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Rosemary's Blessing of The Week:

 

Sometimes readings in Advent focus mainly on repentance and on waiting for the Savior and Messiah to redeem us from our sins.  Yet, the Jewish people of the Hebrew Scriptures and the early Christians had much broader expectations.  The Savior is the one who comforts and heals us, rescues and unbinds us, enlightens us and lifts us up as well as wipes away our sins.  The earthly life of Jesus was filled with his healing and compassionate acts; his treating outcasts and women with inclusivity, dignity and love; his breaking down cultural, religious and social walls that separate people; and his not only forgiving sinners, but also eating with them.   This is what Jesus wants to do for us.  Advent is a time of becoming more whole, a time of becoming all we want to be and all God wants us to be.

 

 

 

Rosemary reading her Blessing of The Week
 

 

 

This Advent, let us believe and trust in the broader meaning of the season.  Deep faith is a creative energy that opens us to participate in what God wants to do for us in our personal lives and through us in our broken world and fragile Earth. The weeks of Advent give us the time to ask: What are the dark places in my life that need God's wisdom, uplifting and light?  What's not OK in me?  What's preventing me from feeling the love, unity and peace I want and God desires for me?  Where do I fall short of witnessing God's inclusive love, mercy and justice?  To each of these questions, we say: Come, Lord Jesus, come!

 

Advent Reflection by S. Jean Amore, CSJ, VP for Mission and Academics, Sacred Heart Academy, Hempstead, N.Y.

 

 

 

Jackie reading the Blessing of the Advent Candles 

 

 

Special Thanks to these special people:

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

 

 

 

 

Mary Jane reading the Beautiful Isaiah #2.

 

 

Birthdays:  T C Fleming (Monday, Loretta (Tuesday), Linda Cardenas (Wednesday)

 

Anniversaries:

Shonda & Cody (1^st, last Sunday)

 

 

 

 

John reading from Peter.

 

 

Please Remember these special people

 For Myron who just moved to the other side last Monday, as well as for Chris & the family;   For two moms who recently died, Connie’s mom and Marilyn’s mom;  For Aggie's 99 year old dad who also recently died;   For Kathleen Macchio & her family;  For John O'Donnell;  For Bill Hammond's recovery from rotator cuff surgery, which is expected to take a whole year, despite the fact he is running a half marathon this morning at the Dallas Marathon;   For Carol's rcuperation; For Tom Good;     For Dee and her daughter, Lisa; For John Schanot's continued recuperation;  For Nadia's recuperation;  For a young man who is suffering from depression;    For Claire's mom;  For Cliff & Jean, plus Jean's brother Terry;   For Rosemary's niece, Beth and her partner, Sarah with cancer;   For Laura's sister Claudia;   For Dawn;    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 First Anniversary, My Dear Shonda, to you and Cody.

 

 

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;

 

 

 

 

Thanks, Dearest Emma, for being our delightful Candle Lighter of the Week.

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

Welcome Home, Mark

 

Your Finances, December 10, 2017

Expenses:   $850.00

Outreach:   $635.00

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

 

 

 

 

Welcome, Miles & Linda with our dear Beth.

 

Have a Great Week, J.S.

(214-783-0443)

 

  

 

 

The Minor Elevation.  Good Job, Buddy.

 

 

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, Bill, for coordinating & bringing out even trouble makers like Bill & Zaile, Patricia & Fred.

 

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.

 Seventeenth Century Nun’s Prayer

Our Special Thanks 

• For Reading:   Mike & Geri 
• For The Team:  Georgie & Kevin
• For the Communion Bread:  Cindy & Kim
• For the Wine & Cups:  Jan & Charlie
• For the Pictures & Video:   John & Connie, Jan & Rick,  and Beth
• For the coffee and pastries: Ron & Marilyn, Jackie  
• For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue
• For the Music: Ray  &  Shonda & Bethany

  
Birthdays:  Brittany Carey (27, Friday), Tony Whitley (75, Thursday), Fred Macchio (75, Tuesday)

Anniversaries:

Katie Tomas & Jeremy Foust (0 Day, just married)

Daniel Fleming & Stephanie (Day 1, today)

Rob & Casey (10^th, Saturday)

Randolph & Michelle (16^th, Thursday)

John & Alison (19^th, Tuesday)

Tony & Jo (35^th, Wednesday)

John & Connie (22^nd, today, Sunday)

We Remember:

Chuck Pratt and his cancer;  John's Caliope, who fell last Sunday;   John Doherty's dad who is declining rapidly;  Diane Holcomb who is recovering from a bad bike crash;  John Simari’s friend Kieth;  Dick Thompson's daughter, Teri Jill;  Tom Quinn's shoulder surgery coming up May 15, plus Tom & Teresa's daughter, Colleen, with cancer;  Barb & Warren's new grandbaby, Leighton Elizabeth, and their friend, Mike & Tara, plus their family friends who lost a 20 week old baby son;     Jim Butterly’s brother, Paul;  Rose Banzhaf & the Banzhaf family on their new grandkid, Warren;     Judy's Matt Larson with cancer, David, and Sue, her sister & Sue's husband, Jim;  Janie's friend Wilbur;  Gerald's mom really sick;  Cathy Bambanek’s recuperation from her foot operation;  Jean Wright's recovering from rotator cuff surgery;      Mike & Dee’s daughter, Lisa;    Alexander Occhipinti;  Mary Zachos' brother (Jessica Bresson's maid of honor) with a stroke;  Rita

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;  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.

 Your Finances: April 21, 2013

Expenses:     $765.00

Outreach:     $675.00    

We donated this week: 

1.   Nothing special this week.

    Thanks for your Generosity 

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

 Video: Recessional, City of God (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.

  

 

 

Special Thanks:

• For reading: Margarita & Beth
• For the Communion Bread: Bonnie
• For Serving: T.J., Lacee, & Lorynne
• For the Books & wine cups: Roy & Carol and Rob & Beth
• For the music: Ray & Shonda, Celeste & Wendy & Hue
• Wendy: thanks for the concert
• Beth: thanks for the pizza
• Cameron & Reid, Trey & Brady, plus mom & dad: thanks for your visit

Happy Birthday:  Margie Dugan, Barb Senter, Mark Dillon, Roger Parks, Steven Kern

Happy Anniversary:

• Julie Harris & Joe Sidhom (2nd)
• Scott & Lily (16th)

Please Remember:  Colleen’s Dad; Lisa Schleicher; Margie Weynant; Barb Wittek’s friend Lois, her brother; Kathleen’s friend Jim Wallis; Jackie’s Jack Brown & neighbor, Earl; Dee Miller; Nina’s friend Nancy;  Mary’s son John; Casey & Rob plus Cameron & Reid, Brady & Trey; Tom & Teresa’s friend Teri Knapke with cancer & Teresa’s niece Angel; Cindy Cramer’s friend Sarah Dixon;  Diane’s friend Mike Gertisen & cousin Judy; 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.; Fred’s friend John with cancer & Maureen’s friend Sharon.

For Quad Updates: http://gerwerbabies.blogspot.com   

Your Finances:

• May 4: 
• Income for Running  Expenses: $1,815.00
• Income for Outreach Expenses: $  564.00

Thanks for your Generosity!

Have a Great Week, J.S

Rosemary's Blessing:   

May the Sun shine bright on your Joyous Days

And the Rain refresh you through Peaceful Nights.

May Summer show God’s Wondrous Ways

And prepare You for Heaven’s Great Delights.

And till we meet  there

May the God of Summertime

Hold You in the Palm of Her Hand.

 

Andrew N Greeley   A Book of Irish American Blessings and Prayers

Special Thanks:

• For Reading: Mary Ellen Munzell & Joanne Languell

• For the Communion Bread:  Torri Rogers & her dad Greg

• For Serving:  T.J. & Kevin

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

• For the Music: Ray & Wendy & Celeste

• For the Pictures: Jan

• For the altar & sound:  Margie & Hue

• For the donuts & coffee: Ron & Barbara Senter

• For all the Food delivered for the Food Drive

Happy Birthday:    Frank Reyes' mom is 91, Doug Read & Zach Read (13), Tasse Bailey (65), Ray Occhipinti & Christi Occhipinti Reidel, Mabel Ekes, Lindsey Kite (18), & Shonda

 

Please Remember:  Hunter with 10 stitches over his right eye after falling off of his roller blade at school; Jan Keszler's son Michael doing cancer tests;  Tony & Gayle's grandson, 10, who had an accident on his bicycle & is in the hospital hoping to save his thumb;  Rosemary's brother Peter with amyloidosis;  Rita in the hospital starting to walk again & hoping to return home; Jackie's sisters Sandy & Sue and friend Jack Brown with various cancers & Keith Beasley who fell off the 7th floor of a parking garage & is still living;  Margie Weynant whose lung cancer has returned;  Hugh Bivona's sick friends Bob & Bonnie; Rick Urbanczyk’s mom, Irene, who is declining; Cathy Lynn's mom who at 93 has skin cancer;  Richard Froebe's dad who had a stroke;  Mike Bulger;  Maureen's good friend Sharon Haskew; Mary's son John; Warren & Barb's friends Jerry & and Mark;   Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, & Jim;  Kathleen's friend Jim Wallis; Tom & Teresa's friend Teri Knapke with cancer & Teresa's niece Angel;  Diane's dad Butch Uderman  & cousin Judy;  Margie's mom plus her daughter in law's father; 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; David Hoover & his brother Hugh in the hospital; George & Marianne's sons & Linda's son and Marianne's mom Marguerite; 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:  Mary Ellen reading Acts

 

Picture 2:  JoJo reading 1 Corinthinians

 

Picture 3:  Wedding of Cathy & Byron Garcia

 

Picture 4:  Wedding of Carrie & Ryan Smith, with Carrie's mom, Sharon

 

 

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

 

Your Finances:

 

May 31: 

• Income for Running   Expenses: $ 1,649.00
• Income for Outreach Expenses: $    665.00

Thanks for your Generosity!

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

 

Rosemary’s Blessing of The Week

 

… May God bless you with enough foolishness
to believe that you can make a difference
in this world, in your neighborhood,
so that you will courageously try
what you don't think you can do, but,
in Jesus Christ you'll have all the strength necessary.

"Troubadour: A Missionary Magazine," published by the Franciscan Missionary Society

 

 

 

 

Mary Jane reading from Wisdom.

 

 

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: Jan & Charlie
•    For the Pictures:   Rick  &  Connie  & Mike
•    For the coffee and extras:  Jackie & Becky & Tom
•    For the altar & sound:  Jackie & Hue 
•    For the Music:     Ben 
•    For all who helped with communion

 

 

 

 

John reading from James.

 

 

Special note on our community brunch: Next Sunday, Sept.30

 

Note also: No blogs the weekends of October 7 & 14.

 

 

 

 

Rosemary reading her Blessing of The Week.

 

 

Birthdays:   Leo (8, Monday), Jackie (53, Tuesday), Tori & Buddie (8, Wednesday),  Georgie (17, Friday),

 

Sandra (78, last Tuesday, a good age!),  Wednesday), Mary Jane Stevenson (last Thursday) Tom & Teresa Quinn (last 3 Thursdays); Warren Wittek (Last week) 

 

 

 

Tom & Teresa lost all their checked luggage on their flight to a two week cruise.  The luggage has only been located a day or so ago.  Tom, here are some trendy pants for you.

 

 

Anniversaries:

Paul & Carrie (1^st, Saturday)

Fred & Patricia (8^th, Tuesday)

Tom  & Lynda (36th, Tuesday)

John Cade (57^th since ordination)

 

 

 

To take care of our friends we have donated jean pants and a jean shirt, well broken in and very haute de couture with holes in the knees.  All part of our aim to be a caring community.  Teresa you will be next.

 

Job openings in Lovejoy via Lynda Fleming: flemfam@tx.rr.com

 

Needed: special ed teacher & some educational aides. 

 

 

 

 

Happy 8th Anniversary to Fred & you, My Dear, Crazy Patricia

 

Remember these special people

For Meredith, cancer free;  For Jerry Brophy, a high school classmate of mine  For Tom Quinn’s brother,Tim;  For Hue;  For John O'Donnell & Mary Ellen;   For Carol's recuperation;   For  Joe Mazzei's sister, Nina with cancer; For Dee and her daughter, Lisa; For John Schanot's continued recuperation;   For a young man who is suffering from depression;  For Cliff & Jean, plus Jean's brother Terry;   For Rosemary's niece, Beth and her partner, Sarah with cancer;   For Laura's sister Claudia;   For Dawn;    For Anthony & Sabrina;   

 

 

 

Congratulations, Lynda & Tom, on your 36th, and congratulations on the Berlin Marathon, to say nothing about the 6 marathons in 8 days & 6 northeastern states.

 

 

For John & Jean's son John Louis;   For our good friend Kay in Ontario;  For Jackie's friend, Barbara, plus Angela & her mom;    or Sr. Patricia Otillio, a nun I worked with for years in Grand Coteau;   John Cade's mother in law, Kalliopi Piskiouli;  for Frank’s brother with advanced Parkinsons;      For Steve Barrett, Rose, & Katie;  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; 

 

 

 

Congratulations to you John on the 57th Anniversary of your ordination.

 

 

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; for our friends, sons, and daughters in the military, including Ryan McClurg and Chebino; cure for autism from Laura Chollick; for our President.

 

 

 

Happy special birthday to you, Mary Jane.
 

 

 

Your Finances, September 23, 2018

Expenses:    $1110.00

Outreach:    $730.00

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody 

 

 

 

 

 And Happy Birthday to you, Warren.

 

 

Have a Great Week, J.S.

(214-783-0443)

 

 

 

Happy Anniversary and Happy Birthday, to you,  Teresa.  And have no fear.  We are collecting for you a wardrobe matching that of Tom's special.

 

 

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.

 

 

 

Say Beth & Emma, "See everybody next week, especially for the brunch."

Special Thanks:

• For reading: T.J. & Kevin
• For the Altar Bread: Claire Occhipinti
• For Serving: Carmen & Ashley
• For the Altar, donuts, muffins, coffee, & juice: Margie, Jackie, Lisa & Mark, Marilyn & Ron and Margarita
• For the Books & wine cups: Roy & Carol Strom, Jackie & Bob McGrath
• For the music: Ray & Roy, Marianne & Kathleen, Rick & Jackie

Happy Birthday: Cindy Ekes, Marlene Ekes, Becky Nugent, Stephen Farmer (17), Lance Anderson (50), Rose Banzhaf, (Megan Robinson)

Happy Anniversary: Mark & Lisa Ackerman

Please Remember:  Jack Flovin; Gil Swift; Cheryl Ann’s dad with cancer; Rosemary’s nephew definitely improving; Jean Atwood’s uncle Harry & aunt; Margarita’s Uncle Ed, Greg, & Yolanda; little 8 month old Sadie with cancer, friend of Jack Carlson & Jackie Ritter; Jackie Ritter’s friend Jack Brown with lung cancer; Nina Tucker’s friend Nancy with stage 4; Margie’s mom; Donna & Cathy Goode’s mom; David Pastula’s companions in the military overseas, including Trey Bailey, Ryan McClurg, Matt Gardner, Chebino, & T.J.’s friend Aimee; David & Ofelia, 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; & Shonda.

Good News from Mexico: I talked with Karina Saturday night and she says she has set up her little pharmacy in Cuernavaca and it is going well. Unfortunately, a couple of days ago she fell in the street and broke her polio brace. Her mother, Maria Luisa, whose cancer seems to be in remission, has worked the pharmacy while Karina stayed home to recuperate. Monday she hopes to return to work. Our seed money seems to be bearing fruit. 

Your Finances:

• August 5: Income for Running Expenses:              $ 865.00 
• August 5: Income for Outreach Expenses:             $ 401.00 

Thanks for your Generosity!

Have a Great Week, J.S