Reminder for the 1st Sunday of Advent, December 1, 2024

Jeremiah 33: That's when Judah will be secure and Jerusalem live in safety.

1 Thessalonians 3:  And may the Master pour on the love so it fills your lives and splashes over on everyone around you, just as it does from us to you.

Luke 21:  And then – then! – they'll see the Son of Man welcomed in grand style – a glorious welcome!


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Another Reminder for the 1st Sunday of Advent, December 1, 2024

 

Here are the links for Sunday:

For Zoom   ( the video conference)
 
NOTE:  THIS IS A NEW ADDRESS as of 9/1/24
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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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    Numbers 11: Would that all God's people were prophets.

    James 5:  And a final word to you arrogant rich: Take some lessons in lament. You'll need buckets for the tears when the crash comes upon you.

    Mark 9:  Jesus wasn't pleased. "Don't stop him. No one can use my name to do something good and powerful, and in the next breath cut me down.

                                                   

     
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    Linda reading from the Book of Numbers

     

     

    Thanks…     

    Music,   Ben

    Readers,   Linda & Hue

    Homily,   John Stack

    Eucharistic Prayer A & B,  John Stack & John Cade

    The Magic Zoom makers,   Hue & Kevin

    Final Blessing,  Rosemary

     

                                                                                                             

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    Hue reading from the Letter 0f James

     

     

     

    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 John's sister, Kathey ;   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 and her neighbor, Marie and the family;    for the medical staffs, teachers, and coaches in our public & private schools.

     

     

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    Jackie sharing her thoughts

    Birthdays:    Leo 10/1,  Jackie 10/2,  Tori and Buddy 10/3

    Anniversaries:   John  Cade Ordination 9/30,  Patricia & Fred 10/2 

     

    Community Finances:   

      Expenses:   920.00

      Outreach: $    200.00 

     

    Thanks again, Folks, for doing what you can.

     

     

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    John and Connie share about their trip to Ireland

     

     

    Rosemary's Blessing:

    from Pope Francis

     

    “Rivers do not drink their own water;

    trees do not eat their own fruit;

    the sun does not shine on itself

    and flowers do not spread their fragrance for themselves.

    Living for others is a rule of nature.

    We are born to help each other.

    No matter how difficult it is.

    Life is good when you are happy

    but much better when others are happy because of you.

    Let us remember that pain is a sign that we are alive,

    problems are a sign that we are strong and

    prayer is a sign that we are not alone.

    If we can acknowledge these truths and

    condition our hearts and minds, our lives will be more meaningful,

    different and

    worthwhile.”

     

     

     
    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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    1 Corinthians 15:  Just as we have borne the image of the earthly one, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly one.

    Luke 6: To you who hear I say, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.

     
     

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    Shonda led the singing a cappella today.  She did a great job.

     

     

    Thanks…     

    Music,   Shonda

    Readers,  Mary & Frank

    Homily,   John Cade

    Eucharistic Prayer A & B,  John Stack & John Cade

    The Magic Zoom makers,  Hue & Kevin

    Final Blessing,  Rosemary

     

     

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    Cody offers an observation on the Gospel

     
             

    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.

     

     


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    Paul also offers a comment about the Gospel

     

     

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    Expenses:  340.00

    Outreach: $    80.00

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    Rosemary's Blessing:

    Let us pray to our God     

    To the God of Mary and Joseph,

    To the God of Abraham and Sarah.

     

    May our spirit fill the world with beauty and wonder.

    May our mind seek truth with humility and openness.

     

    May our hearts forgive without limit.

    May our love for friend, enemy and outcast be without measure.

    May our needs be few and my living simple.

     

    Taken and adapted from a prayer by Mary Lou Kownacki, OSB for Pax Christi USA in commemoration of the United Nations International Decade for the Culture of Peace and Nonviolence for the Children of the World.

     

     

     
     
    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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    Micah 5:  He will stand tall in his shepherd-rule by God's strength, centered in the majesty of God-Revealed. And the people will have a good and safe home, for the whole world will hold him in respect – Peacemaker of the world!

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    Readers,  John & Kevin

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    Brent promises to bring the cookie home to Meredith for her birthday

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    Connie gets a cookie for her birthday

     

    Expenses:  1,275.00

    Outreach: $    380.00

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    Rosemary's Blessing:

     

    A Christmas Prayer

     

    Loving Father, help us to remember the birth
    of Jesus, that we may share in the song of the angels,
    the gladness of the shepherds,
    and the worship of the wise men.

    Close the door of hate and
    open the door of love all over the world.

    Let kindness come with every gift and
    good desires with every greeting.

    Deliver us from evil by the blessing
    which Christ brings, and teach us to
    be merry with clear hearts.

    May the Christmas morning make us happy
    to be Thy children, and the Christmas evening
    bring us to our beds with grateful thoughts,
    forgiving and forgiven, for Jesus' sake.

    Amen!

     Robert Louis Stevenson

     

     
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    2 Chronicles 36: Whoever, therefore, among you belongs to any part of his people, let him go up, and may his God be with him!”

    Ephesians 2For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not from you; it is the gift of God; . . .

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    John reading from Chronicles

     

     

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    Readers,   Mary & John

    Homily,   John Stack

    Eucharistic Prayer A & B,  John Stack & John Cade

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    Mary reading from Ephesians

     

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    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.

     

     

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    Jackie sharing her homily

       

    Birthdays:  Dee Miller 3/10, John O'Donnell 3/14

    Anniversaries:   

     

     

     

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    John commenting on the homily

     

     

    Community Finances:   

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      Outreach: $   250.00

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    David commenting on the homily

     

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    Rosemary's Blessing:
     

    God,

    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

    Author Unknown

     

     
     
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    Brent thanking all for the gift bags for the men at Soul's Harbor

     
     
     
     
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