Acts 1:  “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, throughout Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
Ephesians 1:  May the eyes of your hearts be enlightened, that you may know what is the hope that belongs to his call, what are the riches of glory in his inheritance among the holy ones, and what is the surpassing greatness of his power for us who believe in accord with the exercise of his great might, . . .
Matthew 28:  . . . “All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age.”

Music,  Ben & Shonda
Readers,  Mary & Frank
Homily,   John Stack
Eucharistic Prayer A & B,  John Stack & John Cade
The Magic Zoom makers,  Richard & Kevin
The Organization man,  Richard
Final Blessing,  Rosemary

 

 

Remember these special people:

For all the people affected by natural disasters like floods, earthquakes etc;  For the Ukraine and the Holy Land; For our new Pope, Leo XIV;  For John Stack;    For the Quinn’s daughter, Colleen  with breast cancer;   For Adam, that the doctors may find a remedy for his seizures; For Meredith ;   For Tom  Quinn;

For Tom Good; For Lambrini, John Cade’s wife, who is dealing with cancer ;  For Allen Stryker;   For Mike and Judy Carrell ; For Hue; For Jackie;  For Ron and Marilyn;  For Ed Kless;  Jackie’s sister, & friend, Lynn;  For Rick Turner searching for a kidney donor, Type O neg.;   For Jean & Cliff Wright;    from Barbara, a little baby boy named Ford ;    for the medical staffs, teachers, and coaches in our public & private schools.

Birthdays: 
Anniversaries:

Expenses: $  
Outreach: $    
Thanks again, Folks, for doing what you can.

Rosemary’s Blessing:

 

John Stack Ministries meets on Sunday for Mass at
9:30 at the ArtCentre of Plano,
902 E. 16th St, Plano, Texas.

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.

 

Resource: to check the source for the marriage homilies, Project Everlasting, click the link.  Thanks to Carol Eshelbrenner for finding this lost resource.  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19031744/

Rosemary’s Blessing:   A Dakota Indian Prayer (thanks to Lou Federico)

Grandfather, Great Spirit, you have been always. and before you nothing has been.  There is no one to pray to but you.  The star nations all over the heavens are yours,  and yours are the grasses of the earth.  You are older than all need, older than all pain and prayer.

Grandfather, Great Spirit, look upon your children.  The Spirit Lake Oyate, that they may face the winds and walk the good road to the day of quiet.

Grandfather, Great Spirit, fill us with the light.  Give us with the light.  Give us the strength to understand and eyes to see.  Teach us to walk, the soft earth, as relatives, to all that live.

Help us, for without you we are nothing.

Special Thanks:

• For reading: Mary & Mary Ellen
• For the Communion Bread: Claire Occhipinti
• For Serving: Sabrina & Anthony & Lukas
• For the Books & wine cups: Roy & Carol, Beth & Rob
• For the music: Ray, Wendy & Celeste, Hue, Jackie & Rick

Happy Birthday: Erica Harrell, Diane McClurg, Anthony DeGenova (9).

Happy Anniversary: Roger & Karen Parks (32nd)

Please Remember:  Rose Banzhaf’s mom; Victor Lozada (the policeman who died Friday), Terry his wife & his family; Jackie’s brother John & neighbor Earl; Dee Miller’s operation; Barb Wittek’s friends Ronald & Alice Kirk; Libby’s uncle; Nina’s friend Nancy;  Mary’s son John; Casey & Rob plus 4; Tom & Teresa’s friend Teri Knapke with cancer & Teresa’s niece Angel; Cindy Cramer’s friend Sarah Dixon;  Diane’s friend Gina with cancer; Rosemary’s nephew, Kevin; Jean Atwood’s friend Kerry whose dad is dying; Margarita’s  Aunt Lenore, & Yolanda; one year old Sadie with cancer; Margie’s mom; Donna & Cathy Goode’s mom; David Pastula’s companions in the military overseas, including Margarita’s Matt Gomez on tour 3, Trey Bailey, Ryan McClurg, Matt Gardner, Chebino, Roy’s son Chris; Lisa’s nephew Kristopher on his 2nd Iraq trip, his grandmother Alice Quiocho & Lisa’s friend Shelly; David & Rita; Mary Ellen’s Christopher, Margaret, & Jim; George & Marianne’s sons & Linda’s son; a cure for autism from Laura Chollick; Shawn in a car wreck; Dawn’s friend Jessica & Aunt Ann and Dawn’s back op. March 11; Fred’s friend John with cancer & Maureen’s friend Sharon; the people involved in the shooting at Northern IL U., Warren’s alma mater.

Catch the latest on the quadruplets’ web: http://gerwerbabies.blogspot.com

Your Finances:

• February 24:  Income for Running  Expenses: $ 1,074.00
• February 24:  Income for Outreach Expenses: $ 397.00 

Thanks for your Generosity!

Have a Great Week, J.S

Rosemary's Blessing:  

We give thanks for our bread,

We give thanks for our butter,

And most of all,

We give thanks for each other.

For each new morning with its light,

For rest and shelter of the night,

For health and food,

For love and friends,

For everything Thy goodness sends.

Father in heaven

We thank thee.

 

Ralph Waldo Emerson

   

Special Thanks: 

• For Reading: Emily & her mom Julie

• For the Communion Bread:  Alison DeGenova

• For Serving:   T.J.

• For the Books & Wine Cups & Cross: Beth & Rob

• For the Music: Ben & Wendy & Celeste

• For the Pictures: Jan & Beth

• For the altar & sound:  Margie & Hue

• For the cake & coffee:  Janette Monear & Sydney and Hugh Bivona

• For all of you who volunteered to help serve the Thanksgiving meal Saturday at Lake Highlands Presbyterian

• For all of you who graciously hosted our visitors today from TX Trees Foundation

   
 

 Happy Birthday:  Ron Ackerman

 

Anniversaries:

 

Roger & Lisa Shaffer (Day 1)

Cliff & Jean Wright (14th)

Barb & Ron Senter (38th)

 

Please Remember:  Beth Dugan who is 8 months pregnant; Theresa Quinn's dad; Diane McClurg's dad who just died this Sunday morning; for the recuperation of Jerry's right knee; Kim's right foot; Stacie McKinley's sister, Jenny; Celeste's niece, Lexi Colmenero; Alice Alt;   Christine Drescher's Grandmother;   David Hoover's mom;  Ann Bivona with her broken leg;  Rita Dore;  Julie Johnston;  Margie Weynant;  Hugh Bivona's sick friends Bob & Bonnie; Rick Urbanczyk’s mom, Irene;  Richard Froebe's dad who had a stroke;  Warren & Barb's friends Jerry & and Mark, and a little baby, Reese who has tuberous sclerosis complex;   Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, & Jim;  Tom & Teresa's friend Neva Flynn with cancer & Teresa's niece Angel;  Lucas' Quiocho's grand dad; &   Margie's mom ; Donna & Cathy Goode's mom; our friends, sons, & daughters in the military, including Trey Bailey, Ryan McClurg, Matt Gardner, Chebino, Roy's son Chris, Lisa's nephew Kristopher on his 2nd Iraq trip;  George & Marianne's sons & Linda's son and Marianne's mom Marguerite, plus Stacie & Ben White & their niece just diagnosed with leukemia; a cure for autism from Laura Chollick;  Dawn's friend Jessica & Aunt Ann & Hector; Fred's friend John with cancer; Casey & Rob plus Cameron  & Reid, Trey and Brady; for our President  that he have great success and someday hold his grandchildren in his lap. 

 

 

Picture 1:  Emily reading 

Picture 2:  A new Robinson, Jack, Rob & Beth's newest grandchild

Picture 3:  Lake Highlands Presbyterian volunteers.  Can you pick out Julie & Emily, Jon & Mike?

 

Picture 4:  Lake Highlands Presbyterian: our customers for dinner

 

Check out the Quads: http://gerwerbabies.blogspot.com   

 
 

 Your Finances: November 22

• Income for Running   Expenses: $  875.00
• Income for Outreach Expenses: $  406.00 + a $25 Kroger Gift Card

 

 Thanks for your Generosity!

 Happy Thanksgiving, J.S    (214-783-0443)

Rosemary's Blessing:

As we near Christmas and the celebration of the birth of Jesus,

May you be blessed with

The joys of family and friends,

The contentment of home and hearth,

And the peace of loving and being loved.

J & R Creations

 
   

Special Thanks:

• For Reading:  Kevin & his mom, Connie
• For Serving:  Kevin Doherty
• For the Communion Bread: Alison DeGenova
• For the Wine Cups:  Rob & Beth
• For the Music:  Ben & Shonda & Wendy
• For the Pictures:  Jan & Beth & Richard
• For the altar & sound: Margie & Hue
• For the coffee and pastries: Mike & Joan & Ryan's banana bread

  
  
                                                                                      

Happy Birthday:   Lorynne (14), Loretta Garcia Williams & Dawn Schultz (today), & Julia Grenier, Jackie Ritter, & Jeremy & Ashley (23)  

 
 

Please Remember:

   Sebastian, ca. 2 years, who was running around here last week, he broke his leg Thursday;  Charlie Sawtelle's buddy with cancer;  John Cade's mother in law;   Mike & Dee's daughter, Lisa;  Kathleen Gardner's friend Dana;  Bonnie Roger's brother & sister, both seriously sick;   Margie Malone's 2 year old niece;  Jim Drescher with cancer & his family, including Diane, Christine, Megan, & D'Arcy;  Kim Burkhart's dad;   Jack Carlson's brother, Bob, with a stroke;   Tom & Teresa Quinn's niece, Chawna, with cancer, plus Neva Flynn, Angel, & Diane Kreeitzer;    Warren & Barb's friend,  Phil Fruge;   Gilberto Delgado's mom;  Connie Doherty's mom & her sister, plus Kevin's cousin, Peter, & John's dad moving into assisted living;  Rose Banzhaf's friend, Graham Henning & Wally's sister, Chris;   Marilyn Ackerman's  brother, Dick, and their grand daughter, Alex;  Jean Wright's  daughter, Mary;  David Hoover;     Angie Carroll's mom, Mary Lou Kendrick, with cancer;   Kerry's sister Maura with her second cancer; Theresa McClure's dad;  Theresa Quinn's dad;     Rita Dore;   Hugh Bivona's sick friends Bob & Bonnie; Rick Urbanczyk’s mom, Irene;     Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, &  Jim;    Margie's mom;  our friends, sons, & daughters in the military, including Trey Bailey, Ryan McClurg, Matt Gardner, Chebino;   George & Marianne's sons & Linda's son and Marianne's mom Marguerite, plus Stacie & Ben White & their niece with leukemia; a cure for autism from Laura Chollick;   Fred's friend John with cancer; Casey & Rob plus Cameron  & Reid, Trey and Brady; for our President  that he have great success and someday hold his grandchildren in his lap.  

 

  
 
  
Picture 1:   Connie & her son,

Picture 2:   Kevin

Picture 3:   Leo preparing for his role as Jesus

Picture 4:   Ray & Loretta & Dawn

 Video:         Ryan lighting the Advent Candles

      

  
Your Finances:  December 19

Expenses:   $2436.00

Outreach:   $1196.00

 Mexico:      $ 765.00 

Thanks for the Generosity

Have a Great Week, J.S    (214-783-0443)

 

 

Rosemary's Blessing

 Be my voice this day that the words I speak

will be healing, affirming, true, and gentle. 

Give me wisdom to think before I speak.

Seven Sacred Pauses by Macrina Wiederkehr

 

Mary Jane  reading from the Book of Wisdom.

 Our Special Thanks

•    For  the Readings:    Mary Jane & John
•    For The Team:   Kevin 
•    For the Communion Bread:   Alison
•    For the Special Communion Cups:  Ken & Cindy
•    For the Pictures:   Rick & Connie  
•    For the coffee and extras:   John Cade & Jackie 
•    For the altar & sound: Hue & Jackie
•    For the Music:   Ray & Shonda & Bethany
•    For all who helped with communion   

 

 

John reading the story of Zacchaeus in Luke.   John, our own Zacchaeus.

 

Birthdays:    Rob (66, Monday), John DeGenova (57, Tuesday),

Anniversaries:

Bill & Zaile (7^th, Monday)

 

Rosemary reading her Blessing of The week, while gloating, not smiling at all.  

 

Please Remember these special people:

For Tom Good; For Dee;   For Gilberto & Bernadette,  both of whose moms have died, and for the family;  For Charlie's mom who also died this past week;   For Carol’s treatment;  For John Schanot's treatment;   For Brent, whose mom who died & for the family;   For Frank's treatment;    For Nadia's recuperation;   For a young man who is suffering from depression;    For Rosemary's great nephew, Patrick who broke his leg and is in a body cast (3 years old); For Claire's mom;  For Jan’s mom;  For Grace's mom and brother in Alberta ;     For Tom Good;     For Cliff & Jean;    For Laura's sister Claudia; For Bernadette's mom;   For Dawn; John Simari’s friend, Ron;    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 John & Jean's son John Louis;    For our good friend Kay in Ontario;    For Jackie Urbanzyk's continued recovery;

 

Happy Birthday, Rob, even though you really are older than 64.  Can the priest be wrong??

 

For Rosemary's sister, Patty and her husband, Lou;  For Cathy's uncle, Jim Wright at 90;   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's friend, Barbara, plus Angela;    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;    Frank’s & Mary's niece, Lisa, with brain cancer, Franks brother with advanced Parkinsons;     Diane McClurg's mom in Fort Dodge;   For Steve Barrett, Rose, & Katie;

 

Happy 7th Anniversary, Bill, to you and Zaile.  Folks, can we really trust Bill to give Zaile her half of that cupcake? 

 

Dick Thompson's daughter, Teri Jill.   Barb & Warren's grandbabies, Leighton Elizabeth and Warren Phillip and Ethan Michel, & their friend Chris, plus Barb's dad & niece & Annie & Kyler;     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 & her Margaret, Jim, & Christopher;   for our friends, sons, and daughters in the military, including 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.

  

Happy Birthday, John.  And who is this little mouse with her eye on that cupcake?  

 

 

 Your Finances, Oct0ber 30, 2016

Expenses:   $1150,00

Outreach:   $ 475.00

Donate this week: $1700 to Souls Harbor for October

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

 

 

Happy 18th, Patricia.  Folks, we celebrate everything here.

 

Have a Great Week, J.S

(214-783-0443)

 

 

Hey, Cole, what happened to your Halloween duds?  They helped to make you our Candle Lighter of The Week.

 

 

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.

 

Thanks, Brent, for being such an inspiration and example to us through your role as Director of Souls Harbor.  We hope to give you $2000 a month, but we are a little tight this month.   Souls Harbor is a men's residential addiction recovery home for 60 men.  Brent is not only director, he also lives on the grounds with his wife, Meredith..

 

Note: We are testing a new system for the blog. You should have received this post previously.

 

Wisdom 9: Who can know God’s counsel, or who can conceive what the LORD intends?  For the deliberations of mortals are timid,  and unsure are our plans.

Philemon: Perhaps this is why he was away from you for a while, that you might have him back forever, no longer as a slave but more than a slave, a brother, beloved especially to me, but even more so to you, as a man and in the Lord.

Luke 14: Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.

Becky reading from the Book of Wisdom

Thanks…     

Music,   Shonda

Warren gets a cookie for his birthday

Outreach: $  660.00

Thanks again, Folks, for doing what you can.

Annette gets a cookie for her birthday

Rosemary’s Blessing:

Loving God…

Give us hearts
where all may enter in,
ears to hear your call,
hands to do your will,
voices to sing your praise
and soul enough
to recognize You
in everything we do.

Taken from The Prayer for Those Who Dwell In A Monastery of the Heart by Joan Chittister