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.
Says John, "Welcome in, Everybody."
Readings:
Isaiah 66, 10-14, As a mother comforts her child, so I will comfort you. (Isaiah at his best)
Psalm 66, Let all the earth cry out to God with joy
Galatians 6, 14-18, Peace and mercy be to all.
Luke 10, 1-12, 17020, Peace to this household.
Marilyn lights our Summer Candles.
Isaiah observations:
The scene: the people are now back in Jerusalem, a destroyed Jerusalem. Isaiah is attempting to put a positive spin on everything. After all that took place in the Babylonian captivity, Cyrus has defeated the Babylonians and released the Jewish people to return to Jerusalem.
This chapter 66 is the last of the whole book and the work of the third Isaiah.
The Psalm. Can this be true? The Psalm is also 66. It is beautiful and positive. Can religion be better?
Ron reads our Blessing of the Summer Candles.
Why I am still proud to be an American
This morning in honor of July 4, I want to share why I am still proud to be an American. I have 4 little vignettes.
The first took place when I was in Tanzania giving a retreat or seminar to a small group of delightful Dutch religious sisters. We were at a mission on the outskirts of a little town called Morogoro. A thief got into my room, which was a fixed up shipping container on the edge of the compound, while I was having breakfast. I lost my passport & a few small things.
Who let in that funny man with the hat?
So, I had to go to the American Embassy in Dar es Salaam, the capitol. The staff did not hassle me, but treated me like a fellow traveler. I remember feeling, first, a sense of security and, secondly, a sense of being proud to be connected with a country which was a dream country to so many Tanzanians.
Happy 57th Anniversary, Marilyn & Ron.
Secondly, Iowa and the marvelous week long 500 mile bike ride the end of this month. 30k people riding from the MO River to the MS River. The atmosphere is so friendly and fun.
Amid all the camaraderie, the event that always touches me the most is the Amish concession. Not just because I can buy a piece of pie (about 5 varieties) for 3-4 $$’s and a huge spoonful of vanilla ice cream being made right there under the tent for another 2-4 $$’s, It is the fact that in America a group like the Amish can live and thrive.
My Dearest Carrie, I remember you as a sweet, pretty little girl from our days at St. Marks. Now look at you, a pretty girl and a doctor. I'm impressed and delighted for you.
I will miss seeing my buddy Henry, the pie vendor, a guy about 24 years old and very friendly. I will miss renewing our friendship. He even loaned me the money once when I forgot my money.
I ride Iowa’s Ragbrai, I am proud to be a crazy American like all the crazies around me.
Aggie, this is fortification for the rework of your knee. May it be successful and bring you peace.
Thirdly, our neighborhood picnic and parade. So many kids, so many families, so many dogs, so many families of color. Rosemary is the refreshment czar and hosts the most popular concession on the campus of the Preston Hollow Elementary, where the disk jockey rides, where the fire truck begins the parade, and where face painting and animal petting all can be found.
Want to know how popular Rosemary is? I was instructed to pick up 24 dozen donut holes to go with chocolate chip cookies from Costco and grapes in plastic cups. How many donut holes left over? Zip, zero, nada.
A dozen times during the morning I am touched to be there. I am proud to be part of America and I am proud of Rosemary.
Listen everyone. Connie & John are going to visit Bill in Pagosa Springs. Therefore, what a better way to show Bill our appreciation for his hospitality for Rosemary & me. Enjoy it, Bill.
Finally, remember the Mays when Rosemary & I would join her delightful family to do the Ride New York? While there we would take the marvelous Staten Island Ferry (still FREE!), and pass by the Statue of Liberty, a gift from the French.
On that statue is the following sonnet:
Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teaming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest tossed to me.
I lift my lamp beside the Golden Door.
It takes a team. Especially because we are color coordinated.
If I can learn enough from my crash course this week on burning CD’s & DVD’s, during the brunch prepare yourselves to see a slide show on some of our Yosemite trips, likewise last year’s trip to Glacier Nat. Park, Montana
P.S. Anyone have a laptop they would like to sell? We need a laptop for CD
and DVD presentations. Thanks. J.S
Rosemary's Blessing:
Come, O Dancing God,
Spirit of Life and Love,
of Beauty and Diversity,
stir up my soul,
bathe me in your light,
and unleash my own spirit
that I may dance with you
and be light for those around me
and reflect your love to all that I meet this week.
Edited and adapted from a blessing by Fr. Andrew M. Greeley
Denni reading about the adventures of the Prophet Elija from 1 Kings.
Our Special Thanks:
Tom reading about kindness, compassion and forgiveness from Ephesians
Birthdays: Emery Zurchin (26, Monday), Stephen Farmer (25, Wednesday), Marlene (Saturday)
Anniversaries:
Hue & Linda (40th, Sunday, today)
Kameran ready for his baptism Saturday. Before the baptism, I look down at Kameran to see that he not only has an iPhone open in his had, but he is looking for a particular app with his finger. He barely knows how to walk and already can operate an iPhone. Just like when we were kids, yeah.
Special Announcement: We are moving
After celebrating week after week for 10 years, PISD is asking us to move over to Sigler on Janwood. Apparently it is quite expensive to A/C the large cafetorium at Vines. Sigler will be more economical. September 6 we begin our new adventure.
Check the map: View this photo
Kameran's mom, Mary, a dear friend from our days together at St. Marks, when she was just a little girl.
Please Remember these special people:
For Ken Cramer's brother, Don, who died recently; For Bernadette's mom; For Chad & Kayli (Grace & Doug's daughter), whose wedding we celebrated last night, Saturday; For Victor & Valerie Godinez, whose wedding we celebrated last Saturday; For Cameron Harrell, Mary's little son, whom we baptized yesterday morning; For Rose Banzhaf's 8 year old niece, Madeline; For our three special little dears, Vivian and Genevieve and McKinley; For Barb Wittek & family whose father just died; For Lisa Ackerman dealing with cancer; For Anthony; For a number of David McKeon's family who are having a rough time with health issues; For Frank & Mary's niece, Lisa, with cancer; For Stacey McKinley dealing with cancer; For Jean and Cliff with mutual operations coming up; For a little friend, Heather; For Rosemary's sister, Patty and her husband, Lou; For John & Jean's son John Louis; For Jackie's friend Mary Moczygemba with cancer; For our good friend Kay in Ontario; For Connie's nephew, Fred; For Mary Jane Stevenson's son Philip, 34, sick & don't know why; The Quinn’s granddaughter, Mikayla; For Maureen’s daughter, Kathleen, with cancer; For Jackie Urbanczyk's continued recovery;
The Wedding: Chad and Kayli. Kayli is the daughter of Grace and Doug LeBlanc. Lots of Canadians attended the Saturday evening event in downtown Dallas, the Designer District.
Mike & Dee Miller's daughter, Lisa, not doing well; for Nina Tucker's dad, Art; For Sr. Patricia Otillio, a nun I worked with for years in Grand Coteau; Judy Thompson's dad in the hospital; John Cade's mother in law, Kalliopi Piskiouli; Charlie's brother in law with cancer; Beth Dugan's dad struggling with prostate cancer; from Rob, the brother of his business associate who has cancer; Frank’s sister, Grace Campos, 84, with stage one; Diane McClurg's mom having a hard time making the transition to assisted living; Dee's friend, Don Fox, with cancer;
Kayli and Chad. Kayli and her family moved to Dallas some years ago from Alberta, Canada
Dick Thompson's daughter, Teri Jill & her cousin Terri. Barb & Warren's grandbabies, Leighton Elizabeth and Warren Phillip, & their friend Chris, plus Barb's dad & niece; Gilberto's mom and brother; Tom and Teresa Quinn's niece, Chawna, with cancer, plus Neva Flynn, Angel, and Diane Kreeitzer; Connie Doherty's mom and her sister, plus Kevin's cousin, Peter; for Mary Ellen; for our friends, sons, and daughters in the military, including Cole Carey, Ryan McClurg, and Chebino; cure for autism from Laura Chollick; for our President that he have great success and someday hold his grandchildren in his lap.
And we had 4 bridesmaids. Oops, bridesmaids? Yes! Bridesmaids Anthony and McKenzie are Kayli's brothers.
Your Finances, August 9, 2015
Expenses: $1445.00
Outreach: $ 245.00
Donated today: nothing this week
Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.
Ordinary batch of groomsmen? No way! Try Ironmen. Or at least triathletes. Both Kayli and Chad won the Ironman competition in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho last year, along with many of these guys.
Have a Good Week, J.S
(214-783-0443)
Ironman exiting, please.
JSM Mission-Faith Statement
Help create a Catholic Community that welcomes all God’s People, provides for & challenges spiritual & total growth.
Reaches out to help people who are disadvantaged & make the world we live in a better place to live.
Welcome into our World, Kayli and Chad.
Bon Voyage et La Meilleure Vie.
Does anyone have a digital projector we can use for J.S. Minitries & our Masses? I am looking to buy a used model, if possible.
The Wyndhamites, Claire, Ron, Lynda & Tom & Barb. Welcome!
Welcome: Catholic Mass with coffee & juice, and pastries, some bought, some home-made.
Time: 9:30; Celebrate with the Community & John Cade
Place: Sigler Elementary, 1400 Janwood Drive, Plano, TX 75075
The Guys, John, Mike, & Bill.
Readings:
Leviticus 13, 1-2, 44-46, If a man is leprous, the priest shall declare him unclean
Psalm 32, I turn to you, Lord, in time of trouble.
Corinthians 10, 31-11, Whatever you do, do for the glory of God.
Mark 1, 40-45, A leper came to Jesus
The girls, Geri, Cathy, & Judy.
Community Activities:
ROMEO MEET: Friday, February 9, Jason's Deli, Collin Creek Mall, west side of Central, 1:00. Welcome all wakos, you will fit right in.
JULIET LUNCHEON, (aka.,just us ladies into eating together), March Luncheon, TBA
Dickenson Trip: February 23- March 3
The Best Music, Shonda, Ben, & David
What is going on in Our Catholic World:
1 First mistake by Francis, National Catholic Reporter, January 24, 555 words. Download FRANCIS' FIRST MISTAKE 2-8-18
No touch Our Father, thanks to the flu.
True?
One cannot think well, love well, or sleep well if one has not dined well.
Virginia Woolf
Communion with Cindy & Jan.
See you Sunday.
J.S., 214-783-0443
This is a Full Service Community, like gluten-free birthday cupcakes.
JSM Mission-Faith Statement: Help create a Catholic Community that welcomes all God’s People, provides for and challenges spiritual and total growth.
Reaches out to help people who are disadvantaged and make the world we live in a better place to live.
We Sing, too!
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
:
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
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