The 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time, February 8, 2026

Mass:   Special Brunch this Sunday.  Welcome!

Place: Vines High School, Plano, 15th between Custer & Independence, west of Central Expressway.

Time: 9:30,  Fr. Tony celebrating,  The Old Geezer homilizing

Readings: Jeremiah 17, 5-8; Psalm 1, Blessed are They who hope in the Lord; 1 Corinthians 15, 12-20; Luke 6, 17-26.

Word from the Old Geezer:

"Welcome, Everyone, to the Old now Bionic Geezer's 70th Birthday bash.  It is also Valentine's Day, Mardi Gras, and Chinese New Year.  Welcome Sunday!"  Covered Dish: A-O hot food, P-Z dessert.

 Community Bulletin Board: 

Ash Wednesday: 7:00 P.M., home of Beth & Rob Robinson, 1808 Dublin Road, Plano 75094.  Welcome!

Heritage Farm renovation:  Next work date, March 6.  Get ready.

Golf Tournament for CCAC sponsored by Diane's hospital:

Download Pledge Form 2-12-10

 
Picture 1:   Winter campers John & Anthony   

Picture 2:  Zoe in her sister Georgie's lap with grandmother Bernadette

Picture 3:   Richard & Monica

Picture 4:   Carol & Clare

Picture 5:  The Parsonage in Winter

See you Sunday, February 14  

 J.S.   (214-783-0443) 

Thursday Morning, North Dallas??

1 Kings, Please bring me a small cupful of water.

Psalm 146,  Praise the Lord, my soul.

Hebrews 9,  Christ did not enter into a sanctuary made by human hands.

Mark 12,  What do you wish me to do for you?

Welcome back, Everyone.  Special thanks to John Cade for celebrating our Sunday celebrations the past 3 Sundays.  Rosemary & I are so happy to be back with the community.   We celebrated the end of October with a Viking cruise on the Mediterranean from Barcelona, Spain to Venice.  Unfortunately, I return with a very painful lower back.  Hoping to get some medical help.

Romeos, Welcome!    Jason's Deli, 1:00, Friday, November 5. 

All of you who attended Mass on line these past Sundays are welcomed this Sunday.  We are circa 35 people.   Wear a mask, please, because of the current spread.    We request that everyone be vaccinated.   

Another Reminder for Sunday, November 7, 2021.

Here are the links for Sunday:



Mass:   Coffee, pastries, & specials on the House.  

Time: 9:30;  Stack Celebrating

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

Readings:   Wisdom 12, 13-19; Psalm 86, Lord, You are good and forgiving; Romans 8, 26-27; Matthew 13, 24-43

 
 
 
Picture 1:   Chloe with her mom Claire, Matthew, & her grandmother, Denni                                           

Picture 2:   Would you trust your kid to these guys?  Jerry, Mike, & Tony with Dillon 

Picture 3:   Sienna with her little sister, Brooklyn

Picture 4:   The Delgado Clan, some of….

Picture 5:   Zoe with her mom, Michelle

 Community Bulletin Board:

    1.    Thanks to all of you for the excellent community survey.  We are organizing it and will verbally present it the first or second Sunday of September, when most summer travel is done.  At the same time I'll post it on the blog.

    2.    We are looking at updating the community directory.  More in September.

   
 
 Picture 6:   Baptism  

 Picture 7:   Georgie

 Picture 8:   Baptism tree, one cypress tree for each child baptised

Picture 9:   Final Blessing
   

Church Happenings: 

  1.   Fr. McBrien,  National Catholic Reporter, 7-11-11,  Download Old Jesuit Acquaintance 7-15-11 

 2.  Immigration Reform, National Catholic Reporter,  6-27-11, Download Immigration Reform 7-1-11

 3.  Legionary Status today, National Catholic Reporter, 7-13-11, Download Legio Christi Status 7-15-11

  True?    

  

 Closing Song:

Cowboy Cole says, "Welcome in, Folks, it's fun here."

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.

Emma says, "I can't wait. It's my momma's birthday and she will get a cupcake."

Readings:

Ezekiel  18, 25-28,  Is it my way that is not fair?

 Psalm 25,   Remember your mercies, Oh Lord.

Philippians 2, 1-11,  God greatly exalted him.

Matthew 20, 1-16,  The man who had two sons. 

Great Singers.

Community Events:

1.    ROMEO MEET: Friday, September 26, Jason's Deli, Collin Creek Mall, west side of Central, 1:00.  The Old Geezer will be cruising the Danube—Welcome.

2.    Ladies' luncheon, Thursdays,  

 October:  we are meeting on the 2^nd Thursday, October 9.  Abuelo’s, 3420 N Central Expy, Plano, TX, (972) 423-9290, 1 p.m. 

November; we are meeting Thursday, November 6, 4:30 pm, Steve Fields, 5013 W Park Blvd, Plano, TX 75093, (972) 596-7100.  NOTE THE CHANGE OF TIME!!!!    We’re going to happy hour, the lobster pizza is to die for and ½ price.

December;  location not yet determined.  We’re looking for something holiday-ish to do.  Ideas?  Time not yet decided on.  Cathy says, "Elkes at Greenville in Allen or 5th St. Pizza, Stacy Furniture in Allen."

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

Carol

Cupcake of The Week to Doug & Teresa for 25 years.

3.       Habitat Project, build 100 houses in Dallas, Oct. 5-11, 

cwpdallasfortworth.org/  also, www.dallasareahabitat.org

4.       Christine Drescher has two job opportunities, a part time bus driver and a full time maintenance person.  Contact: 972-686-5633.

5.       November 6, 10^th Anniversary of our Community, Sunday brunch.

Leo say, "Yippee!"

What's going on in our Catholic world:

1.      Eugene Kennedy on Church madness right now,  National Catholic Reporter, September 19, 1331 words,   Download Eugene Kennedy 9-25-14  

 2.       Chicago gets a new bishop, National Catholic Reporter, September 19,   1456 words,   Download Eugene Kennedy 9-25-14

3.        Should we fight Islam, National Catholic Reporter, September 20, 888 words,   Download Fighting Islam 9-25-14

Leo and Cole horse trading.

True? 

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.  One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise.

 F. Scott Fitzgerald

Alesia says, "Cupcakes, where?"

See you Sunday, September 28, 2014, 26^th Ordinary Time, Cycle A

J.S., 214-783-0443

Brent accepting from Grace our monthly $2000 donation to Soul's Harbor.

 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.

Offertory, John, Loretta, Mary and Frank.

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

Time: 9:30; Celebrate with the Community & Stack., Reggie giving the homily.

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

Connie and Cathy having too much fun.

Readings:

Genesis  14, 18-20,  Blessed be Abraham.

Psalm 110,  You are a priest forever  in the line of Melchizedek.

1 Corinthians 11, 23-26,  Do this in remembrance of me.

Luke 9, 11-17,  Give them some food yourselves.

Our beloved, faithful Georgie in service.

Offertory with Chuck and Sandra, Cecily and Chris, Amelia and Olivia.

  Community Events:  

1.   Habitat build, new house, June 1, this Saturday, the neighborhood behind the Home Depot on Central, 11^th & Ave. E.  We have 4 special JSMinistry days, June 1, this week & 21 (a Friday), July 13, and
August 3.  A person may also work any Saturday.  The house will need
about 18 Saturdays of work.  I’ll be there Saturday.

2.   Romeos’ lunch Friday, May 31, 1:00, Jason's on 75 & Collin
Creek.  

 3.   The  Women's Lunch Group on Thursdays at noon has started.  For info talk with Rosemary, Carol, Bernadette, or Maureen.

4.  Note: I will be in Moore, OK, Monday-Wednesday, working with Bona Responds.  I will hand deliver our $1000 contribution to OK to be implemented on the ground by Bona Responds and Jim Mahar.   Thanks, Everyone.

Toy World with Emma and Zoe, Buddy and Torri, Michelle and Beth.

  What's going on in our Catholic World:    

1.  Another great contemporary theologian, Gary

Wills, publishes a book, Why Priests?  Here is a good review from Corpus, May-June, 2013.  Is this the end of my job security?  Note there are 4 pages,  
View this photo;  
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2.  The State of Catholic Marriage, Corpus, May 20, 950 words,   
Download Marriage 5-31-13

3.  July in Rio with Francis, National Catholic Reporter, May 24, 1000 words,   
Download Rio 5-31-13

4.  7 Differences made by Francis,  (One of my ex-S.J. classmates informs me that we all share the same entry date, 1958.  In light of our planning another marvelous reunion, we plan to invite him.  I will also invite him to San Vino!),    
Download 7 Differences 5-31-13

Communion Helpers.

Communion with Tom and John.

True?

 The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of
activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.

Albert Einstein 

Brent receiving $2000 from the Community for Soul's Harbor.

Rosemary giving out the word on coffee.

 See you Sunday, June 2, 2013, Trinity, C cycle 

 J.S., 214-783-0443

Tom getting out the word that this Saturday we, Our Community, hosts the Habitat build. We begin about 8:00. Welcome.

Our fantastic choir, Bethany, Shonda, and Ray. Leo took the day off with his grandparents.

 
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.

Genesis 14:    "Blessed be Abram by God Most High, the creator of heaven and earth; and blessed be God Most High, who delivered your foes into your hand."

Corinthians   11:  For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord until he comes.

Luke 9:  They all ate and were satisfied.  And when the leftover fragments were picked up, they filled twelve wicker baskets.

Without pain we could never know the real meaning of joy. “A wounded deer,” Emily Dickinson wrote, “leaps highest.”

The Monastic Way, Sister Joan Chittister 

Another Reminder for Corpus Christi Sunday, June 22, 2025