7th Sunday in Ordinary Time, February 23, 2025

Exodus 22:  Thus says the LORD: "You shall not molest or oppress an alien, for you were once aliens yourselves in the land of Egypt.

1 Thessalonians 1: And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, receiving the word in great affliction, with joy from the Holy Spirit, so that you became a model for all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia.

Matthew 22: He said to him, "You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and the first commandment. The second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

 

 

Notre Dame Basilica, Montreal

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.

 

 

Welcome:  Catholic Mass with coffee & juice & specials on the house served afterwards. 

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

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

 

 

 Readings:  –  from Thanksgiving Day 

 Sirach  50, 22-24,   May he grant you joy of heart.

Psalm 113,   Blessed be the Name of the Lord forever.

1 Corinthians 1, 3-9,   You were enriched in every way.

Luke 17, 11-19,  Has none but this foreigner returned to give thanks? 

 

 Community Bulletin Board:   

1.   For the Love of the Kids, December 8.  You must sign up ahead of time if you want to help.  The link:   Loveforkidsinc.org

 2.   Next Community Brunch, December 9, Second Sunday of Advent, plus collection for Dallas Area Rape Crisis Center.  See the handouts for special needs.

3.    Want to serve Thanksgiving Dinner at Soul's Harbor, Thanksgiving Day?  Check with Brent, 214-596-8225, or with me.  Time, 8:00 to about 1:00. 

4.  Advance notice: Christmas Eve Mass, 4:00 P.M.

 

    

  What's going on in our Catholic World:     

 

1.   Bishops' plan B post election, National Catholic Reporter, November 11,  600 words,   Download Bishops' Plan B 11-16-12

    2.  Bishops' letter on U.S. economy, National Catholic Reporter, November 13, 750 words,   Download Bishops & Economy 11-16-12

True? 

No matter how little money and how few possessions you own, having a dog makes you rich.

Lou Sabin

 

 See you Sunday, November 18 

 J.S., 214-783-0443

 

 

 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.

   

 

 

Revelation 7:  "Amen, Blessing and glory, wisdom and thanksgiving, honor, power, and might be to our God forever and ever.  Amen."

1 John:  Beloved: See what love the Father has bestowed on us that we may be called the children of God.

Matthew 5:  When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain, and after he had sat down, his disciples came to him.  He began to teach them saying:…

 

The software used to build the Blog was going through maintenance and this weekend.  That is why the Blog is late.    Unfortunately, I haven't been able to put any pictures in.  Sorry.                         

John and Rosemary will be taking a vacation from 11/16 – 12/1.  John Cade will have Mass on Zoom,  Sunday, 11/20 and Sunday, 11/27.

 

 

Thanks…     

Music,    Ben & Shonda

Readers,  Aggie & Allen

Gospel,   John Cade

Homily,  John Cade

Eucharistic Prayer A & B,  John Stack & John Cade

The Magic Zoom makers,   Hue & Richard & Kevin

Final Blessing, Rosemary

         

                  

                                                                  

Readings:  Download 10-30-22- Readings – All Saints

Homily:   Download 10-30-22- Homily – All Saints

 

 

 

 

 

Remember these special people:

For Jan; 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;  For Madeleine, Richard Eshelbrenner's granddaughter;  For Donna and the Dinsmore Family after her brother, Dennis died  from pancreatic cancer;   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.

 

 

   

 

Birthdays:   John DeGenova 11/1, Karen Anderlick 11/4

Anniversaries:   

      

Community Finances:   

Expenses: $   565.00

Outreach: $  50.00

Thanks again, Folks, for doing what you can.

                 

 

 

 

Rosemary's Blessing:  

Gracious God inspire us with the hope in the gift of shalom, the gift of wholeness and the promise of your presence.

Give wisdom to seek nonviolence as an answer to the violence of our lives and world.

Give us courage to seek wholeness in a fractured and divided world, to find reconciliation rather than revenge, to abandon the instruments of violence and death and entrust our lives, our homes and our families to you.

May your presence fill us and others with the thirst for unity, wholeness, and the desire to see all people valued as created in your image.

May we and others receive your shalom, that we might be faithful instruments of your love.

Blessed be your name forever,

Amen.

Rabbi Andrew M. Paley, senior rabbi with Temple Shalom, Dallas.  He emailed this letter to his congregation and gave The Dallas Morning News permission to publish it.

 

Invitation to pray with Sandra Pratt

 

The Sophia Inclusive Catholic Community, a virtual faith community started in Northwest New Jersey in 2008, is inviting the members of John Stack Ministries to join us,  Sandra and other friends of Sandra Pratt for a Zoom service of blessings, readings and songs honoring Sandra on Saturday morning, May 13.  The start time has not been finalized.  We will probably begin at 11 am Central time (noon Eastern time).  The service will be about 30 minutes.

 

We will send the Zoom invitation email to Rosemary with two attachments (the worship guide and Highlights of Sandra Pratt’s Amazing Life) on Wednesday  5/10.  Rosemary will forward that information to the members of John Stack Ministries.

 

 

A message from Richard Eshelbrenner

 

Acts of the Apostles 4, He is the stone rejected by you

Psalm 118,   The stone rejected by the builders has become the corner stone

1 John 3, Beloved, We are God's children.

John 10, I am the good shepherd and I know mine.

 

 

 

Thanks……

Music,  Ben & Shonda

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

Gospel, Deacon Mike Carrell

Homily,  John Stack

Eucharistic Prayer A & B, Stack & John Cade

The Magic Zoom makers,   Hue & Richard & Mike–welcome home!

Final Blessing, Rosemary

For hosting us at Legacy, Becky

 

 

 

Welcome in, Everybody.

 

Readings for Sunday, April 25, 2021

Download Reading 4th Easter 4-25-2021

 

John Stack Homily

Download Homily Cornerstone 4-25-21

 

 

The Team.

 

Remember these special people:

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; For Ursuline Sr. Mary Troy 

Here they are: Cathy & Cheryl.  How we have missed this.

 

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 girl named Ford undergoing an operation; for David McKeon's brother, Hugh; For Beth's friends;   for the medical staffs, teachers, and coaches in our public & private schools.

 

Connie reading from Acts.

 

Birthdays:    David Dinsmore, John Simari, Cliff Wright, & Denni

Anniversaries:    Randolf & Michelle

 

Community Finances,   April 25, 2021

Expenses: $ 250.00

Outreach: $ 350.00

Thanks again, Folks, for doing what you can.

 

 

Rosemary sharing her Blessing of The Week.

 

Rosemary's final blessing

May we be blessed with the gift of contemplation of the blessings we have received and then put this appreciation into action to help others.

And may there always be someone on our life’s journey to help us on your way.