Reminder for Sunday, January 20, 2013, 2nd Ordinary Time C

ByRosemary

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

Time: 9:30; Celebrate with the Community & Stack. Homily by Mike Carrell.   Again, Welcome.

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

The Community 1-18-13 A

The Community

Celeste 1-18-13

Celeste

 Readings:

Isaiah 62, 1-5,  The Lord delights in you.

Psalm 96,  Proclaim his marvelous deeds to all the nations.

1 Corinthians 12, 4-11, There are different kinds of spiritual gifts, but the same Spirit.

John 2, 1-11, There was a wedding at Cana in Galilee.

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Emma and her pal.

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Emma's pal says, "Hi, Everybody, How you doing?"

 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 (http://st-luke-church.org/bible-at-finger-tips.php) and USCCB, The New American Bible (http://www.usccb.org/).  

The difference?  The first is Protestant more or less, and 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.  

Megan-Cindy 1-18-13

Meghan and Cindy.

   

Zaile-Billy 1-18-13

Zaile and Billy.

  Community Bulletin Board:

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

  What's going on in our Catholic World:  

1.  Fr. Roy Bourgeois out officially, National Cathoic Reporter, January 10, 500 words,   Download Bourgeois out 1-18-13 

2.  Elect bishops locally?,  National Catholic Reporter, January 15, 750 words,   Download Swiss abbot urges change in how bishops are selected

 

Georgie 1-18-13

Georgie getting ready to go to work.
Helpers 1-18-13

Preparing for communion.

True?

Simple expressions of concern or affection are revitalizing

Dr. Peter McGinn (Rosemary’s brother, deceased)

Communion 1-18-13 A

Communion.
Music 1-18-13

Bethany, Shonda, and Ray.

  See you Sunday, January 20, 2013, 2nd Ordinary Tim, C cycle 

J.S., 214-783-0443

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Wendy and Kasey's Wedding.

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Kim reading at her sister's Wedding.

  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.

   

 

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