by pdavid@stvictoria.org | Jan 20, 2025 | Pondering With Prompts
Lead in: “It had been revealed to him (Simeon) by the Holy Spirit that he should not see death before he had seen the Christ.” Luke 2 Simeon had one wish he hoped to see accomplished in his life before he died. And so, he waited in expectation for that wish to be...
by pdavid@stvictoria.org | Dec 27, 2024 | Pondering With Prompts
Lead in: Luke 1:1 tells us something interesting about how the Gospels came to be. First came the oral tradition that recounted the story of Jesus’ death and resurrection. Following on that came stories about Jesus, the miracles he performed, the parables he told,...
by pdavid@stvictoria.org | Dec 27, 2024 | Pondering With Prompts
Lead in: At the wedding feast at Cana, the host ran out of wine. Was the shortage of wine due to the host’s limited financial resources? Or was it due to the host’s extravagant generosity? Perhaps, it was a little of both. Prompt: Who is it that you know who...
by pdavid@stvictoria.org | Dec 27, 2024 | Pondering With Prompts
Lead in: In Jesus’ day, the practice of baptism had many meanings in Jewish culture. It was seen as a kind of cleansing ritual that prepared one for worship. But with John the Baptist, baptism became a way of demonstrating one’s willingness to undergo a total life...
by pdavid@stvictoria.org | Dec 27, 2024 | Pondering With Prompts
Lead in: Matthew wrote his Gospel for the Jewish community. The Magi were foreigners from another land. By including them as worshippers of Christ, Matthew hoped to convince his fellow Christians that God intended to call all people to worship the one true God...
by pdavid@stvictoria.org | Dec 6, 2024 | Pondering With Prompts
Lead in: Jesus’ parents find their twelve year old son conversing with the scholars of the law in the temple, who are quite taken with the boy and the answers he was giving them. His parents, however, weren’t quite as impressed. For three days they’ve been half out...
