Mary, Mother of the Church
Monday after Pentecost Gen 3:9-15,20. Ps 87. Jn 19:25-34 Deacon Jim McFadden As Vatican II was coming to a close, St. Pope Paul VI bestowed upon Mary the title of Mother of the Church, which is celebrated on the…
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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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You are more than what you have
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A Dwelling Place for God
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…
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Yee-Haw: The Apostles are the Ones Sent
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.…
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Bear Witness to Jesus
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…
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Why Are the Saints Happy?
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…
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To the Rich and Comfortable: “Come Down!”
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…
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Addicted to Honor
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…
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Everyone is Called to Discipleship
Everyone is Called to Discipleship 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C); July 17, 2022 Gn 18:1-10a. Ps 15. Col 1:24-28. Lk 10:38:42 Deacon Jim McFadden This vignette of Martha and Mary has a way of bugging us. Let’s face it: most of us are not contemplatives in the same way that say, Trappist monks are;…
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the other guy
Pentecost Sunday (A); May 24, 2026 Acts 2:1-11. Ps 104. 1 Cor 12:3-7,12-13. Jn 20:19-23 Deacon Jim McFadden When I was a boy in the very distant past, the 3rd Person of the Trinity was referred to as the…
our faith is increased by the Lord’s Ascension
Ascension of the Lord (A); May 17, 2026 Acts 1:1-11 Ps47 Eph 1:7-23 Mt 28:16-20 Deacon Jim McFadden For the last two Sundays, we reflected upon Jesus Farewell Discourse which was his last will and testament; there, the nucleus of…
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