Reminder for Sunday, September 17, 2017, 24th Ordinary Time

Revelation 7:  These are those who come from the great tribulation.  And they’ve washed their robes, scrubbed them clean in the blood of the Lamb.  That’s why they’re standing before God’s Throne. 
1 John 3:  For this is the original message we heard: We should love each other.  Let’s not just talk about love.  Let’s practice real love.
 Matthew 5:  When Jesus saw his ministry drawing huge crowds, he climbed a hillside.  Those who were apprenticed to him, the committed ones, climbed with him.  Arriving at a quiet place, he sat down and taught his climbing companions. 

 

 

John Cade’s Homily from last Sunday:  10-26-25 Homily -30th Sunday in Ordinary Time

 

Good food is the hallmark of every season: fresh fruit in summer, roasted chestnuts in the fall, warm bread in winter, oyster stew in the spring. Leslie Newman says of it, “As the days grow short, some faces grow long. But not mine. Every autumn, when the wind turns cold and darkness comes early, I am suddenly happy. It’s time to start making soup again.”
The Monastic Way, Sister Joan Chittister

 

Another Reminder for All Saints Sunday, November 2, 2025
Here are the links for Sunday:

For Zoom   ( the video conference)
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88528744737?pwd=Te3cub31Q6XpNvUfzutHMgQ8JGqd42.1

Meeting ID: 885 2874 4737
Passcode: 412993

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

Note: we are now meeting at Legacy Academy.

 

 

 

 

Welcome back, David.  You may feel flattered.  I never get that open arms welcome when I come home!

 

 

 NOTE 1:  Fall brunch this Sunday Sept. 30.  Let us celebrate the last day of September.

 

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

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

Place: Legacy Charter School, Accent Drive, Plano, TX 75075

 

 

 

 

Welcome home Teresa  & Tom from your two week cruise without your checked baggage.

 

 

Readings:  

 Numbers 11, 25-29,  Would that all the people of the Lord were prophets.

Psalm 19,  The precepts of the Lord give joy to the heart.

 James 5, 1-6, Come now, you rich, weep and wail over your impending miseries.

 Mark 9, 38-43,45, 47-48,   If your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out

                   

 

 

 

To show you how much we love you, Tom, accept this classy, just broken in shirt & jeans ensemble.  Beth will tell you how au courant are those jeans.

                                                                       

Community Activities:  

ROMEO MEET: Friday, September 28, Jason's Deli, Collin Creek Mall, west side of Central, 1:00.  Welcome all wakos, you will fit right in.  

 

 

 

 

Almost 79 years old and still needing somebody to dress me!  Thanks you, Hue.

 

 

JULIET LUNCHEON, (aka.,just us ladies into eating together), 

 

PLEASE JOIN US FOR JULIET LUNCHEON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5TH AT 12;30.  WE WILL BE GOING TO:

CAFE AMORE FINE ITALIAN DINING

600 N. COIT RD., RICHARDSON

THEY HAVE A LARGE LUNCH MENU, VERY REASONABLE, AND IT IS A BYOB.  IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN THERE YOU ARE IN FOR A REAL TREAT.

PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHO WILL BE JOINING US.  HOPE TO SEE EVERYONE.  I WILL NEED TO MAKE RESERVATIONS.

THANK YOU, MARILYN

972-491-7068

 

 

 

 

Let us begin In the Name….

 

 

Note 2: That Jim Mahar is at it again.  He has a place to stay because of  an alumna of St. Bonaventure connection in Wilmington, NC.   

Early October is the target time.  Can we all help to fund him a bit?

 

 

 

I love you, Grandpa!

 

TRUE?

 

 

 

 

Anything happening in our Catholic World?  

1. NJ priest says his complaints were dismissed by Boston bishop,  Corpus, September 13,   http://corpus-blog.blogspot.com/2018/09/retired-nj-priest-says-his-complaints.html
2. NJ parish split over charges against the pastor, National Catholic Reporter, September 20,   https://www.ncronline.org/news/accountability/new-jersey-parish-divided-over-abuse-allegations-against-pastor?utm_source=SEPT_19_FEUERHERD&utm_campaign=cc&utm_medium=email

 

 

 

Our Father.

 

 

See you Sunday.

J.S., 214-783-0443

 

 

 

 

Communion for all, especially for you Little Ones. 

 

 

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, Emma, and Peace, Everybody

Mass: Christmas Eve Special with a Nativity Drama and a Visit by You know Whom.

Time: 4:oo; Celebrate with Stack & all the community.  Welcome. 

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

To decorate the Stage, please bring flowers & plants. 

Readings: Isaiah 9, 1-6, The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; Psalm 96, Today is born our Savior, Christ the Lord; Titus, 1, 11-14, The Grace of God has appeared; Luke 2, 1-14, In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that the whole world should be enrolled.  Terrific Readings!

 

 
                                                                                                                                                                                           Picture  Picture 1:    Mass Begins     

Picture 2:    Mike & John         

Picture 3:    Mike homilizes        

Picture 4:    Penitential Rite        

Picture 5:    Cameron & Nikki with Frank & Mary, their grandparents      

Picture 6:    Leo walking            

 

                                                                                            
 Community Bulletin Board:

Note: No Mass on Christmas Day.  Next Mass, New Year's Day, January 1, 9:30 A.M.

 

  

     

Picture 7:    Cole & Leo meet with Rosemary & John     

Picture 8:    Emma arrives with her mom, Beth     

Picture 9:    Kayla & cupcake        

Picture 10:   Kayla with Claire, grandmom   
   

 

What's going on in our Catholic World:

Tha Magic of Christianity, Progressive Christianity.Org, Download Magic 12-23-11

 

       

                        

True?

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues,
but the parent of all others.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

 

Picture 11:   Bill & Zaile

Picture 12:   Brooklyn & Sienna with Erin & Payton

Picture 13:   Sienna

 
 

 

  Video: Thanks & Final Blessing

  

  See you Christmas Eve, Saturday, 4:00  

  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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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)

   

Mass:  Plus coffee & donuts & specials on the house.  Welcome!

 

Place: Vines High School, Plano, 15th between Custer & Independence, west of Central Expressway.

Time: 9:30,  Fr. Tony celebrating

 

Readings: Isaiah 6, 1-8; Psalm 138, In the Sight of the Angels I will Sing Your Praises, Lord; 1 Corinthians 15,1-11; Luke 5, 1-11. 

 

Word from the Old Geezer:

"One more week until the end of being house bound; 3 more weeks until the next hip."

 

 Community Bulletin Board: 

Next Party & Brunch: Feb. 14.  An Old Bionic Geezer will make a debut and invites all to his Big 70 Birthday.  So we celebrate birthdays, Valentine's Day, Chinese New Year, and Mardi Gras.   Welcome!  Covered dish as usual.  A-O hot food, P-Z dessert.

Heritage Farm renovation:  Next work date, March 6.  Get ready.

 

Excellent seminar on marriage, Harville Hendrix, Friday morning:

Download HarvilleHendrix 2-5-10

 

 

True?

 

In a gentle way you
can shake the world.

One of Cesar Chavez's favorite quotes from Gandhi

    
   

    
  
 
Picture 1:  Georgie & Zoe, sisters 

Picture 2:  Coach Class

Picture 3:   Business Class

Picture 4:   Zoe with Alison

 

See you Sunday, February 7  

 J.S.   (214-783-0443)