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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Stop and Listen: then Act
16th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C); July 20, 2025 Gn 18:1-10a. Ps 15. Col 1:24-28. Lk 10:38-42 Deacon Jim McFadden The Gospel for this Sunday’s Liturgy presents us with a lively domestic scene with Martha and Mary, two sisters who extend their hospitality to Jesus in their home. Luke notes that it is Martha…
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Jesus is Present in a New Way
The Ascension of the Lord; June 1, 2025 Acts 1:1-11. Ps 47. Eph 1:17-23. Lk 24:46-53 Deacon Jim McFadden Today we are celebrating the Ascension of Jesus into Heaven, which occurred 40 days after the Resurrection and is the culmination of the Easter season in which Jesus is “lifted up” to full participation in…
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Overcoming Fear Leads to Mission
Divine Mercy Sunday (C); April 26, 2025 Acts 5:12-16 Ps 118 Rv 1:9-13,17-19. Jn 20:19-31 Deacon Jim McFadden Jesus is Risen! What a joy to proclaim this wonderful message—one that is the ultimate “game changer”! The Resurrection is THE pivotal moment in all of Salvation History. Everything has changed; everything is relative to this…
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The Ultimate Encounter-Clash
5th Sunday of Lent (A); April 6, 2025 Ex 37:12-14. Ps 130. Rom 8:8-11. Jn 11:1-45 Deacon Jim McFadden In today’s Gospel for the 5th Sunday of Lent is the Raising of Lazarus, presents a stark contrast between Jesus, who is the Lord of Life and the ruins of death. It is the context…
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Don’t Invite the Enemy to your Table
1st Week of Lent (C); March 9, 2025 Deut 26:4-10. Ps 91. Rom 10:8-13. Lk 4:1-13 Deacon Jim McFadden As we begin the great season of Lent, which is a time of repentance, conversion, and metanoia we intentionally return to the source of our faith and spend these 40 days allowing ourselves to be…
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Circle of Love
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The Binding of Isaac/The Binding of Jesus
2nd Sunday of Lent (B); February 25, 2024 Gen 22:1-2,9a, 10-13. Ps 116. Rom 8:31b-6:34. Mk 9:2-10 Deacon Jim McFadden During the 2nd Sunday of Lent we come across a most troubling story in the first reading that is traditionally called the “Binding of Isaac.” The story is terrible, not just because it involves human…
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Make Your Choice Today
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Circle of Love
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El Santo de Dios
4º Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario (B); 28 de enero de 2024 Dt 18:15-20. Sal 95. 1 Cor 7:32-35. Marcos 1:21-28 Diácono Jim McFadden La lectura del Evangelio de este domingo (cf. Mc 1, 21-28) narra el comienzo del ministerio público de Jesús, en el que irrumpe en el mundo de la ilusión y de lo…
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Ash Wednesday: A Time for pruning
Jl 2:12-18. Ps 51. 2 Cor 5:20-6:2. Mt 6:1-6, 16-18 Deacon Jim McFadden People of God, we come once again, to that great season of Lent, which is a great opportunity to prune away falseness, superficiality, and indifference to…
Respect a Person’s Dignity!
6th Sunday of Ordinary Time (A); February 15, 2026 Sir 15:15-20. Ps 119. 1 Cor 2:6-10. Mt 5:17-37 Deacon Jim McFadden It can begin with the smallest gesture: an interested glance across a classroom, the brushing of a hand,…
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