by pdavid@stvictoria.org | Feb 23, 2025 | Pondering With Prompts
Luke 6:39-45 Lead in: Matthew’s Gospel is written for the Jewish community so Jesus is depicted as the new Moses. Luke’s Gospel is addressed to the Gentile world so Jesus is depicted more as a philosopher. In Luke’s Gospel, this “philosopher” Jesus makes a strong...
by pdavid@stvictoria.org | Feb 23, 2025 | Pondering With Prompts
Luke 6:27-38 Lead in: Jesus tells us to “love our enemies” and to “do good to those who hate you”. But that does not mean Jesus is calling us to be doormats, walked on by those who might want to take advantage of us.Prompt: Reflect on a time when you showed mercy, yet...
by pdavid@stvictoria.org | Feb 23, 2025 | Pondering With Prompts
Luke 6:17, 20-26 Lead in: Luke’s “Sermon on the Plain” presents Jesus’ teaching on the kingdom of God. The Beatitudes in Luke’s Gospel contrast how life can take two different paths. There’s the path that leads to “blessings” and then there’s the path that leads to...
by pdavid@stvictoria.org | Feb 23, 2025 | Pondering With Prompts
Luke 5:1-11 Lead in: With the crowd pressing in on him, Jesus escapes by finding a boat that he can use to talk to the crowd a short distance from the shore. Ever resourceful, Jesus figures out a way to deal witha situation that had him hemmed in.Prompt: Reflect on a...
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,...
