Reminder for 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 30, 2023

1 Kings 3: Give your servant, therefore, an understanding heart to judge your people and to distinguish right from wrong

Romans 8:  Brothers and sisters: We know that all things work for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose.

Matthew 13:  Jesus said to his  disciples: "The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure buried in a field, …

    

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John Stack Ministries now meets at:  The ArtCentre of Plano, 902 E. 16th St, Plano

 

 
 
 
 
Another Reminder for the 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time,  July 30, 2023

Here are the links for Sunday:

For Zoom   ( the video conference, same as last week )
 
 
 
                                                                  
 
 
 
 
 
 

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.

 
John Stack Ministries, 7017 Helsem Way, Dallas, Texas 75230

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    Isaiah 9: For a child is born to us, a son is given us; …

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    Luke 2:  … the time came for her to have her child, and she gave birth to her firstborn son, …

     

    Thanks……

    Music,    Ben & Shonda

    Readers,    John & Mary Jane & Claire

    Gospel,     John Cade

    Homily,  John Stack

    Eucharistic Prayer A & B,  John Cade

    The Magic Zoom makers,      Hue, Richard & Mike 

    Final Blessing, Rosemary


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    Readings:  Download 12-24-21 – Readings – Christmas Eve

    Homily:    Download Christmas Homily

     

     

     

    Remember these special people:

    For John Stack having a hard time right now with a bad back;  For Laura Chollick;  For Sandra who has been diagnosed with Large B Cell Lymphoma;   For Richard's grand daughter, Madeleine;   For Esparza's new great grandson  & Frank;  For all the medical personnel struggling to treat the tsunami of sick people, in particular, locally, Cindy's staff at Presby, Dallas, and at Frisco Presby, the mother of Harper and Betsy, Kendle, working in labor & delivery, and for Hue & Linda's daughter, Doctor Rosemary Beavers;   For Mary & Dave Hall's g-daughter Allison Keller working at St. Lukes, The Woodlands,   For Sir Charlie & Jan;  Shonda's mom & Cody &  Leo & all of Shonda's dear family; For Ursuline Sr. Mary Troy,


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    Jackie's mom, sister, & friend, Lynn;  For Rick Turner searching for a kidney donor, Type O neg.; For Meredith, cancer free & John Schanot;    For John O'Donnell & Jean;   For Jean & Cliff Wright;  For Dee, and for her daughters, Lisa & Lauren  ;  For Anthony & Sabrina;    For a young man who is suffering from depression;  John Cade's mother in law, Kalliopi Piskiouli and Lambrini, plus John's daughter, Joey, with cancer; from Barbara, a little baby boy named Ford recuperating from an operation & a nephew; for David McKeon's brother, Hugh; For Beth's friends & brother;   for the medical staffs, teachers, and coaches in our public & private schools.


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    Birthdays:   

    Anniversaries:   

                                                            

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    Community Finances,   

    Expenses: $ 

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    Rosemary's Blessing:  

    Loving Father, help us remember the birth of Jesus, that we may share in the song of the angels, the gladness of the shepherds, and worship of the wise men.

    Close the door of hate and open the door of love all over the world.

    Let kindness come with every gift and good desires with every greeting.

    Deliver us from evil by the blessing which Christ brings and teach us to be merry with clear hearts.

    May the Christmas morning make us happy to be thy children, and Christmas evening bring us to our beds with grateful thoughts, forgiving and forgiven, for Jesus’ sake.

    Amen.

    Robert Louis Stevenson

     
     
     
     
     

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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.

     
    John Stack Ministries, 7017 Helsem Way, Dallas, Texas 75230
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    Exodus 34:  The Lord, the Lord, a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger and rich in kindness and fidelity.

    2 Corinthians 13:  Mend your ways, encourage one another, agree with one another, live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.

    John 3:  God so loved the world that he gave his only Son,, so that everyone who believes in him might not  perish but might have eternal life.

               

     

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    Thanks…     

    Music,    Shonda & Ben 

    Readers,  Mary & Frank

    Homily,   John Stack

    Eucharistic Prayer A & B,  John Stack & John Cade

    The Magic Zoom makers,   Hue & Kevin

    Final Blessing, Rosemary

                                                                                  

     

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    Readings:  Download 06-04-23 Readings – Trinity Sunday

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    Jackie's mom, 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 & friends, Annie, a mom of 3 kids and Michael ;    for the medical staffs, teachers, and coaches in our public & private schools.

     

     

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    Birthdays:  

    Anniversaries:  

                                                                  

    Community Finances:   

    Expenses: $  965.00

    Outreach: $   360.00

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    Rosemary's Blessing:

     

    O God, we thank you for the fact that you have inspired men and women in all nations and in all cultures. We call you different names: some call you Allah; some call you Elohim; some call you Jehovah; some call you Brahma; some call you the Unmoved Mover.  But we know that these are all names for one and the same God.

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    Birthdays:  

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    Rosemary's Blessing: 

     

    May God’s love and mercy encircle you today

    With living laughter that renews and saves

    May bright hope lead you further on your way

    And in your life may you celebrate his word

    And be a witness to a gentle and gracious Lord.

     

    A Book of Irish American Blessings & Prayers    Andrew Greeley

     
     

     

     

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    "And all shall be well and                                               

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    Welcome in, John & Karen

     

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    All 4 candles, Victoria.

     

    True?

    Life  isn't about finding yourself.  

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    George Bernard Shaw

     

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    Mike comes with healing.

     

    What's up in Ye Old Catholic Church?  Like…

    Parishioners angry over the firings…https://www.ncronline.org/news/parish/parishioners-object-firings-laicized-priest-and-inactive-priest

     

     

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    Elevation.

     

    See you Sunday, J.S.

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    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.

     

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    Peace, Everybody.

     

    The Road Not Taken

    Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
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    And be one traveler, long I stood
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    To where it bent in the undergrowth;
     
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    And having perhaps the better claim,
    Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
    Though as for that the passing there
    Had worn them really about the same,
     
    And both that morning equally lay
    In leaves no step had trodden black.
    Oh, I kept the first for another day!
    Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
    I doubted if I should ever come back.
     
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    Somewhere ages and ages hence:
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    I took the one less traveled by,
    And that has made all the difference.
     
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    Isaiah 35:  Then will the eyes of the blind be opened, the ears of the deaf be cleared; then will the lame leap like a stag, then the tongue of the mute will sing.

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    Matthew 11:  Behold, I am sending my messenger ahead of you; he will prepare your way before you.

         

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    Gospel,   John Cade

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    Eucharistic Prayer A & B,  John Stack & John Cade

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    Readings:  Download 12-11-22- Readings – 3rd Sunday of Advent

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    Jackie's mom, 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 & friends, Annie, a mom of 3 kids and Michael ;    for the medical staffs, teachers, and coaches in our public & private schools.

     

     

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    Birthdays:  Loretta Williams (12/12), Tom Good (12/14), Allen Stryker (12/17)

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    Community Finances:   

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    Outreach: $   

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    Rosemary's Blessing:  

    May an abundance of gratitude burst forth in our minds and hearts as we remember all the blessings in our life.
     

    May we slow our hurried pace these days so we can be aware of, and enjoy, what we can too easily take for granted.
     

    May we always be open, willing and ready to share our blessings with others and never forget the God who loves us lavishly and unconditionally.
     

    And  may we remember that our thanksgiving is incomplete until we pay it forward by doing for others what they cannot do for themselves.
     

    Amen.

     

    From a prayer by Sr. Jean Amore CSJ,  Sacred Heart Academy,  Hempstead, N.Y.

     
     
     

    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.