by pdavid@stvictoria.org | Sep 15, 2024 | Homily Blog
Deacon Ray - Listen Before You Speak Today’s first reading from Isaiah got my attention. You may remember it from Palm Sunday: it is a prophecy of the Passion of Christ. But the thing that especially caught my attention is that today, the reading starts mid-verse. ...
by pdavid@stvictoria.org | Sep 10, 2024 | Pondering With Prompts
Mark 9:30-37 Lead in: Whatever Jesus was preaching about, it seems the disciples were always slow to get it. In Mark 9, Jesus has just predicted his pending death, and what do the disciples do? They start arguing amongthemselves about who’s the greatest. Jesus...
by pdavid@stvictoria.org | Sep 10, 2024 | Homily Blog
Fr. Bob - Healing of the Deaf Mute 60% of the Gospel is healing stories and today is one of them. And about the miracles that Jesus performs, he didn’t perform miracles to prove anything or impress anybody. He performed then simply because he saw a need and compassion...
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...
