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Rosemary’s Blessing:

A Prayer For Growing Old Gracefully

Lord, Thou knowest better than I myself that I am growing older and will someday be old. Keep me from the fatal habit of thinking I must say something on every subject and on every occasion.

Release me from craving to straighten out everybody's affairs. Make me thoughtful but not moody; helpful but not bossy. With my vast store of wisdom, it seems a pity not to use it all; but Thou knowest, Lord, that I want a few friends at the end. Keep my mind free from the recital of endless details; give me wings to get to the point. Seal my lips on my aches and pains; they are increasing, and love of rehearsing them is becoming sweeter as the years go by.

I dare not ask for improved memory, but for a growing humility and a lessening cock-sureness when my memory seems to clash with the memories of others. Teach me the glorious lesson that occasionally I may be mistaken.

Keep me reasonably sweet, for a sour old person is one of the crowning works of the devil. Give me the ability to see good things in unexpected places and talents in unexpected people; and give, O Lord, the grace to tell them so.

Amen.

 Seventeenth Century Nun’s Prayer

Geri reading Revelations.

Our Special Thanks 

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

Mike reading Acts.

  
Birthdays:  Brittany Carey (27, Friday), Tony Whitley (75, Thursday), Fred Macchio (75, Tuesday)

Anniversaries:

Katie Tomas & Jeremy Foust (0 Day, just married)

Daniel Fleming & Stephanie (Day 1, today)

Rob & Casey (10^th, Saturday)

Randolph & Michelle (16^th, Thursday)

John & Alison (19^th, Tuesday)

Tony & Jo (35^th, Wednesday)

John & Connie (22^nd, today, Sunday)

Chuck receiving the special, total community blessing for his struggle with cancer.

We Remember:

Chuck Pratt and his cancer;  John's Caliope, who fell last Sunday;   John Doherty's dad who is declining rapidly;  Diane Holcomb who is recovering from a bad bike crash;  John Simari’s friend Kieth;  Dick Thompson's daughter, Teri Jill;  Tom Quinn's shoulder surgery coming up May 15, plus Tom & Teresa's daughter, Colleen, with cancer;  Barb & Warren's new grandbaby, Leighton Elizabeth, and their friend, Mike & Tara, plus their family friends who lost a 20 week old baby son;     Jim Butterly’s brother, Paul;  Rose Banzhaf & the Banzhaf family on their new grandkid, Warren;     Judy's Matt Larson with cancer, David, and Sue, her sister & Sue's husband, Jim;  Janie's friend Wilbur;  Gerald's mom really sick;  Cathy Bambanek’s recuperation from her foot operation;  Jean Wright's recovering from rotator cuff surgery;      Mike & Dee’s daughter, Lisa;    Alexander Occhipinti;  Mary Zachos' brother (Jessica Bresson's maid of honor) with a stroke;  Rita

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;  Jean Wright's daughter, Mary;    Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, & Jim; our friends, sons, & daughters in the military, including Cole Carey, Ryan McClurg, & Chebino;  a cure for autism from Laura Chollick;   for our President that he have great success and someday hold his grandchildren in his lap.

 Your Finances: April 21, 2013

Expenses:     $765.00

Outreach:     $675.00    

We donated this week: 

1.   Nothing special this week.

    Thanks for your Generosity 

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

 Video: Recessional, City of God (2 1/2 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.

Special Thanks:

• For reading: Nancy (Luciano) & Victor
• For the Altar Bread: Claire Occhipinti
• For Serving: Sabrina
• For the Altar, donuts, muffins, coffee, & juice: Margie, Jackie, Marilyn & Ron
• For the Books & wine cups: Roy & Carol Strom, Rob & Beth Robinson
• For the music: Ray & Wendy, Hue, Rick & Jackie

Happy Birthday: Cindy Ekes, Marlene Ekes, Stephen Farmer (17), Lance Anderson (50), Megan Robinson & Perry Robinson, Hunter Bentley, C.J. Lackey, Amanda Miller (22), Carolyn Harrell, & Jim Drescher,

Happy Anniversary:

• Bridget & Bryan (Day One)
• Karen & Rick (Day One)
• Don & Genny Mattingly
• Alicia & Bill Harris (29th)
• Bernadette & Gilberto Delgado (42nd)

Please Remember:  Jack Flovin; Gil Swift; Cheryl Ann’s dad with cancer; Rosemary’s nephew definitely improving; Jean Atwood’s uncle Harry & aunt; Margarita’s Uncle Ed, Greg, & Yolanda; little 8 month old Sadie with cancer, friend of Jack Carlson & Jackie Ritter; Jackie Ritter’s friend Jack Brown with lung cancer; Nina Tucker’s friend Nancy with stage 4; Margie’s mom; Donna & Cathy Goode’s mom; David Pastula’s companions in the military overseas, including Trey Bailey, Ryan McClurg, Matt Gardner, Chebino, & T.J.’s friend Aimee; David & Ofelia, 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; & Shonda.

Your Finances:

• August 19: Income for Running Expenses:              $ 1,405.00 
• August 19: Income for Outreach Expenses:             $   673.00   

Thanks for your Generosity!

Have a Great Week, J.S

Rosemary’s Blessing:

May God grant you the strength and faith to

Count your blessings, not your crosses;

Count your gains not your losses.

Count your joys not your woes;

Count your friends not your foes.

Count your health not your wealth;

And love your neighbor as much as yourself.

An Irish Blessing

Grace reading about The Command in Deuteronomy.

  Our Special Thanks 

•   For Reading:   Grace and Richard
•   For The Team:   Kevin & Georgie
•   For
  the Communion Bread:  Alison
•   For the Wine & Cups: Jan & Charlie
•   For the Pictures & Video:   John & Connie & Rick
•   For the coffee and pastries:  Ron & Marilyn, & Jackie & Beth
•   For the  altar & sound: Jackie & Hue
•   For the Music:  Bethany & Ray

Richard reading Colossians.

 Birthdays:  Beth (Friday)

Anniversaries:

Joe & Rita Hogan (32^nd, Saturday)

The Dream Team with Kimberly, Nabila, and Connie.

We Remember:

 Jan's family members who are doing badly;  Bobby who broke his arm;  Jean O'Donnell's brother, Louis;  Chuck Pratt and his cancer;  John's Caliope, who has been in and out of the hospital;   John Doherty's dad who is declining rapidly; Diane Holcomb who is recovering from a bad bike crash;   Dee's friend Carole and Cole, 17, facing brain surgery;  John Simari’s friend Kieth; Dick Thompson's daughter, Teri Jill;   Barb & Warren's new grandbaby, Leighton Elizabeth, and their friend, Mike & Tara;     Jim Butterly’s brother, Paul;    

Connie and Leon, siding experts.

 Judy Carrell's friend, Matt Larson with cancer, David and Sue, her sister & Sue's husband, Jim; Cathy Bambanek’s recuperation from her foot operation; Alexander Occhipinti;  Mary Zachos' brother (Jessica Bresson's maid of honor) with a stroke;  Rita

Connie and Lynda.

 Bernadette Delgado's mom &  Gilberto's mom;   Marilyn Ackerman'smom & brother, Dick; 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; Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, & Jim;
our friends, sons, &daughters in the military, including Cole Carey, Ryan McClurg, & Chebino;  a cure for autism from Laura Chollick;   for our President that he have great success and someday hold his grandchildren in his lap.

Present status of our house, all dry wall and almost all siding done. Almost a home.

 Your Finances: July 14, 2013

 Expenses:   $740.00

Outreach:    $190.00

We donated this week: 

1.  $1000 to our Habitat Group.  (The special donation to us)

2.  $300 to Plano Homes.

Thanks for your Generosity.

Video: Exit hymn, Lead us to the Water, 1 1/ 2 minutes, with a special, first time ever visit from Emma, practicing her dancing,

Have a Great Week, 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.

Rosemary’s Blessing

 May the sun shine bright on your joyous days

And the rain refresh you through peaceful nights.

May summer show God’s wondrous ways

And prepare you for heaven’s great delights

And till we meet there,

May the God of summertime

Hold you in the palm of her hand

  Andrew N Greeley   A Book of Irish American Blessings and Prayers                        

Denni reading Acts.

  Our Special Thanks:

•    For Reading:   Tom and Denni
•    For The Team:  Georgie & Kevin
•    For the Communion Bread:  Alison
•    For the Wine & Cups: Jan & Charlie
•    For the Pictures & Video:   Rick & John,  Connie & Beth
•    For the coffee and pastries:   Fred & Maureen,  Jackie & Jerry & Beth Dugan
•    For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue
•    For the Music:  Bethany & Ray

Tom reading 1 Peter.

Birthdays:  Shonda (Tuesday),  Ray Occhipinti & his daughter Christi (Wednesday, 74 & 39), Zach Read (18, Wednesday), Mabel (Thursday, 82), Brent (7th)

Cupcake of the Week to Zaile.

Please Remember these special people:

For Zander, who died this past Wednesday;  For Marilyn Ackerman with an infection of her eye;  For Mary Kee's son John, who died Friday morning, and for Mary;  For Tom Quinn's recuperation from shoulder surgery;  for the father of Sheila Baach and Pat Haigh, who died this week;   for Nina Tucker's dad;   Jackie Urbanczyk's continued recovery;   For Patty Hammond’s recuperation from knee replacements;      for a special girl named Missy Ackerman; Judy Thompson's dad in the hospital;  John Cade's mother in law, Kalliopi Piskiouli;  Charlie's brother in law with cancer; Fred and Maureen’s friend, Real Giguere, who died Saturday;   Beth Dugan's dad struggling with prostate cancer;  from Rob, the brother of his business associate who has cancer;  

When you reach 82, you get a Cupcake of the Week.

Frank’s sister, Grace Campos, 84, with stage one;  Margie McKeon’s brother, Bill, with lung cancer;  Jackie's sister, Shellie;  Diane McClurg's mom having a hard time making the transition to assisted living;   Dee's friend, Don Fox, with cancer;   Dick Thompson's daughter, Teri Jill & her cousin Terri.  Barb & Warren's grandbabies, Leighton Elizabeth and Warren Phillip;   Judy Carrell's friend, Matt Larson; Alexander Occhipinti; Rita; 

Cupcake of the Week to Brent.

 Bernadette Delgado's mom; 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; Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret and Jim; our friends, sons, and daughters in the military, including Cole Carey, Ryan McClurg just home from Korea, and Chebino; cure for autism from Laura Chollick; for our President that he have great success and someday hold his grandchildren in his lap.

Video: Entrance, Alleluia, 2 minutes

Your Finances, June 1, 2014

Expenses:   $999.00

Outreach:   $234.00

The Best Helpers, Goergie and Kevin.

We Donated this week:  

Thanks for your Generosity.

Have a Good Week, J.S

(214-783-0443)

Rosemary reading her Blessing of the Week, despite eye lid operations.

 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:

As a dog runs, barks, jumps, and dances

when its happy;

Oh God …

Help us to remember that

You run, bark, jump, and dance for love of us every day.

J & R Creations

  

 
 Special Thanks:

• For Reading:  Emily & Lindsay Kite
• For Serving: Kevin
• For the Communion Bread: Alison
• For the Wine Cups:  Alison 
• For the Music: Ray & Ben 
• For the Pictures & Video: Rick & Ben & Richard
• For the altar & sound: Margie & Ray
• For the coffee and specials: Barb & Warren,  Jackie & Joan

Birthdays:  Marlene Ekes

Happy Anniversary: 

David Cline & Victoria Looney (Day 1)

Gilberto & Bernadette Delgado (46th)

Lisa & Tim Cronin (19th)

Jean & John O'Donnell (53rd)

 Please Remember:

Judy Carrell's mom, Marie, 93;  Jackie Ritter's great niece, Katie, with severe eating disorder;  Marilyn Ackerman's brother, Dick, recuperating from a serious but successful back operation; Richard Kearley in the hospital since April with severe staff infection; Doug Read's Mom, Valdene, with stage 4; Grace LeBlanc's niece Carlin, 13, with hodgkins; Warren & Barb's friend, Mike, fighting cancer & Barb's dad with hip surgery; Charlie Sawtelle's buddy, Moe, with cancer; Mike & Dee's daughter; Bonnie Roger's brother & sister, both seriously sick; Jack Carlson's brother, Bob, with a stroke; Tom & Teresa Quinn's niece, Chawna, with cancer, plus Neva Flynn, Angel, & Diane Kreeitzer; Gilberto Delgado's mom; Connie Doherty's mom & her sister, plus Kevin's cousin, Peter, & John's dad moving into assisted living; Jean Wright's daughter, Mary; Angie Carroll's mom, Mary Lou Kendrick, with cancer; Kerry's sister Maura with her second cancer; Theresa McClure's dad; Theresa Quinn's dad; Rita Dore; Hugh Bivona's sick friends Bob & Bonnie; Rick Urbanczyk’s mom, Irene; Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, & Jim; our friends, sons, & daughters in the military, including Trey Bailey, 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; Fred's friend John with cancer; Casey & Rob plus Cameron & Reid, Trey and Brady; for our President that he have great success and someday hold his grandchildren in his lap.

Picture 1:    Emily and  

Picture 2:    Lindsay Kite reading

Picture 3:    Brooklyn with her mom, Erin     

Picture 4:    Sienna with Brian        

       Video:    Rosemary's Blessing

Finances: August 14, 2011.

Expenses:  $ 1175.00

Outreach:  $  469.00

Thanks for the Generosity

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

Rosemary's Blessing:   From To Bless the Space Between Us ("A Morning Offering") by John O'Donohue.

• May I have the courage today
• To live the life that I would love,
• To postpone my dream no longer
• But do at last what I came here for
• And waste my heart on fear no more.

Special Thanks:

• For reading: Nancy & Patrica 
• For the Communion Bread: Christine & Megan 
• For Serving: T.J. & Lacee & Lorynne 
• For the Books & wine cups: Roy & Carol and Rob & Beth
• For the music: Ray & Shonda & Hue

Happy Birthday:   Mabel Ekes; Carie Eshelbrenner, Mary Kee, Christin Urbanczyk (18), Rita

Happy Anniversary:

• Ron & Christine Montesorin (3rd)
• Pam Senter & Alan (4th)
• Richard & Laura Chollick (15th)
• Doug & Julie Kite (22nd)
• Diane & Kent McClurg (36th)
• Ray & Loretta Garcia Williams (40th)

Please Remember:  Blake & Blair have oral surgery Friday, 13th; one of Diane McClurg's uncles who died Friday; Julie's knee operation; Cliff's knee operation; Claire's June 20 operation; Lisa Schleicher; Margie Weynant; Barb Wittek's friend Lois, her brother; Kathleen's friend Jim Wallis; Jackie's Jack Brown & neighbor, Earl; Dee Miller; Nina's friend Nancy;  Mary's son John; Casey & Rob plus Cameron & Reid, Brady & Trey; Tom & Teresa's friend Teri Knapke with cancer & Teresa's niece Angel; Cindy Cramer's friend Sarah Dixon;  Diane's friend Mike Gertisen & cousin Judy; Rosemary's nephew, Kevin; Jean Atwood's foot operation June 13 & 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; 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 and Dawn's back op.; Fred's friend John with cancer & Maureen's friend Sharon. 

Check out the Quads: http://gerwerbabies.blogspot.com 

A FIRST.  Ever hear of a priest asking for a performance review?  I would like one.  Please click on the link and let me & the board know how we can improve (if all possible!).  Download ommunity_questionnaire.doc 

Your Finances:

June 8: 

• Income for Running  Expenses: $ 1,651.00 
• Income for Outreach Expenses: $   548.00  

Thanks for your Generosity!

Have a Great Week, J.S