by pdavid@stvictoria.org | Jun 10, 2025 | Homily Blog
Pentecost Life is interesting. Did you hear that Pope Leo has a personal trainer? Apparently, his trainer didn’t even know he was a cardinal. So, when he was made pope, I can just hear the trainer, “Hey, I know that guy!” Life is interesting for us too. There are...
by pdavid@stvictoria.org | May 26, 2025 | Homily Blog
GOD FROM GOD, LIGHT FROM LIGHT - Deacon Ray Happy Anniversary! Two weeks ago St. Victoria celebrated the 20th Anniversary of our New Church. But this week the worldwide Church celebrates a rather longer anniversary: the 17th-Centennial anniversary of the Council of...
by pdavid@stvictoria.org | May 18, 2025 | Homily Blog
Eucharistic Adoration In today’s Gospel passage from John 15 Jesus tells us, “As I have loved you so also should you love one another.” It sounds good but how do we put that into practice? I offer one way that can help us do that. It has to do with something we’ve...
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 | 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...
by pdavid@stvictoria.org | May 2, 2025 | Homily Blog
Stewardship There are some who come to faith just by accepting. And then there those who come to faith by doubting. That’s how Thomas came to faith. But he got there. That’s why we’re all here today, so we can get there. We’re here at Eucharist so we can get to to...
