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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Jesus, King of the Universe
Christ the King (A); 11-22-2020 Ez 34:11-12 Ps 23. 1 Cor 15:20-26,28 Mt 25:31-46 Deacon Jim McFadden As we conclude our liturgical year, the Church invites us to fix our gaze on our Lord Jesus, the King of the Universe, who is the beginning and end of Salvation History. As King, Jesus preached and…
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The Law of the Gift
33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (A); 11-15-2020 Prv 31 Ps 128. 1 Thes 5:1-6. Mt 25:14-30 Deacon Jim McFadden There are a myriad number of laws of nature that obtain anywhere in the cosmos. For example, it’s simply a law that objects fall according to a gravitational pull. There’s the law of energy which is…
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Are We There, Yet?
32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (A); 11-08-2020 Wis 2:12-16. Ps 63. 1 Thes 4:13-18. Mt 25:1-13 Deacon Jim McFadden We are a hyper-stimulated, impatient people. Carrie Fisher, in her autobiography once opined that “instant gratification takes too long!” And, the electronic, digital age we now live in has only exacerbated this. We have 5G…
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We Are Family–in Jesus!
All Saints Day (A); November 1, 2020 Rv 7:2-4,9-14. Ps 24. 1 Jn 3:1-3. Mt 5:1:12a Deacon Jim McFadden Forty years ago Sister Sledge released a song, We Are Family, that stressed that we are meant to be very close together because we are born into the same family. As Catholics, we know that…
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We’re Created to Love
30th Sunday in Ordinary Time A); 10-25-2020 Ex 22:20-26. Ps 18. 1 Thes 1:5c-10. Mt 22:34-40 Deacon Jim McFadden This Sunday, the Gospel reading reminds us in no uncertain terms that the whole of the Divine Law can be summed up in our love for God and neighbor. Matthew offers an account in which…
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Putting on God’s Love
28th Sunday in Ordinary Time (A); 10-10-2020 Is 25:6-10a. Ps 23. Phil 4:12-20. Mt 22:1-10 Deacon Jim McFadden The parable we hear in today’s Gospel focuses on a royal wedding party, which will tell us a lot about the Kingdom of God. The central character is the king’s son, the bridegroom whom we can…
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To Whom Do You Belong?
29th Sunday in Ordinary Time (A); 10-18-2020 Is 45:1,4-6. Ps 96. 1 Thes 1:5b. Mt 22:15-21 Deacon Jim McFadden We’ve just heard one of the famous passages of the entire Gospel: “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God” (Mt 22:21). It’s teasingly straightforward, so straightforward…
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The New Wine of the Vineyard
27th Sunday of Ordinary Time (A); 10-4-20 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 make, and the God who is always faithful in his forgiveness and mercy. As a visual…
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Taking Responsibility
26th Sunday in Ordinary Time (A); 9-27-2020 Ez 18:25-28. Ps 25. Phil 2:1-11. Mt 21:28-32 Deacon Jim McFadden In a recent issue of the Catholic Herald (September/October 2020), the newsmagazine for the Diocese of Sacramento, there is a gripping story of Eliza Cobos, who had an abortion at age 18. Looking back at those…
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Don’t Offend a Person’s Dignity
6th Sunday of Ordinary Time (A); 2-16-20 Sir 15:15-20 Ps 119 1 Cor 2:6-10 Mt 5:17-37 Deacon Jim McFadden It begins with the tiniest gesture: an interested glance across a classroom, the brushing of a hand, asking for that first date. Lifelong love builds from little expressions of care before it becomes self-surrender…
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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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