29th Sunday in Ordinary Time (B); October 20, 2024 Is 53:10-11. Ps 33. Heb 9:14-16. Mk 10:35-45 Deacon Jim McFadden The Gospel for today’s Holy Mass (Mk 10:35-45) narrates that two disciples, James and John, ask the Lord to one day sit beside him in glory as if they were key figures of his…
28th Sunday in Ordinary Time (B); October 13, 2024 Wis 7:7-11. Ps 90. Heb 4:12-13. Mk 10:17-30 Deacon Jim McFadden Today’s Holy Mass offers us the encounter of Jesus and the man who “had many possessions” (Mk 10:22) and he goes down in history as “the rich young man.” Interestingly, we do not know…
27th Sunday in Ordinary Time (B); October 6, 2024 Gn 2:18-24. Ps 128. Heb 2:9-11. Mk 10:2-16 Deacon Jim McFadden Today’s readings offer reflections on humanity’s unitive relationship with God, one another, and the created order—all of which obtain in the Holy Mass: we are meant to be together! The readings also show an…
26th Sunday of O.T. (B); September 29, 2024 Wis 2:12,17-20. Ps 54. Jas 3:16-4:3. Mk 9:30-37 Deacon Jim McFadden Last Sunday we reflected upon the basic question of ‘whom do we serve?—which entails the spiritual struggle of making the transition from the Ego-Drama (self-worship) to the Theo-Drama (worship of the one true God). This…
Eccl 11:9-12:8 Ps 90. Lk 9:43b-45 Deacon Jim McFadden During the ‘60s, folk-singer Jim Croce, who unfortunately died a premature death in a plane crash, sang a song, Time in a Bottle, in which he intoned, “I’ve looked around enough to know that you are the one I want to journey through time with.” Though…
25th Sunday in Ordinary Time; September 22, 2024 Wis 2:12,17-20. Ps 54. Jas 3:16-4:3. Mk 9:30-37 Deacon Jim McFadden Sometimes during the public ministry of Jesus, the Apostles come across as clueless. The Gospel account from Mark begins with the Second Prediction of the Passion in which Jesus teaches and tells his disciples that…
24th Sunday in O.T. (B); September 15, 2024 Is 50:5-9a. Ps 116. Jas 2:14-18. Mk 8:27-35 Deacon Jim McFadden We know this scene well: Jesus is the area of Caesarea Philippi and asks his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?” (Mk 8:27). After the report of the common consensus, he probes further…
23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (B); September 8, 2024 Is 35:4-7a. Ps 146. Jas 2:1-5. Mk 7:31-37 Deacon Jim McFadden In this Sunday’s Gospel passage (Mk 7:31-37), we have the episode of the miraculous healing by Jesus of a man who was deaf and had a speech impediment. The evangelist Mark begins his narrative…
22nd Sunday in O.T. (B); August 31-September 1, 2024 Dt. 4:1-2,6-8. Ps 15. Jas 1:17-18, 21b-22, 27. Mk 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 Deacon Jim McFadden In the beginning of my teaching career, I worked with a dear colleague, a consecrated religious sister who had a huge sign that went from end of the classroom to…
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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