jesuit theologian Karl Rahner once said that the only regret is not to become a saint. Well…
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The Way of the Child
25th Sunday in Ordinary Time (B); 9-23-12 Wis 2:12,17-20; Ps 54; Jas 3:16-4:3; Mk 9:30-37 Deacon Jim McFadden; Divine Savior C.C. Folsom Prison As Jesus leaves Caesarea Philippi with his disciples, he explains to them his mission: “The Son of Man is to be handed over to men and they will kill…
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2nd Sunday of Lent (A); March 1, 2026 Gen 12:1-4a. Ps 33. 2 Tim 1:8b-10. Mt 17:1-9 Deacon Jim McFadden Our magnificent first reading is a short passage from the beginning of the 12th chapter of the book of…
Don’t Talk to the Divider!
1st Sunday of Lent (A); February 22, 2026 Gn 2:7-9, 3:1-7. Ps 51. Rom 5:12-19. Mt 4:1-11 Deacon Jim McFadden Each year, the Gospel of the 1st Sunday of Lent presents us with the narrative of Jesus in the…
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