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…
4th Sunday of Advent (B); December 24, 2023 2 Sam 7:1-5,8-12,14,16. Ps 89. Rom 16:25-27. Lk 1:26-38 Deacon Jim McFadden As Christmas is nearly upon us–indeed, we’ll be celebrating our Lord’s birth tomorrow!—the 4th Sunday of Advent focuses our attention on the notion of a dwelling place for God. In our first reading…
11th Sunday of Ordinary Time (A); June 18, 2023 Ex 19:2-6a. Ps. 100. Rom 5:6-11. Mt 9:36-10:8 Deacon Jim McFadden This Sunday we are again faced with the themes of call and discipleship. Today’s readings involve a slightly different perspective in which the demands of discipleship lead to being sent: to be an apostle.…
2nd Sunday of Ordinary Time (A); 1-15-2023 Is 49:3,5-6. Ps 40. 1 Cor 1:1-3. Jn 1:29-34 Deacon Jim McFadden We are now in Ordinary Time, where we move from being in control of our clock with all of our purposeful controlled activity, to simply hanging out with Jesus as we reflect on what it…
Why are the Saints Happy? All Saints (C); November 1, 2022 Rv 7:2-4,9-14. Ps 24. 1 Jn 3:1-3. Mt 5:1-12a Deacon Jim McFadden Last month I was watching an episode from HBO’s The Wire, in which a detective, by the name of Freeman (more of a description than a proper name), said to the…
31st Sunday in Ordinary Time (C); 10-30-2022 Wis 11:22-12:2; Ps 145; 2 Thes 1:11-2:2; Lk 19:1-10 Deacon Jim McFadden Zacchaeus is the “chief tax collector,” the head honcho of those who were despised because he lined his own pockets with money extorted from his fellow Jews and who was a quisling of Rome as…
22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (C); August 28, 2022 Sir 3:17-18, 20,28-29. Ps 68. Heb 12:18-19,22-24a. Lk 14:1.7-14 Deacon Jim McFadden At the mid-point of the ‘90s blockbuster film Titanic, the Leonardo DiCaprio character, spread-eagled with his arms extended on the stern of the ship, boasts loudly, “I am the King of the…
28th Sunday in Ordinary Time (A); October 11, 2026 Is 25:6-10a. Ps 23. Phil 4:12-20. Mt 22:1-14 Deacon Jim McFadden The parable we hear in today’s Gospel tells us a lot about the Kingdom of God, which is likened…
27th Sunday of Ordinary Time (A); October 4, 2026 Is 5:1-7. Ps 80. Phil 4:6-9. Mt 21:33-43 Deacon Jim McFadden The parable about the mismanagement of the vineyard tells us a lot about the Kingdom of God, the choices we…
26th Sunday in Ordinary Time (A); September 27, 2026 Ez 18:25-28. Ps 25. Phil 2:1-11. Mt 21:28-3 Deacon Jim McFadden In a past issue of the Catholic Herald (September/October 2020), the newsmagazine for the Diocese of Sacramento, there is a…
