Reminder for Sunday, May 21, 2017, 6th Easter

Sez Genevieve, "Hi, Everybody, Welcome in.  Look at me, I can walk."

Welcome: Catholic Mass with coffee & juice, and pastries, some bought, some home-made.

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

Place: Sigler Elementary, 1400 Janwood Drive, Plano, TX 75075

Buddy, you look terrific in your new robes.

Readings:                          

1 Kings   19,  16, 19-21,  Please, let me kiss my father & mother goodbye.

Psalm 16,  You are my inheritance, O Lord.

Galatians 5, 1, 13-18,     You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

Luke 9, 51-62,  I will follow you, Lord, but first let me say farewell to my family.

Hi, Brandon, How do you like Lovejoy?

Community Activities:  

1. ROMEO MEET: Friday, June 24 , Jason's Deli, Collin Creek Mall, west side of Central, 1:00.   Welcome all wakos,  you will fit right in.
2. JULIET LUNCHEON, (aka.,just us ladies into eating together):  TBA

Who is that taking all those pictures?  Thanks, Beth, they are excellent.

Special Notice 1:  Can we postpone the community brunch until July 10?  I completely forgot to mention it last Sunday.   This Sunday is too soon now, and July 4th weekend is next.   So, July 10?

Special Notice 2:   We would like to form a help network for Richard & Carol and John & Mary Jane.   It will depend upon what Richard and Mary Jane would find helpful.   Meals?  If you could help out in any way way, please contact Grace LeBlanc, dougle20@verizon.net.  

Happy 44th to you and Kent, Diane.

What is going on in Our Catholic World

1. Francis among wolves, Corpus & America, June 20,   678 words,       Download Francis among Wolves 6-23-16 
2. The Catholic Church and the LGBT community, Corpus, June 20,  765 words,   Download Church & LGBT Catholics 6-23-16

Happy Birthday, Harper.  Excellent, 5 years old.

True? 

The best fishermen I know try not to make the same mistakes over and over again; instead they strive to make new and interesting mistakes and to remember what they learned from them.

John Gierach, American author (and fisherman)

Thanks for the Offertory you folks, Diane & Erin, Lynda & Tom.

See you Sunday.

J.S., 214-783-0443

Special Blessings on you, Carol, as you begin this journey.

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.

See you Sunday.

J.S., 214-783-0443

A Fathers' Day Blessing for all our guys.

 Welcome: Coffee & juice & specials on the house

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

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

Readings:  Job, 7, 1-7, Is not man's life on earth a drudgery? (I will expand this reading); Psalm 147, 
Praise the Lord, who heals the broken hearted; 1 Corinthians, 9, 16-23; I have made myself a slave to all; Mark, 1, 29-39, They brought to him all who were ill.

                                                                                                                                                                                            Picture  Picture 1:    The Delgados, Michelle, Bernadette, and  Buddy & Torri          

Picture 2:    Mabel & Curtis             

Picture 3:    Cole            

Picture 4:    Leo  

Picture 5:    Leo

       
Community Bulletin Board  

    1.  Information on Rosemary.  Her left elbow healing well, according to the doctor.  He showed us the number of screws he needed: nine!  Plus a plate. 

    2.  To hear an excellent contemporary theologian March 17, check this out, Download MICHAEL MORWOOD 1-27-12 .  The Community can help pay your cost if needed.

Picture 6:    Leo sleeps                                                                                          

  What's going on in our Catholic World: 

   1. Vatican II Background on its anniversary: National Catholic Reporter, January 25, (words 1100),  Download Vat II Background 2-3-12

     2.  Contemporary Christology, Part 1 of 3, Michael Morwood, (words 800), Download Christ A 2-3-12

    3.  Check The Dallas Morning News, Steve Blow's column Friday or on the weekend.  Maybe an article on The Old Geezer.

True?

Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it. 

HELEN KELLER

Picture 7:    The O'Donnells, John & Jean
  
Picture 8:    The Team             

  Video: Nancy reading Deuteronomy (2 Min.)

  See you Sunday,  February 5, 2012

 J.S. (214-783-0443)

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

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.

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

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

Georgie with Zoe and Emma, plus Bernadette and Michelle, mothers and daughters

Jerry with Mike and Mike, Mary Ellen checking out  the pastries

Readings:  

 Deuteronomy, 4,1-2, 6-8,  What great nation is there that has gods so close?

 Psalm 15, The one who does justice will live in the presence of the Lord.

James, 1, 17-18, 21-22,  Be doers of the word and not hearers only.

Mark, 7, 1-8, 14-15, 21-23, From within people, from their hearts, come evil thoughts.

John and Connie, Tom and Denni

Jean and John, John and Mary Jane

Community Bulletin Board: 

1.  Habitat Build, Saturday morning, the Sept. 1, 11^th Street & Ave. E.  Welcome.  This is a unique experience of giving.

2.  Dallas Symphony Orchestra Christmas Concert.  It may be only August, but this superb performance sells out.  We get discounted tickets as a group.  Date: December 14, 8:00, tickets will be about $40.  Wine & Cheese at The Rectory pre-performance.  Traditionally, this has been a beautiful evening.

3.  Free Medical Clinic in September (message from John Ernst, CCAC):   "September 29, there will be a large one day free clinic at the Dallas Convention Center sponsored by our national organization, of which we are members.  Thousands of people will be served all by volunteers."  Download Medical clinic 8-10-12 

Torri & Buddy in Michelle's arms with Jean,  Rosemary, and Bernadette

John with Sandra and Chuck

What's going on in our Catholic World:   

1.    American Bishops' Moves, National Catholic Reporter, August 17, 500 words,   Download US bishops 8-24-12  

2.     Confession Anyone?, Corpus, August 18, 500 words,   Download Confession 8-24-12

3.     Vatican Bank, National Catholic Reporter,  August 24, 325 words,  Download Vat Bank 8-24-12

Jim's birthday party and Jim's girls

Geri and Maureen

True? 

 The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. The first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking."

A.A. Milne, British author

More of Jim's girl with an old geezer and his HHH medal

Almost dead HHH riders entering Shepherd A.F. Base at the end of 100 miles

See you Sunday, September 2

J.S., 214-783-0443

Rest Station around mile 60 keeping ahead of the water demand. High temp was only 94, but 30 mph. south winds made returning to Wichita Falls brutal.

Long lines for the port a potties the first 5 rest stations. From mile 60 on, short lines if any.

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.

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.

Our Angels

 Readings:

Isaiah  60, 1-6, Rise up in splendor, Jerusalem,  Your light has come.

Psalm 72,  Lord, every nation on earth will adore you.

Ephesians  3, 2-6, The Gentiles are coheirs.

Matthew 2, 1-12, Magi from the east arrived.

An Angel named Torri

 For those who don’t have a decent Bible or a book of the readings, here are two links that I use, The Bible at Your Fingertips and USCCB, The New American Bible. 

The difference?  The second is officially Catholic and has the 12 little books in between the O.T. & N.T., called Deuterocanonical or Apocrypha. 

Both are good translations.  I use the first more often because it has fewer doors to pass through to get to the text.  Thanks, Gerald, for this idea.  I will include the link from now on.

One more week for our Christmas Tree

Emma at work

 Community Bulletin Board:

1.  This Sunday: Celebrate the First Sunday of The Year 2013.

2.  January 24, Thursday night, 8:00, Collin County Homeless Coalition is having their annual census of homeless.  We will have a sign up sheet at Mass.  Last year we had two teams of about 5 each. 

The Reads, Taylor, Zach, and Teresa

  What's going on in our Catholic World:

1.    5 Things to do to make a better 2013, America and Corpus, December 31, 1000 words,   Download AMERICA 1-4-13 

Rosemary reading her blessing

All paths are the same: they lead nowhere. They are paths going through the bush, or into the bush. In my own life I could say I have traversed long, long paths but I am not anywhere. My benefactor's question has meaning now. Does this path have a heart? If it does, the path is good; if it doesn't, it is of no use. Both paths lead nowhere, but one has a heart, the other doesn't. One makes for a joyful journey; as long as you follow it, you are one with it. The other will make you curse your life. One makes you stronger; the other weakens you.

The Teachings of Don Juan Carolos Castañeda

Communion helpers

 See you Sunday, January 6, 2013, First of The Year

J.S., 214-783-0443

Peace be with you

  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.

True?

Buddy, Harper, Leo and Gil

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

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

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

Kathy and the Dinsmore Ladies

Readings:

Numbers  21, 4-9,  Why have you brought us up from Egypt to die in this desert.

 Psalm 78,   Do not forget the works of the Lord.

Philippians 2, 6-11,  God greatly exalted him.

John 3, 13-17,  Nicodemus.

The Coffee Shoppe

Community Events:

1. ROMEO lunch, Friday, September 12.  Jason’s, 1:00.  Welcome campers and non-campers. 

Jerry, Mike, Judy, Shirley and Bill

The final hymn

 True? 

Doubt grows with knowledge.

JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE

See you Sunday, September 14, 2014, Holy Cross, Cycle A

J.S., 214-783-0443

 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.