1st Sunday of Advent, December 1, 2024

ByRosemary

Jeremiah 33: That's when Judah will be secure and Jerusalem live in safety.

1 Thessalonians 3:  And may the Master pour on the love so it fills your lives and splashes over on everyone around you, just as it does from us to you.

Luke 21:  And then – then! – they'll see the Son of Man welcomed in grand style – a glorious welcome!

 

 

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Steve reading from Jeremiah

 
 

Thanks…     

Music,   Ben & Shonda

Readers,  Jackie Turner & Steve Bernasek

Homily,   John Cade

Eucharistic Prayer A & B,  John Stack 

The Magic Zoom makers,  Hue & Kevin

Final Blessing,  Rosemary

 


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Hawaiian Creche.  The baby doesn't come until Christmas Eve
                            

 

 

Remember these special people:

For John Stack;  For John Simari's mother;  For Shonda's Grandmother;    For Meredith ;   For Tom  Quinn;   For Frank Esparza; For Lambrini, John Cade's wife, who is dealing with cancer ;  For Allen Stryker;   For Mike and Judy Carrell ; For Madeleine, Richard Eshelbrenner's granddaughter;  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;  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,  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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Birthdays:  Mike Moran 12/2, Cathy Bambenek 12/4

Anniversaries:   Brent & Meredith Burmaster 12/1, Shonda & Cody Mashburn 12/3, Denni & Tom Zurchin 12/6

 

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Some of the birthday and anniversary folks – Cathy, Shonda, Brent, Denni and Tom

 

Expenses: $   3,575.00

Outreach: $   130.00

Thanks again, Folks, for doing what you can.

 

 

Rosemary's Blessing:

Prayer for Good Humor
by St. Thomas More

Grant me, O Lord, good digestion, and also something to digest.
Grant me a healthy body, and the necessary good humor to maintain it.
Grant me a simple soul that knows to treasure all that is good
and that doesn’t frighten easily at the sight of evil,
but rather finds the means to put things back in their place.
Give me a soul that knows not boredom, grumblings, sighs and laments,
nor excess of stress, because of that obstructing thing called “I.”
Grant me, O Lord, a sense of good humor.
Allow me the grace to be able to take a joke to discover in life a bit of joy,
and to be able to share it with others.

 

 
John Stack Ministries meets on Sunday for Mass at 9:30 at The ArtCentre of Plano, 902 E. 16th St, Plano, Texas.
 

 

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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:

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    To the God of Mary and Joseph,

    To the God of Abraham and Sarah.

     

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    May our love for friend, enemy and outcast be without measure.

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    Taken and adapted from a prayer by Mary Lou Kownacki, OSB for Pax Christi USA in commemoration of the United Nations International Decade for the Culture of Peace and Nonviolence for the Children of the World.

     

     

     
     
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    Prayer for Peace– by St. John XXIII

     

     
     
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    Linda, Ray, Gilberto, Mary and Bernadette

     

     

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    Richard

     

    Rosemary's Blessing: 

    May today there be peace within. May you trust that you are exactly where you are meant to be.

    May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born of faith in yourself and others.

    May you use the gifts that you have received, and pass on the love that has been given to you.

    May you be content with yourself just the way you are.

    Let this knowledge settle into your bones, and allow your soul the freedom to sing, dance, praise and love.

    It is there for each and every one of us.

    Saint Terese of Lisieux

     

     
     

     

     

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  • The Baptism of the Lord, January 9, 2022

    ByRosemary

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    Loving God,

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    As I keep searching for the truth in times of confusion, doubt and conflict…

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    As I strive to live and witness your inclusive love, compassion, forgiveness, justice and peace…

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