The Resurrection of Our Lord Easter Sunday, 2016 Acts 10:34,37-43; Ps 118; Col. 3:1-4; Jn 20:1-9 (New)Folsom Prison; Deacon Jim McFadden I would like to begin the homily with a prayer: Lord and brother Jesus, we gather together to speak of you because you are Risen. We know and love you because through your…
Good Friday; March 25, 2016 Deacon Jim McFadden; St. John the Baptist C.C. St. Ireneaus, one of the early Fathers of the Church said that “The glory of God is a human being fully alive.” Well, was does it mean to be “fully alive”? What does it mean to be a human being…
3rd Sunday of Lent (C); March 27, 2016 Ex 3:1-8,13-15; Ps 103; 1 Cor 10:1-6; Lk 13:1-9 Deacon Jim McFadden; Folsom Prison 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…
5th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C); 2-7-16 Is 6:1-8 Ps 138 1 Cor 15:1-11 Lk 5:1-11 Deacon Jim McFadden; Folsom Prison One of my spiritual heroes is the Protestant theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer who once wrote that Christianity without discipleship is cheap grace. He walked the talk as he sacrificed his life in his…
Baptism of the Lord (C); January 10, 2016 Is 40:1-11 Ps 29 Ti 2:11-3:7 Lk 3:15-22 Deacon Jim McFadden; Folsom Prison With this Sunday following the Epiphany, the Christmas season draws to a close. After the dark days of Advent, we now enter a time of light, the light of Christ who appears…
32nd Sunday in O.T. (B); November 8, 2015 1 Kgs 17:10-16 Ps 146 Heb 9:24-28 Mk 12:38-44 Deacon Jim McFadden; Folsom Prison If some roving reporter came up to our Lord today and asked, “Jesus from Nazareth: in one succinct sound-bite, what’s your message?” In response, he may have said, “My message is…
Feast of All Saints (B); November 1, 2015 Rev 7:2-4,9-14 Ps 24 1 Jn 3:1-3 Mt 5:1-12 Deacon Jim McFadden; Folsom Prison French theologian Leon Bloy once wrote “The only real sadness, the only real failure, the only great tragedy in a life is not to become a saint.” Brothers, on the Solemnity…
30th Sunday in O.T.; October 25, 2015 Jer 31:7-9 Ps 126 Heb 5:1-6 Mk 10:46-52 Deacon Jim McFadden; Folsom Prison Today, we have the familiar story in the 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time, of Jesus healing the blind man, Bartimaeus. The eye is the organ of sight and this man simply can’t see.…
28th Sunday in O.T.; October 11, 2015 Wis 7:7-11 Ps 90 Heb 4:12-13 Mk 10:17-30 Deacon Jim McFadden; Folsom Prison Have you ever been in a room full of people and suddenly your eyes meet the eyes of another person, and you’re a little embarrassed—you want to go over to the person and say, “I…
Most Holy Trinity (B) May 31, 2015 Dt 4: 32-34 Ps 33 Rom 8:14-17 Mt 28:16-20 Dcn Jim McFadden; St. John the Baptist C.C./Shalom World, TV It’s difficult enough to believe in a single God, but have you ever tried to explain the Trinity to a non-believer? It’s not easy. Believing in three…
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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