A generous offer from Charlie Sawtelle

From Bob McGrath:
Permanent position open (two days per week). Schedule is very flexible.
Small company (founded in 1996) advancing real estate commissions nationally.
Must know QuickBooks, Access, Word and Excel, with general office experience. Real estate experience is an advantage.
Office located near Campbell and Central Expressway in Richardson.
Fax (972-761-0007) or e-mail resume to Bob McGrath at AgentsAdvanceInc@aol.com or call office at 972-761-0000 or 972-530-1397.

Special Notice: 9:30 Sunday Morning, our usual time for gathering together, we hope to present an on-line reflective Sunday Mass.   More info to come.  Prepare thyself, no laughter, please!

 

Saturday-Sunday, April 4-5, 2002, Palm Sunday

 

 

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Reading 1

 

The Lord be with you.                                                                                 

A Reading from the Gospel of Matthew

When they neared Jerusalem, Jesus sent two disciples with these instructions: “Go over to the village across from you. You’ll find a donkey tethered there, her colt with her.  Untie her and bring them to me.  If anyone asks what you’re doing, say, ‘The Master needs them!’  He will send them with you.”

This is the full story of what was sketched earlier by the prophet Zechariah:

“Shout and cheer, Daughter Zion!  Raise the roof, Daughter  Jerusalem!   

Your king is coming!  A good king who makes all things right,

A humble king riding a donkey, a mere colt of a donkey.”

The disciples went and did exactly what Jesus told them to do.  They led the donkey and colt out, laid some of their clothes on them, and Jesus mounted.  Nearly all the people in the crowd threw their garments down on the road, giving him a royal welcome.  Others cut branches from the trees and threw them down as a welcome mat.  Crowds went ahead and crowds followed, all of them calling out, “Hosanna to David’s son!” “Blessed is he who comes in God’s name!”  “Hosanna in highest heaven!”

As he made his entrance into Jerusalem, the whole city was shaken. Unnerved, people were asking, “What’s going on here? Who is this?”

The parade crowd answered, “This is the prophet Jesus, the one from Nazareth in Galilee.”

[Procession to the Table for Mass]

 

 

 

Reading 2

A Reading from the Prophet Isaiah, Chapter 50

 

GOD has given me a well-taught tongue, so I know how to encourage tired people.

He wakes me up in the morning, he opens my ears to listen, as one ready to take orders.

GOD opened my ears, and I didn’t go back to sleep, didn’t pull the covers back over my head.

I followed orders, stood there and took it while they beat me, held steady while they pulled out my beard.

I didn’t dodge their insults, and faced them as they spit in my face.

        And GOD stays right there and helps me, so I’m not disgraced.

Therefore I set my face like flint, confident that I’ll never regret this.

Our word for today.

 

     

A Reading from the Letter to the Philippians

        Sisters and brothers:  Think of yourselves the way Christ Jesus thought of himself.  He had equal status with God but didn’t think so much of himself that he had to cling to the advantages of that status no matter what.  Not at all. 

When the time came, he set aside the privileges of deity, and took on the status of a slave, became human!  Having become human, he stayed human.  It was an incredibly humbling process.  He didn’t claim special privileges.  Instead, he lived a selfless, obedient life and then a selfless and obedient death—and the worst kind of death at that—a crucifixion.

        Because of that obedience, God lifted him high and honored him far beyond anyone or anything, ever, so that all created beings in heaven and on earth—even those long ago dead and buried—will bow in worship before this Jesus Christ, and call out in praise that he is the Master of all, to the glorious honor of God the Father.

 Our word for today.

 

   

 

The Matthew Passion:

Download PALM Sunday – Passion of Jesus – Matthew

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

 Life, A Circle?

Today, Wednesday, April 1, Rosemary & I signed away our home on Tulip Lane, looking to downsize.  It surprised me that the signing was to take place on Rosedale Avenue & Snider Plaza, in University Park.  I was born one street north, on Milton, & one of my best childhood buddies, Pete Wacks, lived one block west on Rosedale.   It was  surprisingly moving to sign away our house in the place where it all began in 1940.  A Circle?

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                         

 

Rosemary's Blessing:

 

Covid-19: A Prayer of Solidarity

 

For all who have contracted Corona-Virus,

    We pray for care and healing.

For those who are particularly vulnerable,

    We pray for safety and protection.

For all who experience fear or anxiety,

    We pray for peace of mind and spirit.

For affected families who are facing difficult decisions between food on the table or public safety,

    We pray for policies that recognize their plight.

For those who do not have adequate health insurance,

    We pray that no family will face financial burdens alone.

For those who are afraid to access care due to immigration status,

    We pray for recognition of the God-given dignity of all.

For our brothers and sisters around the world,

    We pray for shared solidarity.

For public officials and decision-makers,

    We pray for wisdom and guidance.

Father, during this time may your Church be a sign of hope, comfort and love to all.

    Grant peace.

    Grant comfort.

    Grant healing.

    Be with us, Lord.

Amen

 

Sent to me by Alison who received it from a friend

 

Ezekiel 34: Thus says the Lord God: From now on, I myself am the shepherd.  As shepherds go after their flocks when they get scattered, I’m going after my sheep.   I’ll rescue them from all the places they’ve been scattered. 

James:  You can no more show me your works apart from your faith, than I can show you my faith apart from my works.  Faith and works, works and faith—they fit together hand in glove.

Luke 17: Whenever you did one of these things to the least of my sisters and brothers—that was me.  You did it to me. 

 

 

Sirach 35:  The Lord is a God of justice, who  knows no favorites.

2 Timothy 4:  But the Lord stood by me and gave me strength, so that through me the proclamation might be completed and all the Gentiles might hear it.

Luke 18:  I tell you, the latter went home justified, not the former; for whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.

 

 

 

                                  Lynda reading from Sirach

 

Thanks…     

Music,    Ben & Shonda

Readers,  Lynda & Tom

Gospel,   John Cade

Homily,  John Stack

Eucharistic Prayer A & B,  John Stack & John Cade

The Magic Zoom makers,   Hue & Richard & Kevin

Final Blessing, Rosemary

         

                                 

Tom reading from Paul's letter to Timothy

               

                                                                  

Readings:  Download 10-23-22- Readings – 30th Sunday Ord

Homily:   Download 10-23-22- Notes-30th Sunday Ord

 

 

 

John starting Mass

 

 

Remember these special people:

For Jan; For Sandra who has been diagnosed with Large B Cell Lymphoma;   For Lambrini, John Cade's wife, who is dealing with cancer and Kaliope, John Cade's Mother-in-law;  For Madeleine, Richard Eshelbrenner's granddaughter;  For Donna and the Dinsmore Family after her brother, Dennis died  from pancreatic cancer;   For Hue; For Jackie;  For John's sister, Kathey recovering from a fall;    For Tom Good;  For a young man, 19 struggling with a brain tumor and cancer;     For Mary Hall's friend Cadence still suffering from a serious medical condition;   For Sir Charlie & Jan; 

                                                                     

 

Rob gets a cookie for his birthday
    

 

 

Jackie's mom, sister, & friend, Lynn;  For Rick Turner searching for a kidney donor, Type O neg.;   For Jean & Cliff Wright;  For Dee, and for her daughters, Lisa & Lauren;     For a young man who is suffering from depression;  John Cade's daughter, Joey, with cancer; from Barbara, a little baby boy named Ford recuperating from an operation & friends, Annie, a mom of 3 kids and Michael ;    for the medical staffs, teachers, and coaches in our public & private schools.

 

 

and Peighton gets a cookie too

   

 

Birthdays:   Zoe 10/25,  Rob 10/29

Anniversaries:   

      

Community Finances:   

Expenses: $   885.00

Outreach: $  10.00

Thanks again, Folks, for doing what you can.

                 

 

 

 

Rosemary's Blessing:  

Prayer begins with the realization that I am loved by God as I am.  God’s love is based on nothing and, therefore, is the most basic  and secure fact in my life.  I simply let myself be loved by God.  This is not so much as activity of mine but a passivity in which I let God’s love soak in and permeate my whole being.

 

Adapted from “As Bread That is Broken” by  Peter van Breemen