Reminder for Pentecost, June 5, 2022

 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.

Cupcakes of The Week, Mike, John, Sir Charlie, Rick, and Michelle.

 Readings:

Jeremiah 1, 4-5, 17-19,  Before I formed you in the womb I knew you.

Psalm 71,  I will sing of your salvation.

1 Corinthians 13, 4-13, Love is patient, love is kind.

Luke 4, 21-30, No prophet is accepted in his own native place.

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 (http://st-luke-church.org/bible-at-finger-tips.php) and USCCB, The New American Bible (http://www.usccb.org/).  

The difference?  The first is Protestant more or less, and 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. 

Buying a bible?  The Jerusalem Bible. 

Community Bulletin Board:

1.  February 11, Next Brunch, Mardi Gras already.

 What's going on in our Catholic World:  

1.  Kennedy on the Irish priest being excommunicated, National Cathoic Reporter, January 25, 800 words,  Download Kennedy 2-1-13  

2. Laughter good for the soul?,  National Catholic Reporter and The Observer, January 24, 600 words,    Download Laughter 2-1-13

3.  Want to see how Bona Responds is putting our contribution to use?  Check this story,    Download Bona in Rockaway 2-1-13

True? 

No one imagines that a symphony is supposed to improve as it goes along, or that the whole object of playing is to reach the finale. The point of music is discovered in every moment of playing and listening to it. It is the same, I feel, with the greater part of our lives, and if we are unduly absorbed in improving them we may forget altogether to live them.

ALAN WATTS

Bivonas, Hugh and Sydney

Rosemary and Beth doing blessings.

See you Sunday, February 3, 2013, 4th Ordinary Time, C cycle 

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.

Mass: 9:30; Coffee & Donuts, Juice & Home Made Muffins on the house.

Place: Vines High School on 15th between Custer & Independence.  Time: 9:30

Readings: Exodus 19, 2-6; Psalm 100; Romans 5, 6-11; Matthew 9, 36-10, 8.

Community Bulletin Board:

• The Quads need help.  See their link: http://gerwerbabies.blogspot.com
• True?    Holiness comes wrapped in the ordinary.  There are burning bushes all around you.  Every tree is full of angels.  Beauty is hidden in every crumb.  Macrina Wiederkehr, OSB
• A FIRST.    Please click on the link and let me & the board know how we can improve (if all possible!).  Download community_questionnaire.doc

See you this Sunday, June 8 

J.S.

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.

Georgie

 Readings:    

1 Kings  17, 10-16,   When we have eaten it, we shall die.

Psalm 146,   Praise the Lord, my soul.

Hebrews 9, 24-28,   He will bring salvation to those who eagerly await him.

Mark 12, 38-44,  A poor widow came and put in two small coins.

Emma on her way

What next?

 Community Bulletin Board:   

1.   For the Love of the Kids, December 8.  You must sign up ahead of time if you want to help.  The link:   Loveforkidsinc.org

 2.   Next Community Brunch December 9

3.    Want to serve Thanksgiving Dinner at Soul's Harbor, Thanksgiving Day?  Check with Brent, 214-596-8225, or with me.  Time, 8:00 to about 1:00. 

 4.     LifeNet just contacted us.  They are the people we used to serve Thanksgiving dinner for the Saturday before Thanksgiving.  Last year they switched to the Thursday before Thanksgiving and we had no one available.  They also had many fewer people to serve.  They plan again for the Thursday before, November 15.  If you are available, contact, David Baird, 214-932-1950,  <DBaird@lifenettexas.org>, or let me know.  J.S.

The Community blessing Mike before his hip operation

Sacrament of the Sick Blessing for Loretta

     What's going on in our Catholic World:     

1.   University cancels invitation to theologian, National Catholic Reporter,  November 1, 300 words,   Download Theologian disinvited 11-9-12

    2.  Women Deacons?, National Catholic Reporter, November 7, 300 words,   Download Women deacons 11-9-12

Greek Communion Bread baked by Caliape, John Cade's mother in law.

The Butterlies

True? 

 For all that has been, thanks. To all that will be, yes.

  Leon Jaworski, toward the end of his life.

Laycee and T.J.

Bethany, Shonda, and Ray

 See you Sunday, November 11 

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.

Genevieve says, "Welcome, Everybody."

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: Sigler Elementary, 1400 Janwood Drive, Plano, TX 75075

Card for Jerry's family from the Community. 

Readings:

Jeremiah  1, 4-5, 17-19,   Before I formed you in the womb I knew you.

Psalm 71, I will sing of your salvation.

 1 Corinthians 12, 31 – 13, 4-13,  If I do not have love, I am nothing. (Excellent)

Luke 4, 21-30,   They wanted to throw him over the cliff.

Candle lighters, Zoe & Cole.

Community Activities:  

1. ROMEO MEET: Friday, January 29, Jason's Deli, Collin Creek Mall, west side of Central, 1:00.   Welcome all wakos, you will fit right in. The Old Geezer will miss you guys.                                                                                                                                             
2. JULIETS’ DINNER, (aka.,just us ladies into eating together) ,  Thursday, February 4, 6:00 P.M.,   Cafe Amore.  600 N. Coit, Richardson,  (Italian & BYOB),   Please RSVP to Marilyn Ackerman, rmackerman5@gmail.com

Offertory, Nina & Kerry, Sydney & Hugh, & Judy.   

 What is going on in our Catholic World  

1. Francis Obsession, National Catholic Reporter, January 18,   1000  words,     Download Francis-obsession-1-28-16 (1)                                                                                                                         
2. St. Mary Parish, National Catholic Reporter,   January 22,   1200 words,   Download St Mary's Parish 1-28-16                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

Cole says, "Welcome to a great brunch, Everybody." 

True? 

 Our goal should be to live life in radical amazement . . . get up in the morning and look at the world in a way that takes nothing for granted. Everything is phenomenal. . . . To be spiritual is to be amazed.

ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL

Yes, Cole, a Great Brunch. 

See you Sunday.

J.S., 214-783-0443

 Nobody left out of this brunch. 

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.

Peace, Everybody.

Sirach 3: God sets a father in honor over his children;  a mother’s authority he
confirms over her sons.
Colossians 3: And whatever you do, in word or in deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
Matthew 2:  Joseph rose and took the child and his mother by night and departed for Egypt. He stayed there until the death of Herod, that what the Lord had said through the prophet might be fulfilled, Out of Egypt I called my son.

The Readers for Christmas Eve Mass

An anonymous philosopher wrote once: “Anywhere is paradise; it’s up to you.”
The Monastic Way, Sister Joan Chittister

Another Reminder for The Holy Family, December 28, 2025
Here are the links for Sunday:

For Zoom   ( the video conference)
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88528744737?pwd=Te3cub31Q6XpNvUfzutHMgQ8JGqd42.1
Meeting ID: 885 2874 4737
Passcode: 412993

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.

Our Father.

Welcome: Catholic Mass with coffee and juice and specials on the
house served afterwards.

Time: 9:30; Celebrate with the Community & Stack

Place: Vines High School, 15th between Custer & Independence

Sacrament of the sick for Beth.

Readings: 

 Amos 6, 1, 4-7,   Woe to the complacent.

Psalm 146,  Praise the Lord, my
sould.

1
Timothy 6, 11-16,  Pursue
righteousness, devotion, faith, love.

Luke 16, 19-31,  The rich man and Lazarus.

Offertory, Sydney and Hugh.

 Community Events:  

 1.  Highly
recommended: This Saturday,  The Open Window of Dallas is
bringing to Dallas Francis Vanderwall, a biblical scholar and great
presenter.  He is a long time friend and former Jesuit.

He will join us for Mass on Sunday, Sept. 29, but will
share his insights

into the Bible on Saturday, the 28th.  You will
find it a fascinating and

amusing Saturday.  Don’t judge him badly because
he is my long time friend.  Welcome.
  Download Fall Conference 9-13-13

2.  ROMEO lunch Friday, September 27,
1:00.  We are home.

 Welcome All.

 3.  The Women's Lunch Group on Thursdays begins
again, this time at The Olive Garden, Central and Plano Pkwy, northbound service
road.    For more info talk with Carol or Bernadette. 

Two Freds, a Martha, and a Maureen equals fun.

4.  Christmas Concert at the Meyerson:

We have the date: 
December 19; cost:$45 (cheaper than last year).  Rosemary says that you may still sign
up.  Her contact, Blake, knows that we
usually have a few additional 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.  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.

Bernadette, Alison, and John.

  What's going on in our Catholic World: 

1.      Curse of Institutional Religions, The Observer and Corpus,  September 15, 700 words, Download Institutional Religion 9-27-13

2.      Age of Change
Ahead,  Bloomberg
News, September 22,  675 words,
Download Bloomberg 9-27-13      

3.      Francis’ real test, The Great Hans Kung, National
Catholic  Reporter, September
23, 1200 words,   
Download The real test of Francis 9-27-13

4.       The
big Meeting, the 8 cardinals and Francis, October 1, National Catholic Reporter, September 25, 1300 words,   
Download G8 Meeting 9-27-13

Bill receiving communion from Mike.

True? 

 Finish each day and
be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities
have crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall
begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old
nonsense.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Curtis and the girls, Megan, Cindy, Mabel, and Debbie.

 See you
Sunday, September 29, 2013, 26^th  Ordinary Time, C cycle

J.S., 214-783-0443

John and Mary Jane, John and Jean.

 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.

Kevin a la Patisserie.