St. Mary's Basilica
Phoenix, Arizona
Pastor’s Notes
âComfortâ âComfort, give comfort to my people,â old Isaiah the prophet cries out in the first reading of this Sunday. ComfortableâŠThese words are connected with an Advent tension. They leave musical echoes of Handelâs Messiah ringing our ears. But for Israel, after all the…
Pastor’s Notes
âOnce upon a time” âAlgĂșn dĂa,â someday,â âsomehow, âsomeoneâ will pull it together! These coming weeks of Advent celebrate possibilities. âOn that day,â says the prophet Isaiah, a vision of the ways things can be will be realized. But wait. There is more. Our…
Pastor’s Notes
Godâs High Society The Solemnity of Christ the King is the last Sunday in Ordinary Time. This season has been anything like Ordinary. The history of this feast dates to 1925 when the fascists were coming into power in Italy, Spain and finally Germany….