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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
21st Sunday in Ordinary Time (B); August 26, 2012 Jos 24:1-2a,15-17,18b; Ps 34; Eph 5:21-32; Jn 6:60-69 Deacon Jim McFadden; Divine Savior C.C. & Folsom Prison The Eucharist has been from the beginning a source of conflict and division. This, of course, was not Christ’s intention, for the Eucharist is supposed to be…
The Mystery of the Mass 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time (B); July 29, 2012 2 Kings 4:42-44; Ps 145; Eph 4:1-6; Jn 6:1-15 Deacon Jim McFadden; Divine Savior C.C. & Folsom Prison The sixth chapter of John’s gospel, from which we’ll be reading for the next several weeks, is an on-going meditation on…
Which King Do You Follow? 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time (B); July 22, 2012 Jer 23:1-6; Ps 23; Eph 2:13-18; Mk 6:30-34 Deacon Jim McFadden; Divine Savior Catholic Church In order to understand the marvelous words from the book of the prophet Jeremiah, we need to go far back in Israelite history—all the…
The Holy Trinity Leaves Its Imprint The Most Holy Trinity (B); June 3, 2012 Dt 4 32-34, 39-40; Ps 33; Rom 8:14-17; Mt 28:16-20 Deacon Jim McFadden; Divine Savior Catholic Church Our liturgical calendar is so rich! After the Easter Season, in which we had fifty days to ponder the depths and challenges…
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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