St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church at 232 S. Broad Street, Buena Vista, GA 31803 US - Home
St. Mary Magdalen Mission
St. Mary Magdalen is a small but vibrant community located in Buena Vista, Ga., the county seat of rural Marion County. The Mass is celebrated every Saturday at 7:00 PM. Phone or e-mail for holyday Masses. St. Mary Magdalen is a mission of Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Columbus, Ga, and is a part of the Diocese Of Savannah.
Rev. Brian LaBurt GHM
Pastor
St. Mary Magdalen Mission is a mission of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in Columbus, GA.
Our Lady of Lourdes Parish
And is in the Catholic Diocese of Savannah
Diocese of Savannah
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4th Sun [B] 2012
Two words in the Gospel account you just heard captured my attention… “astonished” and “amazed.” St. Mark reports that the people in Capernaum’s synagogue were astonished at Jesus’ teaching and all were amazed. So the question arises: Why? Why were they so astonished and amazed? After all they thought Jesus was a rabbi, someone who speaks God’s word, and they were, after all, in a synagogue, a place where one would expect to be hearing about what God had to say. So why were they so astonished and amazed?