The holidays are upon us. To celebrate Christmas we would like to offer some opportunities for you to share your joy, gifts and blessings.
Following are some ideas of how you can help that we would like to pass on to you.
Soul’s Harbor. As in years past we are collecting sweatshirts and hoodies for the guys at Soul’s Harbor. Please drop them off at Lynda Fleming’s house by 12/17/20. (5 Vista Cliff Place, Richardson, TX 75080).
We will have opportunities to share the Christmas spirit but I have not as yet coordinated this with Becky. So information will follow.
Lynda Fleming is involved with a company called Caring Transitions which helps coordinate a Senior Holiday Wish Program. After reviewing the details below, please send an email to fleming23@gmail.comif you are interested in helping out. Most seniors need items that range from $25-50, but if you can cover the cost of a larger item, please let Lynda know your budget. Gifts MUST be collected by Tuesday, December 2ndso please reach out by Tuesday, November 24th. Please bring all gifts to Lynda’s house (5 Vista Cliff Place, Richardson, TX 75080).
In addition to the above need, here are two more opportunities:
Collin County Meals on Wheels – desperately in need of meal supplement drinks such as Boost, Ensure Glucerna, Equate or Kirkland brand.
Pajamas for Seniors – another desperate need in our community is pajamas size XL- 7X.
The deadline for this is also Tuesday, December 2nd.
*** Lynda will have a bin on the front porch for contactless drop off.
Exodus 22: Thus says the LORD: "You shall not molest or oppress an alien, for you were once aliens yourselves in the land of Egypt.
1 Thessalonians 1: And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, receiving the word in great affliction, with joy from the Holy Spirit, so that you became a model for all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia.
Matthew 22: He said to him, "You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and the first commandment. The second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
For the family of Ron Senter; For Meredith whose cancer has come back; For Tom Good; For Tom Quinn who had back surgery on November 21st; For Lambrini, John Cade's wife, who is dealing with cancer ; For Madeleine, Richard Eshelbrenner's granddaughter; For Hue; For Jackie; For John's sister, Kathey recovering from a fall; For Tom Good; For Mary Hall's friend Cadence still suffering from a serious medical condition; For Sir Charlie; For Ron ; For Teresa Quinn's niece, Maddie who has a brain tumor;
Jackie's 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 & the families of Annie and Michael ; for the medical staffs, teachers, and coaches in our public & private schools.
John sharing his homily
Birthdays: Rob Robinson 10/29, Karen Anderlick 11/4
Anniversaries:
The Kiss of Peace
Community Finances:
Expenses: $ 70.00
Outreach: $
Thanks again, Folks, for doing what you can.
Hue and Ben
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.
Ezekiel 47: This water flows into the eastern district down upon the Arabah, and empties into the sea, the salt waters, which it makes fresh. Wherever the river flows, every sort of living creature that can multiply shall live, and there shall be abundant fish, for wherever this water comes the sea shall be made fresh. 1 Corinthians 3: Do you not know that you are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? John 2: He made a whip out of cords and drove them all out of the temple area, with the sheep and oxen, and spilled the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables, and to those who sold doves he said, “Take these out of here, and stop making my Father’s house a marketplace.”
The Kiss of Peace
Thanks…
Music, Shonda & Ben Readers, Pat & Fred Homily, John Cade Eucharistic Prayer A & B, John Stack & John Cade The Magic Zoom makers, Hue & Kevin The Organization man, Richard Final Blessing, Rosemary
Richard distributing Communion
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 Adam, that the doctors may find a remedy for his seizures; For Meredith ; For Tom Quinn; For Warren Wittek; For Tom Good; For Lambrini, John Cade’s wife, who is dealing with cancer ; For Allen Stryker; For Mike and Judy Carrell ; For Hue; For Jackie; For Ron
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.
John and Connie get a cookie for their anniversary
Birthdays: John Anderlick 11/14 Anniversaries: Connie & John Bresson 11/14
Expenses: $ 890.00 Outreach: $ 105.00
Thanks again, Folks, for doing what you can.
Rosemary gets a cake for her birthday
Brent gets a check for Soul’s Harbor
Rosemary’s Blessing:
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place: and in the sky
The larks still bravely singing fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the dead: Short days ago,
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved: and now we lie
In Flanders fields!
Take up our quarrel with the foe!
To you from falling hands we throw
The torch, Be yours to bear it high!
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep tho’ poppies blow
In Flanders Field.
IN FLANDERS FIELDS By Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae Composed at the battlefront on May 3, 1915
during the second battle of Ypres, Belgium
The Answer (One of many poems written in response to In Flanders Fields)
In Flanders Field the cannon boom
And fitful flashes light the gloom;
While up above, like Eagles, fly
The fierce destroyers of the sky;
With stains the earth wherein you lie
Is redder than the poppy bloom
In Flanders Field.
Sleep on ye brave! The shrieking shell,
The quaking trench, the startling yell,
The fury of the battle hell
Shall wake you not; for all is well.
Sleep peacefully, for all is well.
Your flaming torch aloft we bear,
With burning heart an oath we swear
To keep the faith to fight it through
To crush the foe, or sleep with you
In Flanders Field
The Answer, by Lt. J. A. Armstrong of Beloit.Wisconsin.
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.
Welcome: Catholic Mass with coffee & juice, and pastries, some bought, some home-made.
Time: 9:30; Celebrate with the Community & Stack & John Cade
Place: Legacy Charter School, 601 Accent Drive, Plano, TX 75075
Please pardon the Blog's absence. We took a break and got away for 10 days.
Readings:
Joshua 5, 9-12, The Lord said to Joshua, "Today I have removed the reproach of Egypt from you."
Psalm 34, Taste and see the goodness of the Lord. (Excellent!)
2 Corinthians 5, 17-21, Whoever is in Christ is a new creation.
Luke 15, 1-32, The Great story of the Prodigal Son.
Community Activities:
ROMEO MEET: Friday, March 29, Jason's Deli, Collin Creek Mall, west side of Central, 1:00. Welcome all wakos, you will fit right in. The Old Ex will attend.
JULIETTE LUNCHEON: April - Hi Everyone,
Can’t believe April is almost here. We will be meeting Friday, April 5th at 12:30 at Red Lobster. It is Lent and most of us won’t be eating meat on Friday. Please let me know who will be joining us. It is always fun and a special day to look forward to. Everyone is welcome.
Red Lobster
3501 Central Expressway (West side of the highway) Spring Creek and Central Expressway
Marilyn
972-491-7068
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Cherish yesterday, Dream tomorrow, Live like crazy today.
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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.
