3rd Sunday of Advent, December 14, 2025

Sirach 15:  Before man are life and death, good and evil, whichever he chooses shall be given him.
1 Corinthians 2:  What eye has not seen, and ear has not heard, and what has not entered the human heart, what God has prepared for those who love him, this God has revealed to us through the Spirit.
Matthew 5:  Jesus said to his disciples: “I tell you, unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.

Music,  Ben & Shonda
Readers,  Claire & Steve
Homily,   John Stack
Eucharistic Prayer A & B,  John Stack & John Cade
The Magic Zoom makers,  Hue & Kevin
The Organization man,  Richard
Final Blessing,  Rosemary

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 the Quinn’s daughter, Colleen  with breast cancer; For Carrie’s son, Chase, who was in an auto accident;   For Adam, that the doctors may find a remedy for his seizures; For Meredith ;   For Tom  Quinn;

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 and Marilyn;  For Ed Kless;  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.

Birthdays: 
Anniversaries: John & Lambrini Cade

Expenses: $  250.00
Outreach: $    75.00
Thanks again, Folks, for doing what you can.

Rosemary’s Blessing:

Do you want to fast this Lent?

• Fast from hurting words and say kind words
• Fast from sadness and be filled with gratitude
• Fast from anger and be filled with patience
• Fast from pessimism and be filled with hope
• Fast from worries and trust in God
• Fast from complaints and contemplate simplicity
• Fast from pressures and be prayerful
• Fast from bitterness and fill your heart with joy
• Fast from selfishness and be compassionate to others
• Fast from grudges and be reconciled
• Fast from words and be silent so you can listen

Attributed to Pope Francis

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.

 

Rosemary's Blessing

Valentine  Gift of Love

Make me mindful this day of the Signs of Love all around me:

Of good words spoken, of gentle touch extended,

Of important things that spring from appreciation, and true passion,

Of deeds born of generosity and real understanding.

Grant me the power this day to live with thoughtful intention in my speech, choices, and actions,

So that I may build the habit of living gracefully, with love for the people and experiences that shape my life,

Which is Your Gift of Love to me each day.

Ken Philipps

 

 

John reading from the Great Prophet Isaiah (3).

 

Our Special Thanks

•    For  the Readings:   John & Jim
•    For our team:   Mike  &  John  &  John,  Georgie & Buddy, Shonda & Ben
•    For the Communion Bread:   Alison & John
•    For the Wine & Cups:  Jan
•    For the Pictures:    Jackie & Mike
•    For the coffee and extras:   Becky & Tom & Jackie 
•    For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue 
•    For all who helped with communion         

 

 

Jim reading from Corinthians.

 

Birthdays:  Hue (69), John Bresson (64), Dona Dinsmore

Anniversaries:  John & Alison (26)

 

 

Mike reading from Matthew.

 

Please Remember these special people:

For our Cheryl;  For Bill Hammond,    For Sydney, & For Sir Charlie recuperating from surgery;  Shonda's mom;  For my buddy since grade school at Christ the  King, Pete Wacks & his dearest Marjie, Pete just died,   For Gilberto recuperating from his gall bladder operation:  for Michelle; 

 

 

Thanks for lighting our candles, Zoe & Tori.

 

 For a friend, a neighbor, & a doctor, Karen, with brain cancer; For Rick Turner searching for a kidney donor, Type O neg; For Meredith, cancer free.;    For Hue;  For John O'Donnell;    For Dee, and for her daughter, Lisa; For John Schanot's continued health;  For Anthony & Sabrina;    For a young man who is suffering from depression;  John Cade's mother in law, Kalliopi Piskiouli and Lambrini; 

 

 

Happy Birthday, Hue, and thanks for your help.

 

John & Jean's son John Louis;   For our good friend Kay (at 91 years!) in Ontario;  For Jackie's friend, Lynn, plus Angela, & her mom;  for Sr. Patricia Otillio, a nun I worked with for years in Grand Coteau;    for Steve Barrett, Rose, & Katie;  Barb & Warren's grandbabies, Leighton Elizabeth and Warren Phillip and Ethan Michel, & their friend Chris, plus Barb's  Annie & Kaitlen;  For Cliff & Jean, plus Jean's brother Terry;  For Laura's sister Claudia;  

 

 

Happy Birthday, John.

 

Tom and Teresa Quinn's niece, Chawna, with cancer, their granddaughter, Mikayla;   plus Neva Flynn, Angel, and Diane Kreeitzer;   Connie Doherty's mom and her sister, plus Kevin's cousin, Peter; For a number of David McKeon's family who are having a rough time with health issues, especially Mark Terain; for our friends, sons, and daughters in the military, including Ryan McClurg and Chebino; cure for autism from Laura Chollick; for our President.

 

 

 

Peace to you, Cheryl.

 

Your Finances, February 9, 2020

Expenses:  $545.00

 Outreach:  $310.00

Thanks, Everybody 

(214-783-0443)

 

 

Rosemary reads her Blessing of the 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.

 

 

Peace this week, Everybody.

Special Thanks:

• For Reading:  Patricia & Claire          
• For Serving:  Kevin  
• For the Communion Bread: Alison & Jan
• For the Wine Cups: Rob & Beth 
• For the Music: Ray & Shonda
• For the Pictures & Video:  Jan & Beth & John
• For the altar & sound:  Jackie & Hue
• For the coffee & specials: Chuck and Sandra, Joan  & Jackie

 

 Birthdays:   Dana Dinsmore 

Anniversary:  

John & Lambrini (18th)

John & Alison (18th)

 

 
 Please Remember:

 Christine Drescher;  Rita;   Rosemary's elbow recuperation;  Alison's recuperation;  Tom & Teresa Quinn's daughter Colleen with breast cancer;  Julia Grenier;  Mike Moran's parents, especially his dad with ALS;    Barb & Warren's  friend, Mike, fighting cancer, Tara; Jackie Urbanczyk's sister, Carol, with a back operation;  Mike and Dee's daughter, Lisa;  Bernadette Delgado's mom & Gilberto's mom;   Marilyn Ackerman's brother, Dick, recuperating from a back operation & broken wrists;   Grace LeBlanc's niece Carlin, 13, with hodgkins;  Jack Carlson's brother, Bob, with a stroke; 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, & 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;  Rita Dore;  Rick Urbanczyk’s mom, Irene; Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, & Jim; our friends, sons, & daughters in the military, including 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;  for our President that he have great success and someday hold his grandchildren in his lap.

 

 

 

Picture 1:    Claire reading Leviticus                          

Picture 2:    Patricia reading 1 Corinthians

Picture 3:    Sarah Wright & her dad, Rick                

Picture 4:    Royce Rubio, the groom              

                                                                                                                

       Video:    Mass Beginning  (2 min.)

 

  

Your Finances: February 12, 2012

Expenses:   $820.00

 Outreach:  $350.00

Thanks for your Generosity 

 

Note: Tax receipts for the year's donations are out.  Let us know if you did not get yours.

 

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:    

Loving God,

Lead us beyond ourselves

To care and protect,

To nourish and shape,

To challenge and energize

Both the life and the world

You have given us.

Joan Chittister, OSB   and   www.benetvision.org

 

                             

                                Beth reading 1 Kings.

 

 Our Special Thanks

•    For  the Readings:  Beth & Rob
•    For The Team:  Kevin & Georgie
•    For the Communion Bread:   Cindy
•    For the Wine & Cups:    Ken & Cindy
•    For the Pictures:   Rick  & Connie, Beth & Mike
•    For the coffee and extras:   Mike & Geri,  Jackie
•    For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue 
•    For the Music:  Ray &  Shonda
•    For all who helped with communion  

 

   
                                  Rob reading Hebrews.

                      

 Birthdays:    Jamie Wilson and Ted Wittek (Monday, Barb & Warren's son),  Renee Bresson (24, Wednesday), Richard Baack (Thursday), and Rosemary! (Saturday)

Anniversary:

John & Connie (29th, Saturday)

 

                                 The Best, Shonda & Ray                         

            

Please Remember these special people:

For Jim Miller who died last Friday; For Jerry's back;  For Bernadette's mom;    For Dawn;   For Barb Wittek's broken shoulder;  For Frank;  For Rose Banzhaf's 8 year old niece, Madeline;;  For  Lisa Ackerman dealing with cancer;  For Anthony;    For a number of David McKeon's family who are having a rough time with health issues;  For Frank & Mary's niece, Lisa, with cancer;  For Stacey McKinley dealing with cancer; For Rosemary's sister, Patty and her husband, Lou; For John & Jean's son John Louis;   For Jackie's friend Mary Moczygemba with cancer;  For our good friend Kay in Ontario;    For Connie's nephew, Fred; For Mary Jane Stevenson's son Philip, 34, sick & don't know why;    The Quinn’s granddaughter, Mikayla;   For Maureen’s  daughter, Kathleen, with cancer; For Jackie Urbanczyk's continued recovery;

         

                Offertory, Sir Charlie, Mary, Sydney, and Hugh
 

 Francis Vanderwall's friend, Joseph DeLaune;   Mike & Dee Miller's daughter, Lisa, not doing well & their friend, Don Fox;  for Nina Tucker's dad, Art;   For Sr. Patricia Otillio, a nun I worked with for years in Grand Coteau;  Judy Thompson's dad in the hospital;  John Cade's mother in law, Kalliopi Piskiouli;  Charlie's brother in law with cancer; Beth Dugan's dad struggling with prostate cancer;     Frank’s sister, Grace Campos, 84, with stage one;     Diane McClurg's mom having a hard time making the transition to assisted living;   For Jean and Cliff with mutual operations coming up;   

 

                                                  The Team.

                 

 Dick Thompson's daughter, Teri Jill & her cousin Terri.  Barb & Warren's grandbabies, Leighton Elizabeth and Warren Phillip, & their friend Chris, plus Barb's dad & niece;   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;  for Mary Ellen; for our friends, sons, and daughters in the military, including Cole Carey, Ryan McClurg, and Chebino; cure for autism from Laura Chollick; for our President that he have great success and someday hold his grandchildren in his lap.

 

                 

                 Rosemary reading her blessing of the week.

                     

Your Finances, November 8, 2015

Expenses:   $950.00

Outreach:   $290.00  

Donated today:   Nothing this week.

 

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

Have a Good Week, J.S

(214-783-0443)

 

Diane explaining our Christmas boxes for service men and women overseas.

 

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.

 

                  Harper says, "See you next week, Folks."

Rosemary's Blessing:

Lord …

Help us to hear your voice …

In the quiet, in the storm, and in each other.

Help us to share your words …

In loving and caring for ourselves and each other.

J & R Creations

 
 
 Special Thanks:

• For Reading:  Sabrina & Jackie
• For Serving: Kevin
• For the Communion Bread: Alison, Cindy & Kim 
• For the Wine Cups: Beth & Rob
• For the Music: Ray & Shonda, Jon & Leo 
• For the Pictures & Video: Jan & Beth & Rick 
• For the altar & sound: Margie & Hue
• For the coffee and specials: Barb & Warren,  Jackie & Joan

 

Birthdays:  Lynda Fleming, Eric Wittek, Stephen Farmer (21), Emery Zurchin (22) 

Happy Anniversary: 

Hue & Linda Beavers (36th)

Mike & Judy Carrell (47th)

  

 Please Remember:

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:   Sabrina

Picture 2:   Jackie

Picture 3:   Anthony  

Picture 4:   Alex from Nebraska with his grandparents, Chuck & Sandra      

   Video:   Rosemary's Blessing

 

Finances: August 7, 2011.

Expenses:  $1245.00

Outreach:  $ 870.00 

Thanks for the Generosity

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

  

 

 

Rosemary's Blessing

Loving Father,

often we forget your gifts to us,

letting them pass unnoticed through each day.

Show us how to look again, to see through your eyes

and give freely in response to what we see.

Amen

www.christianaid.org.uk/images/count-your-blessings-2010.pdf

 

 

Beth reading from The Great Prophet.

                                                                                           

Our Special Thanks

•    For  the Readings:   Rob & Beth
•    For The Team:   John & Buddy & Georgie
•    For the Communion Bread:   Alison & John
•    For the Wine & Cups:  Jan & Charlie
•    For the Pictures:    Jackie,  Mike,  & Rick
•    For the coffee and extras:   Tom & Becky & Jackie
•    For the altar & sound: Jackie  &  Ben & Hue
•     For all who helped with communion
•              

Rob reading from 1 Corinthians.

 

Birthdays:   Hue Beavers (67, Tuesday), John Bresson (Monday), Dana Dinsmore (Thursday, 27),  Kara,   & candle girl

 

Anniversaries:

John & Alison (25th, Thursday)

 

 

Rosemary reading her Blessing of The Week.

 

Please Remember these special people:

For Sandra's sister Sharon, who just died Saturday morning, & her brother;  For Tom Quinn's recuperation from surgery;  For Ray & Claire's son in Law, Ken, Christi's husband recuperating from a serious back surgery here in Dallas;  For Meredith, cancer free;  For David Dinsmore's mom in W. VA;  For Jerry Brophy, a high school classmate of mine  For Tom Quinn’s brother, Tim;  For Hue;  For John O'Donnell;   For Carol's continued recuperation;   For Dee and her daughter, Lisa; For John Schanot's continued recuperation;   For a young man who is suffering from depression;  For Cliff & Jean, plus Jean's brother Terry;  For Laura's sister Claudia;   For Dawn;    For Anthony & Sabrina;  

   

 

Thanks, Dearest Emma, for being such a special gift to me and to our community.

 

For John & Jean's son John Louis;   For our good friend Kay (at 90 years!) in Ontario;  For Jackie's friend, Barbara, plus Angela & her mom;  for Sr. Patricia Otillio, a nun I worked with for years in Grand Coteau;   John Cade's mother in law, Kalliopi Piskiouli and Lambrini;  for Frank’s brother with advanced Parkinsons;      For Steve Barrett, Rose, & Katie;  Barb & Warren's grandbabies, Leighton Elizabeth and Warren Phillip and Ethan Michel, & their friend Chris, plus Barb's  Annie & Kaitlen; 

 

 

Happy Birthday, Hue.

 

Tom and Teresa Quinn's niece, Chawna, with cancer, their granddaughter, Mikayla;   plus Neva Flynn, Angel, and Diane Kreeitzer;   Connie Doherty's mom and her sister, plus Kevin's cousin, Peter; For a number of David McKeon's family who are having a rough time with health issues, especially Mark Pelton; for our friends, sons, and daughters in the military, including Ryan McClurg and Chebino; cure for autism from Laura Chollick; for our President.

 

 

Happy Birthday to you, too, John.

 

Your Finances, February 10, 2019

Expenses:   $895.00

Outreach:    $575.00

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

 

 

Rookie, you get a cupcake simply because you are here.  Thanks for coming.

 

Thanks, Everybody 

(214-783-0443)

 

 

David, can we trust you to get that cupcake to whom deserves it in your family.

 

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 Offertory Team of The Week, Bill & John & Connie.