The 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time, February 1, 2026

Zephaniah 2: But I will leave as a remnant in your midst a people humble and lowly, who shall take refuge in the name of the LORD: the remnant of Israel.
1 Corinthians 1:  It is due to him that you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, as well as righteousness, sanctification, and redemption, so that, as it is written, “Whoever boasts, should boast in the Lord.”
Matthew 4: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are they who mourn, for they will be comforted. Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the land. … “

Music,  Ben & Shonda
Readers,  Denni & Tom
Homily,   John Stack
Eucharistic Prayer A & B,  John Stack & John Cade
The Magic Zoom makers,  Richard & Kevin
The Organization man,  Richard
Final Blessing,  Rosemary

Denni reading from the Book of Zephaniah


Remember these special people:

For all the people affected by natural disasters like floods, earthquakes etc;  For the Ukraine and the Holy Land; For our new Pope, Leo XIV;  For John Stack;    For the Quinn’s daughter, Colleen  with breast cancer; For Carrie’s son, Chase, who was in an auto accident;   For Adam, that the doctors may find a remedy for his seizures; For Meredith ;   For Tom  Quinn;

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 Ron and Marilyn;  For Ed Kless;  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 ;    for the medical staffs, teachers, and coaches in our public & private schools.

Tom reading from the first Letter of Paul to the Corinthians


Birthdays:  
Randolph Brown  2/1, Rick Turner 2/2, Gil Delgado 2/4, Geri Moran 2/7
Anniversaries:

The Kiss of Peace


Expenses: $  
480.00
Outreach: $    80.00
Thanks again, Folks, for doing what you can.


Rosemary’s Blessing:

May you find truth in the week’s smallest grace
And hope in the week’s heaviest cross
May you learn to walk a little bit slow
And to grow each day in hope and trust
And may the God of new beginnings
Grant you a week of love and peace.

Andrew M. Greeley   A Book of Irish American Blessings & Prayers

 

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     Rosemary's Blessing:

     May we light our world with

    love for the poor and marginalized,

    care for the abused,

    and sensitivity to the person next to us.

    J & R Creations

    M.E. 2-6-11 
     

    Special Thanks:

    • For Reading: Mary Ellen & Beth
    • For Serving:  Kevin Doherty
    • For the Communion Bread:  Angie Carroll
    • For the Wine Cups:  Beth & Rob 
    • For the Music:  Ray & Shonda & Wendy & Jon
    • For the Pictures & Video:  Jan & Beth & Richard
    • For the altar & sound: Denni & Tom & Hue
    • For the coffee and pastries: Ray & Claire,  Joan &  Jackie & others 
        
      Beth 2-6-11 

                                               
     

     Happy Birthday:   Geri Moran, Ron Kovatis, Becky & Christine Shaw & their dad, Scott, John Bresson, & Hue Beavers (welcome into the 60's club)

    Happy Anniversary:   

    Nikki & Keith Yaklin (Jackie Ritter's daughter)(4th)

    Bobby & Debbie (26th)  

    Please Remember:

     Cliff Wright & his back operation ;  Ryleigh Yaklin (Jackie Ritter's twin granddaughter), slammed into a fence post on her sled (check picture in the blog); Dean Pratt's wife Barbara who just died with the funeral yesterday, Saturday;  Jim Drescher's family;  Marilyn Ackerman's mom who broke some vertebrae in her back;  Warren & Barb's friend,   Mike, fighting cancer;    Charlie Sawtelle's buddy, Moe, with cancer;   Mike & Dee's daughter, Lisa & sr. in law, Nancy;  Bonnie Roger's brother & sister, both seriously sick;    Kim Burkhart's dad;   Jack Carlson's brother, Bob, with a stroke;   Tom & Teresa Quinn's niece, Chawna, with cancer, plus Neva Flynn, Angel, & Diane Kreeitzer;    Gilberto Delgado's mom;  Connie Doherty's mom & her sister, plus Kevin's cousin, Peter, & John's dad moving into assisted living;  Jean Wright's  daughter, Mary;   Angie Carroll's mom, Mary Lou Kendrick, with cancer;   Kerry's sister Maura with her second cancer; Theresa McClure's dad;  Theresa Quinn's dad;     Rita Dore;   Hugh Bivona's sick friends Bob & Bonnie; Rick Urbanczyk’s mom, Irene;     Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, &  Jim;    Margie's mom;  our friends, sons, & daughters in the military, including Trey Bailey, Ryan McClurg, Chebino;   George & Marianne's sons & Linda's son and Marianne's mom Marguerite, plus Stacie & Ben White & their niece with leukemia; a cure for autism from Laura Chollick;   Fred's friend John with cancer; Casey & Rob plus Cameron  & Reid, Trey and Brady; for our President  that he have great success and someday hold his grandchildren in his lap.  

        
     
    Offertory 2-6-11 

     
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     Picture 2:  Beth                   

    Picture 3:  CC with Claire, her granny, at Offertory         

    Picture 4:   Ryleigh after visiting a fence post on her sled.  Her twin sister is Regan  

     Ryleigh 2-6-11

     
     
              
     
    Video:          Mass Beginning 

      

     Your Finances:  February 6, 2011

     Expenses:   $1255.00

    Outreach:   $ 710.00    

     

     

    Thanks for the Generosity

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        Video: Rosemary reads her blessing (1 min.)

        

    Rosemary’s Blessing

    O God from whom all blessings come,

    We thank you for this celebration and meal and community. 

    We also thank you for the joys with which you have blessed us through the years. 

    May our lives shine forth as bright lights of gratitude for all your gifts. 

     Edited and adapted from a blessing by Fr. Andrew M. Greeley


    Denni 8-19-12

    Denni reading Proverbs

       Our Special Thanks:

    • For Reading: Denni & Tom 
    • For Serving:  Kevin  
    • For the Communion Bread:  Dee Miller
    • For the Wine Cups:  Mary Ellen
    • For the Music: Ray & Shonda
    • For the Pictures & Video:  Rick & Jan, Connie & John
    • For the coffee and pastries:   John & Mary Jane, Jerry & Jackie
    • For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue

    Tom 8-19-12

    Tom reading Ephesians

    Birthdays:  Perry Robinson, Joan (75 Tuesday), Jim Drescher (66 Tuesday, celebration Mass next Sunday)

    Anniversaries:

    Bernadette & Gilberto (47th Tuesday)

    Offertory 8-19-12

    Offertory, John & Mary Jane, Alison & John

    We Remember  

    Joan & her great family;   Jackie Ritter's operation Thursday;  Bill Hammond's broken ankle;  Alexander Occhipinti;  Sydney Bivona’s  grandson, Isaiah & his mom & dad;  Diane McClurg's good friend, Suzy McGonigle with cancer;    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;   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: August 19, 2012

    Expenses:    $1740.00    

    Outreach:    $ 850.00

    Thanks for your Generosity 

    Have a Great Week, J.S (214-783-0443)

     

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    Denni reading from the Great Prophet, Isaiah.

     

    Rosemary's Blessing

    Oh God of humor enable us to laugh at your mischievous plans. 

    Life can become serious during these cold winter months, and our hearts can become heavy and burdened with responsibilities, decisions and trying to keep everyone happy. 

    Let us look for the funny things that happen, the unexpected surprise that catches us off-guard, along with the incongruences that we encounter. 

    Smile, snicker, giggle, give a belly laugh, and spontaneously guffaw. 

    You will be amazed at how God works through laughter.

    Sr. Mary Elizabeth Schweiger

     

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    Tom reading from 1 Corinthians.

     

    Our Special Thanks

    •    For  the Readings:   Denni & Tom
    •    For our team:   Mike  &  John  &  John, Ben & David,  Georgie & Buddy
    •    For the Communion Bread:   Alison & John
    •    For the Wine & Cups:  Jan
    •    For the Pictures:    Jackie & Mike
    •    For the coffee and extras:   Becky & Tom & Jackie & The Whole Community for brunch
    •    For the altar & sound: Jackie & Ben & Hue & David
    •    For all who helped with communion         

     

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    Thanks, Brent, for all you do as director of Souls Harbor.  This is a paper cupcake for $1500.

     

    Birthdays:  Kevin, 23, David Ekes, Sr Charlie, Mary Hall, Mike Carrell, Randolph Brown, Miguel, That old priest, 80

     

     

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    Miguel, Happy Birthday and thanks for all you do at the school with setting up and arranging before and after.

     

    Please Remember these special people:

    For Denni O'Hagan, who died this week and for his wife, our Cheryl;  For Bill Hammond,    For Sydney, & For Sir Charlie recuperating from surgery;  Shonda's mom;  For my buddy since grade school at Christ the  King, Pete Wacks, who died this week & his dearest Marjie;;   For Gilberto recuperating from his gall bladder operation:  for Michelle; 

     

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    Happy Birthday, Kevin.

     

     For a friend, a neighbor, & a doctor, Karen, with brain cancer; For Rick Turner searching for a kidney donor, Type O neg; For Meredith, cancer free.;    For Hue;  For John O'Donnell;    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; 

     

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    Happy Birthday, Mary.

     

    John & Jean's son John Louis;   For our good friend Kay (at 91 years!) in Ontario;  For Jackie's friend, Lynn, plus Angela, & her mom;  for Sr. Patricia Otillio, a nun I worked with for years in Grand Coteau;    for Steve Barrett, Rose, & Katie;  Barb & Warren's grandbabies, Leighton Elizabeth and Warren Phillip and Ethan Michel, & their friend Chris, plus Barb's  Annie & Kaitlen;  For Cliff & Jean, plus Jean's brother Terry;  For Laura's sister Claudia;  

     

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    Happy Birthday, Randolph, & congratulations on being such a good dad.

     

    Tom and Teresa Quinn's niece, Chawna, with cancer, their granddaughter, Mikayla;   plus Neva Flynn, Angel, and Diane Kreeitzer;   Connie Doherty's mom and her sister, plus Kevin's cousin, Peter; For a number of David McKeon's family who are having a rough time with health issues, especially Mark Terain; for our friends, sons, and daughters in the military, including Ryan McClurg and Chebino; cure for autism from Laura Chollick; for our President.

     

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    Rosemary reading her Blessing of the Week.

     

    Your Finances, January 26, 2020

    Expenses:  $715.00

     Outreach $375.00

    Thanks, Everybody 

    (214-783-0443)

     

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    Peace to you all this week.

     

    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.

     

     

  • 3rd Sunday of Advent, December 14, 2025

    Isaiah 35:  Then will the eyes of the blind be opened, the ears of the deaf be cleared; then will the lame leap like a stag, then the tongue of the mute will sing.
    James 5:  
    You too must be patient.  Make your hearts firm, because the coming of the Lord is at hand.
    Matthew 11:  
    Jesus said to them in reply,  “Go and tell John what you hear and see: the blind regain their sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have the good news proclaimed to them.

    John Cade’s Homily from last Sunday:  12-07-25 Homily -2nd Sunday of Advent

    Thanks…   
    Music,  Ben & Shonda
    Readers,  Mary & Steve
    Homily,   John Stack
    Eucharistic Prayer A & B,  John Stack & John Cade
    The Magic Zoom makers,  Hue & Kevin
    The Organization man,  Richard
    Final Blessing,  Rosemary

    Steve reading from the Book of James


    Remember these special people:

    For all the people affected by natural disasters like floods, earthquakes etc;  For the Ukraine and the Holy Land; For our new Pope, Leo XIV;  For John Stack;    For the Quinn’s daughter, Colleen  with breast cancer; For Carrie’s son, Chase, who was in an auto accident;   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 Ron and Marilyn

    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 ;    for the medical staffs, teachers, and coaches in our public & private schools.


    Birthdays:
       Tom Good 12/14, Steve Bernasek 12/14, Connie Doherty 12/5, Ben Porter 12/18
    Anniversaries:

     

    Ben gets a cookie for his birthday


    Expenses: $ 
    340.00
    Outreach: $    30.00

    Thanks again, Folks, for doing what you can.

    Brent thanks everyone for the gifts to the guys at Soul’s Harbor


    Rosemary’s Blessing:

    I asked God for strength, that I might achieve.
    I was made weak, that I might learn humbly to obey …

    I asked for health, that I might do great things.
    I was given infirmity, that I might do better things …

    I asked for riches, that I might be happy.
    I was given poverty, that I might be wise …

    I asked for power, that I might have the praise of men.
    I was given weakness, that I might feel the need of God …

    I asked for all things, that I might enjoy life.
    I was given life, that I might enjoy all things …

    I got nothing I asked for—but everything I had hoped for.
    Almost despite myself, my unspoken prayers were answered.

    I am, among men, most richly blessed”

    Found on the body of a Confederate Soldier in the Civil War

     

    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

    This Christmas

    let us make visible God's love,

    forgiveness, compassion and generosity

    in our thoughts, words and actions. 

    Like the Shepherds and Kings,

    let us be courageous and find God in the different and the stranger. 

    Let us let go of grudges and hurts. Let us be strong yet gentle.  

    Let us give thanks for God’s gifts of love we find in our family, friends and earth, our common home.

    Today, in the New year, and in all the days of our lives

     

    Reflection by S. Jean Amore, CSJ, Principal, Sacred Heart Academy, Hempstead, NY

     

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    Mary reading from Sirach.

     

    Our Special Thanks

    •    For  the Readings:   Mary & Frank
    •    For our team:    John  &  Mike  &  John, Ben & David & Darbi Anna
    •    For the Communion Bread:   Alison & John
    •    For the Wine & Cups:  Jan
    •    For the Pictures:    Jackie & Rick
    •    For the coffee and extras:   Mike
    •    For the altar & sound: Jackie & Ben & Hue & David 
    •    For all who helped with communion         

     

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    Frank reading from Colossians.

     

    Birthdays:  

    Anniversaries:

    Tom & Teresa Quinn, 52nd

    Eshelbrenners, 44th

     

     

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    Rosemary reading her Blessing of the Week

     

     

    Please Remember these special people:

    For Bill Hammond,  For John Simari's sister in law, who died in her sleep;   For Sydney, & For Sir Charlie recuperating from surgery;  Shonda's mom;  For my buddy since grade school at Christ the  King, Pete Wacks & his dearest Marjie who is spoiling Pete;   For Gilberto recuperating from his gall bladder operation:  Claire Mazzei's (Rosemary's sister in Hilton Head) knee replacement;    For Michelle; 

     

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    Our dear candle girls, Tori & Zoe.

     

     For a friend, a neighbor, & a doctor, Karen, with brain cancer; For Rick Turner searching for a kidney donor, Type O neg; For Meredith, cancer free.;    For Hue;  For John O'Donnell;    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; 

     

     

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    That cupcake, Celeste, is to hold you over this year while you are teaching in China

     

    John & Jean's son John Louis;   For our good friend Kay (at 91 years!) in Ontario;  For Jackie's friend, Lynn, plus Angela, & her mom;  for Sr. Patricia Otillio, a nun I worked with for years in Grand Coteau;    for Steve Barrett, Rose, & Katie;  Barb & Warren's grandbabies, Leighton Elizabeth and Warren Phillip and Ethan Michel, & their friend Chris, plus Barb's  Annie & Kaitlen;  For Cliff & Jean, plus Jean's brother Terry;  For Laura's sister Claudia;  

     

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    Rosemary's Christmas candles.

     

    Tom and Teresa Quinn's niece, Chawna, with cancer, their granddaughter, Mikayla;   plus Neva Flynn, Angel, and Diane Kreeitzer;   Connie Doherty's mom and her sister, plus Kevin's cousin, Peter; For a number of David McKeon's family who are having a rough time with health issues, especially Mark Terain; for our friends, sons, and daughters in the military, including Ryan McClurg and Chebino; cure for autism from Laura Chollick; for our President.

     

     

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    Kids' Communion.

     

    Your Finances, December 24  &  29, 2019 

    Expenses: $1035  –  615.00

     Outreach: $ 635  –   200

     

    Thanks, Everybody 

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    May you have Peace this New Year.

     

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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.

     

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    Rosemary's Blessing:  

    Come, O Dancing God, Spirit of Life and Love, of Beauty and Diversity, stir up my soul, bathe me in your light, and unleash my own spirit that I may dance with you and be light for those around me and reflect your love to all that I meet this week.

    Edited and adapted from a blessing by Fr. Andrew M. Greeley

    Noah 8-9-09

    Special Thanks: 

    • For Reading: Donna & Noah

    • For the Communion Bread:  Christine & Megan

    • For Serving:   Kevin Doherty & TJ Gleason

    • For the Books & Wine Cups & Cross: Ray & Shonda & Ray & Claire & Rob

    • For the Music: Ray & Shonda & Wendy

    • For the Pictures: Jan & Beth

    • For the altar & sound:  Margie & Hue

    • For the donuts & coffee:  Charley & Jan

    Birthdays 8-9-09

    Happy Birthday:  Eric Wittek, Becky Nugent, Stephen Farmer (19), Emery Zurchin (20), Lynda Fleming

     

    Happy Anniversary: Hue & Linda Beavers (34th)

    Please Remember:   Chris Phipp's mom with cancer; Cara Kless who is having eye surgery; Christine Drescher's Grandmother; Rosemary's brother Peter with amyloidosis now on a heart transplant waiting list;   Rita at home & recuperating; Jackie's friend Jack Brown with various cancers & Keith Beasley who fell off the 7th floor of a parking garage;  Julie Johnston who is dealing with a return of her cancer; Cathy Lynn's mom, Catherine, 93; Margie Weynant whose lung cancer has returned;  Hugh Bivona's sick friends Bob & Bonnie; Rick Urbanczyk’s mom, Irene;  Richard Froebe's dad who had a stroke;   Mary's son John; Warren & Barb's friends Jerry & and Mark, and a little baby, Reese who has tuberous sclerosis complex;   Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, & Jim;  Tom & Teresa's friend Neva Flynn with cancer & Teresa's niece Angel;  Diane's dad Butch Uderman  & cousin Judy;  Margie's mom ; Donna & Cathy Goode's mom; our friends, sons, & daughters in the military, including Trey Bailey, Ryan McClurg, Matt Gardner, Chebino, Roy's son Chris, Lisa's nephew Kristopher on his 2nd Iraq trip; David Hoover; George & Marianne's sons & Linda's son and Marianne's mom Marguerite; a cure for autism from Laura Chollick;  Dawn's friend Jessica & Aunt Ann & Hector; Fred's friend John with cancer; Casey & Rob plus Cameron  & Reid, Trey and Brady; for our President  that he have great success and someday hold his grandchildren in his lap.                  

    Yosemite 10, 8-9-09

    Picture 1:  Noah reading Kings

    Picture 2:  Birthdays & Anniversaries–Lynda, Emery, & Hue

     

    Picture 3:  Yosemite 10: The Geezer, Tom, Mike, Bill, Rob, Ray; Daniel, Beth, Lynda, & Rose

     

    Picture 4: Lynda & Friend on Jackass Pass, Yosemite (10,000 Ft. plus)

     

    Lynda & Friend 8-9-09

     

    Check out the Quads: http://gerwerbabies.blogspot.com   

     

    Your Finances:

     

    August 9: 

    • Income for Running   Expenses: $ 981.00
    • Income for Outreach Expenses: $ 338.00 

     Thanks for your Generosity!

     Have a Great Week, J.S    (214-783-0443)