Here are the links for Sunday:
And who let these girls out on the street this morning?!
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
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The Best All Saints & All Souls team, Sandra, Geri, Denni, and Judy.
Readings:
Malachi 3, 19-20, There will arise the sun of justice with its healing rays.
Psalm 98, The Lord comes to rule the earth with justice.
2 Thessalonians 3, 7-12, See what love the father has bestowed on us.
Luke, 21, 5-19, When you hear of wars and insurrections, do not be terrified.
Flowers for Georgie and Buddy.
Community Activities:
ROMEO MEET: Friday, November 11, 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, TBA.
Sir Charlie, you swiped those flowers! I know where you are going.
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.
Country Western Dancing anybody?
What is going on in Our Catholic World
I know I am funny here sometimes, Buddy, but that funny?
True?
Pocock paused and stepped back from the frame of the shell and put his hands on his hips, carefully studying the work he had so far done. He said for him the craft of building a boat was like religion. It wasn’t enough to master the technical details of it. You had to give yourself up to it spiritually; you had to surrender yourself absolutely to it. When you were done and walked away from the boat, you had to feel that you had left a piece of yourself behind in it forever, a bit of your heart. He turned to Joe, “Rowing,” he said, “is like that. And a lot of life is like that too, the parts that really matter anyway.”
Boys in the Boat, p. 215.
Healing.
See you Sunday.
J.S., 214-783-0443
Three generations, Peace.
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.
Isaiah 9: For a child is born to us, a son is given us; …
Titus 2: Beloved: the grace of God has appeared, ..
Luke 2: … the time came for her to have her child, and she gave birth to her firstborn son, …
Thanks……
Music, Ben & Shonda
Readers, John & Mary Jane & Claire
Gospel, John Cade
Homily, John Stack
Eucharistic Prayer A & B, John Cade
The Magic Zoom makers, Hue, Richard & Mike
Final Blessing, Rosemary
Readings: Download 12-24-21 – Readings – Christmas Eve
Homily: Download Christmas Homily
Remember these special people:
For John Stack having a hard time right now with a bad back; For Laura Chollick; For Sandra who has been diagnosed with Large B Cell Lymphoma; For Richard's grand daughter, Madeleine; For Esparza's new great grandson & Frank; 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, and for Hue & Linda's daughter, Doctor Rosemary Beavers; For Mary & Dave Hall's g-daughter Allison Keller working at St. Lukes, The Woodlands, For Sir Charlie & Jan; Shonda's mom & Cody & Leo & all of Shonda's dear family; For Ursuline Sr. Mary Troy,
Jackie's mom, sister, & friend, Lynn; For Rick Turner searching for a kidney donor, Type O neg.; For Meredith, cancer free & John Schanot; For John O'Donnell & Jean; For Jean & Cliff Wright; For Dee, and for her daughters, Lisa & Lauren ; 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; from Barbara, a little baby boy named Ford recuperating from an operation & a nephew; for David McKeon's brother, Hugh; For Beth's friends & brother; for the medical staffs, teachers, and coaches in our public & private schools.
Birthdays:
Anniversaries:
Community Finances,
Expenses: $
Outreach: $
Thanks again, Folks, for doing what you can.
Rosemary's Blessing:
Loving Father, help us remember the birth of Jesus, that we may share in the song of the angels, the gladness of the shepherds, and worship of the wise men.
Close the door of hate and open the door of love all over the world.
Let kindness come with every gift and good desires with every greeting.
Deliver us from evil by the blessing which Christ brings and teach us to be merry with clear hearts.
May the Christmas morning make us happy to be thy children, and Christmas evening bring us to our beds with grateful thoughts, forgiving and forgiven, for Jesus’ sake.
Amen.
Robert Louis Stevenson
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:
Next time. Santa arrived.
Want to read a good Christmas story: Download A Christmas Story 12-26-14
Our Special Thanks:
Birthdays: Diane Holcomb ( Sunday); Amanda Baack (Monday); T.J. Gleason (Wednesday); Robyn Pack (57, Thursday); Hugh Bivona (Friday)
Anniversaries:
Tom and Teresa Quinn (47th, Tuesday)
Please Remember these special people:
For three of our greatest friends and supporters who died this year, Fred, Curtis, and Chuck, last year, for them and their families.
For Jamie Wilson in the hospital; The Quinn’s granddaughter, Mikayla; For Fred, our buddy and supporter for years, who moved to the other side recently; For Curtis, another buddy and longtime supporter, who died recently, and for the family; For Bethany & for the coming of her Little Visitor; for Jackie Urbanczyk's continued recovery; for Beth's sister, Katy, in Baylor; For Rita; Mike & Dee Miller's daughter, Lisa, not doing well; for Nina Tucker's dad; 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; from Rob, the brother of his business associate who has cancer; For Diane Drescher with a bad back & hips;
Frank’s sister, Grace Campos, 84, with stage one; For Jackie; Diane McClurg's mom having a hard time making the transition to assisted living; Dee's friend, Don Fox, with cancer; 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.
Bernadette Delgado's mom; 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.
Your Finances, December 24
Expenses: $6010.00
Outreach: $2747.00
Thanks for your Generosity.
Video: The Great Nativity Drama, 4 minutes,
Have a Good 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
Good Evening Everyone!
We are back and had a great time. We are looking forward to seeing you all at the ArtCentre of Plano this Sunday.
Readings:
Isaiah, 55, 6-9, As high as the heavens are above the earth, so high are my ways.
Psalm 1, The Lord is near to all who call upon him.
Philippians 1, 24, 27, Conduct yourselves in a way worthy
Matthew 20, 1-16, The kingdom of heaven is like a landowner…
Like glass, White Rock Lake looking south from the north bridge, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 7:30 A.M.
ROMEOS, Friday, September 18, 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
All God's creatures.
Reminder for 25th Sunday Ordinary Time, September 20, 2020
Here are the links for Sunday:
Doggie Park and doggie swimming hole from the north bridge, usually a busy spot. Must be too early.
What's up in Ye Old Catholic Church
1. U. S. bishops should follow the sisters, https://www.ncronline.org/news/opinion/editorial-bishops-should-follow-sisters-lead-dismantling-racism
Sunday Homily from September 13 (Last Sunday. Just forgot to add it to the blog.)
The Lord is gracious & merciful, never gets angry and is abounding in love.
Many people I know have their favorite scripture passage, one that supports feelings of consolation and inner peace. It is also a resort when times are difficult. This my verse.
Please excuse me while I reminisce through three periods of my adult & ordained life, my years in East Africa, my years working as a psycho-therapist and a celebrater of Sunday Masses at St. Marks, and finally the recent years, my blessed marriage with Rosemary and celebrating Masses with our special, marvelous community, each stage lasting 10-20 years.
I was living in Nairobi, Kenya when I was first struck by the incredible strength and consolation of this line. I was looking for property on which I was to establish a spiritual center. I had taken a break of a few days to get in touch with my spirit. I had already been a Jesuit for about 15 years and had made many a retreat. I had even guided a bunch of people through 8 to 30 day individual retreats. Suddenly, sitting in the small chapel of the house of some American brothers it hit me. How had I missed the strength of this line?
I went on to find a 38 acre plot with two houses owned by two elderly Brit ladies, mother & daughter. (probably younger than I am now!). The center is still active and under the direction of 2-5 East African Jesuits. I named it Mwangaza House, which is Swahili for a sudden brightness. I showed it to Rosemary & Mary Ellen some years ago when we were all 3 younger.
At a meeting of some of us Kenya Jesuits I volunteered to move south to Tanzania, a country more poor than Kenya & Uganda, with dirt roads, more simple living, and the home of The Great, my beloved Mt. Kilimanjaro.
We knew that transportation was poor, so we decided to go mobile. I was able to find 4 convents or centers with guest accommodations, one in each of the 4 corners of the country. I bought a Honda 250 trail bike and found 3 others to form a team. They were another young French Canadian Jesuit, a French Canadian White Father, and a delightful Dutch nun named Hanney. In a cardboard box on the back of my trail bike I had my notes, extra clothing and running shoes. It was a fascinating adventure.
The second big move I made was when I returned to the States around ’85-’86, got a degree & training as a psycho therapist, opened an office in the back of the Jesuit residence at the school here in Dallas, and shared time with people needing help. I was quite busy. At the same time Claude Smyth took me on at St. Marks where every Sunday I did the 9:00 and the 10:30 Masses. I loved the people who made up those communities.
Guess what was the third big move in my life. Cinco de Mayo, 2005, Rosemary & I got married. That blessing was more than ever I expected! But that was not the end of it.
I blame Carol Eshelbrenner, Bernadette, and a few other trouble makers. They said let’s continue to celebrate our Sunday Masses together. Remember where we started and continued for many years? Yep, Vines High School. After a gazillion years at Vines, we were assigned to other schools because of Summer renovation. Then we arrived in The Promised Land, Legacy Charter, Becky being our most gracious hostess.
Ever since that day in Nairobi and all through the years I have found peace and strength in The Line, The Lord is gracious and merciful, never gets angry, and is abounding in love.
What scripture line touches your heart?
Our dear Bill Hammond just passed to his Peace this morning.
Mike, Rob, Beth, Nicole, Rose, and Bill.
