St. Mary's Basilica
Phoenix, Arizona
Pastor’s Notes
It’s “Ordinal Time” again. Ordinary! Regular! Same old daily grind. Uneventful? — Wrong! Christian discipleship is never “same old.” I will miss the Christmas season with its lights, gifts and shimmer. Thanks again to all who made the Basilica so radiant these past days….
Pastor’s Note
The problem with the story of Christmas is that we know it by heart. We can tell it with our eyes closed. Everybody knows the Bethlehem details. We try to splash it up every season, to give it a new twinkle and meaning for…
Pastor’s Notes
I was born in a little country parish named for St. Joseph and have always had a soft spot for him. Joseph “the righteous” appears second fiddle to the Madonna on most Christmas cards. While devotion to Mary has been widespread in the church’s…