St. Mary's Basilica
Phoenix, Arizona
Pastor’s Notes
âGod For Usâ…A Transfigurationâ Last week we remembered a âdisarmedâ God. In the ancient story of Noah, he put aside his ârightâ to bear arms, and then hung up his weapon on a rainbow for all to see. Lent is a season for disarmament….
Pastor’s Notes
âRe-Lent-ingâ Pope John Paul II in 1983 said that Lent is a time ââŚof particular intimacy with God, in the secret places of our hearts and consciences.â I like that! It is the âwhyâ of prayer fasting and generous giving. The season calls…
Pastor’s Notes
âA Search for Sweetnessâ St. Francisâs first taste of human freedom had to do with lepers. Hansenâs Disease scared the âBe Jesusâ out of this handsome teen from medieval Assisi. He wrote in his 1221 âTestamentâ many years later⌠âWHILE I WAS IN SIN,…