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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Our dear Bill Hammond just passed to his Peace this morning.
Mike, Rob, Beth, Nicole, Rose, and Bill.
Welcome, Catherine, to you and your whole family. Catherine is one of my 6:00 A.M. spin class buddies at the "J".
Welcome this Sunday: Catholic Mass with coffee & juice, and pastries, some bought, some home-made.
Time: 9:30; Celebrate with the Community & John Cade & Stack
Place: Legacy Charter School, 601 Accent Drive, Plano, TX 75075
We now have a new, Advent & Fall, blessing of the candles. So, Buddy, how long until you have it memorized?
Readings:
Exodus 17, 8-13, Joshua mowed down Amelek and his people.
Psalm 121, The Lord Our help is from the Lord, who made heaven & earth.
2 Timothy 3, 14-4, 2, Remain faithful to what you have learned.
Luke 18, 1-8, The persistent widow & the ornery judge.
Is this not trouble coming, Patricia, Who dat, & Sandra!
Activities:
ROMEO MEET: Friday, September October 18, Jason's Deli, Collin Creek Mall, west side of Central, 1:00. Welcome all wakos, you will fit right in.
JULIETS, November, TBA
Meyerson Christmas show, December 6, Friday, 7:30. Let Rosemary know if you want to join the gang. $35 per ticket.
Who is that cute little girl?
True?
An idle mind…
Is the best way to relax.
Today's Offertory team, Brent, Michelle, & Cheryl.
What's up in Ye Old Catholic Church? Like…
Favorite Catholic Hymns, https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2019/10/02/greatest-hymns-all-time-chosen-america-readers
Francis humanized, https://www.ncronline.org/news/opinion/humanized-francis-speaks-leader-whose-movement-falling-apart
Enza pronounces his vows.
214-783-0443
Wow, that's Our Dear Izzi and she says, "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.
Readings:
Isaiah, 35, 1-6, 10, Then will the eyes of the blind be opened
Psalm 146, Lord, come and save us.
James 5, 7-10, Welcome one another as Christ welcomed you.
Matthew 11, 2-11, Are you the one who is to come?
Treat of The Week: Sabrina is home from college. Welcome home, Sabrina.
Observations on Isaiah 35
What: The passage is another from Isaiah 1, (Chapters 1-39)
Our selection: Another beautiful passage about a bright future.
Sez Tori, "Yes, Welcome Home, Sabrina."
Then the Eyes of the Blind will be opened
I would like to talk this morning about how once in a while, of course, only once in a while, I can be so blind to other people. This is an old story, but it is right on.
One mild afternoon afternoon I was sitting on a bench in front of Baskin & Robbins on the corner of Preston & Royal, just near our house. In front of me were two handicapped parking spots, both empty.
"Welcome home from me, too, Sabrina."
Suddenly a guy in, say, his early 20’s pulls into one of the parking spots, gets out of his car, and walks into Baskin & Robbins. I am thinking, ‘Hey, this guys is cheating. There is nothing wrong with him and he has no handicapped sticker in his car window.’ I’m thinking, ‘Why did I not give him my opinion while he walked by me? I will give it to him whenever he comes out.’
I wait probably about five minute, when suddenly the door opens. The man emerges holding the right arm of a little old lady who was barely able to walk.
Is that really you, Leo?
Thank God ‘the eyes of the blind will be opened’ before something stupid is said. Classic judging the book by the cover, one of my favorite activities.
Want to know of another place where my eyes are opened every year? The Love for the Kids picnic in Flower Mound.
Love for the Kids picnic, entertainers
Again this year we had about 20 volunteers from our home community. 1000 kids with their teachers and sponsors. There was all the usual activity, horseback riding, bounce units, face painting, people dressed as super heroes.
When the kids walk in they are given a bag of goodies. When they return to their school busses, they find a special gift in their seat.
Bill, the horse whisperer and the kid whisperer, helping the kids ride the horses.
They get lunch, put together by a bunch of our people. People are floating around with bags of popcorn in baskets to give to the kids. Kids who needed or wanted a coat, they could get one. Bike helmets were being given away, good helmets.
I go to give the gift of my time to these kids, but the kids gift me even more. But it is the great number of volunteers that touch my spirit.
So, the question obviously is: who is cuter, the white guy or the pink pig?
That guy outside of Baskin & Robbins, the kids, and the volunteers open my eyes to the good around me.
How are you blind & how are your eyes opened?
Hey, John & Connie, I think those cookies are supposed to be for the kids' lunches, not you guys.
Not only were the kids given jackets & coats if they were needed, but bike helmets were given and fitted to the kids' heads. These were good helmets, like Specialized.
Deuteronomy 4: Yes. What other great nation has gods that are intimate with them the way God, our God, is with us, always ready to listen to us?
James 1: Real religion, the kind that passes muster before God the Father, is this: Reach out to the homeless and loveless in their plight, and guard against corruption from the godless world.
Mark 7: Jesus called the crowd together again and said, "Listen now, all of you – take this to heart. It's not what you swallow that pollutes your life; it's what you vomit – that's the real pollution."
Denni reading from Deuteronomy
Thanks…
Music, Ben
Readers, Denni & Tom
Homily, John Stack
Eucharistic Prayer A & B, John Stack & John Cade
The Magic Zoom makers, Hue & Kevin
Final Blessing, Rosemary
Remember these special people:
For John Stack; For Shonda's Grandmother; For Meredith ; For Tom Quinn; For Frank Esparza; For Lambrini, John Cade's wife, who is dealing with cancer ; For Allen Stryker; For Mike and Judy Carrell ; For Madeleine, Richard Eshelbrenner's granddaughter; For Hue; For Jackie; For John's sister, Kathey recovering from a fall; For Mary Hall's friend Cadence still suffering from a serious medical condition; For Sir Charlie; For Ron ; For Teresa Quinn's niece, Maddie who has a brain tumor;
Jackie's 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, the families of Annie and Michael and her neighbor, Marie and the family; for the medical staffs, teachers, and coaches in our public & private schools.
Anniversaries: Rob & Beth Robinson
Community Finances:
Expenses: $ 1,290.00
Outreach: $ 380.00
Thanks again, Folks, for doing what you can.
Connie, John and Denni help with Communion
Rosemary's Blessing:
Always pray to have eyes that see the best in people,
A heart that forgives the worst,
A mind that forgets the bad,
And a soul that never loses faith in God.
Author Unknown
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 10, Peter proceeded to speak
Psalm 118, This is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad.
1 Corinthians 5, A little yeasts leaven all.
John 20, On the first day of the week, Mary Magdalen came to the tomb early in the morning.
Romeos, Welcome! Jason's Deli, 1:00, Friday, March 26. Required: vaccines, mask for entrance & departure.
A reminder for those attending the 9:30 Easter Mass at Legacy: wear a mask (along with your vaccination).
Another Reminder for Sunday, April 4, 2021, Easter 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
Remembering….
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 5: Many signs and wonders were done among the people at the hands of the apostles.
Revelation 1: Do not be afraid. I am the first and the last, the one who lives.
John 20: Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed.
Claire, Ray, Cindy, Mabel, Marlene and Connie talking before Mass
Thanks…
Music, Ben
Readers, Connie & John
Gospel, John Cade
Homily, John Cade
Eucharistic Prayer A & B, John Stack & John Cade
The Magic Zoom makers, Mike & Hue & Richard & Kevin
Final Blessing, Rosemary
Readings: Download 04-24-22 – Readings – 2nd Easter
Homily: Download 04-24-22 – Homily – 2nd Easter
and Mary and Frank
Remember these special people:
For John Stack having a hard time right now with a bad back; For Sandra who has been diagnosed with Large B Cell Lymphoma; For Lambrini, John Cade's wife who is dealing with cancer; For Tom Good; For a young man, 19 struggling with a brain tumor and cancer; 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 and for a friend Cadence still suffering from a serious medical condition; For Sir Charlie & Jan; All of Shonda's dear family;
Kevin learning the whole Zoom operation
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 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 & friends, Annie, a mom of 3 kids and Michael ; for the medical staffs, teachers, and coaches in our public & private schools.
Buddy, reading the prayer for the lighting of the candles
Birthdays: David Dinsmore 4/27, John Simari 4/30
Anniversaries: Randolph & Michelle Brown 4/25
Community Finances:
Expenses: $ 600.00
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
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.