Good Sunday afternoon everybody (hoping you are healthy and peaceful),
Here is the link to the Mass this morning. It was a special service and one I hope will fill you with hope and appreciation. Hopefully, next week we can be live but we shall see. In the meantime have a healthy and peaceful week.
Exodus 19: Thus shall you say to the house of Jacob; tell the Israelites: You have seen for yourselves how I treated the Egyptians and how I bore you up on eagle wings and brought you here to myself.
Romans 5: Not only that, but we also boast of God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
Matthew 9: Without cost you have received; without cost you are to give.
Last Sunday's Homily: Download 06-11-23 Homily – Corpus Christi
John Stack Ministries now meets at: The ArtCentre of Plano, 902 E. 16th St, Plano
Here are the links for Sunday:
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.
So sorry, but Mass this Sunday, January 9, 2022 will be virtual on Zoom because of the current threat of the Omicron virus.
Keep safe. Hope to see you all soon.
Wisdom 7: I prayed, and prudence was given me; I pleaded, and the spirit of wisdom came to me.
Hebrews 4: Nothing and no one is impervious to God's Word.
Mark 10: Go sell whatever you own and give it to the poor. All your wealth will then be heavenly wealth. And come follow me.
The Kiss of Peace
Thanks…
Music, Ben & Shonda
Readers, Mary & Frank Esparza
Homily, John Stack
Eucharistic Prayer A & B, John Stack & John Cade
The Magic Zoom makers, Hue & Kevin
Final Blessing, Rosemary
Ben gets a cookie for his anniversary
Remember these special people:
For John Stack; For Shonda's Grandmother; For Meredith ; For Tom Quinn; For Frank Esparza; For Lambrini, John Cade's wife, who is dealing with cancer ; For Allen Stryker; For Mike and Judy Carrell ; For Madeleine, Richard Eshelbrenner's granddaughter; For Hue; For Jackie; For Mary Hall's family and friend Cadence still suffering from a serious medical condition; For Sir Charlie; For Ron ; For Teresa Quinn's niece, Maddie who has a brain tumor;
Jackie's sister, & friend, Lynn; For Rick Turner searching for a kidney donor, Type O neg.; For Jean & Cliff Wright; For Dee, and for her daughters, Lisa & Lauren; For a young man who is suffering from depression; John Cade's daughter, Joey, with cancer; from Barbara, a little baby boy named Ford recuperating from an operation, the families of Annie and Michael and her neighbor, Marie and the family; for the medical staffs, teachers, and coaches in our public & private schools.
Anniversaries: Ben & Candace 10/18
Shonda gets Leo's cookie for his birthday 2 weeks ago
Community Finances:
Expenses: $ 850.00
Outreach: $ 260.00
Thanks again, Folks, for doing what you can.
Rosemary's Blessing:
May you be blessed with the gift of humility
To know who you are,
To appreciate your strengths and talents,
To be aware of your shortcomings and limitations,
And most especially…
To be grateful each day for life
Author Unknown
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.
Exodus 3: God replied, “I am who am.” Then he added, “This is what you shall tell the Israelites: I AM sent me to you.”
1 Corinthians 10: These things happened as examples for us, so that we might not desire evil things, as they did.
Luke 13: ‘Sir, leave it for this year also, and I shall cultivate the ground around it and fertilize it; it may bear fruit in the future. If not you can cut it down.’”
John Cade's Homily from last Sunday: Download 03-16-25 Homily -2nd Sunday in Lent
Another Reminder for the 3rd Sunday in Lent, March 23, 2025
Here are the links for Sunday:
Meeting ID: 885 2874 4737
Passcode: 412993
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
Isaiah 66: …as a mother comforts her child, so will I comfort you;
Galatians 6: Peace and mercy be to all who follow this rule and to the Israel of God.
Luke 9: The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few;
Thanks…
Music, Ben & Shonda & David
Readers, John & Connie
Gospel, John Cade
Homily, John Cade
Eucharistic Prayer A & B, John Stack & John Cade
The Magic Zoom makers, Hue & Richard & Kevin
Final Blessing, Rosemary
Readings: Download 07-03-22 – Readings – 14th Sunday Ord
Homily: Download 07-03-22 – Homily – 14th Sunday Ord
Shonda, Ben and David, the Musicians
Remember these special people:
For Sandra who has been diagnosed with Large B Cell Lymphoma; For Lambrini, John Cade's wife, who is dealing with cancer and Kaliope, John Cade's Mother-in-law, with 2 broken vertebrae; For Jackie; For John's sister, Kathey in the hospital after a fall; For Tom Good; For a young man, 19 struggling with a brain tumor and cancer; For Mary Hall's friend Cadence still suffering from a serious medical condition; For Sir Charlie & Jan;
Jackie's mom, sister, & friend, Lynn; For Rick Turner searching for a kidney donor, Type O neg.; For Jean & Cliff Wright; For Dee, and for her daughters, Lisa & Lauren; For a young man who is suffering from depression; John Cade's daughter, Joey, with cancer; from Barbara, a little baby boy named Ford recuperating from an operation & friends, Annie, a mom of 3 kids and Michael ; for the medical staffs, teachers, and coaches in our public & private schools.
Birthdays: Brent 7/6, Paul Bieda 7/8, Cindy Cramer 7/9
Anniversaries: Jan & Charlie 7/5
Community Finances:
Expenses: $ 635.00
Outreach: $ 61.00
Thanks again, Folks, for doing what you can.
Rosemary's Blessing:
Lord
May we never take our freedom for granted
and help us to strive so that this same freedom
may be experienced by everyone in our country,
especially the poor and the oppressed,
and eventually by all humankind.
Andrew Greeley A Book of Irish American Blessings and Prayers
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.
Hi, Tori, Welcome back, you look beautiful.
Readings:
Proverbs 9, 1-6, Wisdom ha built her house.
Psalm 34, Taste and see the goodness of the Lord. (Wow, 2nd week in a row, terrific)
Ephesians 5, 15-20, Watch carefully how you live.
John 6: 51-58, I am the living bread.
Hi, Leo, Welcome back to you, too. You also look beautiful.
Proverbs:
What are they: a collection of moral & religious teachings in the form of pithy sayings. For example: "Better to eat a dry crust of bread with peace of mind than to have a banquet in a house full of trouble" (17, 1); "Being cheerful always keeps you healthy" (17, 22).
Some a bit tough: "Don't hesitate to discipline a child. A good beating won't kill him" (23, 12).
Some amusing: "A nagging wife is like water going drip-drip-drip" (27, 15); "Better to live on the roof than to share the house with a nagging wife" (25, 24).
Author: Maybe Solomon is behind chapters 1-29. Most likely a compilation.
Date: Ca. 300 BCE is considered a possibility with material coming from as far back as 900, during the time of Solomon.
Great job, Zoe. You, too, are a Super Candle Lighter.
Taste & See the Goodness of the Lord, part 2, or
Pet Delights, the inspirational column of Steve Blow, which I shared in the blog Thursday
Sorry, Folks, but I am going to do it again, namely, push the belief that we can taste and see the goodness of the Lord, every day.
This week for me it has been the White Rock Creek trail running from Royal & Greenville to White Rock Lake. It had rained last weekend, so the whole creek edge was a beautiful green. The lawn mower guys were out and where they had passed the rows & patterns made it super special.
Georgie reads our Blessing of the Candles. I hope you know, Dearest Georgie, how terrific I think you are.
We tunnel under 5 or six bridges on this trail. One for me is breath taking. Going north I come out of the Skillman tunnel, cross over a quaint steel & wooden bridge, look ahead for about ½ a mile, and see the trail meandering along often with other bikers, see a blue sky framed by a V of large green trees, and take in wilderness on my right and left. This cannot be Dallas. It takes my breath away.
Taste & See the Goodness of the Lord.
Another biking blessing came this week Friday, when I actually had enough stamina to keep up with Rosemary, who this year leaves me in the dust. It should be humiliating. I’m actually quite proud of her, remembering that Sunday when she crashed and ended up with 9 screws in her left elbow. As I tell her, the good professor is the one who sees his student do better than the old professor.
Sisters act, Jessica and Renee. Welcome home, Jessica, from Boston, and congratulations, Renee, upon becoming an officially licensed architect.
Then there is Jim Mahar, the professor at St. Bonaventure who set up Bona Responds. A great person always, but especially when he phones me about a story that touched him.
The scene: Sierra Leone. Jim has worked there and has organized a bit. One of his local teams was planning a talent show for kids to earn money. They had prizes for the winners. Until they were all stolen.
The police catch a guy. Jim’s man, who has been even accused of stealing the awards, goes to see the guy and explains what all the gifts are for. Jim even talks with the guy by phone. He finally admits that he stole the awards and wants to give them all back.
The charges are all dropped and the guy even asks if he can join the group which is trying to help others with this talent show.
Welcome to Dallas, My Dear Paul. The last time we met up was at your wedding with Lori in Ashville, NC. Wish Lori had come with you.
When did you last Taste and See the Goodness of the Lord?
Communion with Jan on bread and Lynda on grape juice.