by pdavid@stvictoria.org | Jun 21, 2023 | Homily Blog
Practice Makes Perfect Deacon Ray Ortman Several years ago a survey identified the most well-known wisdom sayings from our youth. Among the most common are “treat others how you’d like to be treated” and “if at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.” But the most...
by pdavid@stvictoria.org | Jun 12, 2023 | Homily Blog, Uncategorized
Homily Blog, June 11, 2023 Corpus Cristi Sunday My niece who lives out of state one Sunday after trying her best to get her three small kids ready for Mass, she and her husband pulled up to the church parking lot late. As they were walking into church, they spotted...
by pdavid@stvictoria.org | Jun 11, 2023 | Homily Blog
Deacon Ray Ortman Credo in unum Deum. I believe in One God. Belief in one God is the cornerstone of God’s revelation of Himself to ancient Israel — monotheism in contrast with what was then widespread polytheism — and it lies also at the heart of our Christian...
by tonyducklow@gmail.com | Jun 7, 2023 | Homily Blog
Deacon Ray Ortman “I solemnly swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the Truth. So helpme God.” If you’ve ever been involved in a court case, you will know that is the oaththat witnesses take before testifying. But what it means to be a “witness?”In...
by pdavid@stvictoria.org | May 28, 2023 | Homily Blog
From Act 2, today’s first reading we hear, “There are many kinds of spiritual gifts but the same Spirit.” And from in I Cor. 12, today’s second reading we hear, “As the body is one though it has many parts … so also (is the body of) Christ.” If you look around, you’ll...
by pdavid@stvictoria.org | May 16, 2023 | Homily Blog
In the last line of today’s Gospel from John 14 Jesus says in effect, “If you love me, I will reveal myself to you.” It’s true, God reveals God’s self to us in many ways and if you look hard you’ll see it happening all over the place It’s like the angel walking...