Author: Rosemary

  • Reminder for Corpus Christi Sunday, June 22, 2025

    ByRosemary

    Genesis 14:    "Blessed be Abram by God Most High, the creator of heaven and earth; and blessed be God Most High, who delivered your foes into your hand."

    Corinthians   11:  For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord until he comes.

    Luke 9:  They all ate and were satisfied.  And when the leftover fragments were picked up, they filled twelve wicker baskets.



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    Without pain we could never know the real meaning of joy. “A wounded deer,” Emily Dickinson wrote, “leaps highest.”

    The Monastic Way, Sister Joan Chittister 

     

     

    Another Reminder for Corpus Christi Sunday, June 22, 2025

     

    Here are the links for Sunday:

    For Zoom   ( the video conference)
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    John Stack Ministries meets on Sunday for Mass at 9:30 at The ArtCentre of Plano, 902 E. 16th St, Plano, Texas.
     
     

    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.

  • Trinity Sunday, June 15, 2025

    ByRosemary

    Proverbs 8:   "The LORD possessed me, the beginning of his ways,  the forerunner of his prodigies of long ago; from of old I was poured forth,  at the first, before the earth." 

    Romans 5:  Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith to this grace in which we stand, and we boast in hope of the glory of God.

    John 16:  But when he comes, the Spirit of truth, he will guide you to all truth.  He will not speak on his own, but he will speak what he hears, and will declare to you the things that are coming.

     


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    David reads from the Book of Provers

     

    Thanks…     

    Music,   Ben 

    Readers,  David & Dana

    Homily,   

    Eucharistic Prayer A & B,  John Stack & John Cade

    The Magic Zoom makers,  Hue & Kevin

    Final Blessing,  Rosemary

     

     

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    Dana reads from St. Paul's Letter to the Romans

     

     

    Remember these special people:

    For our new Pope, Leo XIV;  For John Stack;    For Adam, that the doctors may find a remedy for his seizures; For Meredith ;   For Tom  Quinn;   For Warren Wittek; For Becky and Tom Good; For Lambrini, John Cade's wife, who is dealing with cancer ;  For Allen Stryker;   For Mike and Judy Carrell ; For Hue; For Jackie;   For Mary Hall's family and 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;    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.

     

     

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    Willow is baptized

     

     

    Birthdays:   Mary Esparza 6/12, Bernadette Delgado 6/19

    Anniversaries:   

     

    Expenses: $  1,025.00

    Outreach: $   200.00

    Thanks again, Folks, for doing what you can.

     

     

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    Mary and Bernadette, the birthday girls

     

     

    Rosemary's Blessing:

     

    O God, we thank you for the fact that you have inspired men and women in all nations and in all cultures.

    We call you different names: some call you Allah; some call you Elohim; some call you Jehovah; some call you Brahma; some call you the Unmoved Mover.  But we know that these are all names for one and the same God.

    Grant that we will follow you and become so committed to your way and your kingdom that we will be able to establish in our lives and in this world a brother and sisterhood, that we will be able to establish here a kingdom of understanding, where men and women will live together as brothers and sisters and respect the dignity and worth of every human being. In the name and spirit of Jesus. Amen.

     

    Taken from The prayers of Martin Luther King Jr.  by John Dear appearing in the National Catholic Reporter, January 15, 2013

     
     
     
    John Stack Ministries meets on Sunday for Mass at 9:30 at The ArtCentre of Plano, 902 E. 16th St, Plano, Texas.
     

     

    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.

  • Reminder for Trinity Sunday, June 15, 2025

    ByRosemary

    Proverbs 8:   "The LORD possessed me, the beginning of his ways,  the forerunner of his prodigies of long ago; from of old I was poured forth,  at the first, before the earth." 

    Romans 5:  Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith to this grace in which we stand, and we boast in hope of the glory of God.

    John 16:  But when he comes, the Spirit of truth, he will guide you to all truth.  He will not speak on his own, but he will speak what he hears, and will declare to you the things that are coming.

     

    June 3

     

    Be certain to do something that gives you joy – reading, music, playing with the pet,  holding the baby – at least once a day.  It makes getting up the next day easier.

    The Monastic Way, Sister Joan Chittister 

     

     

    Another Reminder for Trinity Sunday, June 15, 2025

     

    Here are the links for Sunday:

    For Zoom   ( the video conference)
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    John Stack Ministries meets on Sunday for Mass at 9:30 at The ArtCentre of Plano, 902 E. 16th St, Plano, Texas.
     
     

    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.

  • Pentecost Sunday, June 8, 2025

    ByRosemary

    Acts 2:   Then there appeared to them tongues as of fire, which parted and came to rest on each one of them.  And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in different tongues, as the Spirit enabled them to proclaim.

    1 Corinthians 12:To each individual the manifestation of the Spirit is given for some benefit.

    John 14:  The Advocate, the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything and remind you of all that I told you."

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    John Cade and John Stack start Mass

     

     

    Thanks…     

    Music,   Ben & Shonda

    Readers,  Annette & Cody

    Homily,   John Stack

    Eucharistic Prayer A & B,  John Stack & John Cade

    The Magic Zoom makers,  Hue & Richard

    Final Blessing,  Rosemary

     

     

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    Annette reading from the Acts of the Apostles

     

     

    Remember these special people:

    For our new Pope, Leo XIV;  For John Stack;    For Adam, that the doctors may find a remedy for his seizures; 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 Hue; For Jackie;   For Mary Hall's family and 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;    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.

     

     

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    Cody reading from Corinthians

     

    Birthdays:   Mary Esparza 6/12

    Anniversaries:   

     

    Expenses: $  360.00

    Outreach: $   80.00   

    Thanks again, Folks, for doing what you can.

     

     

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    Preparing for Communion

     

     

    Rosemary's Blessing:

    A Pentecost Prayer

    Welcome Holy Spirit,
    In the silence of a still night’s fearful thought you come,
    comfort in the sleepless worries,
    gentle in the rising doubts,
    forgiving all our handmade hurts,
    patient in our pointless hurry,
    counseling as the waves come crashing,
    “Be still and know that I am God.”

    Wonderful Counselor, Comforter,
    you will never abandon us.
    You will always be with us.

    Your promises are sure.

    Help us to give like you,
    forgive like you, live for you.

    Amen

    Found on the Catholic Relief Services Website

     
     
     
     
    John Stack Ministries meets on Sunday for Mass at 9:30 at The ArtCentre of Plano, 902 E. 16th St, Plano, Texas.
     

     

    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.

  • Reminder for Pentecost, June 8, 2025

    ByRosemary

    Acts 2:   Then there appeared to them tongues as of fire, which parted and came to rest on each one of them.  And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in different tongues, as the Spirit enabled them to proclaim.

    1 Corinthians 12:To each individual the manifestation of the Spirit is given for some benefit.

    John 14:  The Advocate, the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything and remind you of all that I told you."

     


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    Another Reminder for Pentecost, June 8, 2025

     

    Here are the links for Sunday:

    For Zoom   ( the video conference)
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    John Stack Ministries meets on Sunday for Mass at 9:30 at The ArtCentre of Plano, 902 E. 16th St, Plano, Texas.
     
     

    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.

  • Ascension of the Lord, June 1, 2025

    ByRosemary

    Acts 1:  “. . . for John baptized with water,  but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”

    Ephesians 1: May the eyes of your hearts be enlightened, that you may know what is the hope that belongs to his call, what are the riches of glory in his inheritance among the holy ones, and what is the surpassing greatness of his power for us who believe, . . . 

    Luke 24:  “. . . And behold I am sending the promise of my Father upon you; but stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.”



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    Mary Jane reading from the Acts of the Apostles

     

     

    Thanks…     

    Music,   Ben & Shonda

    Readers,  Mary Jane & John

    Homily,   John Cade

    Eucharistic Prayer A & B,  John Stack & John Cade

    The Magic Zoom makers,  Hue & Richard

    Final Blessing,  Rosemary

     

     

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    John reading from Ephesians

     

     

    Remember these special people:

    For our new Pope, Leo XIV;  For John Stack;    For Shonda's Grandmother;   For Adam, that the doctors may find a remedy for his seizures; 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 Hue; For Jackie;   For Mary Hall's family and 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;    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.

     

     

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    The Kiss of Peace

     

    Birthdays:   Shonda Mashburn 6/3,  Mabel Ekes 6/5

    Anniversaries:   

     

    Expenses: $  1,140.00

    Outreach: $   230.00   

    Thanks again, Folks, for doing what you can.

     

     

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    Shonda gets a cookie for her birthday

     

     

    Rosemary's Blessing:

    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)

     
     
     
     
    John Stack Ministries meets on Sunday for Mass at 9:30 at The ArtCentre of Plano, 902 E. 16th St, Plano, Texas.
     

     

    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.

  • Reminder for the Ascension of the Lord, June 1, 2025

    ByRosemary

    Acts 1:  “. . . for John baptized with water,  but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”

    Ephesians 1: May the eyes of your hearts be enlightened, that you may know what is the hope that belongs to his call, what are the riches of glory in his inheritance among the holy ones, and what is the surpassing greatness of his power for us who believe, . . . 

    Luke 24:  “. . . And behold I am sending the promise of my Father upon you; but stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.”

     

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    Is this not one of the biggest crepe myrtles that you have ever seen?

    Another Reminder for the Ascension of the Lord, June 1, 2025

     

    Here are the links for Sunday:

    For Zoom   ( the video conference)
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    John Stack Ministries meets on Sunday for Mass at 9:30 at The ArtCentre of Plano, 902 E. 16th St, Plano, Texas.
     
     

    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.

  • 6th Sunday of Easter, May 25, 2025

    ByRosemary

    Acts 15:  It is the decision of the Holy Spirit and of us not to place on you any burden beyond these necessities, namely, to abstain from meat sacrificed to idols, from blood, from meats of strangled animals, and from unlawful marriage.

    Revelation 21:  The city had no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gave it light, and its lamp was the Lamb.

    John 14:  The Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything and remind you of all that I told you.

     


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    Tom reading from the Acts of the Apostles

     

    Thanks…     

    Music,   Ben

    Readers,  Lynda & Tom

    Homily,   

    Eucharistic Prayer A & B,  John Stack & John Cade

    The Magic Zoom makers,  Hue & Richard

    Final Blessing,  Rosemary

     

     

     

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    Lynda reading from Revelation

     

     

    Remember these special people:

    For our new Pope, Leo XIV;  For John Stack;    For Shonda's Grandmother;   For Adam, that the doctors may find a remedy for his seizures; 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 Hue; For Jackie;   For Mary Hall's family and 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;    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.

     

     

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    The Kiss of Peace

     

    Birthdays:   

    Anniversaries:   

     

    Expenses: $  905.00

    Outreach: $  300.00   

    Thanks again, Folks, for doing what you can.

     

     

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    Brent, thanking the community for a $2,000 check for Soul's Harbor

     

     

    Rosemary's Blessing:

    Grant us, Lord God,

    a vision of your world as your

    love would have it: 

    a world where the weak are protected,

    and none go hungry or poor; 

    a world where the riches of creation are

    shared, and everyone can enjoy them; 

    a world where different races and cultures

    live in harmony and mutual respect; 

    a world where peace is built with justice,

    and justice is guided by love.

    Give us the inspiration and courage to

    build it, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

    Amen.

    From “Engaging our  Faith”, www.ucc.org

     
     
     
    John Stack Ministries meets on Sunday for Mass at 9:30 at The ArtCentre of Plano, 902 E. 16th St, Plano, Texas.
     

     

    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.

  • Reminder for the 6th Sunday of Easter, May 25, 2025

    ByRosemary

    Acts 15:  It is the decision of the Holy Spirit and of us not to place on you any burden beyond these necessities, namely, to abstain from meat sacrificed to idols, from blood, from meats of strangled animals, and from unlawful marriage.

    Revelation 21:  The city had no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gave it light, and its lamp was the Lamb.

    John 14:  The Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name,
    will teach you everything and remind you of all that I told you.

     

    May 3


    Another Reminder for the 6th  Sunday of Easter, May 25, 2025

     

    Here are the links for Sunday:

    For Zoom   ( the video conference)
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    John Stack Ministries meets on Sunday for Mass at 9:30 at The ArtCentre of Plano, 902 E. 16th St, Plano, Texas.
     
     

    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.