Two more special announcements:
1. This Sunday, brunch. Meatballs a la Maureen. (Thanks for reminding me about this event, which I forgot to list in the regular reminder page.)
2. Souls Harbor truck will be with us December 13. Winter house cleaning, let it begin.
Welcome: Coffee & juice & specials on the house.
Time: 9:30; Celebrate with the Community & Stack. Mike homilizing. Welcome.
Place: Vines High School, 15th between Custer & Independence, south side, Plano.
Readings: Acts 4, 32-35, They had everything in common; Psalm 118, Give thanks to the Lord for He is good, his love is everlasting; 1 John 5, 1-6, Everyone who loves the Father loves the one begotten by him; John 20, 19-31, Jesus came and stood in their midst.
Community Bulletin Board:
What's going on in our Catholic World:
1. Benedict and Cuba, National Catholic Reporter, April 5, (400 words), Download Benedict & Cuba 4-13-12
2. Kennedy on substitutes for Easter & Passover, National Catholic Reporter, April 5, (700 words), Download Kennedy on Easter 4-13-12
3. The Cardinal’s Lunch, National Catholic Reporter, April 9, (500 words), Download A Cardinal 4-13-12
True?
The more I read, the more I meditate, and the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.
VOLTAIRE
Video: (3 min.)
See you Sunday, May 15, 2nd Easter
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.
Sorry, Everyone,
We have no Mass today. Gone to Yosemite.
Next week, August 10.
Have a Great Week. J.S. (214-783-0443)
Time: 9:30; Celebrate with the Community & Stack with Mike homilizing
Place: Vines High School, 15th between Custer & Independence
Readings:
Malachi 3, 19-20, There will arise the sun of justice.
Psalm 98, Lord, when your glory appears, my joy will be full.
2 Thessalonians 3, 7-12, Night and day we worked.
Luke 21, 5-19, Nation will rise against nation.
Community Events:
1. Quarter 3 Financial Report: Download Q3 Report 11-15-13
2. ROMEO lunch Friday, October 15, 1:00, Jason's Deli Welcome All.
3. The Women's Lunch Group on Thursdays, The Olive Garden, 1:00, Central and Plano Pkwy, northbound service road. For more info talk with Carol or Bernadette.
4. Christmas Concert at the Meyerson:
The date: December 19. Rosemary says that you may still sign up. Her contact, Blake, knows that we usually have a few additional people. Total so far, 29 people.
Welcome, also, to the Rectory for wine & cheese and a ride through Highland Park to see the best lights.
Connected with this, a plan is developing to visit the Christmas lights in Highland Park on bikes one evening, a common event in that neighborhood. We have our guide, Chris Phipps, who lives there, and the old geezer can second, since this is his old neighborhood. Get your bike lights polished.
5. Got an iPhone? Use it instead of visiting a doctor? Check this out:
What's going on in our Catholic World:
1. US Bishops' Meeting results, National Catholic Reporter, November 12, 550 words, Download US Bishops Meet 11-15-13
2. Spot Players, Corpus, November 7, 550 words, Download Spot Players 11-15-13
3. Francis with Newly Weds, ABC News, November, 200 words, Download Francis and Newlyweds 11-15-13
True?
Don’t think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity.
RAY BRADBURY
See you Sunday, November 17, 2013, 33rd & last of this year's cycle C, Ordinary Time
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.
Genevieve says, "Welcome, Folks, but beware of that old geezer who is around here somewhere."
Welcome: Catholic Mass with coffee and juice and pastries, both bought and home-made, after Mass.
Time: 9:30; Celebrate with the Community & Stack.
Place: Vines High School, Plano, 15th between Custer & Independence.
Cupcakes of The Week. Are they not beautiful!
Readings:
Proverbs 9, 1-6, Wisdom has built her house.
Psalm 34, Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.
Ephesians 5, 15-20, Watch carefully how you live.
John 6, 51-58, I am the living bread.
Could this be Study Hall? Such attention never seen at Jesuit.
Community Activities:
1. ROMEO MEET: Friday, August 14, Jason's Deli, Collin Creek Mall, west side of Central, 1:00. The Working Class welcome.
2. LADIES' LUNCHEON, September 3, Thursday, 1:00 P.M., Benihana, 7775 Banner Dr. Dallas, 972-387-4404
Everyone, please forward to anyone you think would be interested. If you let me know I will add their email to the list.
Carol
John and his niece, Sasha
3. Ray and Shonda have some new Mass responses (Mass of Glory) that they would like for us to practice for a few weeks before Mass before we sing it during the Mass proper. You can check out these utube sites to hear them:
http://youtu.be/mGlpu6_c3gQ
http://youtu.be/wYAikjow24E
http://youtu.be/k6Qjsxq8dU4
New Life, Jackie and Rick.
What is going on in our Catholic World:
1. Married priests forgotten, The Tablet & Corpus, July 17, 678 words, Download Married Priest 8-13-15
2. Francis effect on 2016 politics, MSNBC & Corpus, July 21, 1000 words, Download Francis effect on 2016 8-13-15
3. What about divorced & remarried Catholics today, Boston Globe & Crux & Corpus, August 5, 765 words, Download Divorced & Remarried 8-13-15
Cole, Our Special Book Caddie, on the job.
Special Announcement: We are moving
After celebrating week after week for 10 years, PISD is asking us to move over to Sigler on Janwood. Apparently it is quite expensive to A/C the large cafetorium at Vines. Sigler will be more economical. September 6 we begin our new adventure.
Check the map: View this photo
Our Father
True?
You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some of it with you.
Joseph Joubert
Peace, Everybody.
See you this Sunday.
J.S., 214-783-0443
And More Peace.
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.
Readings: Genesis 18, 1-10; Psalm 15, He who does Justice will live in the Presence of the Lord; Colossians 1, 24-28; Luke 10, 38-42
Genesis: a summary—
The first book of the whole bible, Genesis has 7 great fables about how people got here and how we got to the messes we are in.
1. The Creation stories, two of them.
2. The origin of sin, the apple tree, Eve, the snake.
3. Cain kills Abel, his brother.
4. Noah & the flood—still looking for the
5.
6. The great founders, patriarchs of Judaism, Abraham, Isaac, & Jacob.
7. Joseph, the 12th son of Jacob, goes to
Our story: Abraham & Sarah, childless, old. Note the eastern hospitality. Still present in
Luke & Martha and Mary: 2 observations—
1. A favorite story about 2 women. I won’t talk more about the story, because I have another idea for the homily.
2. A simple way to understand the story comes from ordinary, contemporary psychology. To simplify, we have two types of people here, type A and type B. Type A, the efficient, prompt, project focused person who gets things done. Type B, the laid back, easy going, appreciative person who listens well.
I would beg to disagree with Jesus on this one. Both are good & beautiful. Both are needed. For maturity we are challenged to be more like our opposite.
To Have a Dream
Last Saturday Rosemary & I had the privilege of officiating at a couple’s afternoon wedding on the
The wedding especially touched me because I have known the Reddick family of the bride, Siobhan (pronounced Chivon’), for over 40 years, since the ‘60’s. Before Siobhan was even born I knew her dad, Rick, who is a doctor.
Siobhan & her husband Matt Lindsay impressed me for a couple of big reasons. They had two dreams.
One dream obviously was their wedding. Everybody dreams about what kind of wedding they want, especially the brides, I suppose. Trouble is, expenses come to the surface and the wedding gets modified.
Siobhan & Matt wanted to invite all their best friends & all their families, almost 200 people. So they put on a destination wedding. Everyone went to the Kellerman Resort on
What about the expense? According to Kay, Siobhan’s grandmother, they earned enough to cover it. Rick, Siobhan’s dad, a doctor who has done well over the years and is generous, surely helped them. But they lived their dream.
Their second dream has been to see other cultures around the world, not in a superficial, tourist way, but as a resident. Last year and this year they are teaching in an international school in
In fact, the little white dog I am holding in the Friday blog pictures was rescued off the street in
Which brings me to a person dear to me and all of us, who likewise has had a dream. She has dreamed for some years of getting a job in
This coming month Celeste will follow her dream and move to
Celeste, I am proud of you, I admire you for following your dream, and I celebrate you for your courage. I will dearly miss you here each Sunday, but I wish you Bon Voyage et Bon Chance.
What is your dream?
Picture 1: Maddie & Celeste
Picture 2: Linda & Rick Cardenas, The Brisket Man
Picture 3: Georgie & Natalie
Picture 4: Siobhan & Matt, Otter Lake, Ontario
Picture 5: Emma with her grandmother Margie & dad & mom, Tom & Beth
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
See you Sunday, January 6, 2013, First of The Year
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.
True?
