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Sunday Homily 6-8-08, 10th Sunday, Ordinary Time

ByRosemary June 8, 2008

Readings: Hosea, 6, 3-6; Psalm 50; Romans 4, 18-25; Matthew 9,9-13; plus a good Alleluia verse, Luke 4, 18, about which I would like to speak.

Hosea: as with most of the prophets, Hosea is disturbed by the infidelity & behavior of the Hebrews. He tells them how bad they are and warns them that their bad ways will have consequences. Yahweh will punish them. He lives about 700 years B.C. & worked the area of the north, called Israel or Galilee.

Me Bring Glad Tidings to the Poor?

Many of you, I am sure, have your favorite auto mechanic. And if you don't, you probably wish you did. Rosemary & I have an Italian Catholic family, the Lucidos, who run One Stop. Trouble with it is that it is a little distance, near 35 & Royal.

In Richardson there is another of these reliable mechanics. I don't know the man, but he has a reputation of being reliable, dependable, reasonable with his prices, and a curmudgeon. A grump, a no patience, no compliments, non-smiler.

A family I know who has lived in Richardson forever has believed in this mechanic. The family has raised three kids who are now grown up and at least into their 20's. As is the case in so many families, one of the kids, the oldest boy, has had his troubles migrating from adolescence into adulthood. In and out of school, not able to find what he wanted to do, hanging with friends who likewise could not find their way.

In the past couple of years, this boy finally married, had some kids, and actually graduated from college. I think this was his first year to teach in special ed. It looked like the kid was really putting his life together and going somewhere.

In the spring the boy had car trouble and naturally he took his trouble to the family mechanic. All went well and the car was fixed for a reasonable price.

A few days later the father got a call from the curmudgeon mechanic. What do you think he was calling to say?

"I am calling," he said, "to compliment you on your son." The mechanic who never gives compliments and who had known and followed the son through his growing pains, said the boy had turned out marvelously, courteous, friendly, saying "Yes, sir," & "No, sir," and was really a pleasure to be around.

I think dad just about fainted dead on the phone.

I tell this story because it exemplifies one approach to "The Lord sent me to bring glad tidings to the poor." A marvelous line. For three reasons.

We are all the poor and need to hear glad tidings. We are less than we want to be, we hurt others, we fail in business and in sports, we fail as spouses, as parents, as priests. Then along comes glad tidings: "I did not come to call the righteous but sinners. Pretty good news for us sinners.

The Lord sends Me to bring glad tidings, good news, compliments. The Richardson curmudgeon mechanic brought happy tidings to a father who could have felt rather poverty stricken over the years as a parent. This is one of the main motivations I work as a priest & therapist.

The result of the glad tidings is greater inner peace–for the person who receives the gift and for the person who brings it. Certainly the father felt greater peace and probably the mechanic felt a peace.

With whom do you share glad tidings & how?

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Sunday Homily, April 5, 2015, Easter, B
ByRosemary April 5, 2015

Our Dear Chloe says, "Happy Easter, Everybody."

Readings:

Acts 10, 34, 37-43  You know what has happened all over Judea.

Psalm 18,    This is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad.

1 Corinthians 5, 6-8,   A little yeast leavens all the dough.

John 20, 11-18, Mary Magdalene

Charlotte, too, Chloe's sister, says, "Welcome, Everybody, and Happy Easter."

Acts observations:

This book with 28 chapters basically tells the story of what happened to and in the Christian community after Jesus died.

Keven, also, says, "Welcome in Folks."

Resurrection

Want to know what Resurrection looks like? Let me give you a couple of pictures.

As you heard me mention at the beginning of our celebration this morning, I went to the Circle R Ranch in Flower Mound Saturday morning for a picnic titled, For the Love of the Kids. There are two of these picnics a year. One takes place around Thanksgiving when busloads of kids come for a picnic with horse rides, hay rides, bounce houses, face painting, dancing on a stage, and visits from Superman, Batman, Santa, and others. It is enormous, a couple of thousand kids.

Zoe lighting the Easter Candle with the help of her sister, Georgie.

In April the picnic is for handicapped kids. They come with their families, maybe a hundred or more yesterday. It is wheelchair friendly. I have my favorite job. I stand at the entrance, usually with Beth, and welcome everybody. I am always touched by something special, some resurrection moment.

So here I am yesterday registering an hour before the kids arrive. I walk into the big pavilion and unexpectedly the first resurrection moment hits me. You will never guess what it is. It is The Community. I’ve already seen Kevin, Kerry, and Joe at the registration desk. But when I enter the pavilion I see brown shirts of Bona Responds everywhere. The first Resurrection moment. I was so proud to be part of this community.

Just take a guess. Yep, our beloved Gerwer gang at 7, believe it or not.

Later, Beth, I, and another lady named Lindi are at the welcome lane into the pavilion. Families are starting to come in, many pushing wheel chairs, but all with kids handicapped in some way. Along comes a family with a little blond girl about 5 or 6. I am saying hello and welcome to everyone. The little girl comes right over to me and holds up her arms. I gulp, pick her up, and hold her. I did not want to ever let her go. Another Resurrection moment.

A little later a Hispanic mother comes up pushing her son in a wheel chair. We chat and I look closely at the boy, who is about 12 years old and very nice. What I see is that he has a white sweat shirt that says “Jesuit.”

Some of The Community Team at the Circle R Ranch Love for the Kids picnic, Saturday.

Well, of course, that starts a conversation, while I hold the boy’s left hand in my left hand. I’m on his left. He is tuned in but not speaking, just watching me sort of fondly. Finally, I reach over with my right hand and caress his soft cheek. He gives me the most beatific, gentle smile that I was almost in tears as we parted. A third Resurrection moment.

I left Circle R in a zone of greater peace, gratitude, humility, and awe.

Your most recent Resurrection moment?

Who let that Wild Rabbit in here?

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29th Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 18, 2020
ByRosemary October 18, 2020

Readings:

Isaiah 45, 1, 4-6, I have called you by your name.

Psalm 96, Give the Lord glory & honor

Thessalonians 1, 1-5, We give thanks to God always for all of you.

Matthew 22, 15-21, Then repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar.

Thanks to the Team

Music, Ben & Shonda's help

Readers, Sandra & Patricia & Buddy, the candle blesser

Gospel, Deacon Mike

Homily, Stack

Eucharistic Prayer A & B, Stack & John Cade

The Magic Zoom makers, Mike, Ben, Richard, & Hue

Final Blessing, Rosemary

For hosting us at Legacy, Becky

Isaiah observations:

Who : Can you guess which Isaiah this is in chapter 45? 1, 2, or 3? A little more difficult than the last two Sundays. This is Isaiah 2, going from chapter 40 to 55.

Today’s selection:  this is not Isaiah 2 at his best. I like the line, I have called you by your name.  Otherwise, the passage is mildly comforting to the people who are living in Babylonian slavery, around 555 before Christ.

Cyrus: So, who is Cyrus?

Cyrus the Great of Persia, modern Iran, built the first great empire, which extended as far as Athens in Greece.   He was a benevolent emperor of his people and the people he conquered, for instance, the Israelites.

Isaiah 2 is championing Cyrus because he hears of Cyrus coming and hopes Cyrus will defeat the Babylonians and set the Israelites free to return to Jerusalem. This is exactly what Cyrus does. Where is Babylon? Try 50 miles south of Baghdad on the Euphrates River. What is left? Rubble.

Note: Watch out for the alleluia verse just before the gospel. A good one.

e.g., Shine like lights to the world, as you hold on to the word of life.

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Please Remember these special people:

For Alan Stryker; For John Doherty with back pain; For David Dismore's bad shoulder from a biking accident; For all the medical personnel struggling to treat the tsunami of sick people, in particular, locally, Cindy's staff at Presby, Dallas, and at Frisco Presby, the mother of Harper and Betsy, Kendle, working in labor & delivery; For Mary & Dave Hall's g-daughter Allison Keller working at St. Lukes, The Woodlands, For Loretta's aunt Alicia; For Sir Charlie & Jan; Shonda's mom & Cody & Ben & Leo & all of Shonda's dear family;

For Jackie's mom, sister, & friend, Lynn; For both Jean & Cliff Wright; For Rick Turner searching for a kidney donor, Type O neg; For Meredith, cancer free; For Hue; For John O'Donnell; For Dee, and for her daughter, Lisa; For John Schanot's continued health; For Anthony & Sabrina; For a young man who is suffering from depression; John Cade's mother in law, Kalliopi Piskiouli and Lambrini, plus John's daughter, Joey, with cancer, For the students, teachers, and coaches in our public & private schools.

Homily for 10/20

I bet you don’t know what special anniversary Rosemary & I are celebrating this Tuesday, October 20. Yep, one year ago Tuesday we were visited by that massively destructive tornado.

Actually, I personally cannot tell you what the tornado was like. It hit at 10:00 P.M. Saturday and Aviana & I had already been sound asleep in bed for an hour.   What woke us up was an enormous crash. Rosemary came running in saying we needed to get into the hall closet.   We made it, but it was mostly over, leaving the front bay window on the south side of the house all blasted into the living room. A lot of roofing was also blown away.

Tulip Lane house after the tornado.

At that time Rosemary, still dressed, went out to check on some of our neighbors, especially two widows, one, Joyce, in her 90’s and Betty a little younger. Joyce would have been killed in her bed if she had also gone to bed as usual at 9:00.    The roof was blown down on her bed. Because her daughter was in town, they were up and they both got in a hall closet. It took a neighbor’s chain saw to get them out.

Betty was funny because she was getting ready for bed when the tornado hit and when she was pulled out of her collapsed house by neighbors, she said, “My pants are in there. I have to go back in.” She had no pants on.

To stay in this house for any time we had to fix the roof. We stayed until Sept. 1

Actually, on that corner of Tulip & Camellia 5 houses were totally ruined. One of the five had been a quasi mansion owned by the Dallas hockey player, Tyler Sagan. One couple moved into our den for the remainder of the night. I ran around the house putting buckets in place to catch the leaks, about 20 all together. TV broadcasts were taking place right in front of our house and police were everywhere. The couple who spent the night in our den are still in an apartment waiting to get their house rebuilt.

You have heard me talk already about how I was humbled and stunned at how many people from the neighborhood just showed up early in the morning.   They mainly pulled, dragged, and carried tree branches from around the face of the house to the curb for pick up. The yard was a battle scene with limbs from our beautiful trees lying everywhere. Doug LeBlanc showed up the first morning with plywood. He & his buddies boarded up the bay window. I was stunned, grateful, and humbled by how hard those people worked.

House belonging to the Dallas hockey player, Tyler Sagan.

And that was just the first day. There were still loads of clearing to be done. Kids from the neighborhood & St. Marks Boys School joined in and really worked. A day or so later a bunch of our community members showed up and helped to load trucks with debris. Loretta Garcia Williams fed us that day.

Even Central Market on our south east corner of Preston Royal joined in. They set up a mobile kitchen under a big tent and served breakfast, lunch, and dinner for four or five of days.

8 houses destroyed at the Tulip Lane & Camelia corner.

These were real meals. I can vouch for breakfast because some kids brought me a Central Market hot breakfast one morning.

We had known for years that our house on Tulip Lane was falling apart. Built in 1950, the piers were deteriorating and the walls and ceilings had cracks. You should have seen it after the tornado!   Which got us house hunting at full throttle.

And look at what we have. We have been blessed. It was worth waiting, though a number of days it all seemed to be going no where.

You can even see into the St. Mark's Boys School parking lot.

You know how Rosemary found this house? With the help our agent, a good friend, Rosemary mailed out 90 personal letters to home owners. One of them was our present house, which is a story by itself.

The one downer right now is our old house. I thought it would be bulldozed during this month we have been gone. I do not want to ride by and look at it. But just riding by on Royal Lane I can see it.   It looks forlorn and I have abandoned it and all the improvements I put into the place. All the trees that shaded and beautified that corner are gone. Tuesday, Rosemary & I will celebrate and give thanks. What has been your blessing?

Late addendum to this homily. Our old house has just been bulldozed. How do I feel? Both sad and relieved. Yes, blessed that it is finally done.

6107 Tulip Lane this past Friday.

Birthdays: Donna Dinsmore, Chuck Pratt, 82

Community Finances, October 18, 2020

Expenses: $450.00

Outreach $100.00 (often for Souls Harbor, Legacy, etc.)

Thanks, Folks, for doing what you can.

Rosemary's Blessing:

Loving God, give us

eyes that see the best in people;

words that repair and reconnect rifts and divisions;

courage to reshape the heart of the world; and

wisdom to “see things the way they are, not the way we are.”

We ask this in Jesus’ name who taught us the truth and the way.

Amen.

Sister Jean Amore, CSJ, Principal, Sacred Heart Academy, Hempstead, N.Y.

Just in case you missed our new address, 7017 Helsem Way 75230. (notice the same Zip Code as Tulip Lane?)

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4th Sunday of Easter, May 11, 2025
ByRosemary May 11, 2025September 4, 2025

Acts 13: Both Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and said, “It was necessary that the word of God be spoken to you first, but since you reject it and condemn yourselves as unworthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.

Revelation 7: Then one of the elders said to me, “These are the ones who have survived the time of great distress; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb."

John 10: Jesus said: “My sheep hear my voice; I know them, and they follow me.

Connie reading from the Acts of the Apostles

Thanks…

Music, Ben

Readers, Connie & John

Homily, John Stack

Eucharistic Prayer A & B, John Stack & John Cade

The Magic Zoom makers, Kevin

Final Blessing, Rosemary

John reading from the book of Revelation

Remember these special people:

For our new Pope, Leo XIV; For John Stack; For Shonda's Grandmother; For Meredith ; For Tom Quinn; For Frank Esparza; For Lambrini, John Cade's wife, who is dealing with cancer ; For Allen Stryker; For Mike and Judy Carrell ; For Madeleine, Richard Eshelbrenner's granddaughter; For Hue; For Jackie; For Mary Hall's family and friend Cadence still suffering from a serious medical condition; For Sir Charlie; For Ron ; For Teresa Quinn's niece, Maddie who has a brain tumor;

Jackie's sister, & friend, Lynn; For Rick Turner searching for a kidney donor, Type O neg.; For Jean & Cliff Wright; John Cade's daughter, Joey, with cancer; from Barbara, a little baby boy named Ford recuperating from an operation, the families of Annie and Michael and her neighbor, Marie and the family; for the medical staffs, teachers, and coaches in our public & private schools.

Claire promises to bring Barbara Senter's birthday cookie to her.

Birthdays: Barbara Senter 11/13

Anniversaries:

Expenses: $ 550.00

Outreach: $ 75.00

Thanks again, Folks, for doing what you can.

A Mother's Day blessing for all the women

Rosemary's Blessing:

Suggested Petitions for Mother’s Day

For our mothers, who have given us life and love, that we may show them reverence and love, and others who show us a mother’s love, we pray to the Lord.

For adoptive mothers and for the women who wish to give birth but experience challenges, that they know your care, we pray to the Lord.

For mothers who have lost a child through death, that their faith may give them hope, and their family and friends support and console them, we pray to the Lord.

For those who wish to serve as mothers, but are not able to do so, that they know your comfort, we pray to the Lord.

For mothers who have died, that God may bring them into the joy of his kingdom, we pray to the Lord.

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Sunday Homily 9-26-10, 26th Ordinary Time
ByRosemary September 26, 2010

Readings: Amos 61-7; Psalm 146, Praise the Lord My Soul; 1 Timothy 6, 11-16; Luke 16, 19-31.

Intro to Readings

I want to talk about our first reading in a bit more detail than normal. The Book of the Prophet Amos is extremely interesting in so many ways, yet we only have readings from it this year today and last Sunday, and on only one Sunday last year and none next year!!

The book falls into the grouping referred to as the minor prophets, not due to their importance but more to the length of the books. There are twelve books in this grouping, contrasting with the major prophets Isaiah, Jeremiah and Ezekiel. The book was originally put together around the year 750 BCE and its main message is that the Northern Kingdom of Israel and the Southern Kingdom of Judah are in trouble because they have neglected the poor.

Both Kingdoms are doing very well. Both kingdoms have had peace and stable rule, but only some of the people are very wealthy. Most are very poor. One interesting aspect of the book is that it introduces the concept that all of the nations, not just the Jews, are under YHWH’s jurisdiction, and all will suffer because they have not followed God’s laws.

Amos himself was a shepherd and his work is mainly a social commentary on the current injustices he sees in society. He anticipates what we know will happen in 721, the invasion and destruction of the northern kingdom by the Assyrians. Our reading today fits perfectly with the message in the gospel.

Twenty sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Homily

I remember when the church changed the words of the “I confess” and added “and what I have failed to do”. It added a new level to my understanding of sin. It used to be that I sinned by doing something and now I was being told that I could also sin by NOT doing something!

This is exactly what happens to the rich man in today’s gospel reading from Luke. By all accounts he was a success- he did very well for himself by the world’s standards- he had very nice clothes and ate the finest foods every day! There was only one problem – he didn’t do anything about the poor man parked outside his door. Oh, he knew he was there, he even knew his nam. He just failed to do anything about him.

The rich man saw himself as far superior to Lazarus. Even in the afterlife he thought he could have Lazarus do his bidding. He failed to see that all men are created equal and that we are all brothers and sisters in God’s eyes.

It is worth noting that even though the rich man appears to have everything, he doesn’t have a name, whereas we do know the poor man’s name, Lazarus. To further highlight the difference between the rich man and Lazarus, Luke gives us the detail about the dogs, which were considered unclean animals, licking Lazarus’ sores.

The story is aimed at the Pharisees, who thought of themselves as careful followers of the Law of Moses. They were also wealthy. Luke has two agendas running through the parable.

One is the danger we fall into when we think we are doing things according to the law. As Catholics our tradition could very easily lead us to fall into a similar trap. If we obey all the rules, get all the boxes checked; so to speak, then we will end up in heaven. It has a tendency to create a kind of mechanical process to our faith! Plus we run the risk of then deciding that anyone who doesn’t follow those rules just won’t make it. This was the whole problem, which so many of the Jews had with the whole message of Jesus. They were scandalized by his behavior. He ate with tax collectors and sinners!!

The second item on Luke’s agenda was the challenge of the resurrection! The rich man thinks that if Lazarus would only reappear from the dead, then his brothers would change their behavior. Belief in the resurrection isn’t as simple as seeing someone come back from the dead!

The message for us today: make sure we are not mechanically just following a formula in our lives, and what does the resurrection mean to me today?

Picture 1:    Mass Beginning

Picture 2:   Communion

Picture 3:   Bobby handing over our check to CCAC

Picture 4:   Jackie receiving our $2000 monthly donation to the Collin County Adult Clinic

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Sunday Homily, November 25, 2012, Christ the King
ByRosemary November 25, 2012

Readings:

Daniel  7, 13-14,   His dominion is an everlasting dominion.

Psalm 93,   The Lord is King, He is robed in majesty.

Revelations 1, 5-8,   Behold, his coming amid the clouds.

John 18, 33-37,  Are you the king of the Jews?



Today we celebrate the last Sunday of the liturgical year with the Feast of Christ, King of the Universe. Pope Pius XI proclaimed this Feast Day in 1925 to counter the increasing nationalism and secularism of his time. The Christian religion and the church seemed to be losing ground to modern secular movements. As we’ve seen before and since, the Vatican tends to overreact, in this case by condemning so much of what was new in the world.

As if in counterpoint, Jesus, in today’s Gospel reading, redefines the title of ‘king’ as being witness to the truth.

A few words about today’s readings from Daniel and Revelations.

Daniel is considered by some to be the 4^th major prophet, after Isaiah,
Jeremiah and Ezechial. However, his book has only 14 chapters and most don’t place him with the big three.

Daniel describes events during the Babylonian captivity, about 600-550 BC. The book was probably compiled as late as the 2^nd century BC during the rebellion against Greek ruler Antiochus IV.

Authors were probably at least 3, since parts are written in Hebrew, Aramaic and a little in Greek. The book is rich in symbolism similar to Book of Revelation. Its most famous stories are about Shadrack, Meshack and Abednego, thrown with Daniel into the fiery furnace, and the story of Daniel thrown into the lion’s den.

The Book of Revelation is the final book in the New Testament, written in Greek. Modern scholars think the book was written by an unknown author who was given the name John of Patmos to increase the authority of the book.

As to when it was written: most say about 95 AD/CE during the persecution by the Roman Emperor Domitian, others say earlier during the persecution of the Roman Emperor Nero. In either case the book describes in dramatic allegory the battle between good and evil, with good winning out in the end.

Homily by John Cade

Jesus said: “My kingdom does not belong to this world.”

Especially in the gospels of Mark, Matthew and Luke, Jesus gives umpteen descriptions of what the kingdom he proclaims as already present is all about.   And its not about lording it over others or about vengeance or greed or that place called ‘it’s all about me’.   It’s about the simple things children do naturally, like giving themselves fully to each moment,
knowing what they like, giving and sharing (like Leo freely shared a bus with Cole a couple Sundays ago), receiving and taking graciously/joyfully, asking for what they need or want, and knowing how to say No to what they don’t need or want.

These simple things are a stumbling block for many since they don’t seem big enough or important enough or memorable enough to count for a lot.

In Mark, Matthew and Luke there is the parable of the people bringing little children up to Jesus and Jesus’ friends trying to stop them. And then Jesus saying, “Let the little children come to me. Don’t stop them! For the kingdom of God belongs to those who are like these children.”

Every time I am with my grandsons I learn more about what it means to be real and connected with others. They are real and connect with me instinctively. Like Freddie clamoring for me, his Papou, asking me to be a ‘monster’ and chase him, later, as he and we are enjoying his birthday cake, calling me by my name, John, later asking me to be the one who puts him down for a nap and tell him a story as he snuggles in my lap, later still playing with me with his new toy train.

The question I leave us with today is twofold: what do we learn from the children around us? And how does what we learn help us live in the kingdom Jesus says is here?

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Sunday Homily, December 8, 2019, 2nd Advent
ByRosemary December 8, 2019

Having a vision, Aggie?

Readings:

Isaiah 11, 1-10, The wolf shall be a guest of the lamb…(beautiful, poetic?)

Psalm 72, Justice shall flourish in his time, and fullness of peace forever.

Romans 15, 4-9 Let us throw off the works of darkness

Matthew 3, 1-12, John the Baptist appeared, preaching in the desert (Fear based spirituality?)

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Curtis Jenkins, December 15

This morning I have my first Christmas homily of the season. I want to introduce you to Curtis Jenkins, a school bus driver for about 70 kids from Lake Highlands Elementary, Richardson West Junior High, and J.J. Peace Senior High. Jenkins is a 46 year old black guy who married his 8^th grade girl friend. They have 3 daughters all in their 20’s.

Teamwork.

Jenkins has been driving the school bus for 7 years. Initially he gave up his career as an electrician/ plumber so he could be more present to his mother, who is not well.

What is special about Curtis is taking place right now, this very week All the 70 kids who ride his school bus may make a request for a Christmas present. Last year apparently when Curtis had bought, wrapped, and loaded all the gifts into his bus, there was hardly room for the kids. He does this every year.

Candle lighting with Tori.

Plus, during the year he gives birthday gifts (Sound familiar? Maybe cupcakes?). As the kids prepare to disembark, Curtis gives them a little pep talk, like a hope talk. Maybe a quickie homily or final blessing? He even develops community responsibility by creating clean up teams, safety teams (like bigger kids helping smaller kids, and helper kids (like for gift distribution). Parents say their kids wake up eager and excited that they get to ride Curtis school bus.

He's got it memorized, Folks.

Curtis was featured in the April 20, 2019 edition of the Dallas Morning News.

You know what this makes me want to do? Pick up on Cathy’s idea last Sunday where we would give a Christmas gift to every kid in this school. Are these not our kids? A possibility? How many kids are here?

Juliets' Christmas luncheon. Table 1 of many.

All these ladies do is have parties!

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