3rd Sunday of Lent, March 8, 2026

Greetings to all from Cuernavaca, Mexico where the sun is shining and the sidewalk cafes around the town square are full.

NO MASS THIS SUNDAY, DECEMBER 30

January 6: our next Mass

Thanks to all who helped make our Christmas Eve Mass so special.  Was the spirit not everywhere!

Thanks, also, to all who contributed to the successful food drive.

Have a fun New Year and a peaceful and wonderful 2008.  John & Rosemary

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.

 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.

Ray, Tom and Lynda.

Leo.

 Readings:

Isaiah 6, 1-8,  Whom shall I send?  Send me.

Psalm 138,  In the sight of the angels, I will sing your praises, Lord.

1 Corinthians 15, 1-11, I am the least of the apostles.

Luke 5, 1-11, They caught a great number of fish and their nets were tearing.

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 10, This Sunday, Mardi Gras Brunch and Valentines

Cole.

What's going on in our Catholic World:  

1.  Pros & cons of parish shopping, National Cathoic Reporter, January 25, 800 words,   Download Parish Shopping 2-1-13

2. Cardinal Mahoney of Los Angeles,  National Catholic Reporter and The Observer, January 24, 600 words,    Download Editorial 2-8-13

3.  LA Archbishop dismisses Cardinal Mahoney, Christian Post Reporter, February 1, 575 words,   Download LA Archbishop 2-8-13

Brooklyn

Play Zone with Emma, CC, and Sienna, while Claire care takes.

 True? 

You have enemies?  Good.  That means you have stood up for something, sometime in your life.

Winston Churchill

Rob inviting Sandra to join him on his   after Mass motorcycle ride?

Ye Olde Pastry Shoppe with Gil, Fred, and even Mary Ellen.

 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.

Acts of the Apostles 14: They strengthened the spirits of the disciples and exhorted them to persevere in the faith,…

Revelation 21:  He will dwell with them and they will be his people and God himself will always be with them as their God.

John 13:  I give you a new commandment: love one another.

Geri and Mike are off to new adventures

Here are the links for Sunday:

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

 

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7428208829?pwd=VERncTBxaWdkaFpkTUZKL3RROW81UT09

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Women's Luncheon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some of the Zoom attendees

 

 

 

 

 

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

Readings:

Exodus 22, 20-26, You shall not molest or oppress an alien, for you were once aliens yourselves  

Psalm 18, I love you, Lord, my strength

Thessalonians  1, 5-10, You know what sort of people we were among you.

Matthew 22, 34-40, Which commandment is the greatest.

Sunday Homily: John Cade

A Touching Story from John Cade & his sister:

Officer James Givens has served with the Cincinnati Police Department for over 26 years, but has never quite experienced anything like this before. He was sitting in his patrol car in a parking lot when he got an unexpected visitor.
A goose came up to his car and started pecking on the side of it. He threw
food out for her, thinking that's what she wanted, but she didn't take it.

She continued to peck and quack, then walked away, stopped and looked back at Officer Givens.  Then she came back to his car and pecked at it again.  She made it very obvious that she wanted Officer Givens to follow her, so he finally got out of his car and did just that.

The goose led him 100 yards away to a grassy area near a creek. Sitting there was one of her babies, tangled up in a balloon string. The baby was kicking its feet, desperate for help.

Luckily, Given's colleague, Officer Cecilia Charron, came to help.  She began to untangle the baby, and the mother goose just stood there and watched, quacking.  She didn't become aggressive, and just let Officer Charron do what she had to do to set the baby free

It was like the mother goose knew they were helping.  Once Charron untangled the baby, she put it down and it ran right to her mom, and they went right to swimming in the creek.

 Charron teared up and said it was the highlight of her 24 years on the force.

"It seems like something made up.  It was just incredible," Givens said. "I honestly don't know why I decided to follow her, but I did.  It makes me wonder – how do they know to turn to humans when they need help.

Life is precious.

ROMEOS, Friday, October 23, 1:00,  as usual.    Welcome!

ROMEOs' Virtual Jason's Deli BYOB lunch
This is a recurring meeting, Friday, 1:00 pm
Link :
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85798571623?pwd=NmFSTW1ocVMzRGdIc0QzUGxKdHM3dz09

Meeting ID: 857 9857 1623
Password: saladbar

Reminder for 30th Sunday Ordinary Time, October 25, 2020

Here are the links for Sunday:

2. search for "john stack ministries"

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cathy & her Halloween trick or treat machine.

 

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Ever hear of Spinoza?  Check this, it's very moving.  Sent to me by Mike Moran.

 

Download Spinoza

 

 

 

  

 

We will return! 

 

 

 

 

What's up in Ye Old Catholic Church

 

1.  Clerical Sex abuse history,  https://corpus-blog.blogspot.com/2020/10/new-book-examines-clergy-sexual-abuse.html

Genesis  9, 8-15, See, I am now establishing my covenant with you.

Psalm 25, Your ways, O Lord, are love and truth to those who keep your covenant.

1 Peter 3, 18-22, Christ suffered for sins once.

Mark  1, 12-15,  The Spirit drove Jesus out into the desert.

Dreaming….