Pax et Bonum Mass; January 29, 2013 (A) 2 Sm 7: 4-17 Ps 89 Mk 4:1-20 Deacon Jim McFadden; St. Francis High School Pax et Bonum is the traditional Franciscan welcome and goodbye that our patron saint, Francis of Assisi, favored. He often began and ended his sermons and letters with this powerful statement. …
Friday of the First Week of Advent; 12-6-13 Isaiah 29:17-24 Ps 27 Matthew 9:27-31 Deacon Jim McFadden; St. Francis High Scho0l In her Advent & Christmas daily reflections, Joy Cormier references Nora Gallagher’s The Sacred Meal which tells the story of a newbie bishop, who began his ministry…
All Saints (C); November 1, 2013 Rv 72-4,9-14 Ps 24 1 Jn 3:1-3 Mt 5:-1-12a Deacon Jim McFadden; St. Francis High School Riffing off of Sister Sledge, We Are Family—the community of St. Francis High School. But, as we gather in worship, we know that we are part of a greater family: the…
23rd Sunday in O.T. (C); September 8, 2013 Wis 9:13-18b Ps 90 Phlm 9-10,12-17 Lk 14:25-33 Deacon Jim McFadden; Divine Savior Catholic Church Luke tells us that great crowds were following Jesus; he was a very popular man, a fascinating figure. If Jesus were physically with us today, he’d be all over the Internet, the…
20th Sunday in O.T. (C); August 18, 2013 Jer 38:4-6,8-10 Ps 40 Heb 12:1-4 Lk 12:49-53 Deacon Jim McFadden; Folsom Prison In today’s first reading Jeremiah is in the middle of a national crisis, political power plays, and civic turmoil. Jeremiah, speaking in God’s name, advocates that the people surrender to the their…
Solemnity of the Assumption/Welcome School Mass Rv 11:19a; 12:1-6a,10ab Ps 45 1Cor 15:20-27 Lk 1:39-56 Deacon Jim McFadden; St. Francis High School How appropriate that our Welcome School Mass occurs on the wonderful celebration of the Assumption, which honors the Blessed Virgin Mary’s role in salvation history. In Mary’s Assumption into heaven, body…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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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