6th Sunday in Ordinary Time, February 15, 2026

Mass: Coffee & juice, pastries & specials on the House.

Time: 9:30; Stack celebrating

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

  
  
Readings:  Exodus 22, 20-26, I am compassionate; Psalm 18, I love you, Lord, my strength; 1 Thessalonians 1, 5-10; Matthew 22, 34-40, Love the Lord and love your neighbor. 

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Community Bulletin Board:

1.  Schedule of upcoming events:  

       1.  This Sunday, October 30, All Saints-All Souls anticipated.  Bring pictures of people you would like to be remembered & place them on the stage, like usual.

       2.  November 5: Mike Carrell will offer us a homily and we will baptize Brooklyn.

       3.  November 12, Saturday, 8:00-1:00, Pizza & Paint Party, Rita's house, 1311 Brentwood.

       4.  December 4, John Cade celebrates our Mass.

       5.  December 10, Love for Kids Christmas Party in Flower Mound for handicapped kids. loveforkidsinc@yahoo.com

       6.  December 11, Thanks Brunch in gratitude to our Boards and particularly to Ron Kovatis, Penny Morrow, & Cathy Goode, who are retiring.  Special guest homilist, Jamie Rose. 

 2.   Directory will be available again this Sunday.  

3.   Three openings on our board.  Welcome.  Let one of us know if you would be willing to help out for a year or two.  One meeting every quarter.

What's going on in our Catholic World:

It is not widely known by Catholics in the pews, but on the first Sunday of Advent, Nov. 27, a new, more formal language for the Mass will be introduced in parishes in North America.  The following articles explain. 

1.   On the language change, Commonweal, June 30:   Download It doesn't sing, 10-11

 2.  On the language change, Huffington Post, August 30:  Download New Mass Language 10-11   

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True?

"The person who says it cannot be done

 should not interrupt the person doing it"

   Video: Final  Blessing

See you Sunday, October 30, All Saints

Mass: 9:30; coffee, donuts, home made muffins, & juice on the house.

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

Readings: Matthew 21, 1-11, Entry into Jerusalem; Isaiah 50, 4-7; Psalm 22; Philippians 2, 6-11; Matthew 26, 14-27, 66 (Passion)

Community Bulletin Board

EASTER EGG HUNT: Easter Sunday before Mass, 9:00.  Welcome all you kids!!

Holy Thursday Mass: 7:00 P.M., Mary Kee’s house, 2625 Millington, Plano 75093

Good Friday Stations: no place yet.  Please let me know if you would like to come to one or both of these services, so we see how many might attend.

Coomunity Directory: if you have not signed in and want to, send me your info.  At Easter I will publish on line to all who have signed up.

Quad Squad:  This Sunday I will sign people up.  Casey wrote me:

Next Community Party: May 3, 7:00 P.M., Fairview Farms’ Barn, The Anniversary.  Hold the date.

Rick Turner is driving taxi.  Good man, knows the Metroplex.  Call: 214-707-6536c; 972-412-0711h.  Also, anyone got a lead on an inexpensive 4 cylinder, 4 door car we can help Rick & Jackie get?  Theirs is pooping out.

David Hoover’s daughter will be in play starting March 28.  Check it out: www.dct.org  

See you Sunday.

Ugh, oh, Folks, Cathy is back.  Help,  help!

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

Nothing better than my warm grandmom.  A Pieta portrait.

Readings: 

Genesis 15, 5-12, 17-18,  The Lord God took Abraham outside and said to him, "Look up at the sky and count the stars."  

Psalm 27,  The Lord is my light and my salvation.

Philippians 3, 17-4, 7,  He will change our lowly bodies

Luke 9, 28b-36,  The Transfiguration.

You people are crazy.  Not only is it cold and gray, but it is Daylight Time.   Was all this not a great excuse for sleeping in?!

Community Activities:  

ROMEO MEET: Friday, March 15, Jason's Deli, Collin Creek Mall, west side of Central, 1:00.  Welcome all wakos, you will fit right in.   

JULIETTE LUNCHEON:  April   - TBA

"Help," yells Jan on being smothered by Carrie & Paul.

TRUE?

My heroes are the ones who survived doing it wrong, who made mistakes, but recovered from them.

Bono  

Healing Touch for Tom.  You should find, Tom, that you will now run even swifter in your next series of Marathons.

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

1.     Did Pius XII know about the Holocaust?   Old archives being  opened..  http://corpus-blog.blogspot.com/2019/03/opening-archives-wont-settle-debate.html

Peace Ken.

See you Sunday,  

J.S., 214-783-0443

Peace, Everybody.

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.

Wilmington Hootenany with our man Bill on guitar and maybe also David.

Some of those crazy St. Bonaventure kids on Spring Break.

Happy New Year & Happy Epiphany & Welcome 3 Kings from the East

Welcome this Sunday: Catholic Mass with coffee & juice, and pastries, some bought, some home-made. 

Time: 9:30; Celebrate with the Community  & John Cade, Mike Carrell,  &  Stack  

Place: Legacy Charter School,  601 Accent Drive, Plano, TX 75075

Leo leads the Community.

We have heard that people discover that the Blog has not been coming.  Typepad tends to drop people for no reason.  So if this happens to you, just sign up again by going to www.johnstackministries.com

Healing for Ray & Claire.

Readings:

Isaiah , 42, 1-4, 6-7,  Here is  my chosen one.

Psalm 29,  The Lord will bless his people with peace.

Acts of the Apostles 10, 34-38,  I see that God shows no partiality

Matthew 3, 13-17,  Jesus came to John to be baptized

The Our Father stretch.

Activities:  

ROMEO MEET: Friday, January 310,   Jason's Deli, Collin Creek Mall, west side of Central, 1:00.  Welcome all wakos, you will fit right in.  

Peace, Everybody

True?

First say to yourself what you would be, 

and then do what you have to do.

Epictetus

Peace to all God's Critters.

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

Let priests marry (from Nairobi, Kenya, my old home office)tps://www.nation.co.ke/oped/opinion/For-Chrissake–let-Catholics-ordain-women–priests-marry/440808-5386266-ssmvwy/index.html

Liberal Catholics & the Real Presence,http://corpus-blog.blogspot.com/2019/12/liberal-catholics-real-presence.html

See you Sunday, J.S.

214-783-0443

Happy Peaceful New Year, Everybody.

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.

Watch out, Norm & Cheryl & Mike, that little girl will swipe your cookies when you are not looking.

Welcome: Catholic Mass with coffee & juice, and pastries, some bought, some home-made.

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

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

Beware, Richard, friendly Sir Charlie is just getting ready to stick that left hand in your pocket.

Readings:

2 Samuel  5, 1-3,  They anointed David king of Israel.

 Psalm 122,  Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.

 Colossians 1, 12-20,  Let us give thanks to the Father.

 Luke, 22, 35-43,   If you are king of the Jews, save yourself.

Welcome Home, Kim, with all your Dallas family.

Community Activities:  

ROMEO MEET: Friday, November 18, Jason's Deli, Collin Creek Mall, west side of Central, 1:00.  Welcome all wakos,  you will fit right in.  

JULIET LUNCHEON, (aka.,just us ladies into eating together), December 9; 12:30

 Download Juliet Xmas

LOVE KIDS PICNIC: December 10, Saturday; Bill will work sign up beginning this Sunday.

ADVENT PLANS:   Download Advent 2016

Offertory with Jim and John and Connie trying to make them behave for a few moments.

Christmas at the Dallas Symphony

This year we are going to the Meyerson on Friday, December 16th at 7:30 pm.   We will have seats in the Orchestra section at approximately $45.00 per person.  Please let Rosemary (rosemary.mcginn@sbcglobal.net) know as soon as possible if you are interested in going.  As always we will gather at Tulip Lane before the performance.

Welcome Home Norm and Diane.  Wow, can that Diane dance!

What is going on in Our Catholic World

1. Vatican observations on D. Trump, National Catholic Reporter,  November 12, 777 words,      Download VATICAN ON TRUMP 11-17-16
2. Church observations on immigrants to U.S., National Catholic Reporter, November 14,  430 words,     Download IMMAGRANTS & US CHURCH 11-17-16

One cupcake to the Candle Lighter of The Week.

True? 

Six Best Doctors in the World

1. Sunlight
2. Rest
3. Exercise
4. Diet
5. Self Confidence
6. Friends

KC

Some of the 19 Juliettes out on the town.

See you Sunday.

J.S., 214-783-0443

Friday meeting of some of The Board.  A question of quantity vs quality?

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.

Special Healing for Carol.  Special prayer Friday.  

Cupcake of The Week to Brian with two little mice awaiting crumbs, Brooklyn and Sienna.

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

For all Kevin's years of service, the least our community could do was give him a gift of $100. He is on a band trip to Europe.

Readings:

Acts  12, 1-11,   The chains fell from his wrists.

Psalm 34,   The angel of the Lord will rescue those who fear him.

2 Timothy  4, 6-8, 17-18,  The Lord stood by me and gave me strength.

John  21, 15-19,  Simon, son of John, do you love me.  (this reading comes from the vigil Mass)

Jackie & Rick, our special honorees, for Rick's retirement from RISD, his birthday, their anniversary, and Jackie's recuperatiion.

Community Events:

1.   ROMEO lunch Friday, June 27,  Jason's, 1:00, Welcome all Old Geezers & kids, plus the Real Romeos.  Take a break July 4.  

2.   Meatball Macchio, all you ever want to know, plus even more,     Download Meatball Macchio 6-26-14

Harper with her grandmother, Cathy, and our honoree on her retirement from years with PISD.

What's going on in our Catholic World:    

1.    Francis cleaning house!, New York Times,  June 13, 1450 words,     Download Vatican clean-up 6-26-14  

2.    The American Parish, National Catholic Reporter,  June 21, 900 words,     Download The American Parish 6-26-14

Buddy, the Candle Man, with his mom, Michelle.

True? 

Know what sparks the light in you.  Then use that light to illuminate the world.

Oprah Winfrey 

Offertory with Cheryl, Meredith, and Brent.

See you Sunday, June 29, 2014, Peter & Paul, Cycle A

J.S., 214-783-0443

The Beginning. Are hats in this Sunday? In honor of Cathy.

 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.