28th Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 11, 2020
Readings:
Isaiah 25, 6-10, On this mountain the Lord will provide for all peoples a feast
Psalm 23, I shall live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life.
Philippians 4, 6-9, I can do all things in him who strengthens me
Matthew 22, 1-14, The kingdom of heaven may be likened to a king who gave a wedding feast.
Thanks to the Team
Music, Ben & Shonda
Readers, Tom & Mary & Buddy, the candle blesser
Gospel, Deacon Mike
Homily, Stack
Eucharistic Prayer A & B, Stack & John Cade
The Magic Zoom makers, Mike, Ben, Richard, & Welcome Back, Hue
Final Blessing, Rosemary
For hosting us at Legacy, Becky
Remember? 3 years ago, South Rim, Grand Canyon.
Isaiah observations:
Who: Any idea which Isaiah this is, 1, 2, or 3? We had Isaiah 1 last week talking about the vineyard. That was chapter 5. Pretty easy to guess, Isaiah 1. But, this is chapter 25.
It seems out of character for Isaiah 1, who criticizes the people. More like Isaiah 2, which John Cade loves and which we will read this Advent.
Remember Isaiah 1 is pre-Babylonian Captivity, around 555 before Christ. This selection is a marvelous vision of peace and sensual satisfaction, one of my favorites.
Yep, it is still Isaiah 1, all the way to chapter 39. Basically he is saying that a great day will come, after you people have paid for your sinful, selfish ways.
Remembering…..
Homily:
As a boy, Jesse was a chicken plucker.
He stood on a line in a factory and spent his days
pulling the feathers off dead chickens so the rest of us
wouldn't have to.
It wasn't much of a job, but at the time
Jesse didn't think he was much of a person.
His father was a brute of a man
thought to be mentally ill,
and treated Jesse roughly all his life.
Jesse's older brother wasn't much better.
He was always picking on Jesse and beating him up.
Yes, Jesse grew up in a very rough home in
West Virginia. Life was anything but easy,
and he thought life didn't hold much hope for him.
That's why he was standing in this chicken line
doing a job that few people wanted.
Jesse was always sick.
Sometimes it was real physical illness,
but often it was all in his head.
He was a small child, skinny and meek.
That didn't help the situation.
Remembering….
When he started to school he was the object of every
bully on the playground.
He was a hypochondriac of the first order.
For Jesse, tomorrow was not always something he
looked forward to.
But he had a dream. He wanted to be a ventriloquist.
He found books on ventriloquism. He practiced with
sock puppets and saved his hard-earned dollars until
he could get a real ventriloquist dummy.
When he got old enough, he joined the military,
and even though many of his hypochondriac symptoms
persisted, the military recognized his talents and
put him in the entertainment corps.
That was when his world changed.
He gained confidence.
The Wizards Hue & Rich.
He found that he had a talent for making people laugh,
and laugh so hard they often had tears in their eyes.
Yes, little Jesse had found himself.
You know, the history books are full of people
who overcame a handicap to go on and make a success
of themselves, but Jesse is one of the few I know of
who didn't overcome it. Instead he used his paranoia
to make a million dollars and become one of
the best-loved characters of all time doing it!
That little paranoid hypochondriac, who transferred
his nervousness into a successful career, still holds the
record for the most Emmys given in a single category.
The wonderful, talented, nervous comedian
who brought us
Barney Fife (The Andy Griffith Show)
was
Jesse Don Knotts.
(July 21, 1924 – February 24, 2006)
There is a street named for him and his statue in
Morgantown, West Virginia, his home town.
At this stress filled time in our lives, how are you reaching out to peace & beauty?
Remembering….
Please Remember these special people:
For Alan Stryker; For John Doherty with back pain; For Becky's dad who has moved to the other side; For Cindy is recuperated!!; For David Dismore's bad shoulder from a biking accident; For all the medical personnel struggling to treat the tsunami of sick people, in particular, locally, Cindy's staff at Presby, Dallas, and at Frisco Presby, the mother of Harper and Betsy, Kendle, working in labor & delivery; For Mary & Dave Hall's g-daughter Allison Keller working at St. Lukes, Woodlands, For Joe Hogan with cancer; For Loretta's aunt Alicia; For Sir Charlie & Jan; Shonda's mom & Cody & Ben & Leo & all of Shonda's dear family; for all the students and teachers and coaches returning to school, for Geri's sister with heart & circulation problems,
Richard & Mike Zooming.
For Jackie's mom, sister, & friend, Lynn; For both Jean & Cliff Wright; 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, plus John's daughter, Joey, with cancer, For the students, teachers, and coaches in our public & private schools.
Birthdays: Bill Hammond, Celeste Colmanero, Rich Eschelbrenner
Hammond, you are so missed around here!
Community Finances, October 11, 2020
Expenses: $710.00
Outreach $180.00 (often for Souls Harbor, Legacy, etc.)
Thanks, Folks, for doing what you can.
Rosemary's Blessing:
Just in case you missed our new address, 7017 Helsem Way 75230. (notice the same Zip Code as Tulip Lane?)