2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, January 15, 2023

Acts of the Apostles 1:  When he had said this, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him from their sight.

Ephesians 1:  And he put all things beneath his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church, which is his body, the fullness of the one who fills all things in every way.

Matthew 28:  All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore, and make disciples of all nations, ….

John Stack and John Cade officiate at Mass

Thanks…     

Music,    Shonda & Ben 

Readers,  Carrie & Paul

Gospel,   John Cade

Homily,   John Stack

Eucharistic Prayer A & B,  John Stack & John Cade

The Magic Zoom makers,   Hue & Kevin

Final Blessing, Rosemary

The Kiss of Peace

Readings:  Download 05-21-23 Readings – The Ascension

Homily:  

It is with sadness that I let you know that Sandra Pratt  passed last Thursday, May 18, 2023. Here are the arrangements for Sandra.                       

Celebration of Life:  Thursday, 5/25,  6:30 PM to 8:00 PM

All Saints Catholic Church, Dallas, Fellowship Hall

5231 Meadowcreek Drive, Dallas, TX

Funeral/ Memorial Mass:  Friday, 5/26,  11:00 AM (followed by lunch)

Christ the King Catholic Church, 

8017 Preston Road, Dallas, TX

The Kiss of Peace

Remember these special people:

For Sandra Pratt's family;  For Cindy Cramer's family;  For the family of Ron Senter;   For Meredith  whose cancer has come back;  For Jan;  For Tom  Quinn who had back surgery on November 21st; For Lambrini, John Cade's wife, who is dealing with cancer ;  For Madeleine, Richard Eshelbrenner's granddaughter;  For Hue; For Jackie;  For John's sister, Kathey recovering from 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.

Ray gets a cookie for his birthday

Birthdays:  Ray Occhipinti 

Anniversaries:  

Community Finances:   

Expenses: $  230.00

Outreach: $  50.00

Thanks again, Folks, for doing what you can.

Guess who says hello.

Welcome: Catholic Mass with coffee and juice and pastries, both bought and home-made, after Mass

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

Place: Sigler Elementary, 1400 Janwood Drive, Plano, TX 75075

The Offertory Team, Meredith & Brent, Cheryl & Caroline. 

Readings:

Isaiah  6, 1-8,   “Here I am,” I said, “send me.   (The call of Isaiah.)

Psalm 138,  In the sight of the angels I will sing your praises, Lord.  (one of my favorites)

1 Corinthians 15, 1 – 11,   I am the least of the apostles.

Luke 5, 1-11,   The big catch of fish.

 Wow!  What do I see on that table? 

Community Activities:  

1. ROMEO MEET: Friday, February 5, Jason's Deli, Collin Creek Mall, west side of Central, 1:00.   Welcome all wakos, you will fit right in.                                                                                                                                             
2. JULIET LUNCHEON, (aka.,just us ladies into eating together),  Thursday, February 5, 1:00 P.M.,   Cafe Amore.  600 N. Coit, Richardson,  (Italian & BYOB),   Please RSVP to Marilyn Ackerman, rmackerman5@gmail.com

Oh, that looks so good.  I wonder if anybody is watching.                                                          

What is going on in our Catholic World  

1.  Currents in American Christianity, Corpus, December 29,   920  words,        Download American Christianity 2-4-16        

Donor Receipts for your 2015 donations have been emailed out.  If you have not received yours, please let John or Rosemary know.  Thank you for your generosity.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

Me?  Eat one of those cookies?  Never!  But…may I?

True? 

 Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.

CAMILLE PISSARRO

The Gang, Gil & Bernadette, "Sir" Charlie & Jan

See you Sunday.

J.S., 214-783-0443

The Sacrament of Healing and Life.

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.

For Victoria and Zoe, too.  

Communion, too, bread & grape juice.

Deuteronomy 18, 15-20, A prophet like me will the Lord raise up.

Psalm 95, If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts 

1 Corinthians 7,  32-35, The world in its present form is passing away.

Mark  1, 21-28, In their synagogue was a man with an unclean spirit.

Music,  Ben & Shonda

Readers, Sandra Pratt & Mary Hall, and Buddy, the candle blesser

Gospel,  Mike Carrell

Homily,  John Stack

Eucharistic Prayer A & B, Stack & John Cade

The Magic Zoom makers,   Hue & Richard & Mike 

Final Blessing, Rosemary

For hosting us at Legacy, Becky

Buddy, our blessing boy.

Sunday Readings:

Download Reading 4th Sunday 1-31-2021

Homily by John Stack

Download Homily 1-31-2021 #4

Sandra reading Deuteronomy.

Please Remember these special people:

For Carrie's ex, Larry;  For Alan Stryker;  For Joe Sullivan;    For Rosemary's great niece, Rylie ;  For Richard's grand daughter, Madeleine;   For Esparza's new great grandson baby, son of Monique;  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,

Jackie's mom, sister, & friend, Lynn;  For both Jean & Cliff Wright;  For Rick Turner searching for a kidney donor, Type O neg; For Meredith, cancer free;    For John O'Donnell & Jean;   For Dee, and for her daughter, Lisa; For John Schanot's continued health;  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 boy undergoing an operation & for Rollie with Corona; for David McKeon's brother, Hugh; for the medical staffs, teachers, and coaches in our public & private schools.

Shonda & Ben alive!

Birthdays:  Mike Carrell, Randolf Brown, Rick Turner, Gilberto, Lisa Anderlick, Kevin Bresson.

Anniversary:  

Community Finances, January 31, 2021

Expenses: $ 810.00

Outreach   $510.00   (often for Souls Harbor, Legacy, etc.)

Thanks again, Folks, for doing what you can.

Mary reading Corinthians.

Rosemary's Blessing:

What good did it do when you frowned?  Let me ask:

Did it help you at all to accomplish your task?

Did it lighten your burden or help you along?

Did the frown that you wore make a right out of wrong?

What good did it do to be grouchy today?

Did your surliness drive any trouble away?

Did you cover more ground than you usually do?

Because of the grouch that you carried with you?

If not, what’s the use of a grouch or a frown?

If it won’t smooth a path or a grim trouble down?

If it doesn’t assist you, it isn’t worth while:

Your work may be hard, but just do it and smile.

Anonymous

From last week's readers, Denni & Tom, a visitor.

All ready to Start, Louis, John & Jean, Mary Jane & John.

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

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

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

Sister Act, Georgie, Zoe, & Tori.

Readings:

Ecclesiastes, 1,2; 2, 21-23,  Pretty pessimistic.  Author having a bad day?

Psalm 90, If today you hear his voice, harden not you hearts.  

Colossians 3, 1-5, 9-11,  Think of what is above, not of what is on earth

Luke 12, 13-21,  There was a rich man

Brother Act, Buddy reading our Candle Blessing of The Week, which he almost has memorized.

Community Activities:  

ROMEO MEET: Friday, August 2, Jason's Deli, Collin Creek Mall, west side of Central, 1:00.  Welcome all wakos, you will fit right in.   

Juliets, August-September, TBA

Mary, you go to the right, I'm going left.

TRUE?

Ironing boards are just surf boards that gave up their dream and got a boring job.

Don't be an ironing board.

Communion line up.

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

Wow, an old priest in D.C. delivers.  He's over  80.  No wonder so good.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/24/opinion/catholic-priest-trump-racism.html?em_pos=small&ref=headline&nl_art=12&te=1&nl=opinion-today&emc=edit_ty_20190725?campaign_id=39&instance_id=11158&segment_id=15539&user_id=0acbc47a8305298c424576a49c9cd8f0&regi_id=79381194emc=edit_ty_20190725&login=email&auth=login-email                  

Would some charitable soul please go sit with John.

See you Sunday, J.S.

214-783-0443

Grateful team work.  Shoulder arthritis: you can't put on your shirt sometimes.

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.

Watch out, Folks, here comes the Shropshire.   Believe it or not this guy was a great athlete and running back at Jesuit.

Rosemary's Blessing of The Week:

 I thank you God for this most amazing day:

for the leaping greenly spirits of trees and

for a blue true dream of sky; and

for everything which is natural

which is infinite

which is yes.

e.e.cummings

Mike reading The Great Prophet Isaiah

Special Thanks to these special people:

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

Patricia reading from  Philippians. 

Birthdays:  Sabrina (22, Tuesday), Angela, (Wednesday), Bill Hammond (74, Friday)

Anniversaries:

Patricia & Fred (7th, last week)  

Shonda & Cody (Number 1, Monday)

Rosemary reads her Blessing of The Week.   

Please Remember these special people

For Bill Hammond's recovery from rotater cuff surgery, which is expected to take a whole year;  Mike's swollen knee;   For Myron Hubble;    For Connie Bresson's mom;     For Carol's recuperation;   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;   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 Birthday Dearest Angela.

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;

Bill, because this is your birthday, you receive this medication especially researched and prepared to help heal rotator cuff problems.

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.

Cole, after escorting your mom to her wedding with Greg last week, there is nothing you cannot do in this world.  For us, thanks for being our Candle Man of The Week.

Your Finances, October 8, 2017

Expenses:   $650.00

Outreach:    $400.00

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

Folks, last night, Saturday night, the SWST flight from Phoenix was dancing in the sky because everyone gave a resounding round of applause to Patricia and Fred on their anniversary.   Did you tell that crew it was your anniversary, Patricia??? 

Have a Great Week, J.S

(214-783-0443)

Happy First Anniversary, Cody and Shonda.  You The Best.
 

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.

Paul & Carrie on Top of The World.

Readings:  

 Isaiah, 35, 4-7,  The eyes of the blind will be opened

 Psalm 146,  Praise the Lord, My Soul

 James, 2, 1-5,  Did not God choose those who are poor?

 Mark, 7, 31-37,  Immediately, the man’s ears were opened.

John and Kevin at the beginning of Mass

A few words about today’s readings 

1^st reading from Book of the Prophet Isaiah, Ch. 35

You know well how the Old Testament prophets operated: telling the Jewish people, “You’ve done wrong”, then prophesying “Yehweh will punish you”, and then prophesying “there will come a time of repentance and blessing from Yahweh who is merciful”. In today’s reading Isaiah is prophesying a time of healing and blessing.

2^nd reading from the Letter of James,  Ch. 2

As Stack said last week, James was the administrator of the Jerusalem Christian community.  Paul refers to him as “ the brother of Jesus”. His letter was probably written around the year 50 AD which would make it the earliest writing in the New Testament, still over a generation after Jesus.  It was written to the “dispersion”, that is, to Jews who were followers of Jesus and were scattered outside Israel. The letter of James is one of 5 small books in the New Testament that were disputed in the early church, and were not accepted as inspired books of the Bible until the early 5^th century, The other 4 were the second and third letters of John, the second letter of Peter and the letter of Jude. The Letter of James acquired special significance at the time of the Reformation in the 16^th century when the priest Martin Luther said this letter’s emphasis on good works contradicts Paul’s doctrine that we are justified by faith.  Luther also disagreed with the Council of Trent that the Letter of James refers to the Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick. James Ch 5:14 reads, “Is there anyone sick among you? He should ask for the presbyters of the church. They in turn are to pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.”

3^rd reading from the Gospel according to  Mark,  Ch. 7

Mark’s Gospel was written with non-Jewish readers in mind. We know this because there are very few quotes from the Old Testament in Mark, he explains particular Jewish customs, and he translates any Aramaic expression into Greek, as in today’s reading where the Aramaic word “Ephphatha”, is translated into the Greek word for “Open” or “Be opened”.

Bernadette reading Isaiah

Mary Ellen reading James

Homily        

For over twelve years, John Cade, in addition to his private practice of counseling, has worked in an agency setting with victims of violence, including victims of sexual assault. Currently he serves on the board of the non-profit Dallas Area Rape Crisis Center or DARCC. Since the theme of our gathering today is healing, John invited Monica Urbaniak, a bi-lingual counselor at the Dallas Area Rape Crisis Center (or DARCC) to speak about the work of DARCC. Monica will talk about what DARCC is, what they do, and what they need from the community to maintain and enhance their services.

Monica speaking to us