22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 31, 2025

Sirach 3:  My child, conduct your affairs with humility, and you will be loved more than a giver of gifts.   Humble yourself the more, the greater you are,  and you will find favor with God.   

Hebrews 12:  No, you have approached Mount Zion and the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and countless angels in festal gathering, and the assembly of the firstborn enrolled in heaven, …

Luke 14:  Rather, when you hold a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind; blessed indeed will you be because of their inability to repay you. For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”

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Denni reading from Sirach

Thanks…     

Music,   Ben & Shonda

Readers,  Denni & Tom

Homily,   John Cade

Eucharistic Prayer A & B,  John Stack & John Cade

The Magic Zoom makers,  Hue & Kevin

Final Blessing,  Rosemary

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Tom reading from St. Paul’s Letter to the Hebrews

Remember these special people:

For all the people affected by the floods;  For the Ukraine and the Holy Land; For our new Pope, Leo XIV;  For John Stack;    For Adam, that the doctors may find a remedy for his seizures; For Meredith ;   For Tom  Quinn;   For Warren Wittek; For Tom Good; For Lambrini, John Cade’s wife, who is dealing with cancer ;  For Allen Stryker;   For Mike and Judy Carrell ; 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;    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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The Kiss of Peace

Birthdays:

Anniversaries:    

Expenses: $  1,570.00

Outreach: $  450.00

Thanks again, Folks, for doing what you can.

Rosemary’s Blessing:

Always pray to have eyes that see the best in people,

A heart that forgives the worst,

A mind that forgets the bad,

And a soul that never loses faith in God.

 

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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.

 

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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     Rosemary’s Blessing  

    He has told you, O man, what is good;

    and what does the LORD require of you

    but to do justice,

    and to love kindness,

    and to walk humbly with your God?

    May the Lord bless you this day.

    Micah 6:8 

    Geri 7-15-12

    Geri reading the Prophet Amos

    Our Special Thanks:

    • For Reading: Mike & Geri 
    • For Serving:  Kevin  
    • For the Communion Bread:  Alison
    • For the Wine Cups: Beth & Rob
    •  For the Music: Ray & Shonda & Leo & Celeste
    •  For the Pictures & Video: Jan & Rick & Beth & Connie & John
    • For the pastries & coffee:  Joan & Jackie, John & Jean & Sydney
    • For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue

     

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    Mike reading Ephesians

    Birthdays:  Bonnie Rogers, Lily (Saturday), and Beth (Thursday)

     Anniversaries:

    Joe & Rita Hogan (31st Friday)

     

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    The Offertory with Mary Ellen, Meredith, and Brent

      We Remember  

    Joan;   Alexander Occhipinti; Maureen’s toe infection; Sydney Bivona’s unborn grandson, Isaiah & his mom & dad;  Diane McClurg's good friend, Suzy McGonigle with cancer;  Karina in Cuernavaca, whose mom, Maria Luisa just died (this is the polio crippled, middle aged daughter & mother whom we have been supporting for 20 years or more, less lately because we helped them set up their shop);  Michael Kern’s dad;  Mary Zachos' brother (Jessica Bresson's maid of honor) with a stroke;  Christine Drescher's grandmother Margie with a stroke;  Lisa's Ackerman’s  Louis & Jim;  Gina Adcock's mother with a new outbreak of cancer;  Dorothy Perry;     Rita;  Tom & Teresa Quinn's daughter Colleen with breast cancer;    Barb & Warren's  friend, Mike, fighting cancer, & Tara;   Bernadette Delgado's mom & Gilberto's mom;   Marilyn Ackerman's mom & brother, Dick;   Grace LeBlanc's niece Carlin, 13, with hodgkins;  Tom & Teresa Quinn's niece, Chawna, with cancer, plus Neva Flynn, Angel, & Diane Kreeitzer;  Connie Doherty's mom & her sister, plus Kevin's cousin, Peter, & John's dad  in assisted living; Jean Wright's daughter, Mary; Kerry's sister Maura with her second cancer;   Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, & Jim; our friends, sons, & daughters in the military, including Ryan McClurg & Chebino; George & Marianne's sons & Linda's son, plus Stacie & Ben White & their niece with leukemia; a cure for autism from Laura Chollick;   for our President that he have great success and someday hold his grandchildren in his lap.

       

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    Your Finances: July 15, 2012

    Expenses:    $725.00

    Outreach:    $690.00      

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    Rosemary’s Blessing   

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    Bark less.   

     

     

    Jackie

    Jackie reading Zechariah.

     

    Our Special Thanks:

    •    For Reading:  Jackie & Patricia
    •    For The Team:  (Georgie, on vacation to San Antonio);   (Kevin on a band trip to Europe)
    •    For the Communion Bread:  Alison
    •    For the Wine & Cups: Jean & Cliff
    •    For the Pictures & Video:  Beth & Mike & Beth Dugan
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    Patricia reading Romans.

     

    Birthdays:    Harper (3, last Tuesday),  Carol Eshelbrenner (last Saturday), Brent (today), Byan Ekes (22, Monday), Kim Cross (Monday), Cindy Cramer ( Wednesday), Mike Miller (Saturday)  

    Anniversaries:

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    Frank’s sister, Grace Campos, 84, with stage one;  Margie McKeon’s brother, Bill, with lung cancer;  Jackie's sister, Shellie;  Diane McClurg's mom having a hard time making the transition to assisted living;   Dee's friend, Don Fox, with cancer;   Dick Thompson's daughter, Teri Jill & her cousin Terri.  Barb & Warren's grandbabies, Leighton Elizabeth and Warren Phillip;   Judy Carrell's friend, Matt Larson;  Rita; 

     

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    Expenses:   $1440.00  

    Outreach:   $ 315.00

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    Expenses:    $730.00

    Outreach:    $545.0

     

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    Rosemary’s Blessing:  May you be blessed with warmth in your home, love in your heart, peace in your soul and joy in your life.

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    Rosemary's Blessing: Oh God,

    Slow me down, Lord; I am going too Fast,

    I can't see my Brother as he goes past;

    I miss a lot of good things day by day,

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    • For the Communion Bread:  Jan Keszler 

    • For Serving: T.J.

    • For the Books & Wine Cups & Cross: Roy & Beth & Rob

    • For the Music: Ray & Shonda & Wendy & Hue

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    Rosemary's Blessing: Oh God who made me absolutely unique,

    Help me to value more the Person You made Me to be.

    Protect me from comparisons and envy and discouragement over what I am not.

                   Andrew Greeley,  Irish American Blessings 

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    • For the Communion Bread:  Christine & Megan
    • For Serving: Sabrina
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       Video:   Opening Hymn, Mine Eyes have see the Glory (3 min.)

      

     Rosemary’s Blessing: 

    Loving God,

    Lead us beyond ourselves

    To care and protect,

    To nourish and shape,

    To challenge and energize

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    Joan Chittister, OSB   and   www.benetvision.org

    John 11-11-12

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      Your Finances: November 11, 2012

    Expenses:    $510.00    

    Outreach:    $250.00    

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        1  After screening an applicant, we donated $400 to a family with 3 kids & one on the way, in severe need.

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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.