Reminder for Sunday, November 4, 2012, 31st Ordinary Time B, plus All Saints/Souls

 

Welcome: Catholic Mass with coffee & juice & specials on the house served afterwards.

Time: 9:30; Celebrate with the Community & Stack. Again, Welcome.

Place: Vines High School, 15th between Custer & Independence.

Our Angels

 Readings:

Isaiah  60, 1-6, Rise up in splendor, Jerusalem,  Your light has come.

Psalm 72,  Lord, every nation on earth will adore you.

Ephesians  3, 2-6, The Gentiles are coheirs.

Matthew 2, 1-12, Magi from the east arrived.

 For those who don’t have a decent Bible or a book of the readings, here are two links that I use, The Bible at Your Fingertips and USCCB, The New American Bible. 

The difference?  The second is officially Catholic and has the 12 little books in between the O.T. & N.T., called Deuterocanonical or Apocrypha. 

Both are good translations.  I use the first more often because it has fewer doors to pass through to get to the text.  Thanks, Gerald, for this idea.  I will include the link from now on.

 

 Community Bulletin Board:

1.  This Sunday: Celebrate the First Sunday of The Year 2013.

2.  January 24, Thursday night, 8:00, Collin County Homeless Coalition is having their annual census of homeless.  We will have a sign up sheet at Mass.  Last year we had two teams of about 5 each. 

  What's going on in our Catholic World:

1.    5 Things to do to make a better 2013, America and Corpus, December 31, 1000 words,   Download AMERICA 1-4-13 

 

 

All paths are the same: they lead nowhere. They are paths going through the bush, or into the bush. In my own life I could say I have traversed long, long paths but I am not anywhere. My benefactor's question has meaning now. Does this path have a heart? If it does, the path is good; if it doesn't, it is of no use. Both paths lead nowhere, but one has a heart, the other doesn't. One makes for a joyful journey; as long as you follow it, you are one with it. The other will make you curse your life. One makes you stronger; the other weakens you.

The Teachings of Don Juan Carolos Castañeda

 See you Sunday, January 6, 2013, First of The Year

J.S., 214-783-0443

  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.

 

 

 

True?

Malachi 3:  But for you who fear my name, there will arise the sun of justice with its healing rays.

2 Thessalonians 3:  Rather, w wanted to present ourselves as a model for you, so that you might imitate us.

Luke 21:  Remember, you are not to prepare your defense beforehand, for I myself shall give you a wisdom in speaking that all your adversaries will be powerless to resist or refute.

     

 

John and Rosemary will be taking a vacation from 11/16 – 12/1.  John Cade will have Mass on Zoom,  Sunday, 11/20 and Sunday, 11/27.

 

 

 

Hue,  the sound man

 

 

The Community will be collecting sweatshirts and hoodies for Soul's Harbor on Sunday, December 11th.

 

 

John Stack Ministries now meets at: 

The ArtCentre of Plano

902 E. 16th St, Plano

 

 

Please use the Haggard Park side entrance.  Latecomers please use the 16th Street entrance.

 

                                                                                  

                                                       

The Kiss of Peace

 

          

 

 
Mass:   Coffee, pastries, & specials on the house.  

Time: 9:30;  Tony Celebrating 

Place:  Vines High School, 15th between Custer & Independence, south side

 
 
 
    
Readings: Leviticus 19, 1-2, 17-18; Psalm 103, The Lord is Kind and Merciful (the best); 1 Corinthians 3, 16-23; Matthew 5, 38-48

  
 
 
 
 Community Bulletin Board: 

 1.  Thanks for the terrific Valentine's Brunch last Sunday.

 
 
        
Picture 1:   Jackie & Gayle with Nancy & Bob in the back                 

Picture 2:   Jan handling the wine cups before Mass                       

Picture 3:   Leo trying out his voice with his dad, Ray, plus Wendy & his mom, Shonda

Picture 4:   The Ackermans & the Ekes 

Picture 5:   "La Rive Gauche," the left bank again  

Picture 6:  Tom & Bill 

  

 Church Happenings:

1.   Fr. McBrien on American Nuns investigated by Rome, National Catholic Reporter,  2-14-11,  Download The Investigation 2-18-11 

2.  Europe's Theologians offer resistance, Corpus, 2-10-11,  Download Dialogue without Taboos 2-18-11 

 
 
 

True?

 A hundred and fifty years ago there lived a woman named Sono, whose devotion and purity of heart were respected far and wide. One day a fellow Buddhist, having made a long trip to see her, asked, "What can I do to put my heart at rest?"

 She said, "Every morning and every evening, and whenever anything happens to you, keep on saying, 'Thanks for everything. I have no complaint whatsoever.' "

 The man did as he was instructed for a whole year, but his heart was still not at peace. He returned to Sono crestfallen. "I've said your prayer over and over, and yet nothing in my life has changed; I'm still the same selfish person as before. What should I do now?"

 Sono immediately said, "Thanks for everything. I have no complaint whatsoever."

 On hearing these words, the man was able to open his spiritual eye, and he returned home with a great joy.

 Tao Te Ching, Stephen Mitchell

 

 

Picture 7:   Mike & Rick,

Picture 8:   Brunch with Mark & Tom

Picture 9:   Kevin with his mom & dad, Connie & John and Charlie

Picture 10:  Annie, Nicole, Wendy, Ray & Leo, Shonda, & Nicole

Picture 11:  Jackie & Carol

      Video:     Rosemary's Blessing

  

 See you Sunday, February 20, 2011

 J.S.   (214-783-0443)

   

 

 

 

 

One beautiful wedding venue, Mount Laurel, NJ (a suburb of Philadelphia, east side)

 

 

Welcome: Catholic Mass with coffee & juice, and pastries, some bought, some home-made.  

Time: 9:30; Celebrate with the Community & Stack

Place: Sigler Elementary, 1400 Janwood Drive, Plano, TX 75075

 

 

 

Samantha & Sean (Rosemary's nephew) composed their own wedding vows and read them to each other.  A rather rare blessing.

 

 

Readings:

Jonah 3, 1-5, 10,  The word of the Lord came to Jonah (a fun story)

Psalm 25,  Teach me your ways, O Lord

Corinthians 7, 29-31,   The time is running out.

Mark 1, 14-20, Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.  

 

 

 

 

The Unity Candle.

 

Community Activities:  

ROMEO MEET: Friday, January 19, 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),  February Luncheon,

 

Hope everyone is keeping warm on this chilly January night. Many of you have suggested going to the Bavarian Grill for lunch in February.  We can enjoy authentic German cuisine in a warm, friendly and inviting atmosphere.

We will meet Friday, February 2 at 12:30.  The Bavarian Grill is located at 221 West Parker Rd., Plano.  It is in the same shopping plaza as Burlington Coat Factory.

Please let me know if you will be joining us.

Thanks,  Marilyn,    972-491-7068     

 

 

 

The Beginning  of a New Life.

 

Dickenson Trip:  February 23- March 3

 

 

 

 

The Girls, Cathy, Geri, Patricia, & Sandra.  

 

 

 

What is going on in Our Catholic World:

1    Catholics and Immigration, National Catholic Reporter, December 18, 2018, 393 words,     Download CATHOLIC IMMIGRATION 1-18-17

 

 

 

Communion for Tori. 

 

 

True?         Download 2017-07-05-VIDEO-00000014

  

This excerpt from Carl Sagan's book Pale Blue Dot (1994) was inspired by an image taken,  at Sagan's suggestion, by Voyager 1 on Feb 14, 1990.  From a distance of about 6 billion km (3.728 billion miles).  It takes approximately 5,556 hours for the light to travel that far.

 

 

 

 

Looking for a white robe, Rookie?

 

 

See you Sunday.

J.S., 214-783-0443

 

 

 

Peace, Ken, Peace, Geri.

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

Peace, Everybody.

 

 
Mass:   Coffee, pastries, & specials on the House.  

Time: 9:30;  Stack Celebrating

Place:  Vines High School, 15th between Custer & Independence, south side, Plano

 
                                                  

Readings: Acts of the Apostles 1, 12-14 (post Ascension, Wednesday), Psalm 27  (good), I believe that I shall see the Good Things of the Lord in the Land of the Living; also verse 4, One thing I ask of the Lord, to dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, that I may gaze on the loveliness of the Lord and contemplate his temple.
1 Peter 4, 13-16; John 17, 1-11

 
 
 
  
Picture 1:   The Team                        

Picture 2:   Zoe with her momma, Michelle                

Picture 3:   Torri with her mom, Georgie, & Gilberto                        

Picture 4:   Georgie                

Picture 5:   Sir Charlie             

 
 
 
 Community Bulletin Board:

  1.   JS Ministries survey.  Download JSM Community Survey 5-27-11, Due June 12, please.   

    
 

Church Happenings: 

  1.   Fr. McBrien on Resurrection, Part II,  National Catholic Reporter, 5-31-11,  Download The resurrection II 6-3-11   

 2.  Big parishes, Coppell, for example, National Catholic Reporter, 5-24-11,  Download Example, St. Ann's Coppell 6-3-11

  3.  Anglicans join up, National Catholic Reporter, 5-23-11,  Download Anglican converts 6-3-11
 

 

Picture 6:   Hue's wife, Linda  
Picture 7:   Frank & Gerald    

      
  

  True?   

The fundamental job of a toddler is to rule the universe.

 

See you, June 5,  2011

  J.S.   (214-783-0443)

 

      

 

Welcome:  Coffee & juice & specials on the house.  No Brunch this Sunday.  Postponed. 

Time: 9:30; Celebrate with the Community & Stack.   Welcome. 

 

Readings:  

 Amos, 7, 12-15, The Lord took me from following the flock, and said to me, “Go, prophesy to my people Israel.

Psalm 85, Lord, let us see your kindness, and grant us your salvation.

Ephesians 1, 3-14 In love he destined us for adoption to himself.

Mark 6, 7-13, Take nothing for the journey but a walking stick, no food, no sack, no money.

 

Community Bulletin Board:

1.  No Brunch this Sunday.  Postponed

                                                                                                      

What's going on in our Catholic World:   

 

 

1.   Dallas Area Rape Crisis Center, where John Cade works,
Download DARCC 7-13-12

2.  Episcopals & Same sex rite, National Catholic Reporter, July 12, (250 words), Download Episcopal Church 7-13-12

 

Nikki in the Red Dress

 True? 

Love is when your dog licks your face, even if you leave it alone the whole day.

Anita, 4 years old

 

    Video: Rosemary's Blessing (30 sec.)

  
 

See you Sunday, July 15

 J.S., 214-783-0443

    Video: Closing Hymn (2 1/2 min.)

 

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.