Author: Rosemary

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ByRosemary November 5, 2017
Rosemary's Blessing of The Week:

If the only prayer you say

In your entire life is

“Thank you”

That would suffice.

Meister Eckhart

Beth reading from Malachi.

Special Thanks to these special people:
- For the Readings: Beth & Rob
- For The Team: Buddy & Georgie
- For the Communion Bread: Alison
- For the Special Communion Cups: Jan & Charlie
- For the Pictures: Rick & Beth & Mike & Connie
- For the coffee and extras: Becky & Tom & Jackie
- For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue
- For the Music: Ben & Wendy
- For all who helped with Communion
Rob reading from Thessalonians.

Birthdays: Ryan McCabe (16, Monday)

Rosemary reading her Blessing of The Week.

Please Remember these special people

For Bill Hammond's recovery from rotater cuff surgery, which is expected to take a whole year; Trey, age 19, recuperating from 8 gun shot wouonds; For Myron Hubble; For Connie Bresson's mom; For Carol's recuperation; For Tom Good; For Dee and her daughter, Lisa; For John Schanot's continued recuperation; For Nadia's recuperation; For a young man who is suffering from depression; For Claire's mom;   For Cliff & Jean; For Rosemary's niece, Beth and her partner, Sarah with cancer; For Laura's sister Claudia; For Dawn;    For Anthony & Sabrina; For John & Jean's son John Louis; For our good friend Kay in Ontario; For Rose's daughter in law Jamie; For a young father of two & married, Paul Day, struggling with a heart condition;

Thanks, Sophia, for being our Candle Lighter of The Week.

For Rosemary's sister, Patty and her husband, Lou; For Cathy's uncle, Jim Wright at 92; For Connie's nephew, Fred; For Mary Jane Stevenson's son Philip, 34, sick & don't know why; For Maureen’s daughter, Kathleen, with cancer; For Jackie's friend, Barbara, plus Angela & her mom; For Sr. Patricia Otillio, a nun I worked with for years in Grand Coteau; John Cade's mother in law, Kalliopi Piskiouli; for Franks brother with advanced Parkinsons; For Steve Barrett, Rose, & Katie;

Along with your editor, these all participated in the Dallas Rides bike rally Saturday morning, Rob & Beth, Leila & Randy, & Rosemary

Dick Thompson's daughter, Teri Jill, and Judy's aging parents; Barb & Warren's grandbabies, Leighton Elizabeth and Warren Phillip and Ethan Michel, & their friend Chris, plus Barb's Annie & Kaitlen; Tom and Teresa Quinn's niece, Chawna, with cancer, their granddaughter, Mikayla;   plus Neva Flynn, Angel, and Diane Kreeitzer; Connie Doherty's mom and her sister, plus Kevin's cousin, Peter; for Mary Ellen; For a number of David McKeon's family who are having a rough time with health issues; for our friends, sons, and daughters in the military, including Ryan McClurg and Chebino; cure for autism from Laura Chollick; for our President.

First time I've ever seen this, a secure bike parking lot with valet parkers. This was at the end of the rally at Dallas City Hall.

Your Finances, November 5, 2017

Expenses: $1140.00

Outreach: $ 485.00

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

The kids in red were the valet parkers. You give them your bike. They tag it and give you the stub. Return the stub and get your bike. Pretty efficient.

Have a Great Week, J.S

(214-783-0443)

Wendy & Ben making beautiful music.

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.

See you next week, My Dear Tori.
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Reminder for Sunday, November 5, 2017, 31st Ordinary time
ByRosemary November 1, 2017
Welcome back, Dearest Tori, so nice to see you.

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

REMINDER: Daylight Savings Time ends this weekend.

He is coming!

Readings:

Malachi 1, 14-2, 2, 8-10, A great king am I, says the Lord

Psalm 131, In you, O Lord, I have found my Peace

Thessalonians 2, 7-9, 13 , We were gentle with you.

Matthew 23, 1-12, Do not be like the Pharisees.

Healing for Sandra.

Community Activities:

ROMEO MEET: Friday, November 3, Jason's Deli, Collin Creek Mall, west side of Central, 1:00. Welcome all wakos, you will fit right in.

Healing for John.

JULIET LUNCHEON, (aka.,just us ladies into eating together), November Lunch

GREETINGS JULIET LADIES

Our event for November will be held on Friday November 3 at 1:00 p.m.

Please join us for a fun time in the private dining room of

Palio's Pizza Café in Richardson, the southeast corner of Campbell and Coit ( to the right of Sprouts and Dress Barn)
- You can BYOB of wine if you like.
- They are giving us a 20% discount
- Lots of Parking right in front
- Great Pasta, Pizza, Salads, etc.
- Very reasonable prices
- Plenty of room for everyone
Please email me if you have any questions and/or to let me know you are able to join us. It can be our early Thanksgiving Party.

Sandra Pratt

prattquest@yahoo.com

972-235-6622

Hope you can join in the fun time we always have.

Our Father

Love for Kids picnic: December 9

Jackie & Rick: have a nice bedroom they would like to put up for rent, $500 per month. Location: Garland, near a DART train station.

.

Our Father.

What is going on in Our Catholic World:

1. NCR editorial on where we are at, National Catholic Reporter, November 1, 727 Words, Download NCR EDITORIAL 10-1-17

Clapping? For ME??

True?

A bachelor is a guy who never made the same mistake once.

-Phyllis Diller

Not for Me? No, huh, Buddy? No!!

See you Sunday.

J.S., 214-783-0443

Finally, the favorite part of our celebration.

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, Everybody.
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Sunday Homily, October 29, 2017, 30th Ordinary Time
ByRosemary October 29, 2017

Sir Charlie, we have hardly even started and you are already booing.

Readings:

Exodus 22, 20-26, You shall not molest or oppress an alien.

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.

And here we have some nice people, Becky & Tom & Mike.

Exodus observations–

What: One of the great books of the Bible, the second book of the O.T. A good read. The name means 'departure' and refers to one of the most important events in Israel's history, the departure of the people of Israel from Egypt where they had become slaves after going there to escape drought in their own land.

Author: not Moses, but a bunch of people putting together the story most likely after the Babylonian Captivity, therefore around 555 before Christ.

She is back, Folks, Wendy with her little one.

Our selection:   comes from the "Book of the Covenant," that is, the law or commandments.

The materials in the book are akin to many legal codes of the ancient Near East, the most famous of which is the Code of Hammurabi, 20th Century before Christ.

Today's reading comes from a section of the code dealing with the laws of social conduct. They inculcate a social ethic based upon compassion. Abstract justice is not enough, especially for the underprivileged. The lesson was obviously chosen to go with the summary of the Law that forms the gospel reading.

Watch how Yahweh (that is, the person writing in Yahweh's name) says he is compassionate just after declaring he will kill certain types of people if they are not compassionate.

Our Dear Emma in action, The Candle Lighter of The Week.

Matthew observations–

What: another example of the cultural game of "gotcha," a set up. How this works you got to know the background…

Background:  The Pharasees identified 613 commandments in the Torah (first 5 books of the O.T.) 248 were positive ("thou shalt"), and 365 were negative ("thou shalt not"). How could anyone remember all of them? Were some more important than others? If you choose one, what about another??

Wake up, Tori, you are missing a marvelous story.

See where we are going?   Our Gospel, "the Greatest Commandment?" Matthew has the the Pharasees ask this question to put Jesus into a bind. But again, Jesus slips their trap.

Some teachers distinguished between "heavy" and "light" commandments. The "Ten" are examples of the heavies. An example of a light commandment is in Deut. 22, 6-7, which stipulates that a person who finds a bird's nest with a mother sitting on eggs or with young may take the young but must let the mother go. The reason for observing all these commandments: "That it may go well with you, and that you may live long." (Deut. 5, 16; 22, 7)

Resources: The New Interpreters Study Bible; St. Louis U. Liturgical @ Liturgical.slu.edu

Communion for All.

Here comes Thanksgiving !

Bet you cannot guess why this Sunday is special to me! It is tree planting Sunday!

This struck me as I was looking for something in the readings that moved me. I honestly did not find it. But, suddenly I remembered that this was a busy weekend for me, probably for about 15 years. The tree project was always connected with Thanksgiving, which is only about 4 weeks away. Let me tell you how this got started.

The Great Book Swap.

I was just back from ca. 10 years in East Africa by 1990. I was grateful to be back in the States after being in countries a bit dangerous, like, for instance, Uganda during the time of Idi Amin.

I have loved to plant trees ever since my years as a Boy Scout at Christ the King. I did it everywhere I went, Toronto & East Africa, for instance.   In 1990 I was living in the Jesuit community at the high school. I began to plant trees on the campus. I quickly ran out of space and started on Inwood Road.   The project had begun.

Georgie, witnessing a Miracle?

I started using the Sunday before Thanksgiving as planting day, and after a couple of years realized it was too busy a time. So we moved the date to the last weekend of October, always with the theme of Thanksgiving. For me, gratitude to be home.

You may remember our last big planting, one Sunday after our Mass at Vines.   We planted 400 trees on the campus of Plano Senior High, in about two hours or less, from 12:00 to 2:00.   A picnic was scheduled for 3:00.   Most everybody stopped in by 2:00. Then were gone by 3:00.

"Miracle? What miracle?," says Buddy, more fascinated by the bricks.

The Thanksgiving build up has begun, Folks. I’ll probably ask this 3 more Sundays.  What are you grateful for this year?

Thanks, Brent, for the marvelous ministry you do as director of Souls Harbor.

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ByRosemary October 29, 2017
Rosemary's Blessing of The Week:

Life is not a journey to the grave

With the intention of arriving safely

In a pretty and well preserved body,

But rather to skid in broadside,

Thoroughly used up,

Totally worn out,

And loudly proclaiming

—WOW—What a Ride!

Author Unknown

Denni reading Exodus.

Special Thanks to these special people:
- For the Readings: Denni & Tom
- For The Team: Buddy & Georgie
- For the Communion Bread: Alison
- For the Special Communion Cups: Jan & Charlie
- For the Pictures: Rick & Beth & Mike
- For the coffee and extras: Becky & Tom & Jackie
- For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue
- For the Music: Ben & Wendy & David
- For all who helped with Communion
Tom reading Thessalonians.

Birthdays: Nikki & Cameron (11, Today, Sunday), Patricia (19^th, Sunday), Rob (65, Monday), John DeGenova (58, Wednesday), Karen Anderlick (Saturday)

Anniversaries:

Bill & Zaile (8^th, Tuesday)

Rosemary reading her Blessing of The Week.

Please Remember these special people

For Bill Hammond's recovery from rotater cuff surgery, which is expected to take a whole year; Trey, age 19, recuperating from 8 gun shot wouonds; For Myron Hubble; For Connie Bresson's mom; For Carol's recuperation; For Tom Good; For Dee and her daughter, Lisa; For John Schanot's continued recuperation; For Nadia's recuperation; For a young man who is suffering from depression; For Claire's mom;   For Cliff & Jean; For Rosemary's niece, Beth and her partner, Sarah with cancer; For Laura's sister Claudia; For Dawn;    For Anthony & Sabrina; For John & Jean's son John Louis; For our good friend Kay in Ontario; For Rose's daughter in law Jamie; For a young father of two & married, Paul Day, struggling with a heart condition;

Happy 17th Birthday, Nikki & Cameron.

For Rosemary's sister, Patty and her husband, Lou; For Cathy's uncle, Jim Wright at 92; For Connie's nephew, Fred; For Mary Jane Stevenson's son Philip, 34, sick & don't know why; For Maureen’s daughter, Kathleen, with cancer; For Jackie's friend, Barbara, plus Angela & her mom; For Sr. Patricia Otillio, a nun I worked with for years in Grand Coteau; John Cade's mother in law, Kalliopi Piskiouli; for Franks brother with advanced Parkinsons; For Steve Barrett, Rose, & Katie;

And, Happy 65th Birthday to you, Rob.

Dick Thompson's daughter, Teri Jill, and Judy's aging parents; Barb & Warren's grandbabies, Leighton Elizabeth and Warren Phillip and Ethan Michel, & their friend Chris, plus Barb's Annie & Kaitlen; Tom and Teresa Quinn's niece, Chawna, with cancer, their granddaughter, Mikayla;   plus Neva Flynn, Angel, and Diane Kreeitzer; Connie Doherty's mom and her sister, plus Kevin's cousin, Peter; for Mary Ellen; For a number of David McKeon's family who are having a rough time with health issues; for our friends, sons, and daughters in the military, including Ryan McClurg and Chebino; cure for autism from Laura Chollick; for our President.

And Happy Birthday to you, Dear Karen.

Your Finances, October 29, 2017

Expenses: $1330.00

Outreach: $ 510.00

To Souls Harbor: $2000

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

A special Happy 19th anniversary to you, Dear Patricia.

Have a Great Week, J.S

(214-783-0443)

Happy 8th Anniversary, Bill, to you and Zaile.

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      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.

Says Our Dearest Emma, "See you nest week, Everybody."
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Reminder for Sunday, October 29, 2017, 30th Ordinary Time
ByRosemary October 25, 2017
What is that critter? Could that be a Tori?

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

Reminder, All Saints coming up.

Readings:

Exodus 22, 20-26, You shall not molest or oppress an alien.

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.

Duck Crossing.

Community Activities:

ROMEO MEET: Friday, October 27, 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), November Lunch

GREETINGS JULIET LADIES

Our event for November will be held on Friday November 3 at 1:00 p.m.

Please join us for a fun time in the private dining room of

Palio's Pizza Café in Richardson, the southeast corner of Campbell and Coit ( to the right of Sprouts and Dress Barn)
- You can BYOB of wine if you like.
- They are giving us a 20% discount
- Lots of Parking right in front
- Great Pasta, Pizza, Salads, etc.
- Very reasonable prices
- Plenty of room for everyone
Please email me if you have any questions and/or to let me know you are able to join us. It can be our early Thanksgiving Party.

Sandra Pratt

prattquest@yahoo.com

972-235-6622

What a team! Listen up, guys. Good story coming.

Love for Kids picnic: December 9

Jackie & Rick: have a nice bedroom they would like to put up for rent, $500 per month. Location: Garland, near a DART train station.

Reminder: Book Exchange this Sunday.

Wow! Am I that bad?? I am crushed!!

What is going on in Our Catholic World:

Nothing this week.

Our Father.

True?

What if my dog only brings back my ball because he thinks I like throwing it?

Our Father contined.

See you Sunday.

J.S., 214-783-0443

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.

Peace?? Scary!!
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Sunday Homily, October 22, 2017, 29th Ordinary Time
ByRosemary October 22, 2017

Says Our Dearest Emma, "Welcome in, Everybody."

Readings:

Isaiah 45, 1, 4-6, I am the Lord, there is no other.

Psalm 96, Give the Lord glory & honor.

Thessalonians 1, 1-5, We give thanks to God for all of you

Alleluia, Shine like lights in the world (Great line)

uMatthew 22, 15-21, Is it lawful to pay the census tax to Caesar or not?

Welcome in Denni, Charlotte, and Chloe, and Tom & Nora. So good to see you all.

Isaiah observations :

Who : Can you guess which Isaiah this is in chapter 45? 1, 2, or 3? A little more difficult than the last two Sundays. This is Isaiah 2, going from chapter 40 to 55.

Today’s selection:  this is not Isaiah 2 at his best. I like the line, I have called you by your name.  Otherwise, the passage is mildly comforting to the people who are living in Babylonian slavery, around 555 before Christ.

Welcome in to you, too, Dearest Zoe. Just you wait. We got something for you. I have not forgotten. Get ready,

Cyrus: So, who is Cyrus?

Cyrus the Great of Persia, modern Iran, built the first great empire, which extended as far as Athens in Greece.   He was a benevolent emperor of his people and the people he conquered, for instance, the Israelites.

Isaiah 2 is championing Cyrus because he hears of Cyrus coming and hopes Cyrus will defeat the Babylonians and set the Israelites free to return to Jerusalem. This is exactly what Cyrus does. Where is Babylon? Try 50 miles south of Baghdad on the Euphrates River. What is left? Rubble.

Note: Watch out for the alleluia verse. A good one & I want to talk about it.

Hi, Diane, and welcome back. Want to learn how to dance? Diane is one of the best.

Shine like Lights in the World

This morning I would like to talk about the Alleluia verse, Shine like lights in the world. The final questions are obvious, Who is a light for me, and For whom am I a light in the world.

I have lots of people who answer the first question. You people, for instance. What I would like to talk about, however, is two ladies, two black ladies, one of whom has died some years ago.

Our Candle Lighter of the Week in action.

First, ever hear of Juanita Craft? In the ‘60’s & 70’s Juanita was the Dallas leader of the NAACP and a prominent activist. She lived in South Dallas west of Fair Park.

I was a Jesuit intern from ’65 to’68 at the high school. The summer of probably ’67 I was looking at doing something different. I talked with Juanita. The next thing I know I am the only white guy on a Greyhound bus full of NAACP young people and their chaperons. We were going to D.C. and then to the NAACP national convention in Atlantic City. Remember this was another tense interracial time. Sound familiar. Martin Luther King was assassinated in May, 1968.   This was ’67.

The Best, Shonda, Ben, & David.

I learned two things from Juanita.   First, she was tireless in advocating for her people. She used the media to help and she eventually was elected to the Dallas City Council. Believe it or not, she was one of the inspirations for me gathering crowds for those years of planting trees.   Juanita was long dead by then and I had spent 10 years in East Africa. It was like I would ask myself, ‘What would Juanita do with this dream?’

Secondly, a small thing. Every time we got off that bus, Juanita would tell everybody to clean up every scrap of trash. I was a bus driver for Jesuit, mostly sports teams. I never thought of telling the kids to clean it up. After the example of that old lady, I did.

To round out that summer I even spent the rest of it living in her little house in South Dallas and being active in the NAACP.

The Balloon Girls at work, Zoe & Tori.

The second black lady is named Sondra. I see her once or twice a week when I go to our corner supermarket to buy bananas & milk & occasionally flowers. She is the early morning cashier, is probably mid-‘60’s and should be retired, She is very friendly and knows my name, Mr. John, and, get this, gets up ca. 2 A.M. to catch two or three buses from South Dallas to open up the store at 6:00.

These two women shine like lights in my world.

Who are the lights in your world?

For whom are you a light?

Offertory ready with Carrie & Paul, Aggie & Allen.

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ByRosemary October 22, 2017
Rosemary's Blessing of The Week:

May you be blessed with the gift of humility

To know who you are,

To appreciate your strengths and talents,

To be aware of your shortcomings and limitations,

And most especially…

To be grateful each day for life.

Mike reading The Great Prophet Isaiah (2)

Special Thanks to these special people:
- For the Readings: Mike & Geri
- For The Team: Buddy & Leo
- For the Communion Bread: Alison
- For the Special Communion Cups: Jan & Charlie
- For the Pictures: Rick & Connie & Mike
- For the coffee and extras: Mike & Jackie
- For the altar & sound: Jackie & no sound (lightening struck Hue's transmitter)
- For the Music: Ben & Shonda & David
- For all who helped with Communion
Geri reading Thessalonians.

Birthdays: Zoe (9, Thursday – Samantha), from last Thursday, Donna Dinsmore, Chuck Pratt (would have been 79 Tuesday)

Rosemary reading her Blessing of The Week.

Please Remember these special people

For Bill Hammond's recovery from rotater cuff surgery, which is expected to take a whole year; Trey, age 19, in ICU with 4 gun shot wouonds; For Myron Hubble; For Connie Bresson's mom; For Carol's recuperation; For Tom Good; For Dee and her daughter, Lisa; For John Schanot's continued recuperation; For Nadia's recuperation; For a young man who is suffering from depression; For Claire's mom; For Cliff & Jean; For Rosemary's niece, Beth and her partner, Sarah with cancer; For Laura's sister Claudia; For Dawn;    For Anthony & Sabrina; For John & Jean's son John Louis; For our good friend Kay in Ontario; For Rose's daughter in law Jamie; For a young father of two & married, Paul Day, struggling with a heart condition;

Thanks, Emma, for again being our Marvelous Candle Lighter of The Week.

For Rosemary's sister, Patty and her husband, Lou; For Cathy's uncle, Jim Wright at 92; For Connie's nephew, Fred; For Mary Jane Stevenson's son Philip, 34, sick & don't know why; For Maureen’s daughter, Kathleen, with cancer; For Jackie's friend, Barbara, plus Angela & her mom; For Sr. Patricia Otillio, a nun I worked with for years in Grand Coteau; John Cade's mother in law, Kalliopi Piskiouli; for Franks brother with advanced Parkinsons; For Steve Barrett, Rose, & Katie;

Happy 9th Birthday, Our Dearest Zoe.

Dick Thompson's daughter, Teri Jill, and Judy's aging parents; Barb & Warren's grandbabies, Leighton Elizabeth and Warren Phillip and Ethan Michel, & their friend Chris, plus Barb's Annie & Kaitlen; Tom and Teresa Quinn's niece, Chawna, with cancer, their granddaughter, Mikayla;   plus Neva Flynn, Angel, and Diane Kreeitzer; Connie Doherty's mom and her sister, plus Kevin's cousin, Peter; for Mary Ellen; For a number of David McKeon's family who are having a rough time with health issues; for our friends, sons, and daughters in the military, including Ryan McClurg and Chebino; cure for autism from Laura Chollick; for our President.

Happy Birthday from last week, Donna. We saved that cupcake for you all week. (Not really.)

Your Finances, October 22, 2017

Expenses: $1560.00

Outreach: $ 690.00

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

Here we go. Ready, Leo?

Have a Great Week, J.S

(214-783-0443)

Communion Helpers ready, with the exception of Patricia & Geri.

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.

Can it get better than this? Chloe, Charlotte, and Nora with Tom & Denni.
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Reminder for Sunday, October 22, 2017, 29th Ordinary Time
ByRosemary October 18, 2017
Welcome in, Dearest Zoe.

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

The Best Music, Shonda & Ben.

Readings:

Isaiah 45, 1, 4-6, I am the Lord, there is no other.

Psalm 96, Give the Lord glory & honor.

Thessalonians 1, 1-5, We give thanks to God for all of you

Matthew 22, 15-21, Is it lawful to pay the census tax to Caesar or not?

A good one for perspective adjustment (like for mine):

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=Hzgzim5m7oU&vq=medium>

Long time friends meet up, Mike & Christine.

Community Activities:

ROMEO MEET: Friday, October 20, 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), November Lunch TBA

Kerry, this large communion is for you and Nina.

What is going on in Our Catholic World
1. San Diego bishop celebrates Mass for LGBT's, October 10, 2017, 644 words, Download MASS FOR LGBT'S 10-19-17
2. Guns, National Catholic Reporter, October 14, 2017, 321 words, Download MORE GUNS 10-19-17
Does not every married couple begin their married life by hiking "Rim to Rim? That is, going all the way down the Bright Angel Trail from the South Rim to the river in the bottom of the Canyon, then climbing all the way up to the North Rim, maybe 14 thousand feet total, in one day.

True?

No matter how big and bad you are, when a two year old hands you a toy telephone, you answer it.

Could there be a "crazy gene" in their families. All hiking "Rim to Rim."

See you Sunday.

J.S., 214-783-0443

Want to know what is the best part of of our Sunday celebration?

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.

Momma, want part of my cupcake? Sharing!

Peace, Everyone!
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Sunday Homily, October 15, 2017, 28th Ordinary Time
ByRosemary October 15, 2017

Welcome, Our Dearest Michelle.

Readings:

Isaiah 25,, 6-10, On this mountain the Lord will provide for all peoples.

Psalm 23, I shall live iin the house of the Lord all the days of my life.

Phlippians 4, 12-14, 19-20, I know how to llive in humble circumstances.

Matthew 22, 1-14, The king throws a wedding feast for his son.

Welcome in, say our Dearest Tori & Zoe, and The Great Gilbert.

Two beautiful readings this morning, Isaiah 25, and Psalm 23, The Lord is my Shepherd.

Our Dearest Candle Lighter of The Week, Emma.

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.

Does it get more beautiful than this, Beautiful Scene, Beautiful Couple.

On this mountain the Lord will provide for all peoples, the Lord will wipe away the tears from every face.

This morning, Folks, I would like to talk about this line in the context of our lives.

Last week after having been privileged to take part in the beautiful wedding of Paul and Carrie on the very edge of the South Rim of Grand Canyon. And after having the joy of sleeping in for a couple of mornings when the temperature was in the 30’s both outside and inside through our wide open glass door. And after having spent one whole day just walking around and doing nothing, a very rare event in our lives.

After being moved by all this, we turned on the radio in our rental car early Saturday morning to begin our 3 hour drive back to the airport in Phoenix. Just catching up on current news. I was immediately depressed and even angry, which is pretty rare for me.

Communion on the South Rim.

I have caught myself here a few times lately and have decided I do not want to be here. So I returned to a decision I made to simply turn it off and focus on the beauty and how the Lord provides.

Let me give you 4 little examples on which I am still dwelling here at home.

First, I was touched by the example of lots of the tourists around the South Rim. There is a shuttle bus system on the South Rim, three routes, one east, one west, and one in the center. The west bus and the center bus are new for me since I came here in the ‘90’s.

The South Rim Wedding.

Rosemary & I took them all and occasionally they were full, especially the west bus. One time I am seated and the aisle is full of standing people. So I get up and offer my seat to somebody. After I stand up I happen to look toward the back of the bus. What do I see? A half dozen other guys were all getting up. Many of them were Japanese.

Rosemary even was bummed later in the day because some guy got up and offered her his seat. “He must think I’m an old lady,” she grumps to me later.

The Stack Wedding Tree

Two more neat events took place on our flight experience. First, at our SWST gate there was a special desk with 3 ladies. We were at the end of a long corridor and probably 200 passengers were waiting for flights to Dallas, San Francisco, & two others.

One of the girls started talking to the mass of people and then asked, “Anybody celebrating a birthday today?” Across from us Isabella, a shy girl about 11 put up her hand. The SWST girl got the whole gang to sing to her and then gave her a $25 gift certificate. Then the SWST girl went through about a dozen trivia question with $25 certificates for the winners. It was delightful.

The Best Team, Georgie, Buddy, & Leo.

Then on the plane which had come in from somewhere like Jackson Hole, guess whom we saw, Patricia & Fred. Guess what, the whole plane gave them a rousing round of applause for their 7^th anniversary. Patricia must have told the flight attendants. Who else?

Besides these events, blowing me away most of all, the wedding. Beautiful place and beautiful people. It was The Best.

And just to show Paul & Carrie how appreciative I am and we are for the memories, and that I told them that I would give them a special gift when we got home, I have The Gift. A young Shumard Red Oak, a Stack Wedding Tree.

Only One Cupcake today?? Yep.

Let me remind them, because they have probably already forgotten, the little tree says two things when you look at it. First, are you having fun together? From my experience, if you are having fun in your marriage, you won’t end up in my office.

Secondly, it says that this old geezer truly loves you.

Thanks for The Memories.

Number 1 of 2 elevations.

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ByRosemary October 15, 2017
Rosemary's Blessing of The Week:

Christ has no body now on earth but yours,

     no hands but yours,

     no feet but yours,

Yours are the eyes through which Christ’s

     compassion is to look out to the world,

Yours are the feet with which Christ is to

     go about doing good,

Yours are the hands, with which Christ is to

     bless all people now.

From a prayer by Teresa of Avila (1515–1582)

Mary, who read the Beautiful Isaiah.

Special Thanks to these special people:
- For the Readings: Mary & Sandra
- For The Team: Buddy & Georgie & Leo
- For the Communion Bread: Alison
- For the Special Communion Cups: Jan & Charlie
- For the Pictures: Rick & Rosemary & Connie & Mike
- For the coffee and extras: Mike & Jackie
- For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue
- For the Music: Ben & Shonda
- For all who helped with Communion
Sandra, who read the second reading, Philippians.

Birthdays: Richard Eshelbrenner

Rosemary reading her Blessing of The Week.

Please Remember these special people

For Bill Hammond's recovery from rotater cuff surgery, which is expected to take a whole year; Trey, age 19, in ICU with 4 gun shot wouonds; For Myron Hubble; For Connie Bresson's mom; For Carol's recuperation;   For Tom Good; For Dee and her daughter, Lisa; For John Schanot's continued recuperation; For Nadia's recuperation;   For a young man who is suffering from depression; For Claire's mom; For Cliff & Jean; For Rosemary's niece, Beth and her partner, Sarah with cancer; For Laura's sister Claudia; For Dawn;    For Anthony & Sabrina; For John & Jean's son John Louis; For our good friend Kay in Ontario; For Rose's daughter in law Jamie; For a young father of two & married, Paul Day, struggling with a heart condition

Happy Birthday, Richard. Only one cupcake, yes, but for you a Bell Vita because you are a hero of mine, losing 40 pounds some years ago to get into good shape. I know you do not want a cupcake.

For Rosemary's sister, Patty and her husband, Lou; For Cathy's uncle, Jim Wright at 92; For Connie's nephew, Fred; For Mary Jane Stevenson's son Philip, 34, sick & don't know why; For Maureen’s daughter, Kathleen, with cancer; For Jackie's friend, Barbara, plus Angela & her mom; For Sr. Patricia Otillio, a nun I worked with for years in Grand Coteau; John Cade's mother in law, Kalliopi Piskiouli; for Franks brother with advanced Parkinsons; For Steve Barrett, Rose, & Katie;

You, Our Dearest Emma, deserve the cupcake for being our Candle Lighter of The Week.   Plus, you can handle it being so young and so full of energy.

Dick Thompson's daughter, Teri Jill, and Judy's aging parents; Barb & Warren's grandbabies, Leighton Elizabeth and Warren Phillip and Ethan Michel, & their friend Chris, plus Barb's Annie & Kaitlen; Tom and Teresa Quinn's niece, Chawna, with cancer, their granddaughter, Mikayla;   plus Neva Flynn, Angel, and Diane Kreeitzer; Connie Doherty's mom and her sister, plus Kevin's cousin, Peter; for Mary Ellen; For a number of David McKeon's family who are having a rough time with health issues; for our friends, sons, and daughters in the military, including Ryan McClurg and Chebino; cure for autism from Laura Chollick; for our President.

The South Side Gang.

Your Finances, October 15, 2017

Expenses: $785.00

Outreach: $185.00

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

The North Side Gang.

Have a Great Week, J.S

(214-783-0443)

The Ekes, Marlene, Billy, & Cindy.

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      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.

Wake up, Ben & Emma. I'm going to end up with an inferiority complex.
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