by pdavid@stvictoria.org | Sep 3, 2024 | Pondering With Prompts
Mark 8:27-35 Lead in: “Who am I?”, Jesus asks in Mark 8. Peter gets it right, “You are the Messiah, the Christ.” But when he hears Jesus speak of how he will suffer and then be put to death, Peter falters. That’s not the kind of Messiah he wants to follow. So, Peter...
by pdavid@stvictoria.org | Sep 3, 2024 | Pondering With Prompts
Mark 7:31-37 Lead in: What if one day you were not able to speak or hear? How isolating that would be!In Mark 7, Jesus encounters such a man, a deaf-mute. His disability leaves him isolated from a world he wants to be part of.Prompt: Reflect on a time when you felt...
by pdavid@stvictoria.org | Sep 3, 2024 | Pondering With Prompts
Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 Lead in: The Pharisees along with some scholars from Jerusalem noticed that some of Jesus’ disciples were not being careful with ritual washings before meals. So they asked Jesus, “Why do your disciples brush off the rules and eat without...
by pdavid@stvictoria.org | Sep 3, 2024 | Pondering With Prompts
John 6:60-69 Lead in: In John 6, Jesus boldly tells the crowds, “Unless you eat my flesh, you have no life within you.” On hearing this, many decided to leave Jesus. In a homily, Pope Francis offers insight as to why this happened. In saying this, Jesus indicated that...
by pdavid@stvictoria.org | Sep 3, 2024 | Pondering With Prompts
John 6:51-58 Lead in: In everything he did for us, Jesus gave it his all, including on the cross when he gave his very body and blood. All of this out of love for us. In partaking of Christ’s body and blood in the Eucharist, we are invited to do the same. As Christ...
