Reminder for the 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, November 16, 2025

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.

CC with her birthday cupcake, 6 years old

Readings:    

Isaiah  53, 10-11,  The Lord was pleased to crush him in infirmity.

Psalm 33,   Lord, Let you mercy be on us, as we place our trust in you.

Hebrews 4, 14-16,   Let us confidently approach the throne of grace.

Mark 10, 35-45,  Whoever wishes to be great among you will be your servant.

Jackie & Rick sharing communion

Lynda sharing communion

 Community Bulletin Board:   

 Next big feast: All Saints & All Souls, November 4

Patricia, Fred and Maureen, Hue

Maureen, Jerry, Bill, and John

What's going on in our Catholic World:     

1.   The Great Priest-Theologian Hans Kung, The Guardian,  October 5, 1600 words,  Download Hans Kung 10-19-12
2.  Tax on Catholic laity in Germany, National Catholic Reporter, October 11, 380 words,  Download German Church Tax 10-19-12
3.  Touching story about a nun from the summer conference of Call to Action, 700 words,  Download Sister Louise 10-19-12

Leo ready to join the music team

Pastry Shoppe with Torri, Buddy,  Zoe and their dad, Randolph

Live like someone left the door open.

Ray, Bill, Tom, Ron, Barb, and Lynda

See you Sunday, October 21 

J.S., 214-783-0443

Jim, Tom, and Denni

Rob sharing his vows

 
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.

New life beginning for Frances and Rob

 True? 

Baruch 5,  Jerusalem, take off your robe of mourning and misery; put on the splendor of glory from God forever;

Psalm 126, The Lord has done great things for us; we are filled with joy

Ephesians 13, Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ…

Luke 1, The angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth,

Venice at sunset.

A message from Lynda Fleming:

Another Reminder for Sunday, December 5, 2021.

Here are the links for Sunday:

"Hi, Everybody, Welcome," say Mary and Frank, Alison and John

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

Time: 9:30; Celebrate with the Community & John Cade

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

Planning the next ladies' luncheon, Cathy, Judy, Carol, and Sandra.

Readings:

Acts 3,  13-15, 17-19,  God raised him from the dead.

Psalm 4,    Lord, let you face shine on us.

1 John 2, 1-5,   He is expiation for our sins.

 Luke  24, 35-48,  Peace be with you.

Our dear and faithful friend, Angela.

 Community Activities:        

1.      ROMEO MEET: Friday, April 17, Jason's Deli, Collin Creek Mall, west side of Central, 1:00.   Last one to the ice cream won’t get any.  Just because the old geezer is not there, please no spectacle.

2.      LADIES' LUNCHEON,  Pass this month, too much going on.  Up next, May.

Everyone, please forward to anyone you think would be interested.  If you let me know I will add their email to the list. 

Carol 

Healing for Fred.

3.    Welcome all, The Great Annual Anniversary Party, 10^th Anniversary (bet you figured it would never last this long),  April 25^th, Saturday,  Heritage Farm, 15^th & Custer, 6:00 P.M., Covered dish, kids welcomed (the wagon rides).    Vows will be renewed by numerous special couples, like usual. 

Healing for Carrie and Paul (heading to The Boston Marathon)

 What is going on in our Catholic World:

1.       Failure to stay alive, Commonweal & Corpus, March 25, 730 words, Download Failure to Stay Young 4-16-15  

 2.      Harper Lee & Spring Hill College (where my Jesuit classmates from '58 reunite this weekend), National Catholic Reporter, April 11, 777 words, Download Harper Lee & Spring Hill College 4-16-15    

 3.      Why go to Mass?, America & Corpus,  April 13,   730  words,       Download Why Go to Mass 4-16-15 

Guess who got cupcakes for lighting the candles. Yep, Brooklyn and Sienna with Brian, their grandfather.

 True?  

“What day is it?” asked Pooh

“It is today,” squeaked Piglet. 

“My favorite day,” said Pooh

Communion for Emma.

See you Sunday, March 19, 2015, 3rd Easter,  Cycle B

J.S., 214-783-0443

Leo shags books, too.

 JSM Mission-Faith Statement

   Help create a Catholic Community that welcomes all God’sPeople, 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.

Says Harper, "Bye, Folks, See you next Week.

Welcome, Everybody, to the community bakery, Harper, Cathy, and Geri.

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

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

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

Special blessings for the kids.

Readings:

Wisdom  12, 13, 16-19,   You judge with clemency.

Psalm 86,   Lord, you are good and forgiving.

Romans 8, 26-27,  The spirit comes to the aid of our weakness.

Matthew  13, 24-43,  A farmer sowed good seed in his field.

The pretzel jar. Oops, only room for one hand at a time.

Community Events:

1.   ROMEO lunch Friday, July 18.   The Old Geezer will miss.  Those Iowa corn fields are calling, plus home made rhubarb & strawberry pie.   Sorry about your brother's death, Fred.

Community work station with busy workers.

What's going on in our Catholic World:    

1.       A very interesting case about confessional secrecy from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, National Catholic Reporter,  June 27, 555 words,      Download Confessional Secrecy Case 7-17-14 

2.        Fr. Tom Reese, an excellent man and a Jesuit, at that, National Catholic Reporter,  July 7, 280 words,     Download Excellent Man & Jesuit at that 7-17-14   

Offertory, Doug, Joe, John and Alison.

 True? 

 We make a living by what we get;

We make a life by what we give.

Says Harper, "Is is cupcake time yet?"

See you Sunday, July 20, 2014, 16^th Ordinary Time, Cycle A

J.S., 214-783-0443

Says Emma, "Bye, see you next week."

 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.

Don't look. Iowa will get rid of all these extra calories.

 Mass:  Coffee & Donuts, Juice & Home Made Muffins on the house.

Place: Vines High School on 15th between Custer & Independence.  Time: 9:30

Readings:  Isaiah 55, 1-11; Psalm is Isaiah 12; 1 John 5, 1-9; Mark 1, 7-11.   

Community Bulletin Board:

• True?  Although we have been made to believe that if we let go we will end up with nothing, life reveals just the opposite: that letting go is the real path to freedom & peace.                     Sogyal Rinpoche, Glimpse After Glimpse

•  Excellent Book on Salem Witch Trials: The Heretic's Daughter, Kathleen Kent (Dallas native & descendent of the family in the book)

Picture 1:  Christmas Kids 

Picture 2:  Nativity Drama

Picture 3:  Carina's Candle Shop, Cuernavaca, Mexico

See you this Sunday, January 11.

 J.S.   (214-783-0443)

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

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

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

Emma arrives dancing.

No holding back Curtis from arriving.

 Readings:

 Isaiah  66, 10-14,  Rejoice with Jerusalem and be glad.

Psalm 66,  Let all the earth cry out to God with joy.

Galatians 6, 14-18,  You are all called for freedom.

Luke 10, 1-12, 17-20, The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few.

Knight Leo consulting with The Head Man about community defense against the bad guys.

Who is that down there? Could that be Torri in a favorite place to play, under the tables.

Community Events:  

  1.    Our next Habitat special day is, July 13.    Look for the neighborhood
behind the Home Depot on Central, 11^th &Ave. E.  We also have August 3.  A person may, likewise, work any Saturday. 

2.   ROMEO (sic Fred) lunch Friday, July 5, 1:00, as usual. 

 3.   The Women's Lunch Group on Thursdays is ON.    Place:
Southern Recipe, 1381 W Campbell Rd.,  Richardson, TX 75080, (972) 231-7891, time, 1:00.    For info talk with Carol or Bernadette.  

Sisters Zoe and Torri expecting to have a fun Mass.

NO place better than Toy World, Buddy, Torri, Zoe, Emma, and Cole.

What's going on in our Catholic World: 

1.   Dump the Vatican Bank?, National Cathoic Reporter, July 1, 700 words,    
Download Beyond reform 7-5-13

2.   Kennedy on Pope Francis, National Catholic Reporter, June 27,
2013, 850 words,    
Download Why is Pope Francis familiar 7-5-13

Cupcake of the Week, Carol.

Two more Cupcakes of the Week, Jim and Brent.

True? 

"Truth is a river that is always splitting up into arms that reunite.  Islanded between the arms, the inhabitants argue for a lifetime as to which is the main river." 

 Cyril Connolly (1903 – 1974)

Anniversary Cupcakes of the Week, Warren and Barb.

Another Anniversary Cupcake of the Week, Sir Charlie and Jan.

See you Sunday, July 7, 2013, 14th  Ordinary Time, C cycle   

J.S., 214-783-0443

Beware when she crosses her arms.

 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.

And for her second responsibility, hosting the treats at the 4th of July neighborhood parade and festival.

Along with Aviana's help, of course.