by pdavid@stvictoria.org | Apr 6, 2024 | Homily Blog
Fr. Bob White It was Easter Sunday 1954. It’s Bob and June White and their four kids, my sister Liz 8, my brother Jim 5, my sister Jean 1 and me, 6. Mass at St. Olav has just let out and we’re walking down the sidewalk in downtown Minneapolis. A reporter from the...
by pdavid@stvictoria.org | Apr 6, 2024 | Fr. Bob's Weekly Bulletin Column
Today, we gather not only to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ, but also to reflect on what it means to live out the principles of love, justice, and compassion in our world today. Easter challenges us to embrace the message of transformation and calls us to...
by pdavid@stvictoria.org | Mar 17, 2024 | Pondering With Prompts
Lead in: One tradition has it that the first thing put to writing in the Gospels were the accounts of Jesus’ passion and death. Working backwards in time, the Gospels developed asthe various stories were pieced together, giving us a more complete picture of who Jesus...
by pdavid@stvictoria.org | Mar 17, 2024 | Pondering With Prompts
Lead in: St. Ignatius had the dream of starting a religious order. But he had the freedom to die for his dream if that’s how it had to be.Prompt: Reflect on something you dreamed of being able to do but were never given the chance to do it. How hard was that to grieve...