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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Facing the Self
Facing the Self 1st Sunday of Lent (B); 2-26-12 Gn 9:8-15; Ps 25:4-9; 1 Pt 3:18-22; Mk 1:12-15 Deacon Jim McFadden; Divine Savior C.C. Lent is about belonging: staying connected to God, each other, and ourselves. The first readings for all the Lenten Sundays in Lectionary Cycle B celebrate our covenant relationship with…
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What Are You Looking For?
What Are You Looking For? 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (B); Jan. 15, 2012 1 Sam 3:3:3-10,19: Ps 42; 1 Cor 6:13-15,17-20; Jn 1:35-42 Deacon Jim McFadden; Divine Savior Catholic Church Unlike the Synoptic Gospels, the Gospel of John does not depict Jesus calling the first disciples while walking along the shore of…
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Mary: Jesus’ Mother, Our Mother
Mary: Jesus’ Mother, Our Mother Feast of the Immaculate Conception Gn 3:9-15,20: Ps 98; Eph 1:3-6,11-12; Lk 1:26-38 Deacon Jim McFadden; St. Francis High School Today we are celebrating one of the many feast days that honor Mary, who fully and completely became what God asked of her. What I’d like to do is step…
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First Friday Mass (November 4, 2011)
First Friday Mass (November 4, 2011) Charles Borromeo, bishop Rom 12:3-13; Jn 10:11-16 Deacon Jim McFadden; St. Francis High School Today we celebrate the Feast Day of Charles Borromeo, who did so much of the Lord’s work in his forty-six years (died November 3, 1584). At the age youthful age of twenty-two he…
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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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