2nd Sunday of Easter April 24, 2020

Genesis 14:   Blessed be Abram by God Most High,  the creator of heaven and earth; 

Corinthians 11:  For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the death of  death of the Lord until he comes.

Luke 9:  They all ate and were satisfied.  And when  the leftover fragments were picked up, they filled twelve wicker baskets.

           

Mary reading from Genesis

Thanks…

Music,    Shonda & Ben

Readers, Mary & Frank

Gospel,   John Cade

Homily,  John Cade

Eucharistic Prayer A & B,  John Stack & John Cade

The Magic Zoom makers,      Hue & Kevin

Final Blessing, Rosemary

Frank reading from Corinthians

 

Readings:  Download 06-19-22 – Readings – Corpus Christi

Homily: Download 06-19-22 – Homily – Corpus Christi

                                       

 

Shonda and Ben always great

                                                     

 

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; 

                           

 

The Kiss of Peace

 

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.

 

 

Frank, Mary, Dee and Cindy

     

Birthdays:  Bernadette Delgado 6/19 

Anniversaries:   Barb & Warren Wittek 6/21

      

Community Finances:   

Expenses: $   605.00

Outreach: $    200.00

Thanks again, Folks, for doing what you can.

 

                    

            Father's Day blessing for all the men               

 

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

 

 Time: 9:30; Celebrate with the Community & John. 

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

 

Readings: 

Isaiah 11, 1-10, The wolf shall be a guest of the lamb  (a beautiful reading).

Psalm 72,  Justice shall flourish in his time and fullness of peace forever.

Romans 15, 4-9,  Welcome one another.

Matthew  3, 1-12, I am baptizing you with water.

Community Events:

1.    This Sunday, collect for Samaritan Inn:  

Current Urgent Needs:  Disinfectant Spray,  Bleach Wipes and  Toilet Paper.  Check the website for other needs:  http://www.thesamaritaninn.org/SupportTheInn/NeedsList.aspx1.

2.  Love for the Kids Picnic,  A most touching event,  Dec. 14,  Download Love-for-kids

3.   ROMEO lunch Friday, December 6,   Jason's, 1:00, Welcome.  The Old Geezer won't make it.

4.  The Women's Lunch Group on 1st Thursdays,  The Olive Garden, 1:00, Central and Plano Pkwy, northbound service road.    For more info talk with Carol or Bernadette. 

 5.  Christmas Concert at the Meyerson:

The date:  December 19.   Rosemary says that you may still sign up.  Her contact, Blake, knows that we usually have a few additional people.   Total so far, 29 people.  

Welcome, also, to the Rectory for wine & cheese and a ride through Highland Park to see the best lights. 

By the way, we are dropping the idea of riding bikes through Highland Park to look at the Christmas lights.  It is just too cold.  Plus, each bike would need lights on front and back, a little expensive.

  

1.      Kennedy on Thankgiving for Francis, National Catholic Reporter, November 27, 1000 words,      Download Giving thanks 12-6-13

 

 

True? 

Never put on line something you would not want to see the next day on the front page of The New York Times (or Dallas Morning News).

From Rosemary's Momma

 

 See you Sunday, December 8, 2013, 2nd Advent, Cycle A

 J.S., 214-783-0443

 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.

 

 

 

Readings: Isaiah 40, 1-11; Psalm 104, O Bless the Lord, My Soul; Titus 2, 11-14, 3, 4-7; Luke 3, 1-22.

 

Baptism & Original Sin: traditional & contemporary theology

 

Traditional theology on baptism & original sin:

 

a.  Original sin: the 1 sin of Eve & Adam, the eating of an apple, ruptured the relationship between God & Humans.

 

b.  Why we baptized: purification & removal of that original sin inherited by all babies.  A new born baby was a sinner & would go to Limbo forever if not baptized before dying. 

   

 

Contemporary theology on baptism & original sin:

  

a.  Original sin:

 

1.  no original sin

  

2.  Genesis story of the fall is allegory, not fact.  No Garden of Eden and no Adam & Eve.

  

3.  from Darwin's Origin of the Species the idea has developed that in our human infancy, we needed certain behaviors to survive.  For instance, killing another person & stealing (like food).  As our ancestors formed communities, norms of social behavior emerged, for example, the 10 commandments. 

  

4.  St. Augustine, ca. 400: 

 

–A major, if not the major influence on Christian/Catholic theology of original sin and human nature from his time to today 

–After conversion from a rather lusty life at 32, he had a pessimistic view of human nature, different from early Christianity

–St. John Chrysostom, bishop of Constantinople (Istanbul), Pelagius, a British monk, & Julian of Eclanum, Italy, a bishop, all found nature good and fought against Augustine

–Augustine used all means to vanquish his opponents with their positive view that nature was good, even to sending a gift of horses to the pope to influence his decision.  Augustine won.

   

 

b.  Why we baptize today: (using the contemporary theology)

  

1.  To celebrate a new life

   

2.  To ritually & formally welcome the new person into a family, a community, and to a God famous for love and acceptance.

  

3.  To cleanse after the journey

 

Sources: Elaine Pagels, Adam, Eve, and the Serpent; John Shelby Spong; Wikipedia

 

 

We are Getting Better

 

I have one more Christmas story to celebrate this baptism today. 

 

There are three people in the story.  My good friend, her little daughter, and her niece, who is about 16 or 17.  The story took place at Collin Creek Mall one or two days just after Christmas.  Guess what they were doing.  Bringing things back. 

 

It happened that the niece had offered to take the daughter to the mall to have girl fun while her mother went to the mall to return various items.  After they had been there a while, the niece phoned to say that it was getting to be time for her to leave.  So could she return the daughter? 

 

They agreed that the easiest way to arrange the swap was for the niece to take the girl in her car, drive over to where my friend's car was, and then transfer the daughter & her car seat.  So they met in the parking lot, my friend's car in a parking place, the other car in the aisle behind the first car. 

 

Mother goes into the niece's car, unbuckles her daughter, and places the girl in her car.  Then she disconnects the car seat and reconnects it in her own car, securing her daughter in place.  Somewhere in this process she set her purse down.  Yep, you guessed it.

 

Who knows where she set it down.  Maybe by her niece's car, maybe by her own.  But apparently outside. 

 

She gets into her car and drives off.  Almost immediately she notices her purse is missing.  She calls her niece and asks her to look in her car.  No purse. 

 

So they both return to where the car was parked.  They drive around, ask people.  No sign of the purse.  The niece finally departs and mom  goes home.  She calls her mom, then she calls the mall security.  Nothing had been reported or brought in.  Security says to call the police.  The police do not know what to do.  Was it stolen?  Or was it forgotten? 

 

She thinks of her credit card, of getting a new license, she thinks of her phone.  So, using her mom's phone, she starts calling her phone hoping someone will answer   No one answers. 

 

 

Time passes.  A few hours later in the evening, her mom gets a phone call.  It is young boy, a high school aged kid.  He has the purse.  He says he and his dad found it in the parking lot and simply used the phone's incoming calls to call the number identified as "Mom."

 

The mom who got the purse back was Bobbi Jo Whitley, mother of Dillon, Hunter, and Audry.  Bobbi's mom is Jo Whitley, who read this morning.  The purse came back.  Nothing missing.

 

Are there not lots of good stories like this?  Are we not evolving into a better people?  Scott Burns said so in his column in the Dallas Morning News a couple of weeks ago.  A great Jesuit geologist and paleontologist, Teilhard de Chardin, thought so, saying that the human race is slowly becoming more mature, more sensitive, more peaceful.  I think so, too.  For lots of reasons.

 

What do you think?

 

Picture 1:  Mass begins with Kevin helping

 

Picture 2:  Daniel (Mr. A&M) & Beth

 

Picture 3:  Bob & Jerry with 2 new knees

 

Picture 4:  Georgie

 

 

Rosemary's Blessing Video:

 

 

 

 

 

Healing Touch for Emma.

 

 

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

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

Place: Legacy Charter School,  601 Accent Drive, Plano, TX 75075

 

 

Healing Touch #2.

 

Readings: 

Acts of the Apostles, 13, 14, 43-52, The Gentiles were delighted.

Psalm 100,  We are his people, the sheep of his flock. (excellent stanzas)

Revelation 7, 9, 14-17,  I, John, had a vision of a great multitude.

John 10, 27-30, My sheep; hear my voice.

 

 

With this three some Everyone wants to Sing!

 

Community Activities:  

ROMEO MEET: Friday, May 10, Jason's Deli, Collin Creek Mall, west side of Central, 1:00.  Welcome all wakos, you will fit right in.   

 

Juliettes, June, TBA

 

A Summit Meeting.

 

TRUE?

 

Slow down and everything you are chasing will come around and catch you.

John De Paola

 

 

Wake Up, Rick!

 

What's up in Ye Old Catholic Church?  Like…

1.    Bannon's anti-Francis movement threatens church unity,  https://www.ncronline.org/news/opinion/bannons-emerging-anti-francis-movement-threatens-church-unity

 

 

Hooray, the Coffee Shoppe is open.

 

See you Sunday,  

J.S., 214-783-0443

 

 

Guess what Beth & Bill are talking about…  Pagosa Springs.

 

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.

 

 

If it is Cinco de Mayo, it must be Anniversary Time, like 14.

Acts of the Apostles 15: It is the decision of the Holy Spirit and of us not to place on you any burden beyond these necessities,  namely, to abstain from meat sacrificed to idols, from blood, from meats  of strangled animals, and from unlawful marriage.

Revelation 21:  The city had no need of sun or moon to shine on it, tor the glory of God gave it light, and its lamp was the Lamb.

John 13:  Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. 

 

Georgie is home from college
 

 

Thanks…

Music,    Ben 

Readers, Tom & Denni

Gospel,   John Cade

Homily,  John Cade

Eucharistic Prayer A & B,  John Stack & John Cade

The Magic Zoom makers,      Hue & Richard

Final Blessing, Rosemary

 

Loretta and Dawn (Welcome back Dawn)

 

 

 

Readings:  Download 5-22-22 – Readings – 6th Easter

Homily:  

 

 

Ben

 

 

 

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;  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 all the medical personnel struggling to treat the tsunami of sick people;   For Mary Hall's friend Cadence still suffering from a serious medical condition;   For Sir Charlie & Jan;  All of Shonda's dear family;

                           

 

The Kiss of Peace

 

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 daughters, Lisa & Lauren;     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 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.

 

 

The Kiss of Peace

                   

                  

Birthdays:   Ray Occhipinti 5/24

Anniversaries:   

      

Community Finances:   

Expenses: $ 853.00

Outreach: $  100.00

Thanks again, Folks, for doing what you can.

                               

Rosemary's Blessing:  

 

 

Note: we are now meeting at Legacy Academy.

 

 

 

 

 

Hey, Luke, how come you got more hair on you head than I do?   Probably because your mom, Julie, is so nice and pretty.

 

 

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

Time: 9:30; Celebrate with the Community &  John Cade

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

 

 

 

 

 

So, Ben, what has Olivia just done to you?  See that guilty look in her eyes.

 

 

Readings:  

 Genesis 2, 18-24, It is not good for a Man to be alone.

Psalm 128,  May the Lord bless us all the days of our lives..

 Hebrews 2, 9-1,  For a little while he was made lower than the angels.

 Mark 10, 2-16,   Is it lawful for a husband too divorce his wife?

                   

 

 

Caught you, Bernadette.

                                                                       

Community Activities:  

ROMEO MEET: Friday, October7, Jason's Deli, Collin Creek Mall, west side of Central, 1:00.  Welcome all wakos, you will fit right in.  I will miss this Friday & I’ll miss the next two Romeos.

 

 

 

Our Father.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

Healing Touch for Paul & Carrie.

 

 

Note 1:  The Meyerson Christmas concert, December 13, Thursday.  Welcome.  Rosemary is filling the list.

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?

 

 

 

 

Rob & Beth.

 

 

TRUE?

 

            "In wine there is wisdom,

            In beer there is freedom,

            In water there is bacteria."

 

Ben Franklin

 

 

 

 

Community Blessing for Luke.

 

 

 

Anything happening in our Catholic World?  

1.  Good sex abuse sermon by a Jesuit,  Corpus, September 13,  http://corpus-blog.blogspot.com/2018/09/excellent-sermon-on-sex-abuse-and.html
2. Georgetown Prep, Jesuit school,  National Catholic Reporter, September 27,  https://www.ncronline.org/news/accountability/kavanaugh-furor-raises-scrutiny-georgetown-prep-other-jesuit-schools?utm_source=SEPT_27_FEUERHERD_GEORGETOWN+PREP&utm_campaign=cc&utm_medium=email
3. Knights of Columbus endorse Kavanaugh, National Catholic Reporter, September 26,   https://www.ncronline.org/news/people/knights-columbus-urged-membership-support-kavanaughs-confirmation?utm_source=SEPT_26_Knights+Kavanaugh&utm_campaign=cc&utm_medium=email

 

 

 

 

Welcome, Everybody, to our Fall Brunch.

 

 

See you Sunday.

J.S., 214-783-0443

 

 

 

 

There is plenty, Everybody, Welcome.

 

 

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.

 

 

 

Sir Charlie, you took all the good stuff before I could get there.  Jan, you got to protect me from that Crazy Man!