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Rosemary's Blessing:   

Dear Lord, please give me

 A few friends who understand me and remain my friends;

A work to do which has real value,
     without which the world would be the poorer;

A mind unafraid to travel, even though the trail be not blazed; 

A sense of humor;

Time for quiet, silent meditation;  

The patience to wait for the coming of these things,

Amen.

Anonymous

Lily reading Isaiah.

Special Thanks–

• For Reading:  Scott & Lily
• For Serving:  Georgie & Kevin
• For the Communion Bread:  Alison
• For the Wine & Cups:  Beth & Rob
• For the Music: Ray & Shonda & Bethany
• For the Pictures & Video: Rick & Megan & Beth & Mike, John & Connie
• For the coffee and pastries:  Ron & Marilyn, Jerry & Jackie  
• For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue

Scott reading Titus.

 Birthdays: Doug Kite (58, Tuesday)

Anniversary:

Kasey Loll & Wendy Wilshire (Day 1)

Jackie & Rick (12^th, today, Sunday) 

 We Remember  

Rose Banzhaf & the Banzhaf family on the death of Kate, their twin daughter (see information below);  Mary Hall who broke her foot; Barb's dad and Barb & Warren's  friend, Mike, fighting cancer, & Tara;  Mike’s recuperation from hip surgery;  And Donna's recuperation from hip surgery;  Judy's Matt Larson with cancer, David, and Sue, her sister & Sue's husband, Jim;  Janie's friend Wilbur;  Gerald's mom really sick;  Mark Ackerman’s recuperation from an operation and Cathy Bambanek’s recuperation from her foot operation;  Jean Wright's recovering from rotator cuff surgery;   Bob McGrath Jr. with cancer;  Sue Tomas;   Mike & Dee’s daughter, Lisa;    Alexander Occhipinti;        Mary Zachos' brother (Jessica Bresson's maid of honor) with a stroke;

Sharing their vows.

 
 Rita;  Tom & Teresa Quinn's daughter Colleen with breast cancer;     Bernadette Delgado's mom & Gilberto's mom;   Marilyn Ackerman's mom & brother, Dick;   Grace LeBlanc's niece Carlin, 13, with hodgkins;  Tom & Teresa Quinn's niece, Chawna, with cancer, plus Neva Flynn, Angel, & Diane Kreeitzer;  Connie Doherty's mom & her sister, plus Kevin's cousin, Peter, & John's dad  in assisted living; Jean Wright's daughter, Mary;    Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, & Jim; our friends, sons, & daughters in the military, including Cole Carey, Ryan McClurg, & Chebino;  a cure for autism from Laura Chollick;   for our President that he have great success and someday hold his grandchildren in his lap.

Kate Banzhaf: Kate died returning to Colorado Springs from Denver, where she watched the Denver playoff game.  Her girl friend lost control of her car and Kate, the only passenger, was killed at the spot. 

I will leave on Wednesday for Colorado Springs, the home of Rose & Wally.  There will be a memorial Thursday or Friday, and I will return to Dallas Saturday. 

Kasey and Wendy (Kim Quirk's sister)

       Your Finances: January 13, 2013

Expenses:     $1065.00  

Outreach:     $ 360.00

 We donated this week: 

1. $700 for Karina in Mexico.  This includes donations targeted especially for Karina in Cuernavaca, Mexico.  I will take this to her Jan. 28, when I visit Mexico to see how she is doing after the death of her mother recently.  She had panicked a bit, especially that she might get thrown out of her little garage.  She is the woman who had polio as a young girl and is crippled.  We have supported the two of them for over 20 years.

    Thanks for your Generosity 

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  Video:   Special blessing  (1/2 min.)

    
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      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.

Rosemary's Blessing of  The Week:

May the Lord grant you

       A tolerance for those who don’t agree with you,

       A refusal to judge others,

       A willingness to forgive,

       A calm and hopeful spirit in the midst of anxieties,

       And a holy anger for injustice in the world.

From Seven Sacred Pauses by Macrina Wiedwrkehr

John reading from the book of Sirach.

Special Thanks to these special people:

•    For  the Readings:   John & Mary Jane
•    For The Team:    Georgie & Buddy 
•    For the Communion Bread:   Alison
•    For the Special Communion Cups:  Mike & Geri
•    For the Pictures:   Rick & Connie & Mike  & Carrie
•    For the coffee and extras:  Mike & Judy & Jackie
•    For the altar & sound:  Jackie & Hue
•    For the Music:     Ben & Shonda 
•    For all who helped with Communion 

Mary Jane reading from Romans

Birthdays:   Sandra (77, Monday, a good age, yeah!), Claire Zurchin (Tuesday), Mary Jane Stephenson (Wednesday), Patty Hammond (71, Saturday), Bethany (Saturday)

Anniversaries:

Lynda & Tom (35^th, Monday)

Rosemary reading her Blessing of The Week.                                            

Please Remember these special people

Mike's swollen knee;   For Myron Hubble;    For Connie Bresson's mom;     For Carol's recuperation;   For Tom Good;     For Dee and her daughter, Lisa;    For John Schanot's continued recuperation;  For Nadia's recuperation;   For Geri's  nephew, Martin Calabrese and Martins' family;  For a young man who is suffering from depression;    For Claire's mom; For Cliff & Jean;   For Rosemary's niece, Beth and her partner, Sarah with cancer;   For Laura's sister Claudia;   For Dawn;   John Simari’s friend, Ron;   For Anthony & Sabrina;   For John & Jean's son John Louis;   For our good friend Kay in Ontario;    For Rose's daughter in law Jamie; For a young father of two & married, Paul Day, struggling with a heart condition

Happy 35th Anniversary, Lynda & Tom.

For Rosemary's sister, Patty and her husband, Lou;  For Cathy's uncle, Jim Wright at 92;   For Connie's nephew, Fred; For Mary Jane Stevenson's son Philip, 34, sick & don't know why;     For Maureen’s daughter, Kathleen, with cancer;      For Jackie's friend, Barbara, plus Angela & her mom;    For Sr. Patricia Otillio, a nun I worked with for years in Grand Coteau;   John Cade's mother in law, Kalliopi Piskiouli;    for Franks brother with advanced Parkinsons;      For Steve Barrett, Rose, & Katie;

Happy Birthday, Mary Jane, and thanks for all you do.

Dick Thompson's daughter, Teri Jill, and Judy's aging parents;  Barb & Warren's grandbabies, Leighton Elizabeth and Warren Phillip and Ethan Michel, & their friend Chris, plus Barb's  Annie & Kaitlen; Tom and Teresa Quinn's niece, Chawna, with cancer, their granddaughter, Mikayla;   plus Neva Flynn, Angel, and Diane Kreeitzer;   Connie Doherty's mom and her sister, plus Kevin's cousin, Peter; for Mary Ellen;  For a number of David McKeon's family who are having a rough time with health issues; for our friends, sons, and daughters in the military, including Ryan McClurg and Chebino; cure for autism from Laura Chollick; for our President.

Thanks for being our Candle Lighters of The Week,  Brady & Trey.

Your Finances, September 17, 2017

Expenses:   $905.00

Outreach:    $295.00

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

Alpen Glow, evening, from a large granite boulder above one of the best campsites, after descending from Burrow pass, 11k plus, on the shore of Piutte Creek, night 6 or 7, probably night 6 because on night 7 we had an enormous rain, wind, lightening, and thunder storm about 8-9 P.M. Everybody survived the storm quite well.

Have a Great Week, J.S

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Dinner at Frog Lake on the first night of our 8 nights.

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.

Stream crossing on the very last day of the 9 days.   A humbling experience for an old ex-Jesuit who thinks he knows the Matterhorn hike like a bike ride around White Rock Lake.  Since the past two Matterhorn hikes had low water in the creeks, so must be the case this year.  Wrong!  High water was everywhere.  Late & heavy snow.  Thanks, Andy, for loaning me your Keene sandals all 8 or 10 times I needed them.

Rosemary's Blessing

A Prayer For Growing Old Gracefully

Lord, Thou knowest better than I myself that I am growing older and will someday be old. Keep me from the fatal habit of thinking I must say something on every subject and on every occasion.

Release me from craving to straighten out everybody's affairs. Make me thoughtful but not moody; helpful but not bossy. With my vast store of wisdom, it seems a pity not to use it all; but Thou knowest, Lord, that I want a few friends at the end. Keep my mind free from the recital of endless details; give me wings to get to the point. Seal my lips on my aches and pains; they are increasing, and love of rehearsing them is becoming sweeter as the years go by.

I dare not ask for improved memory, but for a growing humility and a lessening cock-sureness when my memory seems to clash with the memories of others. Teach me the glorious lesson that occasionally I may be mistaken.

Keep me reasonably sweet, for a sour old person is one of the crowning works of the devil. Give me the ability to see good things in unexpected places and talents in unexpected people; and give, O Lord, the grace to tell them so.

Amen.

17^th Century Nun’s Prayer

Ash Wednesday this week.  Evening service, 7:00, Marlene's home,  2017 Keystone, Plano.   Welcome.

Denni reading from the book of Sirach.

Our Special Thanks

•    For  the Readings:   Denni & Tom
•    For The Team:   John & Buddy & Georgie
•    For the Communion Bread:   Alison & John
•    For the Wine & Cups:  Ken & Cindy
•    For the Pictures:    Jackie,  Mike,  Connie, & Rick
•    For the coffee and extras:   Tom & Becky & Jackie
•    For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue & Ben & Shonda
•     For all who helped with communion
•              

Tom reading from 1 Corinthians.

Birthdays:   Anthony DeGenova (20 last Tuesday),  Diane McClurg (last Wednesday),  (candle lighter)

Rosemary reading from her Blessing of The Week.

Please Remember these special people:

For Sandra's brother;  For Tom Quinn's recuperation from surgery & his brother;      For Rick Turner with high blood pressure; For Meredith, cancer free;    For Hue;  For John O'Donnell;   For Carol's continued recuperation;   For Dee and her daughter, Lisa; For John Schanot's continued recuperation;   For a young man who is suffering from depression; 

The Candle Lighting Team, Sophia lighting & Buddy reading The Blessing of The Winter Candles.

For John & Jean's son John Louis;   For our good friend Kay (at 90 years!) in Ontario;  For Jackie's friend, Barbara, plus Angela & her mom;  for Sr. Patricia Otillio, a nun I worked with for years in Grand Coteau;   John Cade's mother in law, Kalliopi Piskiouli and Lambrini;  for Frank’s brother with advanced Parkinsons;      For Steve Barrett, Rose, & Katie;  Barb & Warren's grandbabies, Leighton Elizabeth and Warren Phillip and Ethan Michel, & their friend Chris, plus Barb's  Annie & Kaitlen;  For Cliff & Jean, plus Jean's brother Terry;  For Laura's sister Claudia;   For Dawn;    For Anthony & Sabrina;  Jerry Brophy, a high school classmate of mine,   

Thanks for your special help, Sophia.

For Ray & Claire's son in Law, Ken, Christi's husband recuperating from a serious back surgery here in Dallas;  Tom and Teresa Quinn's niece, Chawna, with cancer, their granddaughter, Mikayla;   plus Neva Flynn, Angel, and Diane Kreeitzer;   Connie Doherty's mom and her sister, plus Kevin's cousin, Peter; For a number of David McKeon's family who are having a rough time with health issues, especially Mark Pelton; for our friends, sons, and daughters in the military, including Ryan McClurg and Chebino; cure for autism from Laura Chollick; for our President.

Thanks, Bob for stopping by and rekindling old Jesuit memories.

Your Finances, March 3, 2019

Expenses:   $850.00

Outreach:    $150.00 

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

Brent, it is a privilege to be able to give you & Souls Harbor $2000.  You are doing superb work.

Thanks, Everybody 

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Who let these Juliettes out on the streets?

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.

And there is even more of them!

Cheryl  reads the neat story from Genesis.

Rosemary's Blessing of the Week.

People are often unreasonable and self-centered. Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.
If you are honest, people may cheat you. Be honest anyway.
If you find happiness, people may be jealous. Be happy anyway.
The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give your best anyway.
For you see, in the end, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway.

Mother Teresa

Mary reads from Colossians.

Our Special Thanks

•    For  the Readings:   Mary & Cheryl
•    For The Team:   Buddy & Georgie 
•    For the Communion Bread:   Alison & John
•    For the Wine & Cups:   Jan
•    For the Pictures:    Jackie & Rick & Connie
•    For the coffee and extras:   Becky & Tom & Jackie 
•    For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue & Shonda & Ben
•    For all who helped with communion
•              

Rosemary shares her Blessing of The Week.

Birthdays:   Caroline,  Cindy Ekes

Thanks, Zoe, for help with our Candles of The Week.

Please Remember these special people:

For Sir Charlie recuperating from surgery;  For Gilberto who had a gall bladder operation:  Claire Mazzei's knee replacement operation Tuesday;  For Sydney; For Sandra's brother;  For Tom Quinn's brother & Tom's shoulder recuperation;      For a friend & neighbor, Karen, with brain cancer; 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 a young man who is suffering from depression;  John Cade's mother in law, Kalliopi Piskiouli and Lambrini;  

Thanks, Harper, for being such a Terrific Girl.

For John & Jean's son John Louis;   For our good friend Kay (at 91 years!) in Ontario;  For Jackie's friend, Lynn, plus Angela, & her mom;  for Sr. Patricia Otillio, a nun I worked with for years in Grand Coteau;    for Steve Barrett,Rose, & Katie;  Barb & Warren's grandbabies, Leighton Elizabeth and Warren Phillip and Ethan Michel, & their friend Chris, plus Barb's  Annie & Kaitlen;  For Cliff & Jean, plus Jean's brother Terry;  For Laura's sister Claudia;   For Dawn;    For Anthony & Sabrina;  

Thanks, Leo, for joining your mom & Ben to lead the singing.

Tom and Teresa Quinn's niece, Chawna, with cancer, their granddaughter, Mikayla;   plus Neva Flynn, Angel, and Diane Kreeitzer;   Connie Doherty's mom and her sister, plus Kevin's cousin, Peter; For a number of David McKeon's family who are having a rough time with health issues, especially Mark Pelton; for our friends, sons, and daughters in the military, including Ryan McClurg and Chebino; cure for autism from Laura Chollick; for our President.

Seeing a vision, Linda?

Your Finances, July 28, 2019

Expenses:   $  625.00

Outreach:    $  305.00

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

So you just  landed at DFW this morning.

Thanks, Everybody 

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Sir Charlie, "John do I have a deal for you!"

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.

Warren reading from Wisdom.

Rosemary's Blessing of the Week.

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

Cody reading from Hebrews.

Our Special Thanks

•    For  the Readings:   Warren & Cody
•    For The Team:   Buddy & Georgie 
•    For the Communion Bread:   Alison & John
•    For the Wine & Cups:  Cindy & Ken
•    For the Pictures:    Jackie & Rick & Mike
•    For the coffee and extras:   Mike & Jackie & Cathy
•    For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue & Shonda & Ben
•    For all who helped with communion
•              

Rosemary reading her Blessing of the Week.

Birthdays:  Lynda Fleming (last Thursday), Carrie Bieda (last Saturday),   Marlene (Friday)

Anniversaries:

John & Jean O'Donnell (61st Friday)

Thanks Dearest Sophia, for lighting our candles this morning.

Please Remember these special people:

For Sandra's brother who died this week & for Sandra;

For Sydney, For Sir Charlie recuperating from surgery;  For Gilberto who had a gall bladder operation:  Claire Mazzei's knee replacement operation Tuesday;    For Tom Quinn's brother & Tom's shoulder recuperation;      For a friend & neighbor, Karen, with brain cancer; 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 a young man who is suffering from depression;  John Cade's mother in law, Kalliopi Piskiouli and Lambrini; 

Dear Cindy, Happy Birthday to your sister, Marlene.

For John & Jean's son John Louis;   For our good friend Kay (at 91 years!) in Ontario;  For Jackie's friend, Lynn, plus Angela, & her mom;  for Sr. Patricia Otillio, a nun I worked with for years in Grand Coteau;    for Steve Barrett,Rose, & Katie;  Barb & Warren's grandbabies, Leighton Elizabeth and Warren Phillip and Ethan Michel, & their friend Chris, plus Barb's  Annie & Kaitlen;  For Cliff & Jean, plus Jean's brother Terry;  For Laura's sister Claudia;   For Dawn;    For Anthony & Sabrina;  

Happy 61st Anniversary, Jean & John.

Tom and Teresa Quinn's niece, Chawna, with cancer, their granddaughter, Mikayla;   plus Neva Flynn, Angel, and Diane Kreeitzer;   Connie Doherty's mom and her sister, plus Kevin's cousin, Peter; For a number of David McKeon's family who are having a rough time with health issues, especially Mark Pelton; for our friends, sons, and daughters in the military, including Ryan McClurg and Chebino; cure for autism from Laura Chollick; for our President.

Happy Anniversary, Donna & David

Your Finances, August 11, 2019

Expenses:   $1400.00  

Outreach:    $  605.00 

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

New member of the Community??

Thanks, Everybody 

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Peace, Everybody!

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.

Peace from Sophia & Sir Charlie.

Rosemary’s Blessing 

Oh God of humor enable us to laugh at your mischievous plans. 

Life can become serious during these cold winter months, and our hearts can become heavy and burdened with responsibilities, decisions and trying to keep everyone happy. 

Let us look for the funny things that happen, the unexpected surprise that catches us off-guard, along with the incongruences that we encounter. 

Smile, snicker, giggle, give a belly laugh, and spontaneously guffaw. 

You will be amazed at how God works through laughter.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

Sr. Mary Elizabeth Schweiger

Mary reading Nehemiah.

Our Special Thanks

•    For  the Readings:   Mary & Patricia
•    For The Team:   Kevin & Georgie
•    For the Communion Bread:   Alison
•    For the Wine & Cups:    Jan & Charlie
•    For the Pictures:   Rick & Connie & Beth & Mike
•    For the coffee and extras:   Mike & Judy,  Jackie, &  Claire
•    For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue 
•    For the Music:  Ray & Bethany & David
•    For all who helped with communion                                                     

Patricia reading 1 Corinthians.

Birthdays:  Kevin, 19, & Chloe, 10 (both today, Sunday), David Ekes (55, Tuesday), Sir Charlie (Thursday), & Betty Myrick (Friday)

Rosemary reading her Blessing of the Week.

Please Remember these special people:

For Jerry who moved to the other side Saturday night, and for all the Gleason family;   For Tom Good;   For Lynda's mom who fell Saturday;   For Loretta's brother, Don Garcia;   For Laura's sister Claudia;   For Bernadette's mom; For Dawn;   John Simari’s friend, Ron;   For Barb Wittek's broken shoulder & new grandbaby;  For Frank;     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 recovering from cancer; 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;     For Jackie's friend, Barbara   

 
Happy 19th Birthday, Kevin, & thanks for all you do for us. 

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 who just died;     Frank’s sister, Grace Campos, 84, with stage one;     Diane McClurg's mom having a hard time making the transition to assisted living;   For Jean and Cliff with mutual operations coming up;

Really your birthday, Sir Charlie? Or are you just spoofing us to get a cupcake?

Dick Thompson's daughter, Teri Jill & her cousin Te   rri.  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 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.

Zoe, thanks for doing such a good job lighting those candles.

Your Finances, January 24, 2016

Expenses:   $1776.00

Outreach:   $ 685.00

Donated today:  

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

Mike, Thanks for your special help this morning.

 Have a Great Week, J.S

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Want to see a picture of Pure Winter Joy?:

 https://www.facebook.com/nationalzoo/videos/10153837445042902/?fref=nf

Welcome to a terrific brunch.

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.

Genevieve says (as she prepares to take off), "See you next week, Everybody."