St. Mary's Basilica
Phoenix, Arizona
Pastor’s Notes
Did you ever read John Steinbeck’s novel East of Eden? There is a great scene toward the end of the book in which a group of Chinese cooks and wizened elders from San Francisco’s China Town study a Hebrew text from “Sirach,” part of…
Pastor’s Notes
Decent “advices.” Most of us receive that sermon on the salt somewhere in the beginning of our fifties. Together with the call to “exercise” and “cut your saturated fat,” the journey of life’s second half begins with solemn doctor’s words. I appreciated the concern. …
Pastor’s Note
Doesn’t look like it, but it is still Epiphany season. There are some final echoes of Christmas lights in the later part of the week. Thursday is the Presentation of the Lord. This feast, which once ended the forty days of Christmas, dusts off…