by pdavid@stvictoria.org | Aug 25, 2025 | Pondering With Prompts
Luke 12:13-21 Lead in: In Luke 12, a man wants Jesus to intervene to assure him that he gets his fair share of the family inheritance. Jesus refuses his request. Trying to fix the situation by intervening is a boundary Jesus will not cross. Interfering inappropriately...
by pdavid@stvictoria.org | Aug 25, 2025 | Pondering With Prompts
Luke 11:1-13 Lead in: In the Lord’s Prayer we pray, “Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.”Prompt: In your life as you know it today, where is it hardest for you to pray “thy will be done”? Lead in: In the Lord’s Prayer we pray, “Give us this day our daily...
by pdavid@stvictoria.org | Aug 25, 2025 | Pondering With Prompts
Luke 10:38-42 Lead in: Spiritual author Virgina Herbers asks a good question, “Yes Lord, sitting with you as Mary does is a beautiful thing. But what about those sitting on their duffs while I am tending to all that needs to be done?” And the Lord’s response, “Yes, do...
by pdavid@stvictoria.org | Aug 25, 2025 | Homily Blog
Fr. Bob - Survival of the Fittest I heard Fr. Bill Murtough who took the masses las weekend said that he was my twin brother. He may be my evil twin but he’s not my twin brother. Good to be back to celebrate with you Sunset Fest. As we say, the only Sunset Fest in all...
by pdavid@stvictoria.org | Jul 12, 2025 | Homily Blog
City Boy I had just arrived in the parish at Our Lady of the Lake in Mound, Mn. I was ordained two weeks earlier and this was my first assignment as a priest. My second day on the job my pastor Fr. Dudley says “Get on old clothes and your workboots. You’ll be needing...
