by pdavid@stvictoria.org | Sep 3, 2024 | Homily Blog
Fr. Bob - Make Jesus come alive Last night was the Sunset Fest talent show. I entered. I did the hula hoop. The idea was to outlast whoever came up to challenge me. I knew ai was in trouble when my opponent started doing the hula hoop around her neck. I was no match....
by pdavid@stvictoria.org | Sep 3, 2024 | Homily Blog
Fr. Bob - Anything but boring What do you think is the most common complaint a teenager might have about having to go to Sunday mass? I think it’s the same complaint I had when I was a teenager. I didn’t like having to go to mass because I thought it was boring. And...
by pdavid@stvictoria.org | Sep 3, 2024 | Homily Blog
Fr. Bob - Stations of the Beatitudes In Ephesians 4 today’s second reading Paul tells his listeners to let go of all bitterness and anger and instead seek the way of kindness and compassion forgiving one another as God as forgiven us in Christ. Do this and you will be...
by pdavid@stvictoria.org | Sep 3, 2024 | Homily Blog
Deacon Ray - More than they could eat The Feeding of the 5,000 is the central miracle in the Gospel of John. It also is the only miracle (other than the Resurrection) that is recorded in all 4 Gospels. As a miracle it is compelling proof of Christ’s divinity: only...
by pdavid@stvictoria.org | Sep 3, 2024 | Homily Blog
Fr. Bob - Handball was my strength How do I say this? In the seminary when it came to “the books” I didn’t exactly set the world on fire. What I’m saying is that I was no Ray Ortman. You know what I’m saying? Okay. I didn’t study that much either. But there was one...
by pdavid@stvictoria.org | Sep 3, 2024 | Homily Blog
Fr. Bob - 50th Anniversary Mass Today is the Feast of Corpus Christi, the Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ. In today’s Gospel passage from Mark, we hear the story of the first Eucharist. In this we have the link between the priesthood of the Old Testament and the...
