Southwest Texas, U.S.A.

Bracketville's Saint Mary Magdalene's Catholic Church 78832.

 
"What Bartimaeus sees ..." was the excellently delivered theme for Deacon Jimmy Bader's homily this past Saturday at the 5:30 pm Mass.

But!

It was also the theme for Pope Benedict XVI's homily at the Sunday Mass at Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome with around 150 bishops in attendance.

One of them, Mexican Bishop Alonso Gerardo Garza Treviño thoughtfully reported all this to us in Spanish last night via Radio ♪La Rancherita del Aire♫ Piedras Negras, Coahuila, México...

Point of all this??

The Catholic Church is indeed a "universal Church!" :)

From Brackettville, Texas to Piedras Negras, Mexico to Rome, Italy -- and back again...