Rosemary's Blessing of The Week,  

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 Liseaux

Rob reading from the Great Prophet Isaiah

Special Thanks to these special people:

•    For  the Readings:   Rob & Beth
•    For The Team:  Kevin &  Buddy
•    For the Communion Bread:   Alison
•    For the Special Communion Cups:  Mary
•    For the Pictures:   Rick & Mike & Connie  
•    For the coffee and extras:   Mike & Judy & Jackie & Mike & John & Michelle
•    For the altar & sound:  Jackie & Hue
•    For the Music:   Ray &  Bethany             
•    For all who helped with Communion 

Beth reading from 1 Corinthians.

Ash Wednesday: 7:00, Marlene's house, 2017 Keystone, Plano

Rosemary reading her Blessing of The Week.

Birthdays:   Anthony DeGenova (today, Sunday), Diane McClurg Mondah),  Michelle Brown (Thursday)

Can we trust Alison and John to give their son, Anthony, his 18th birthday cupcake??
 

Please Remember these special people:

For Ron Ackerman with cellulitis;   For Carol's recuperation;   For Tom Good;   For Christine Drescher in hopital;   For Dee;    For John Schanot's continued recuperation;   For Nadia's recuperation;   For a young man who is suffering from depression;    For Claire's mom;   For Grace's mom and brother in Alberta ;       For Cliff & Jean;    For Laura's sister Claudia;   For Dawn;   John Simari’s friend, Ron;    For Anthony;   For Frank & Mary's niece, Lisa, with cancer;     For John & Jean's son John Louis;   For our good friend Kay in Ontario;    For Jackie Urbanzyk's continued recovery;

A grandmother, grandson team here.  Thanks, Cole, for being our Candle Lighter of The Week.   And to you, Diane, happy birthday.

For Rosemary's sister, Patty and her husband, Lou;  For Cathy's uncle, Jim Wright at 90;   For Connie's nephew, Fred; For Mary Jane Stevenson's son Philip, 34, sick & don't know why;    The Quinn’s granddaughter, Mikayla;   For Maureen’s daughter, Kathleen, with cancer;      For Jackie's friend, Barbara, plus Angela;    For Sr. Patricia Otillio, a nun I worked with for years in Grand Coteau;   John Cade's mother in law, Kalliopi Piskiouli;     Frank’s & Mary's niece, Lisa, with brain cancer, Franks brother with advanced Parkinsons;     Diane McClurg's mom in Fort Dodge;   For Steve Barrett, Rose, & Katie;

Happy birthday, Michelle.  Never did I see a mother so popular with her daughters.  I wonder why??

Dick Thompson's daughter, Teri Jill, and Judy's aging parents & daughter of her best friend, Mekala plus her baby, and Stephanie, and Barbara;  Barb & Warren's grandbabies, Leighton Elizabeth and Warren Phillip and Ethan Michel, & their friend Chris, plus Barb's dad & niece & Annie & Kyler & Kaitlen;

Happy Birthday to you, Ray, only a week late.
 

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

Thanks so much, Buddy, for helping us this morning.  This is your first time to go solo without Georgie.  I am happy we got you two donut holes for your reward.

Your Finances, February 26, 2017

Expenses:   $2165.00

Outreach:   $ 980.00                        

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

Poor Brent.  You keep coming up and not getting a cupcake.  We'll have to rectify that next month, cupcake instead of check.  Sound good?  Seriously, it is a pleasure & honor to be able to help you help Souls Harbor, $2000 this month.

Have a Great Week, J.S

(214-783-0443)

See you next week, Everybody," says Zoe.  

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.

Rosemary’s Blessing      

Loving Father,

often we forget your gifts to us,

letting them pass unnoticed through each day.

Show us how to look again, to see through your eyes

and give freely in response to what we see.

Amen

 www.christianaid.org.uk/images/count-your-blessings-2010.pdf

Sandra reading Deuteronomy.

Our Special Thanks

•    For  the Readings:   Sandra & Bill
•    For The Team:   Kevin & Georgie
•    For the Communion Bread:   Alison
•    For the Wine & Cups:    Jan & Charlie
•    For the Pictures:   Rick & Connie & Mike
•    For the coffee and extras:   Mike & Judy & Jackie
•    For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue 
•    For the Music:  Ray & Bethany & David
•    For all who helped with communion                                                     

Bill reading Romans 10.

 Birthdays:   Dana Dinsmore (24, Today, Sunday), Drew Grattifiori

Anniversaries: 

John & Alison (Today, Sunday)

John & Lambrini (22, Thursday)

 Stacey and Paul planning to marry this week. 

Special Date: February 28, food drive.

Ugh, Oh, Folks, here comes that girl.  Watch out.

 Please Remember these special people:

For Dee and Mike;   For Tom Good;   For Lynda's mom who fell recently;   For Loretta's brother, Don Garcia;   For Laura's sister Claudia;   For Bernadette's mom; For Dawn;   John Simari’s friend, Ron;      For Frank;     For Anthony;    For a number of David McKeon's family who are having a rough time with health issues;  For Frank & Mary's niece, Lisa, with cancer;  For Stacey McKinley recovering from cancer; For Rosemary's sister, Patty and her husband, Lou; For John & Jean's son John Louis;    For our good friend Kay in Ontario;    For Connie's nephew, Fred; For Mary Jane Stevenson's son Philip, 34, sick & don't know why;    The Quinn’s granddaughter, Mikayla;   For Maureen’s daughter, Kathleen, with cancer; For Jackie Urbanczyk's continued recovery;     For Jackie's friend, Barbara 

And there she goes, Folks.  What a tutu!  What a sight!
 

For Nadia's friend, Shannon Freeman;   For Nina Tucker's dad, Art;   For Sr. Patricia Otillio, a nun I worked with for years in Grand Coteau;  Judy Thompson's dad in the hospital;  John Cade's mother in law, Kalliopi Piskiouli;  Charlie's brother in law with cancer; Beth Dugan's dad who just died;     Frank’s sister, Grace Campos, 84, with stage one;     Diane McClurg's mom having a hard time making the transition to assisted living;   For Jean and Cliff with mutual operations coming up;

Yes, Bethany, Yes, Ray, that is Genevieve you are looking at.

Dick Thompson's daughter, Teri Jill.   Barb & Warren's grandbabies, Leighton Elizabeth and Warren Phillip, & their friend Chris, plus Barb's dad & niece;   Gilberto's mom and brother; Tom and Teresa Quinn's niece, Chawna, with cancer, plus Neva Flynn, Angel, and Diane Kreeitzer; Connie Doherty's mom and her sister, plus Kevin's cousin, Peter; for Mary Ellen & her Margaret, Jim, & Christopher;   for our friends, sons, and daughters in the military, including Ryan McClurg and Chebino; cure for autism from Laura Chollick; for our President that he have great success and someday hold his grandchildren in his lap.

Ash Wednesday at Marlene's house.

Your Finances, February 14, 2016

Expenses:   $1755.00

Outreach:   $ 630.00

Donated today:   

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

Ashes for Lynda. 

 Have a Great Week, J.S

(214-783-0443)

Our Father. 

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.

Peace, Everybody.

Rosemary’s Blessing:

• Even though I clutch my blanket and growl when the alarm rings each morning, thank you, Lord, that I can hear.  There are those who are deaf.
• Even though I keep my eyes tightly closed against the morning light as long as possible, thank you Lord, that I can see.  There are many who are blind.
• Even though I huddle in my bed and put off the effort of rising, thank you, Lord, that I have the strength to rise.  There are many who are bedridden.
• Even though the first hour of my day is hectic, when socks are lost, toast is burned, tempers are short, thank you, Lord for my family.  There are many who are lonely.
• Even though our breakfast table never looks like the pictures in the magazines and the menu is at times unbalanced, thank you, Lord, for the food we have.  There are many who are hungry.
• Even though the routine of my job is often monotonous, thank you, Lord, for the opportunity to work.  There are many who have no job.
• Even though I grumble and bemoan my fate from day to day, and wish my circumstances were not so modest, thank you , Lord, for the gift of life.

Special Thanks:

• For reading: Ron & Marilyn
• For the Communion Bread: Claire Occhipinti
• For Serving: T.J., Lacee, & Lorynne
• For the Books & wine cups: Roy & Carol & Beth
• For the music: Ray & Shonda, Wendy & Celeste & Hue
• For the Generosity of all of you who made the brunch and Casey & Rob’s baby shower terrific

Happy Birthday: Megan Carroll & her mom Angie, John Doherty, Dillon,  Natalie Gorman (6) Geri Moran, Scott, Hue Beavers, John Bresson, Duffy, & Grace Leal.

Happy Anniversary:

• Nikki & Keith (1st)
• Bobby & Debbie (22nd)

Please Remember:  Maureen Macchio’s mom Dolores McKenna who died Monday; Dee Miller’s operation; Barb Wittek’s friends Ronald & Alice Kirk; Libby’s uncle; Nina’s friend Nancy;  Mary’s son John; Casey & Rob plus 4; Tom & Teresa’s friend Teri Knapke with cancer & Teresa’s niece Angel; Cindy Cramer’s friend Sarah Dixon;  Diane’s friend Gina with cancer; Rosemary’s nephew, Kevin; Jean Atwood’s friend Kerry whose dad is dying; Margarita’s  Aunt Lenore, & Yolanda; one year old Sadie with cancer; Margie’s mom; Donna & Cathy Goode’s mom; David Pastula’s companions in the military overseas, including Margarita’s Matt Gomez on tour 3, Trey Bailey, Ryan McClurg, Matt Gardner, Chebino, Roy’s son Chris, & T.J.’s friend Aimee; Lisa’s nephew Kristopher on his 2nd Iraq trip, his grandmother Alice Quiocho & Lisa’s friend Shelly; David & Rita; Mary Ellen’s Christopher, Margaret, & Jim; George & Marianne’s sons & Linda’s son; a cure for autism from Laura Chollick; Shawn in a car wreck; Dawn’s friend Jessica & Aunt Ann; Fred’s friend John with cancer & Maureen’s friend Sharon.

Catch the latest on the quadruplets’ web: http://gerwerbabies.blogspot.com

Your Finances:

• February 10:  Income for Running  Expenses: $1,570.50
• February 10:  Income for Outreach Expenses: $ 406.00

Thanks for your Generosity!

Have a Great Week, J.S

Note: We are testing a new system for the blog. You should have received this post previously.

Wisdom 9: Who can know God’s counsel, or who can conceive what the LORD intends?  For the deliberations of mortals are timid,  and unsure are our plans.

Philemon: Perhaps this is why he was away from you for a while, that you might have him back forever, no longer as a slave but more than a slave, a brother, beloved especially to me, but even more so to you, as a man and in the Lord.

Luke 14: Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.

Becky reading from the Book of Wisdom

Thanks…     

Music,   Shonda

Warren gets a cookie for his birthday

Outreach: $  660.00

Thanks again, Folks, for doing what you can.

Annette gets a cookie for her birthday

Rosemary’s Blessing:

Loving God…

Give us hearts
where all may enter in,
ears to hear your call,
hands to do your will,
voices to sing your praise
and soul enough
to recognize You
in everything we do.

Taken from The Prayer for Those Who Dwell In A Monastery of the Heart by Joan Chittister

Ezekial 18:  Hear now, house of Israel: Is it my way that is unfair, or rather, are not your ways unfair?
Philippians 2:  Do nothing out of selfishness or out of vainglory; rather, humbly regard others as more important than yourselves,  each looking out not for his own interests, but also for those of others.
Matthew 21:  Jesus said to them, “Amen, I say to you, tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.

Readers,  Bernadette & Warren
Homily,   John Stack
Eucharistic Prayer A & B,  John Cade
The Magic Zoom makers,  Richard & Kevin
The Organization men,  Richard & Mike
Final Blessing,  Rosemary

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 Adam, that the doctors may find a remedy for his seizures; For Meredith ;   For Tom  Quinn;

For Lambrini, John Cade’s wife, who is dealing with cancer ;  For Allen Stryker;   For Mike and Judy Carrell ; For Hue; For Jackie;    For Ed Kless;  For 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:  Jackie Turner 10/2, Tori & Buddy Brown 10/3
Anniversaries:   Pat Jansky & Fred 10/2,  John Cade Ordination 9/30

Expenses: $  770.00
Outreach: $  180.00

Thanks again, Folks, for doing what you can.

Rosemary’s Blessing:

“Rivers do not drink their own water;
trees do not eat their own fruit;
the sun does not shine on itself
and flowers do not spread their fragrance for themselves.
Living for others is a rule of nature.
We are born to help each other.
No matter how difficult it is.
Life is good when you are happy
but much better when others are happy because of you.
Let us remember that pain is a sign that we are alive,
problems are a sign that we are strong and
prayer is a sign that we are not alone.
If we can acknowledge these truths and
condition our hearts and minds, our lives will be
more meaningful, different and worthwhile.”

 Pope Francis

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.

   Video:  Kay Reddick's final note to her daughter, Robin (4 min.)

 Special Thanks–

• For Reading:  Rob & Beth
• For Serving:  Kevin  
• For the Communion Bread:  Cindy & Kim
• For the Wine Cups:  Jan & Charlie
• For the Music: Ray &  Shonda & Bethany
• For the Pictures & Video: Jan & Beth & Rick, John & Connie
• For the coffee and pastries:  Mike & Geri & Jackie & Jerry 
• For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue

Beth reading Genesis

Birthdays:  Angela Kemp & Lisa Ackerman (Friday), Lacee (Thursday), Bill Hammond (69 Saturday), Sabrina (17 Wednesday)

 Anniversaries:

Richard & Sheila Baach (30^th, Tuesday)

Rob reading Hebrews

We Remember  

Erin McClurg's friend Chris Hutchins;  Sue Tomas;  Colleen Romero;  Mike & Dee’s daughter, Lisa;   Patricia’s husband, Fred, who had quadruple bypass a few weeks ago;   Colleen Romero;  Bill Hammond's broken ankle;  Alexander Occhipinti;    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. 

Make a Wish, Rest stop #1, 60 mile

 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.

Rest Stop at 50 miles, not a lot of riders, 55 degrees, cold north wind, grey skies

Your Finances: October 7, 2012

 Expenses:    $1240.00    

Outreach:    $ 410.00  

Today we donated:

$ 500 to a family drained by unemployment (10 days ago) 

Thanks for your Generosity 

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

Video:  Entrance hymn (2 min.)

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.