The Spirit Breathes Life into the Church’s Mission The Solemnity of Pentecost (B); 5-27-12 Acts 2:1-11; Ps 104; 1 Cor 12:3-7, 12-13; Jn 20:19-23 Deacon Jim McFadden; Divine Savior C.C. & Folsom Prison The meaning of the feast of Pentecost is richly complex: it’s like a multi-faceted diamond whose brilliance takes different nuances…
“He Was Lifted Up” Ascension of the Lord (B); May 20, 2012 Acts 1:1-11; Ps 47; Eph 1:17-23; Mk 16:15-20 Deacon Jim McFadden; Divine Savior Catholic Church “You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem and to all Judea and Samaria…
“I Lay It Down on My Own” 4th Sunday of Easter (B); April 29, 2012 Acts 4:8-12; Ps 118; 1 Jn 3:1-2; Jn 10:11-18 Deacon Jim McFadden; Divine Savior C.C. & Folsom Prison Two lovers look at one another and say without any reservation: “I promise to be true to you in good…
Back to Basics! 3rd Sunday of Easter (B); 4-22-12 Acts 3:13-15,17-19; Ps 42; 1 Jn 2:1-5; Lk 24:35-48 Deacon Jim McFadden; Divine Savior Catholic Church “Back to Basics” is a familiar refrain in all walks of life. We hear it in education that our kids have got to be skilled in ‘reading, writing,…
The Risen Christ is Still the Wounded Jesus 2nd Sunday of Easter (B); April 15, 2012 Acts 4:32-35; Ps 118; 1 Jn 5:1-6; Jn 20:19-31 Deacon Jim McFadden; Folsom Prison The seven weeks between Easter Sunday and Pentecost constitutes the Easter season. While lest well known than Advent or Lent—people will give you…
Don’t Be Afraid to Build a Better Tomorrow 4th Sunday of Lent (B); March 18, 2012 2 Chr 36:14-16, 19-23; Ps 137; Eph 2:4-10; Jn 3:14-21 Deacon Jim McFadden; Divine Savior Catholic Church “God so loved the world that he gave us his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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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