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ByRosemary April 10, 2016
Rosemary’s Blessing

May God protect you

From silly fears and from bitter tears

From foolish fights and from sleepless nights

From excessive needs and from nasty deeds

From self-made hells and from all bad times.

Andrew N Greeley A Book of Irish American Blessings and Prayers

Jackie reading from the Acts of the Apostles

Our Special Thanks
- For the Readings: Jackie & Patricia
- For The Team: Kevin & Georgie & Buddy
- For the Communion Bread: Alison
- For the Wine & Cups: Mary
- For the Pictures: Rick & Connie & Beth & Mike
- For the coffee and extras: Jackie, Tom & Becky
- For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue
- For the Music: Ray & Shonda & Bethany & David
- For all who helped with communion
Birthdays:   Tom Zurchin (Monday), Kerry Tucker (Thursday)

Anniversaries:

Curtis & Mabel (63, Tuesday)

Mabel gets a cupcake for her Anniversary

Please Remember these special people:

For Jan’s mom; For Grace's mom in Alberta; For a friend, Barbara who suffered a stroke this week and also has cancer and for her husband, Carl; For Dee and Mike; For Tom Good; For Lynda's mom; For Teresa's dad who died a week ago; For Cliff & Jean; For Loretta's brother, Don Garcia; For Laura's sister Claudia; For Bernadette's mom; For Dawn; John Simari’s friend, Ron; For Frank; For Anthony; For a number of David McKeon's family who are having a rough time with health issues; For Frank & Mary's niece, Lisa, with cancer; For Stacey McKinley, to remain from cancer; For Rosemary's sister, Patty and her husband, Lou; For John & Jean's son John Louis; For our good friend Kay in Ontario; For Connie's nephew, Fred; For Mary Jane Stevenson's son Philip, 34, sick & don't know why; The Quinn’s granddaughter, Mikayla;   For Maureen’s daughter, Kathleen, with cancer; For Jackie Urbanczyk's continued recovery;    For Jackie's friend, Barbara

Patricia reading from Revelations

For Nadia's friend, Shannon Freeman; For Nina Tucker's dad, Art; For Sr. Patricia Otillio, a nun I worked with for years in Grand Coteau; 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 who just died; Frank’s sister, Grace Campos, 84, with stage one; Diane McClurg's mom having a hard time making the transition to assisted living; For Jean and Cliff with mutual operations coming up;

Happy Birthday, Tom

Dick Thompson's daughter, Teri Jill. Barb & Warren's grandbabies, Leighton Elizabeth and Warren Phillip, & their friend Chris, plus Barb's dad & niece; 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 & her Margaret, Jim, & Christopher; for our friends, sons, and daughters in the military, including 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.

Hi, Kevin

Your Finances, April 10, 2016

Expenses:   $ 715.00

Outreach: $ 301.00

Donated today: Nothing special

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

Have a Great 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.

Buddy gets a cupcake for helping
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Reminder for Sunday, April 10, 2016, 2nd Easter
ByRosemary April 6, 2016
Hi, Tori, Welcome in. You look beautiful today.

Welcome: Catholic Mass with coffee & juice, and pastries, some bought, some home made.

Time: 9:30; Celebrate with the Community & John & Mike.

Place: Sigler Elementary, 1400 Janwood Drive, Plano, TX 75075

And off they go, Leo taking Genevieve for a little ride.

Readings:

Acts 5, 27-32, 40-41, The Sanhedrin ordered the apostles to stop speaking in the name of Jesus

Psalm 30, I will praise you, Lord, for you have rescued me.

Revelation 5, 11-14, I heard to voices of many angels.

John 21, 19-31, Simon, do you love me more than these?

Offertory with Bernadette, Carol, and Richard

Community Activities:
1. ROMEO MEET: Friday, April 8 , Jason's Deli, Collin Creek Mall, west side of Central, 1:00. Welcome all wakos, you will fit right in. An Old Geezer will be out of town.
2. JULIET LUNCHEON, (aka.,just us ladies into eating together) To be announced.
Healing & Life for Tom.

What is going on in our Catholic World

1. Catholic Women speak out, Commonweal, March 29, 777 words, Download Catholic Women 4-7-16

2. Cardinal chides clergy for lack of mercy, National Catholic Reporter, March 31, 415 words, Download Carfdinal on Mercy 4-7-16

3. Obama to Cuba, National Catholic Reporter, April 2, 606 words. Download Obama to Cuba 4-7-16

Healing & Life for Paul & Carrie.

True?

If a man has not discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Communion for All.

See you Sunday.

J.S., 214-783-0443

Communion for All, even Little Ones

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Reaches out to help people who are disadvantaged and make the world we live in a better place to live.

Our Father. Peace, Everyone.
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Sunday Homily, April 3, 2016, 2nd Sunday Easter C
ByRosemary April 3, 2016

Readings:

Acts 5, 12-16, Many signs and wonders were done among the people.

Psalm 118,  Give thanks to the Lord for he is good, his love is everlasting

Revelation 1, 9-19, I was caught up in spirit on the Lord’s day.

John 20, 19-31, Thomas, “Unless I see the mark of the nails.

Harper says, "Hi, Everybody, Welcome in."

Acts observations: I won’t bore you every Sunday for the next six with these same observations. I thought I would mention them because you may have missed them Easter Sunday with all that was going on. Periodically I will remind you of the basics.

Date: sometime before the year 70. Why? No mention of the destruction of Jerusalem, which took place the year 70, a Big Date in Jewish history.

Genevieve, too, says, "Hi, Folks, come in."

Who: The same person who wrote the Gospel of Luke. How do we know? Similarities of style, language (Greek), and theological themes.

Subject: The story of the expansion of the Jesus story in 3 areas, first, Jerusalem, then, Palestine or the Holy Land, and finally, into the Mediterranean and ultimately, Rome.

Today’s Subject: a description of the growth & expansion within the first area, Jerusalem.

Sources: Good News Bible, The New Interpreter’s Study Bible, Wikipedia

Hi, Cathy, and welcome to you, too. Thanks for bringing Harper.

New Life Next Weekend

Next Sunday when you all come together here I will be getting together with my former Jesuit classmates in the beautiful college chapel at Spring Hill College in Mobile, Alabama. We guys spent the 5^th, 6^th, and 7^th years of our training at Spring Hill.

It is class reunion time this weekend and about 8 of us gathered last year for the same event. This year the alumni board is making a big deal out of us and is inviting all the ex and present Jesuits who got degrees at Spring Hill to special recognition. There could be hundreds.

Leo, the Candle Lighter, at work on the Easter Candle.

When I was there we had about 150 guys residing in Assumption Hall, which has been since demolished and replace with smaller units of student housing.

I would like to make 4 observations on the uniqueness of this group of guys.

You never know what you will find out on April 1. The Juliets.

First, all joined up to be Jesuit priests despite the 10-14 years of training involved. Some entered out of college, others, like myself, entered out of high school. I got the full 14 years of training, which at the time was not too bad. It was broken up into 3 & 4 year goals.

Secondly, all these guys became well educated, whether in the Jesuits or after leaving. Lots of the guys taught in schools and universities. They were a pretty progressive group, interested in service, usually to the poor. All would have made good priests and good contributors to the numerous Jesuit high schools, universities, parishes, and retreat houses. In my early years there were 35,000 Jesuits just in the U.S.

Welcome, Nora, into our special Catholic Family.

Thirdly, in my class there is and has been a love of reuniting to see how everyone is doing. There is a comfort zone and guys are willing to share pretty important parts of their lives.

I remember a reunion maybe 3-4 years ago in New Orleans. One of my buddies, Bill, who had cared for his wife for some years before she died of cancer was there. I had not seen him or talked with him since she had died. I was sitting in the group where we were talking about where each of us was at.

Tom and Denni with their just baptized grandbaby.

Bill had not said anything. I remember debating within myself. But I am used to asking these questions. Finally I simply asked him would he be willing to share how it was to care for and lose his wife. We were all in tears.

In Wernersville, PA there is a large Jesuit retreat house & novitiate. Every summer a reunion of some 50 or more Jesuit & ex-Jesuit classmates gather for a weekend.   I just found out about this from one of my classmates from the east. I plan to go some summer in the future.

These reunions are just among Jesuits. There is a large, more formal group called Corpus. These guys seem to be mostly ex-diocesan priests.

John Cade, any Carmelite groups?

Who are all these people, Nora? Why, that is you granddad, Tom, your sister, Charlotte, your grandmommy, Denni, your big sister, Chloe, your mommy, Claire, and your daddy, Andrew.

Final observation. Do you realize that within the next 30 years these groups will all disappear? We have here a unique sample of the population, ex-priests and ex-seminarians. They all wanted to be priests. They all wanted to be married.    Because of Vatican II in the ‘60s, they decided remaining celibate was not healthy for them. Shortly the whole group will pass on.

A little slice of history for you today, folks.

Nora, you are beautiful and perfect. Welcome into our world.

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ByRosemary April 3, 2016
Rosemary reading her Blessing of The Week

Rosemary’s Blessing

Life is short …

Break the rules,

Forgive quickly,

Kiss slowly,

Love truly,

Laugh uncontrollably,

And never regret anything that made you smile.

Author Unknown

Mary reading from Acts.

Our Special Thanks
- For the Readings: Mary & Grace
- For The Team: Kevin & Georgie & Buddy
- For the Communion Bread: Alison
- For the Wine & Cups: Mike & Judy
- For the Pictures: Rick & Connie & Beth & Mike
- For the coffee and extras: Jackie, Tom & Becky
- For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue
- For the Music: Ray & Shonda & Bethany
- For all who helped with communion
Grace reading from Revelation.

Birthdays:   Jean O’Donnell (79, Wednesday), Hugh Bivona (26^th, Wednesday), Betty Porterfield (84, Friday)

Anniversaries:

Casey & Robbie (13^th, Tuesday)

Harper, everybody with a little cold should get a cupcake, right?

Please Remember these special people:

For Jan’s mom; For Grace's mom in Alberta; For Dee and Mike; For Tom Good; For Lynda's mom; For Teresa's dad who died a week ago; For Cliff & Jean; For Loretta's brother, Don Garcia; For Laura's sister Claudia; For Bernadette's mom; For Dawn; John Simari’s friend, Ron; For Frank; For Anthony; For a number of David McKeon's family who are having a rough time with health issues; For Frank & Mary's niece, Lisa, with cancer; For Stacey McKinley, to remain from cancer; For Rosemary's sister, Patty and her husband, Lou; For John & Jean's son John Louis; For our good friend Kay in Ontario; For Connie's nephew, Fred; For Mary Jane Stevenson's son Philip, 34, sick & don't know why; The Quinn’s granddaughter, Mikayla;   For Maureen’s daughter, Kathleen, with cancer; For Jackie Urbanczyk's continued recovery;    For Jackie's friend, Barbara

Buddy, this cupcake is for you being such a super helper, thanks.

For Nadia's friend, Shannon Freeman; For Nina Tucker's dad, Art; For Sr. Patricia Otillio, a nun I worked with for years in Grand Coteau; 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 who just died; Frank’s sister, Grace Campos, 84, with stage one; Diane McClurg's mom having a hard time making the transition to assisted living; For Jean and Cliff with mutual operations coming up;

Mike, this is a consolation cupcake. Welcome, everybody, Monday Evening. Mike will spend his last night at their old house in his tent in the back yard after an evening campfire.

Dick Thompson's daughter, Teri Jill. Barb & Warren's grandbabies, Leighton Elizabeth and Warren Phillip, & their friend Chris, plus Barb's dad & niece; 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 & her Margaret, Jim, & Christopher; for our friends, sons, and daughters in the military, including 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.

Sorry, Brent, no cupcake for you (just $2,000).

Your Finances, April 3, 2016

Expenses:   $760.00

Outreach: $275.00

Donated today: $2,000 to Souls Harbor

                              $300 to Plano Homes

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

Hi, Zoe, how come you look so pretty?

Have a Great Week, J.S

(214-783-0443)

Who is that on her tiptoes? Watch out, something is going to go missing.

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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.

Sign of a successful homily? Everybody asleep? Peace, Everybody.
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ByRosemary March 30, 2016
Kevin says, "Welcome in and Happy Easter, Everybody."

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 Easter Community.

Readings:

Acts 5, 12-16, Many signs and wonders were done among the people.

Psalm 118, Give thanks to the Lord for he is good, his love is everlasting

Revelation 1, 9-19, I was caught up in spirit on the Lord’s day.

John 20, 19-31, Thomas, “Unless I see the mark of the nails.

The Easter Team, Kevin, John, Georgie, and Buddy

Community Activities:
1. ROMEO MEET: Friday, April 1 , Jason's Deli, Collin Creek Mall, west side of Central, 1:00. Welcome all wakos, you will fit right in. It’s All Fools’ Day!
2. JULIET LUNCHEON, (aka.,just us ladies into eating together) Friday, April 1, Guess what day this is!) Frankie's Mexican Restaurant, 2701 Custer Pkwy & Lookout, Richardson, 1:00. Please RSVP to Marilyn, rmackerman5@gmail.com.
3. All Kids Count Picnic: from Bill,
Please help me to get the word out for the All Kids Count – picnic for disabled kids and families.

This event will be April 9, at the Circle R Ranch. We'll meet as usual at Sam's at Coit/ Geo. Bush at 8:00am. Others can meet us at Circle R Ranch.

Hi, Genevieve, How is your first Easter?

What is going on in our Catholic World
1. A new bishop for the Twin Cities, National Catholic Reporter, March 24, 854 words, Download New Bishop 3-31-16
Hi, Harper, Ready for the Easter Egg Hunt?

True?

It is good to love as many things as one can, for therein lies true strength, and those who love much, do much and accomplish much, and whatever is done with love is done well.

VINCENT VAN GOGH

Donna, Darwin, and Dana, the Dinsmores.

See you Sunday.

J.S., 214-783-0443

Hey, who is that on that bike? Why that's the Easter Bunny.

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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.

Ugh, oh, what is happening? The Easter Bunny fell down!

Yeah!, The Easter Bunny is up and okay. Get ready, you kids.

Here comes that Easter Bunny.

Hey, Somebody open up. After all that work and the poor Easter Bunny is locked out. Does anybody have a better Easter Bunny than we have!!
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Sunday Homily, March 27, 2016, Easter Sunday
ByRosemary March 27, 2016

Says Genevieve, "Happy Easter, Everybody. It is my very first Easter."

Readings:

Acts 10, 34, 37-43, You know what has happened all over Judea.

Psalm 118,  This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad.

1 Corinthians 5, 6-8, A little yeast leavens all the dough.

John 20, 1-9, Mary of Magdala came to the tomb early in the morning, while it was still dark.

And J.T. and his mom, Maria, say, "Happy Easter, Folks."

Acts observations:

What: This work describes the spread of Christianity though out the Mediterranean world. The main characters are Peter & Paul. It presents both an idealized view of the community and a look at the significant struggles that took place between Peter & Paul on policy.

We will see Acts every Sunday until May 15, Pentecost.

Kevin says, "Come on in, Folks, we are ready to celebrate Easter."

Resurrection People

This Easter morning I would like to talk about Resurrection people. These are folks who have come back to life. Some may not be local, others are right here in our marvelous community.   I have three people and a bonus. Here we go.

Ever hear of Anthony Graves? He is an exoneree. What is that? Anthony is a black guy who was pardoned or exonerated for a multiple murder near Bryan, TX. He never committed the crime. Anthony spent 18 years in prison, 12 of them on Texas death row. The DA at the trial hid evidence and falsified testimony. He has since been disbarred. How could he live with himself!

Hi, Emma, is that an Easter package?

How do you think you would feel if you were released after spending 18 years in prison? Anthony Graves came out not angry, not resentful, and not seeking revenge. He came out grateful and at peace.

As some recompense, Anthony was given 1 1/2 million. Anthony would easily be excused if he just took the money and went off the radar screen.

Hi, Ben, Love the metalic look. Happy Easter.

As a matter of fact, Anthony has used the money for others unfairly imprisoned. He has opened a free clinic in Houston where exonerees get medical help and counseling. He also works on the cases of others he knows have been unjustly condemned.

Anthony is a Resurrection Person for me.

(Reference. Dallas Morning News, 3-20 & 23)

Hi, Charlotte, tell your daddy thanks for coming today & bringing you and Nora.

There are others, too, closer to home and closer to me, members of our very own own community.

Rosemary & I brought communion one Sunday a year or so ago to Stacie when she was struggling with chemo and cancer recovery. Stacie is now cancer free and this past February 17 we just celebrated Stacie’s wedding to Paul. Guess where they had met? On an airline flight. They were seated together. Stacie is one of my Resurrection People.

Hi, Nora, thanks for coming today. Remember Christmas? Who was Baby Jesus? Ready for your baptism this Saturday?

Also part of our community is Jackie. She had one bout with cancer and I was with her when she danced in her driveway one afternoon after she had been declared free of that cancer.

A year or so later, it returned. After more treatment, the prognosis is positive and Jackie rejoices in being alive. She has even become part of a small team of cancer survivors who share their stories with medical students at Baylor. Jackie is one of my Resurrection People.

Happy Easter, Natalie. You look terrific.

Finally, a bonus. This person, who will remain nameless, had received a present from Santa of a new bike a couple of years ago. A few weeks later on a beautiful Friday afternoon in January on a bike ride around White Rock Lake this person fell off of her bike and broke her left elbow so badly it needed 9 screws and a plate to put it back together.   Recuperation took some months.

You would figure, right?, that she would give up biking and take up walking the dog. Nope.   She got back up on that bike and last summer rode around The Lake most weekdays. In fact, she has become a wicked biker. This is my special Resurrection Person.

Anybody want to try to guess what Chloe & her grandmom, Denni are plotting?

Who are your Resurrection People?

How are you an R.P?

An Easter Picture, Denni & her grandkids minus only Nora.

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ByRosemary March 27, 2016
Denni reading Acts on a beautiful spring morning.

Our Special Thanks
- For the Readings: Tom & Denni
- For The Team: Kevin & Georgie & Buddy
- For the Communion Bread: Alison
- For the Wine & Cups: Mike & Judy
- For the Pictures: Rick & Connie & Beth
- For the coffee and extras: Replaced by Easter Egg Hunt
- For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue
- For the Music: Ray & Shonda & David
- For all who helped with communion
- For all who helped with the Easter Egg hunt & especially the Easter Bunny
Tom reading 1 Corinthians on a little yeast.

Birthdays:   Barb Wittek (Tuesday), Kendall Gorman (17 Saturday)

Cole, The Candle Lighter, or is that a rabbit, doing his specialty.

Special: Ladies' Luncheon, Friday, April 1, Guess what day this is!) Frankie's Mexican Restaurant, 2701 Custer Pkwy & Lookout, Richardson, 1:00. Please RSVP to Marilyn, rmackerman5@gmail.com.

Happy Birthday & Happy Easter, Barb.

Please Remember these special people:

For Jan’s mom; For Dee and Mike; For Tom Good; For Lynda's mom; For Teresa's dad who died a week ago; For Cliff & Jean; For Loretta's brother, Don Garcia; For Laura's sister Claudia; For Bernadette's mom; For Dawn; John Simari’s friend, Ron; For Frank; For Anthony; For a number of David McKeon's family who are having a rough time with health issues; For Frank & Mary's niece, Lisa, with cancer; For Stacey McKinley, to remain from cancer; For Rosemary's sister, Patty and her husband, Lou; For John & Jean's son John Louis; For our good friend Kay in Ontario; For Connie's nephew, Fred; For Mary Jane Stevenson's son Philip, 34, sick & don't know why; The Quinn’s granddaughter, Mikayla;   For Maureen’s daughter, Kathleen, with cancer; For Jackie Urbanczyk's continued recovery;    For Jackie's friend, Barbara

And to you, Kendall, Happy 17th Birthday this week.

For Nadia's friend, Shannon Freeman; For Nina Tucker's dad, Art; For Sr. Patricia Otillio, a nun I worked with for years in Grand Coteau; 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 who just died; Frank’s sister, Grace Campos, 84, with stage one; Diane McClurg's mom having a hard time making the transition to assisted living; For Jean and Cliff with mutual operations coming up;

Happy 79th, Jean. I'm right behind you.

Dick Thompson's daughter, Teri Jill. Barb & Warren's grandbabies, Leighton Elizabeth and Warren Phillip, & their friend Chris, plus Barb's dad & niece; 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 & her Margaret, Jim, & Christopher; for our friends, sons, and daughters in the military, including 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.

The Great Easter Egg Hunt, easier this year because inside.

Your Finances, March 27, 2016

Expenses:   $1440.00

Outreach: $ 625.00

Donated today:  Nothing Special.

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

Easter Egg Hunt inside because of cold weather outside.

Have a Great Week, J.S

(214-783-0443)

Holy Thursday Celebration at Marlene's, after getting hit badly by

the hail storm Wednesday evening.

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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.

From Holy Thursday & Good Friday, Peace and Happy Easter
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ByRosemary March 23, 2016
Palm Sunday procession.

Welcome: Catholic Mass with the Great Easter Egg Hunt after Mass.

Time: 9:30; Celebrate with the Community & Stack.

Place: Sigler Elementary, 1400 Janwood Drive, Plano, TX 75075

Even Tori and Zoe process, together with their little friends.

Readings:

Acts 10, 34, 37-43, You know what has happened all over Judea.

Psalm 118, This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad.

1 Corinthians 5, 6-8, A little yeast leavens all the dough.

John 20, 1-9, Mary of Magdala came to the tomb early in the morning, while it was still dark.

So, Genevieve, how did you enjoy processing this morning?

Community Activities:
1. ROMEO MEET: Friday, March 25, Jason's Deli, Collin Creek Mall, west side of Central, 1:00. Welcome all wakos, you will fit right in.
2. JULIET LUNCHEON, (aka.,just us ladies into eating together) Friday, April 1, Guess what day this is!) Frankie's Mexican Restaurant, 2701 Custer Pkwy & Lookout, Richardson, 1:00. Please RSVP to Marilyn, rmackerman5@gmail.com.
3. All Kids Count Picnic: from Bill,
Please help me to get the word out for the All Kids Count – picnic for disabled kids and families.

This event will be April 9, at the Circle R Ranch. We'll meet as usual at Sam's at Coit/ Geo. Bush at 8:00am. Others can meet us at Circle R Ranch.

Want a professional level candle lighter? Inexpensive, too.

Special Notice: Holy Thursday & Good Friday at Marlene's home, 2017 Keystone Drive, Plano 75075, 6:30.

Thanks, Cole. As we say, "The worker is worthy of his reward."

What is going on in our Catholic World
1. Religious freedom before The Supreme Court, National Catholic Reporter, March 22, 725 words, Download Religious liberty before Supreme Court. 3-24-16 doc
Thanks, John and Mary Jane, for superb Passion reading.

True?

The problem with Americans today is that too many people know too much about not enough.

Margaret Mead

Thanks, Michelle, for an equally superb Passion reading.

See you Sunday.

J.S., 214-783-0443

Two and one half special helpers.

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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.

Palm Sunday entrance. Next entrance, Easter.
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Sunday Homily, March 20, 2016, Palm Sunday, C
ByRosemary March 20, 2016

Readings:

Luke 19, 28-40, The entry of Jesus into Jerusalem

Isaiah 50, 4-7, I gave my back to those who beat me (a Suffering Servant)

Psalm 22, My God, My God, why have you abandoned me?

Philippians 2, 6-11, He emptied himself

Luke 22-23, The Passion

Buddy says, "Welcome in, Everybody."

Sorry, Everybody. Because of the length of the Liturgy of the Word, we have no homily today….Easter is coming.

Genevieve, with her pal, John, says, "Hi, Everybody, I'm 11 months old this week.

Victoria, too, says, "Welcome in, Folks."

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ByRosemary March 20, 2016
Rosemary’s Blessing:

A Prayer For Growing Old Gracefully

Lord, Thou knowest better than I myself that I am growing older and will someday be old. Keep me from the fatal habit of thinking I must say something on every subject and on every occasion.

Release me from craving to straighten out everybody's affairs. Make me thoughtful but not moody; helpful but not bossy. With my vast store of wisdom, it seems a pity not to use it all; but Thou knowest, Lord, that I want a few friends at the end. Keep my mind free from the recital of endless details; give me wings to get to the point. Seal my lips on my aches and pains; they are increasing, and love of rehearsing them is becoming sweeter as the years go by.

Rosemary reading her Blessing of the Week.

I dare not ask for improved memory, but for a growing humility and a lessening cock-sureness when my memory seems to clash with the memories of others. Teach me the glorious lesson that occasionally I may be mistaken.

Keep me reasonably sweet, for a sour old person is one of the crowning works of the devil. Give me the ability to see good things in unexpected places and talents in unexpected people; and give, O Lord, the grace to tell them so.

Amen.

17^th Century Nun’s Prayer

Patricia reading Luke's story of Jesus' entrance into Jerusalem.

Our Special Thanks
- For the Readings: Patricia, Sandra, John, Mary Jane, & Michelle
- For The Team: Kevin & Georgie & Buddy
- For the Communion Bread: Alison
- For the Wine & Cups: Marilyn & Ron
- For the Pictures: Rick & Connie & Beth
- For the coffee and extras: Becky & Tom & Jackie
- For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue
- For the Music: Ray & Bethany & Mary & David
- For all who helped with communion
Mary Jane reading the part of Jesus in the Passion

Birthdays:   Kaliape (90, Wednesday), Sheila Baach (69, Friday)

John reading the Narrator's role in the Passion

Special: Holy Thursday & Good Friday at Marlene's home, 2017 Keystone Drive, Plano 75075, 6:30,

Also Special: Ladies' Luncheon, Friday, April 1, Frankie's Mexican Restaurant, 2701 Custer Pkwy & Lookout, Richardson, 1:00. Please RSVP to Marilyn, rmackerman5@gmail.com.

Michelle reading the Voice part in the Passion.

Please Remember these special people:

For Jan’s mom; For Dee and Mike; For Tom Good; For Lynda's mom; For Teresa's dad who died Wednesday; For Cliff & Jean; For Loretta's brother, Don Garcia; For Laura's sister Claudia; For Bernadette's mom; For Dawn; John Simari’s friend, Ron; For Frank; For Anthony; For a number of David McKeon's family who are having a rough time with health issues; For Frank & Mary's niece, Lisa, with cancer; For Stacey McKinley, remain from cancer; For Rosemary's sister, Patty and her husband, Lou; For John & Jean's son John Louis; For our good friend Kay in Ontario; For Connie's nephew, Fred; For Mary Jane Stevenson's son Philip, 34, sick & don't know why; The Quinn’s granddaughter, Mikayla;   For Maureen’s daughter, Kathleen, with cancer; For Jackie Urbanczyk's continued recovery;    For Jackie's friend, Barbara

Sandra reading Isaiah 50

For Nadia's friend, Shannon Freeman; For Nina Tucker's dad, Art; For Sr. Patricia Otillio, a nun I worked with for years in Grand Coteau; 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 who just died; Frank’s sister, Grace Campos, 84, with stage one; Diane McClurg's mom having a hard time making the transition to assisted living; For Jean and Cliff with mutual operations coming up;

Formal Entrance. Hey, I think I see Genevieve.

Dick Thompson's daughter, Teri Jill. Barb & Warren's grandbabies, Leighton Elizabeth and Warren Phillip, & their friend Chris, plus Barb's dad & niece; 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 & her Margaret, Jim, & Christopher; for our friends, sons, and daughters in the military, including 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.

Formal Entrance continues.

Your Finances, March 20, 2016

Expenses:   $2340.00

Outreach: $1040.00

Donated today:  Nothing Special.

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

Formal Entrance into the Cafeteria

Have a Great Week, J.S

(214-783-0443)

The Best, Mary, Bethany, David, & Ray.

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.

Jackie & Harper say, "Have a Good Week, Everybody, see you Easter."
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