by pdavid@stvictoria.org | May 15, 2025 | Homily Blog
20th Anniversary Today on Good Shepherd Sunday we hear how sheep are gathered into the sheepfold and their shepherd knows them and they know their shepherd. And the shepherd is Jesus. That’s what a parish is, a faith community that follows Jesus as the Good Shepherd...
by pdavid@stvictoria.org | May 2, 2025 | Pondering With Prompts
John10:27-30 Lead in: In John 10, Jesus identifies himself as the Good Shepherd. The good shepherd knows his sheep and will do whatever it takes to assure them that not one of them will perish. Such is God’s tender love for us. With Jesus as our good shepherd who...
by pdavid@stvictoria.org | May 2, 2025 | Pondering With Prompts
John 2:11-19 Lead in: The Risen Christ had a way of surprising people with his unexpected presence. He surprised the two disciples on the road to Emmaus. The disciples recognized Christ at table in the breaking of the bread. And then in a flash, he was gone. The Risen...
by pdavid@stvictoria.org | May 2, 2025 | Pondering With Prompts
John 20:19-31 Lead in: The disciples remembered Jesus when he was with them walking the dusty roads ofGalilee. In John 20:19, the Risen Christ appears to the disciples through locked doors and breathes on them the Holy Spirit. We might think them the lucky ones...
by pdavid@stvictoria.org | May 2, 2025 | Homily Blog
Easter Sunday Before we get going here, let’s talk baseball. And the team with the worst record in baseball right now, the Chicago White Sox. They have only four wins. What if by some miracle they were to win the World Series this year! That’d be one of the more...
