In the spirit of Holy Week, here is a copy of a contemporary Stations of the Cross which we have used in past years. You may like to read them as a family and meditate on them.
If you would like to download and print the stations here is a link Download Stations of the Cross-Covid 2020.
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Mark 11, 1-10, Jesus enters Jerusalem
Isaiah 50, 4-7, I gave my back to those who beat me.
Psalm 22, My God, Why have you forsaken me.
Philippians 2, Christ did not not regard equality with God. (Omitting this reading)
Mark 11, Passion
Romeos, Welcome! Jason's Deli, 1:00, Friday, March 26. Required: vaccines, mask for entrance & departure.
Reminder for Sunday, March 28, 2021, Palm Sunday
Here are the links for Sunday:
Song Sheets for Sunday's Mass can be found online.
The Link to the Music Folder is
https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/1IOrhygLoXEtbwb3Jws3-JMXMUOzESA8l
Does nobody love me anymore!
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.
Here are the links for Sunday:
Readings:
Acts of the Apostles, 8, 5-8, 14-17, They laid hands on them and they received the Holy Spirit.
Psalm 66, Let all earth cry out to God with joy. (Beautiful Psalm)
1 Peter 3, 15-18, Sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts.
John 14, 15-21, I will not leave you orphans.
Remember……
ROMEOS, Friday, 1:00 as usual. Welcome!
ROMEOs' Virtual JasonsDeli 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
Acts of the Apostles 2: Exalted at the right hand of God, he received the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father and poured him forth, as you see and hear .
1 Peter 1: He was known before the foundation of the world but revealed in the final time for you….
Luke 24: "The Lord has truly been raised and has appeared to Simon!" Then the two recounted what had taken place on the way and how he was made known to them in the breaking of bread.
Connie reading from the Acts of the Apostles
Thanks…
Music, Ben & Shonda
Readers, Connie & John
Gospel, John Cade
Homily, John Stack
Eucharistic Prayer A & B, John Stack & John Cade
The Magic Zoom makers, Hue & Kevin
Final Blessing, Rosemary
John reading from the First Letter of Peter
Readings: Download 04-23-23 Readings -3rd Easter
Homily: Download 04-16-23 Homily – 2nd Easter
The lighting of the candles
Remember these special people:
For Cindy Cramer's family; For the family of Ron Senter; For Frank Esparza; For Jan; For Tom Quinn who had back surgery on November 21st; For Sandra who has been diagnosed with Large B Cell Lymphoma; For Lambrini, John Cade's wife, who is dealing with cancer ; For Madeleine, Richard Eshelbrenner's granddaughter; For Hue; For Jackie; For John's sister, Kathey recovering from a fall; For Tom Good; For a young man, 19 struggling with a brain tumor and cancer; For Mary Hall's friend Cadence still suffering from a serious medical condition; For Sir Charlie & Jan;
Ben gets a cookie
Jackie's mom, sister, & friend, Lynn; For Rick Turner searching for a kidney donor, Type O neg.; For Jean & Cliff Wright; For Dee, and for her daughters, Lisa & Lauren; For a young man who is suffering from depression; John Cade's daughter, Joey, with cancer; from Barbara, a little baby boy named Ford recuperating from an operation & friends, Annie, a mom of 3 kids and Michael ; for the medical staffs, teachers, and coaches in our public & private schools.
and Kevin gets a cookie
Birthdays: David Dinsmore
Anniversaries: Michelle & Randolph
Community Finances:
Expenses: $ 480.00
Outreach: $
Thanks again, Folks, for doing what you can.
and Aviana gets 2 doggie biscuits for her 15th birthday
Rosemary's Blessing:
Walk softly upon the earth.
May its beauty forever surround you,
its wonders forever astound you.
May its wisdom delight you,
its music invite you
to dance and to play and to sing.
May you love and be loved by all that you meet;
may you know and practice compassion.
Rejoice in the earth and in all of creation.
Rejoice in life.
a parting blessing – alfred v. fedak – 2008
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.
Readings: Isaiah 7 10-14; Psalm 24, Let the Lord enter, He is King of Glory; Romans 1, 1-7; Matthew 1, 18-24
Isaiah, a quick review:
Author: remember there are 3 contributors. This is Isaiah I, composer of chapters 1-39.
Date: ca. 700 before Christ and before the Persians blotted out the northern kingdom, Israel.
Today's material: as a sign to the unfaithful people, Isaiah predicts a virgin will conceive, will bear a son, and he shall be named Emmanuel. Isaiah I is speaking to the Israelites who are going to get annihilated shortly by the Persians. Matthew uses this passage to authenticate Jesus, saying it refers to him. The virgin conceiving a god person goes way back in history, at least to the time of the Pharaohs in Egypt.
Home
The afternoon of the second or third day Rosemary & I spent in Hilton Head with her sister & brother in law I was finally rested out. I decided I got to get some exercise.
So I grabbed my favorite bike in the garage, an old American style bike with no gears and a big white wall tires. It is a sight, but it is great conditioning and much easier to ride than I expected.
I took off at about 4:30 knowing that I needed to be home by 5:30 when it would be dark. And on Hilton Head Island, folks, it is dark at night. No street lights. Know why. Turtle habitat. Turtles use the beaches to hatch their young and the lights get them disoriented. Therefore, you can easily see the stars at night, but perhaps not your hand in front of your face when there is no moon.
The circle ride I make takes about 40 minutes, probably 8-10 miles. I had gone 15 minutes when I had that sensation. Something was squishy. Yes, I had a flat on my rear tire.
So I decided to walk it in, instead of calling home for a lift. I had passed already the more open part of the trail, and had ahead of me the more forested part. No problem, I know the trail well and light from the houses would guide me.
Consequently, I’m walking along this long path through the woods and on both sides of me are the forested back yards of houses. It was chilly, but comfortable. As I walk along I can see into the kitchens and dens of all these houses, warm, inviting, and homey.
Suddenly I am reminded of other nights walking along behind other houses that were warm, inviting, and homey. Certainly in Tanzania & Kenya when I lived there. But also, when I studied the four years in Toronto.
At the college in Toronto we had a half mile meandering drive to the main road. On the right or north of the drive a line of nice middle class homes backed up. I would walk there in the snow often and long to have a similar house, warm, inviting, and homey. However, I thought it was not for me as a priest.
Walking along that path in Hilton Head, I realized I am not lonely or homesick any more. I am grateful that I do have what I was longing for, thanks to Rosemary and our marriage. I went home and told her, again.
As we approach one of the more home focused celebrations of our year, we might find that we are more homesick or we might be grateful that we have a place that is warm, inviting, and homey.
Where is home for you this Christmas season?
What do you do to create a home that is warm, inviting, and homey?
Picture 1: Ryan lighting the Advent Candle
Picture 2: Done!
Picture 3: Communion preparation
Picture 4: Communion helpers
Picture 5: Margarita & Ashley
Thanks to Cindy Cramer for noting an omission in yesterday's Reminder for Sunday. Sorry about that.
The Reminder: Brunch this Sunday celebrating our 9th Anniversary as a Community and the coming of The Nativity.
Acts of the Apostles 4, the community of believers was of one heart and mind.
Psalm 118, Give thanks to the Lord for he is good, his love is everlasting.
1 John 5, Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is begotten by God..
John 20, 19-31, Jesus came and stood in their midst.
Thanks……
Music, Ben & Shonda
Readers, Patricia & Fred, & Buddy, the candle blesser
Gospel, Deacon Mike Carrell
Homily, John Stack
Eucharistic Prayer A & B, Stack & John Cade
The Magic Zoom makers, Hue & Richard
Final Blessing, Rosemary
For hosting us at Legacy, Becky
New Life in the Community. 30-40 people this Sunday.
It Really is Easter!
Readings for Sunday, April 11, 2021
Download Reading 2nd Easter 4-11-2021
John Stack Homily
Download Homily Resurrection 4-11-2021
The Team is ready (along with Aviana)
Remember these special people:
For Alan Stryker; For Joe Sullivan; For Rosemary's great niece, Rylie ; For Richard's grand daughter, Madeleine; For Esparza's new great grandson baby, son of Monique; 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 Loretta's aunt Alicia; 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 daughter, Lisa; 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 4 month old boy undergoing an operation; for David McKeon's brother, Hugh; For Beth's friends; for the medical staffs, teachers, and coaches in our public & private schools.
Birthdays: Tom Zurchin, Claire Occipinti, & Darbiana
Anniversaries: Curtis & Mabel
Community Finances, April 11, 2021
Expenses: $1035.00
Outreach: $150.00
Thanks again, Folks, for doing what you can.
Rosemary's Blessing:
We are called to be co-partners and co-workers in the unfolding of God’s vision. Our faith brings us to a deep truth: we are made in the image and likeness of a God who is unconditional and unfathomable love. Jesus lives and teaches this idea of God that surpasses all other concepts of God. Our God is intimately close to us and in love with us. We abide in God.
Taken from Our Easter Faith – Making a Difference to Our God by Sister Jean Amore CSJ, Ed.D., Principal, Sacred Heart Academy, Hempstead, NY
Spring is upon us.
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.
