12th Sunday, Ordinary time, 6-20-2021

Job 38, Who shut within doors the sea?

Psalm 107, Give thanks to the Lord, his love is everlasting.    

2 Corinthians 5, Whoever is in Christ is a new creation.

Mark 4, He woke up and said to the sea, "Be quiet."

 

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Welcome back home Jan & Charlie after a whole year.

 

Thanks……

Music,  Ben & Shonda

Readers,   John & Connie Dougherty & Buddy, our candle blesser

Gospel,     John Cade

Homily,  John Cade

Eucharistic Prayer A & B,  John Stack & John Cade

The Magic Zoom makers,    Mike and David and Richard

Final Blessing, Rosemary

For hosting us at Legacy, Becky

 

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Welcome Home, Shonda, so  good to see you & Ben both leading the community singing.

 

Readings:

Download Readings 12th Ordinary 06-20-21

 

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Thanks for excellent reading, Connie.

 

Homily by Cade:

Download Homily by Cade 6-20-21

 

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You, too, John, thanks for superb reading.

 

 

Remember these special people:

For Alan Stryker;   For Candice Taht, friend of Mary Hall;   For Rosemary's great niece, Rylie ;  For Richard's grand daughter, Madeleine;   For Esparza's new great grandson baby, son of Monique & Frank with shingles;  For all the medical personnel struggling to treat the tsunami of sick people, in particular, locally, Cindy's staff at Presby, Dallas, and at Frisco Presby, the mother of Harper and Betsy, Kendle, working in labor & delivery, and for Hue & Linda's daughter, Doctor Rosemary Beavers;   For Mary & Dave Hall's g-daughter Allison Keller working at St. Lukes, The Woodlands,   For Loretta's aunt Alicia;  For Sir Charlie & Jan;  Shonda's mom & Cody &  Leo & all of Shonda's dear family; For Ursuline Sr. Mary Troy, 

 

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Happy Birthday, Mary.

 

Jackie's mom, sister, & friend, Lynn;  For Rick Turner searching for a kidney donor, Type O neg.; For Meredith, cancer free & John Schanot;    For John O'Donnell & Jean;   For Jean & Cliff Wright;  For Dee, and for her daughter, Lisa;  For Anthony & Sabrina;    For a young man who is suffering from depression;  John Cade's mother in law, Kalliopi Piskiouli and Lambrini, plus John's daughter, Joey, with cancer; from Barbara, a little 4 month old baby boy named Ford recuperating from an operation; for David McKeon's brother, Hugh; For Beth's friends & brother;   for the medical staffs, teachers, and coaches in our public & private schools.

 

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Happy Anniversary, Barb & Warren.

 

Birthdays:   Bernadette, hold for 27th;  Mary Esparza, from last week, Harper, 10, Rick Urbanczyk, 69

Anniversaries:  Warren & Barb Wittik (42nd).   Sandra Pratt & Chuck 

 

 

Community Finances,   June 20, 2021

Expenses: $  825.00

Outreach: $  475.00

Thanks again, Folks, for doing what you can.

 

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Peace, Everybody.

 

Rosemary's Blessing:

Loving God, through the gift of our fathers, you reveal your wisdom, love and care.

Continue to bless and guide these holy men you have given to us in our lives.

Support them in their call to lead holy lives of faithfulness, respect and integrity.

May their witness of faith and love shine from them and on their children and families giving hope and encouragement to all.

Bless them for all the ways they lift their children to achieve their dreams. 

Bless them for their sacrifice, their forgiveness and their guidance.

Bless grandfathers, uncles, brothers, cousins, teachers and coaches who have shown us love and support.

For those fathers who have lost a child or spouse, give them your loving touch of healing consoling them with your gentle care.

For those fathers who have gone before us, bring them to your eternal banquet of joy and peace; bring them the fullness of union with you and communion with us as we remember their love for us. Amen.

Adapted from Fr. John Thomas Lane, SSS

Happy Father’s Day

 

 

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Fathers' Day Blessing from The Community

 

Shonda's concert on Friday, June 25, 2021 at 3:00.  Dallas Frontiers of Flight Museum.  Air National Guard Band of the Southwest

 

 

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.

 
John Stack Ministries, 7017 Helsem Way, Dallas, Texas 75230
 
 
 

 

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    Eucharistic Prayer A & B,  John Stack & John Cade

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    Remember these special people:

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    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.

     

     

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    Anniversaries:   

          

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    Rosemary's Blessing:  

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    Adapted from “As Bread That is Broken” by  Peter van Breemen

     

     
     
     

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    Rosemary's Blessing:  

     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

     

    Denni

    Denni reading about the adventures of the Prophet Elija from 1 Kings.

     

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    •    For The Team:  Georgie
    •    For the Communion Bread:   Judy
    •    For the Wine & Cups:   Sir Charlie and Jan
    •    For the Pictures:   Rick & Connie
    •    For the coffee and extras:   Carol & Richard, Jackie & Beth 
    •    For the altar & sound: Jackie & Ray 
    •    For the Music:  Ray & Bethany & Shonda
    •    For all who helped with communion

     

    Tom

    Tom reading about kindness, compassion and  forgiveness from Ephesians

     

    Birthdays:   Emery Zurchin (26, Monday), Stephen Farmer (25, Wednesday), Marlene (Saturday)

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    Special Announcement: We are moving

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    Check the map:      View this photo

     

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    Kameran's mom, Mary, a dear friend from our days together at St. Marks, when she was just a little girl.

     

    Please Remember these special people:

    For Ken Cramer's brother, Don, who died recently;  For Bernadette's mom;   For Chad & Kayli (Grace & Doug's daughter), whose wedding we celebrated last night, Saturday;   For Victor & Valerie Godinez, whose wedding we celebrated last Saturday;  For Cameron Harrell, Mary's little son, whom we baptized yesterday morning;     For Rose Banzhaf's 8 year old niece, Madeline;  For our three special little dears, Vivian and Genevieve and McKinley;  For Barb Wittek & family whose father just died;  For  Lisa Ackerman dealing with cancer;  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 dealing with cancer;   For Jean and Cliff with mutual operations coming up;   For a little friend, Heather;   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;

     

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    The Wedding: Chad and Kayli.  Kayli is the daughter of  Grace and Doug LeBlanc.  Lots of Canadians attended the Saturday evening event in downtown Dallas, the Designer District.   

     

     

    Mike & Dee Miller's daughter, Lisa, not doing well;  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 struggling with prostate cancer;  from Rob, the brother of his business associate who has cancer;    Frank’s sister, Grace Campos, 84, with stage one;     Diane McClurg's mom having a hard time making the transition to assisted living;  Dee's friend, Don Fox, with cancer;  

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    Kayli and Chad.  Kayli and her family moved to Dallas some years ago from Alberta, Canada

     

    Dick Thompson's daughter, Teri Jill & her cousin Terri.  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 Cole Carey, 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.

     

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    And we had 4 bridesmaids.   Oops, bridesmaids?  Yes!           Bridesmaids Anthony and McKenzie are Kayli's brothers.  

     

     

    Your Finances, August 9, 2015

    Expenses:   $1445.00

    Outreach:   $ 245.00

    Donated today: nothing this week

     

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      Groomsmen

    Ordinary batch of groomsmen?  No way!   Try Ironmen.  Or at least triathletes.  Both Kayli and Chad won the Ironman competition in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho last year, along with many of these guys.

    Have a Good Week, J.S

    (214-783-0443)

     

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                                  Ironman exiting, please.

     

    JSM Mission-Faith Statement  

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          Reaches out to help people who are disadvantaged & make the world  we live in a better place to live.

     

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    Sunday Homily, August 28, 22nd Sunday Ordinary, C

    Readings:

    Sirach  3, 17-18, 20 28-29,  My child, conduct your affairs with humility.

    Psalm 68,  God, in your goodness, you have made a home for the poor.

    Hebrews 12, 5-7, 18-19,    You have approached Mount Zion

    Luke 14, 13-18,  When you hold a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, & the blind.

     

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    Buddy says, "Hi, Folks, Welcome in."

     

    Sirach observations

    Author :  The author is Sirach or Joshua, a Jewish scribe.  The book of 51 chapters is one of the “in between books,”  more or less 12 of them.  In other words, their genuiness is questioned.  The Catholic Church accepts them; the Protestants don’t. 

    Date:  about 200 years before Christ. 

     

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    Tori, too, says, "Good Morning, Everybody, Come in."

     

     

    Subject:   Ethics, norms for good Jewish living.  For example, “Do not compliment a person on his good looks,” (11, 2), or “Never abandon an old friend; you will never find a new one who can take his place,” (9, 10), or “Friendship is like wine, it gets better as it gets older,” (9, 10), or Don’t prevent the poor from making a living, or keep them waiting in their need,” (4,1).

    Today’s subject:  Humility.

    Sources: Good News Bible

     

    Hebrews:  The last week for this work, hooray!

     

    Hotter 8-30-13

     

    Anybody want to go for a nice 100 mile bike ride?

     

    Invite the poor, the crippled, and the lame.

    Rosemary asked me Friday afternoon how come I so look forward to riding 100 miles in the Hotter ‘N Hell Hundred.  At the time we were driving to Wichita Falls to grab a place on the floor on one of 5 racquet ball courts of the YMCA.  For $30 you can put your air mattress anywhere in the building and in the morning a simple breakfast is provided. 

    I thought about why I so look forward to this even and came up with 3  big reasons.  Here they are.

     

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    Want a bike?  Over  500 to choose from.  These bike are being stored for the night on the 4th floor gym of the Wichita Falls YMCA.  The owners are skattered all around the building on the floor on their air mattresses.   A deal for $30.

     

    First, motivation to get into good shape.  I eat healthily, we ride around White Rock together, I do spin classes, and I get my weight where I would like it to stay all year.  Events like this energize me.

    In fact, now that the event has passed, I feel like a good friend has departed.  I wonder what next will energize me.  Actually, I do look forward to Thanksgiving and Christmas, but these events do not energize me to eat healthy and work out extra.

     

    Mile 30

     

     

    Mile 30 rest stop.  My favorite.  The women volunteers bake dozens of about 5 varieties of cookies and hand them out.   Their hospitality is over the edge.

     

     

    Secondly, there is an esprit about the 100 miles.  I spent more time this year at the rest stops.  There are about 10 of them on the 100 miles.  Everything is free, water, gatoraide, varieties of cut up fruit, and cookies.  And over the top hospitality. 

    I was talking with one of the lady volunteers at mile 40.  She was walking around among a couple hundred riders holding a tray of cookies and handing them out.  She told me that all the workers are volunteers and that she, as one of the volunteer coordinators, has to turn volunteers away, so many want to help out.  These are people from Wichita Falls, older folks, middle agers, lots of high school kids, and even some small kids.  She said, too, that people look forward to the August event all year long.

     

    Mile 50

     

    Mile 40 rest stop.  Not to be outdone by their neighbor volunteers, these ladies for the first year also provided home made cookies.  It is really hard on us riders.  The women walk around with trays of cookies.  Also, at this rest stop volunteers stand on the edge of the road and offer to hold your bike while you visit the port-o-potty and eat cookies.  More over the edge hospitality.

     

     

     

    Finally, in line with the gospel about inviting everybody to your party, this party has them all.  Young and old.  I saw some very young kids riding.  And I may have been one of the oldest at 76.  There are men, there are women.  There are whites, blacks, and in betweens.  For me it is beautiful example of the American experience of unity among many.

    What experiences do you have that energize you? 

     

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    Mile 78 rest stop.  My second favorite, not because of a lack of hospitality, but because of the shade from a large grove of pecan trees.  You see a lot of gassed riders at this rest stop.  For them cots and cold, wet towels are provided, along with all the other fruits, Clif bars, shot blocks, and foods.  At mile 50 this year even hot dogs were provided with all the fixings.  You pay $35, and all this is for the rider.  Everybody is welcome to this party.