Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph, December 31, 2023

Genesis15: Abraham gave the name Isaac to this  son of his whom Sarah bore him.

Hebrews 11:  So it was that there came forth from one man, himself as good as dead, descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.

Luke 2:  When the day of circumcision arrived, the child was named Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived.  Then when the days stipulated for purification were complete, they took him up to Jerusalem to offer him to God. 

 

New Years 2024
 
 
 

Thanks…     

Music,   Shonda & Ben 

Readers,   Mary & John

Homily,   John Stack

Eucharistic Prayer A & B,  John Stack & John Cade

The Magic Zoom makers,   Hue & Kevin

Final Blessing, Rosemary

                                      

 

 

Remember these special people:

For John Stack;  For the family of Ron Senter;   For Meredith  whose cancer has come back;  For Tom Good;  For Tom  Quinn who had back surgery on November 21st; 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 John's sister, Kathey recovering from a fall;   For Mary Hall's 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 ;    for the medical staffs, teachers, and coaches in our public & private schools.

 

 


                                    

Birthdays: Tom Fleming 1/5

Anniversaries:  

    

 

Community Finances:   

Expenses: 350.00

Outreach: $   

Thanks again, Folks, for doing what you can.

                                 

Rosemary's Blessing:
 
 

I, God, am in your midst.

Whoever knows me can never fall.

Not in the heights, nor the depths, nor in the breadths.

For I am love, which the vast expanses of evil can never still.

Hildegard of Bingen

 
 
 
 
 
John Stack Ministries meets on Sunday for Mass at 9:30 at The ArtCentre of Plano, 902 E. 16th St, Plano, Texas.
 
 
 

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.

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    Readers,  Connie & Steve

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    Birthdays:   John O'Donnell 4/5

    Anniversaries:   

     

     

    Expenses:  1,270.00

    Outreach: $    350.00

    Thanks again, Folks, for doing what you can.

     

     

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    Rosemary's Blessing:


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    Bless anyone who has asked me to pray for them

        and anyone that I have promised to pray for.

    Bless anyone that I cannot get along with

        And anyone that cannot get along with me.

    Bless the person who has hurt me deeply

        and anyone that I have hurt.

    Bless the person that I cannot forgive

        and anyone that cannot forgive me.

    Grant me the grace to live as a person of peace today

        and to treat all I meet today with dignity

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    What Is Success  by Ralph Waldo Emerson

     

     
     
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    John Stack Ministries meets on Sunday for Mass at 9:30 at The ArtCentre of Plano, 902 E. 16th St, Plano, Texas.
     

     

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    Dad & Daughter, nothing better, Gilbert & Michelle.

     

     

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    Mike 2

     

     

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    Standing ovation.

     

     

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    Our Father.

     

     

    True?

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    Peace, Wendy & her parents.

     

     

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    Glance at the sun. See the moon and the stars.
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    Now, think.

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    We are to work with it.

    For without we cannot survive.

     

    Hildegard of Bingen

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          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.