Author: Rosemary

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ByRosemary August 4, 2013
Rosemary’s Blessing:

May you be vigilant, watching for the beauty

And aware of the blessings in every moment.

May you not be afraid

But feel the loving presence of God and those around
you.

J&R
Creations

Claire reading Ecclesiastes.

Our Special Thanks
- For Reading: Claire & Lynda
- For The Team: Kevin
- For the Communion Bread: Alison
- For the Wine & Cups: Claire & Ray
- For the Pictures & Video: John & Connie & Rick & Jan
- For the coffee and pastries: Beth Dugan, Jackie & Jerry
- For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue
- For the Music: Shonda & Ray
Lynda reading Colossians.

Birthdays: Emery (24, Saturday), Lynda Fleming (53, Thursday), Eric Wittek (Thursday), Linda Beavers (Today, Sunday), Curtis ( 84, Tomorrow)

Anniversaries:

Brian Bambanek and Kendal (8th, Tuesday)

Linda and Hue (38th Friday)

Mike and Judy (49th, Thursday)

Almost finished and ready for its new family.

Rosemary's great nephew, Patrick;  Mike Moran’s dad, who just died, and his family;  Jan's family members who are doing badly & Charlie's brother in law with cancer; Bobby who broke his arm; Jean O'Donnell's brother, Louis; Chuck Pratt and his cancer;  John's Caliope, who has been in and out of the hospital;   John Doherty's dad who is declining rapidly; Dee's friend Carole and Cole, 17, facing brain surgery;  John Simari’s friend Kieth; Dick Thompson's daughter, Teri Jill;   Barb & Warren's new grandbaby, Leighton Elizabeth, and their friends, Mike & Tara

Remember the start in May?

Judy Carrell's friend, Matt Larson with cancer, David and Sue, her sister &
Sue's husband, Jim;   Alexander Occhipinti; Mary Zachos' brother (Jessica Bresson's maid of honor) with a stroke; Rita

The Saturday we did the walls.

Bernadette Delgado's mom &  Gilberto's mom;  Tom & Teresa Quinn's niece, Chawna, with cancer, plus Neva Flynn, Angel, & Diane Kreeitzer; Connie  Doherty's mom & her sister, plus Kevin's cousin,
Peter; Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, & Jim; our friends, sons, & daughters in the military, including Cole Carey, Ryan McClurg, & Chebino; a cure for autism from Laura Chollick;   for our President that he have great success and someday hold his grandchildren in his lap.

And right across the little street, 2 new houses.

Your Finances: August 4, 2013

Expenses:   $1345,00

Outreach: $ 290.00

Starting the building probably in September.

We donated this week:

1.  $300 to Plano Homes.

Thanks for your Generosity.

Video: Entrance, Glory & Praise, 2 minutes,



Have a Great Week, J.S

(214-783-0443)

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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.
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Reminder for Sunday, August 4, 2013, 18th Ordinary Time C
ByRosemary August 1, 2013

Welcome: Catholic Mass with coffee & juice & specials on the house served afterwards.

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

Place: Vines High School, 15th between Custer & Independence

Welcome to the little village of Shelby. Up the hill the crowd of riders is so dense you have to walk. Apologies for all pix on RAGBRAI (Register's Annual Great Bike Ride across Iowa). This event was such a marvelous slice of Americana at its very best. 35,000 riders estimated.

The inmates are allowed out for the week. Lots of them. A ROMEO? One of ours?

Readings:

Ecclesiastes 1, 2; 21-23,  All things are vanity.

Psalm 90, If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.

Colossians 3, 1-5, 9-11 Seek what is above.

Luke 12, 13-21, You fool, this night your life will be demanded of you.

These little ladies told me they are Mennonites. They make a wicked Rhubarb-Strawberry pie, $2, per slice. I had 4 one day.

Day 4, departing from Des Moines, we arrived at the little town of Runnels, my favorite pass through town. The high school band welcomed us along with cheerleaders, big and little, and beautiful shade. Impossible to get out of Runnels in less than 2 hours.

Community Events:

  1.   Our next Habitat special day is, August 3, This Saturday.  Look for the neighborhood behind the Home Depot on Central, 11^th& Ave. E.
A person may also work any Saturday. We are getting there.

2.   ROMEO lunch Friday, July 26, 1:00, as usual.

3.  The Women's Lunch Group on Thursdays is on vacation until August.   For info talk with Carol or Bernadette.

Runnel's local dance school welcoming us with 3 lines of dancing girls. Line 2 is in the red outfits behind the girls dancing.

Another loose inmate with his truck. Lots of classic cars and hot rods were on display in the little towns.

What's going on in our Catholic World:

1.  Reform Priest update,  Religion News Service, July 22, 550 words,
Download Reformist priest update 8-2-13

2. The pot continues to boil in Rome, National Catholic Reporter, July 26, 1200 words,
Download Pot boils in Rome 8-2-13

3. Humanae Vitae (the letter on birth control) today after 45 years, National Catholic Reporter, July 25, 2400 words,
Download Humanae Vitae at 45 8-2-13

Why come? This is why, to see such craziness. This guy is from England, comes every year. No brakes on this creature.

Why come? To stand in a line of 100 bikers to buy homemade ice cream. Only half the line covered by the picture.

True?

Accept that some days you're the pigeon,

And some days you're the statue.

Want to get rid of your old school bus? Bus reincarnation here, "Shagbrai." The roof serves as a bike rack when traveling and a party venue when parked at the overnight towns. Beware of inibriation. It is a long way down.

The lady thanked me for taking the picture of her bus. She said they hired graffiti artists to do the job. Americana at its Best.

See you Sunday, August 4, 2013, 18^thOrdinary Time, C cycle

J.S., 214-783-0443

U.S. Air Force annually participates, 94 guys & girls this year. Also represented were teams from the Navy, Army, and Marines.

USAF in front of a homemade bike sculpture. The Best of America.

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.

A morning ride across a beautiful river, the Des Moines.

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Homilies

Sunday Homily, July 28, 2013, 17th Ordinary Time, C
ByRosemary July 28, 2013

Readings:

Genesis 18, 20-32,  What if there are ten there? For the sake of ten I will not destroy it.

Psalm 138, Lord, on the day I called for help, you answered me.

Colossians 2, 12-14, You were buried with him in baptism.

Luke 11, 1-13, Ask and you will receive, seek and you will find.

John celebrating.

Observations on the readings:

The first reading from Genesis is a familiar story about God’s mercy and forgiveness, how it is all encompassing and present to all. More in my homily about this.

The second reading from Paul’s letter to the Colossians is his letter to the Christian community at Colossae (in present day Turkey), telling them to remember that, as followers of Jesus, they are made new and are called to forgive one another, called to peace and thankfulness. Remember, I said last week I was choosing a more inspirational part of this letter for us to hear (Chapter 3, 12-15)

In the Gospel reading from Luke we will hear about prayer. The prayer Jesus
taught that we are familiar with, and say in Mass, is in Matthew, Chapter 6.
Today’s version in Luke is shortened. Jesus’ parable of knocking on a friend’s
door is about God’s constant mercy.

Offertory with Cecily and Chris, Sandra, Emelia and Olivia.

Homily

From the reading in Genesis, I want to talk today about mercy and forgiveness. In particular I want to talk about what I think makes it possible for us to forgive one another. Forgiveness requires first that I put away self-justification where I put myself above another, where I collect points that make me ‘look better’ than another, especially one whom I judge has offended me, hurt me (‘I am right; I am justified in my hurt’). In order to forgive, I give up the quest ‘to be right’. [This is
where that saying fits, ‘you can be right’ or ‘you can have love in your life.’]
If I need to ‘look better’ or ‘be right’ (self-justified, self-righteous),
forgiveness becomes difficult, even unlikely.

Some of the communion helpers, Patricia, Claire, Sandra, and Mary Ellen.

The second requirement for sharing forgiveness is accepting what I take as an offense, a hurt, as possible in the universe of my life. This means in the whole universe of possible happenings, I accept that this hurt, this offense, is possible, this can happen to me. If I treat an offense or hurt as unthinkable or unacceptable to me in my universe, I disallow it as possible and keep it at a distance, away
from me, therefore not forgivable.

Bethany, Shondra, and Ray with new choir members.

The third requirement to forgive another is mercy. Mercy is the quality attributed to God in today’s reading from Genesis about God and the people of Sodom. The quality or spirit of mercy makes forgiveness possible, even predictable. As we listened to the story about God and the people of Sodom, didn’t we predict as each question was asked by Abraham, that God’s response would be mercy?

We are called to have mercy and to forgive, even giving up the safety of waiting to first be forgiven by another (when there is mutual hurt). We are called to forgive. On the other hand we are totally accepted wherever we are in the process of learning mercy and forgiveness in our relationships. Sometimes it may seem easier to forgive another than to ask for forgiveness from the other. Maybe that’s because giving forgiveness seems to put us in the ‘good guy’ role. Asking for forgiveness can put us in a more vulnerable position, not knowing if we will receive mercy and forgiveness from the other.

So, my questions today are:

Am I ready to forgive hurts by another,
especially from those close to me?

Am I ready to accept myself, even if I am not
yet fully capable of forgiving?

Am I able to ask for
forgiveness from another?

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Announcments
ByRosemary July 28, 2013
Rosemary’s
Blessing:


    May you look back with confidence and pride

    May you look forward with eagerness in your eyes

    May you enjoy the challenges of today’s ride

    And await all your tomorrows with openness to surprise.

    A book of Irish American Blessings and Prayers                 Andrew Greeley



Judy reading Colossians.



Our Special Thanks
- For Reading: Richard and Judy
- For The Team: Georgie & Kevin
- For the Communion Bread: Alison
- For the Wine & Cups: Jan & Charlie
- For the Pictures & Video: John &
  Connie & Rick & Jan
- For the coffee and pastries: Mike & Judy, Jackie & Beth & Jerry
- For the altar & sound: Jackie &
  Hue
- For the Music: Bethany & Shonda & Ray
After 7 days biking across Iowa, arrival at the Mississippi. A terrific event.

Birthdays:  Cindy Ekes (Wednesday), Payton Self (37, Saturday)

Lost your tent? Don't. Tent villages spring up in every park, public space, and many hospitable yards.

We
Remember:

Rosemary's great nephew, Patrick; Mike Moran’s dad and family;  Jan's family
members who are doing badly; Bobby who broke his arm; Jean O'Donnell's
brother, Louis; Chuck
Pratt and his cancer;  John's
Caliope, who has been in and out of the hospital;   John Doherty's
dad who is declining rapidly; Dee's friend Carole and
Cole, 17, facing brain surgery;  John Simari’s friend Kieth; Dick Thompson's daughter,
Teri Jill;   Barb & Warren's new grandbaby,
Leighton Elizabeth, and their friends, Mike & Tara

Judy Carrell's friend, Matt Larson with cancer, David and Sue, her sister &
Sue's husband, Jim; Cathy Bambanek's recuperation from her foot operation; Alexander Occhipinti; Mary Zachos' brother (Jessica Bresson's maid of honor) with a stroke; Rita

Lost? Impossible. Just follow the crowd. 35 thousand riders estimated, passing through beautiful little Iowa villages.

Bernadette
Delgado's mom &  Gilberto's mom;  Tom
& Teresa Quinn's niece, Chawna, with cancer, plus Neva Flynn,
Angel, & Diane Kreeitzer; Connie  Doherty's mom &
her sister, plus Kevin's cousin, Peter; Mary Ellen's Christopher,
Margaret, & Jim; our friends, sons, & daughters in the military,
including Cole Carey, Ryan McClurg,

& Chebino; a cure for autism from
Laura Chollick;   for our President that he
have great success and someday hold his grandchildren in his lap.

These 4 riders rode from AZ and we met them at a convenience store just outside Council Bluffs, the town where the ride started last Sunday morning. I never saw them again in the crowd.

Your Finances: July 28,
2013

Expenses:   $1376.00

Outreach:    $ 1000.00

Your Finances: July 21, 2013

Expenses:   $610.00

Outreach:    $ 130.00

We donated this week:

1. Nothing special this week.

Thanks for your Generosity.

Video: None this week.

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.
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Reminder for Sunday, July 28, 2013, 17th Ordinary Time, cycle C
ByRosemary July 25, 2013

Welcome: Catholic Mass with coffee & juice & specials on the house served afterwards.

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

Place: Vines High School, 15th between Custer & Independence

Readings:

Genesis 18, 20-32,  What if there are ten there? For the sake of ten I will not destroy it.

Psalm 138, Lord, on the day I called for help, you answered me.

Colossians 2, 12-14, You were buried with him in baptism.

Luke 11, 1-13, Ask and you will receive, seek and you will find.

Community Events:

  1.    Our next Habitat special day is, August 3.  Look for the neighborhood behind the Home Depot on Central, 11^th& Ave. E.   A person may also work any Saturday. We are getting there.

2.   ROMEO lunch Friday, July 26, 1:00, as usual.   This old geezer will be riding across Iowa.

3.   The Women's Lunch Group on Thursdays is on vacation until August.   For info talk with Carol or Bernadette.

What's going on in our Catholic World:

1.  Reform Priest visits U.S., National Cathoic Reporter, July 17, 1000 words,    Download Reform priest, 7-26-13



True?

Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.

Mark Twain

John says Hello from Oskaloosa, Iowa. Rosemary will see you Sunday.

See you Sunday, July 28, 2013, 17^thOrdinary Time, C cycle

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.

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Homilies

Sunday Homily, July 21, 2013, 16th Ordinary Time C
ByRosemary July 21, 2013

Readings:

Genesis 18, 1-10,  Sara will then have a son.

Psalm 15, He who does justice will live in the presence of the Lord.

Colossians 1, 24-28, It is He whom we proclaim.

Luke 10, 38-42, “Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me by myself to do the serving? Tell her to help me.”

Bethany, Shonda, Wendy and Ray. Our Choir.

Introduction

As Abraham gives, showing hospitality to the strangers in our first reading from the Book of Genesis, Abraham receives. In like manner, Paul addresses the Colossians in our second reading to show mercy, kindness and pardon to others for they are Christ in the World.

Homily

When I would go on retreats with young people wanting to celebrate the Church’s sacrament of Confirmation they would receive a booklet with songs, prayers but also some blank pages. I would say to them, ‘You will always receive the desire of your heart,’ and I would ask them what they thought this meant.

It was not unusual to get a response like this, ‘The desire of my heart is to win the lottery; but since the odds of me doing that are slim to none, I do not believe that statement is true.’ ‘Before I give you an answer,’ I would say, ‘I want all of you to write down in your booklet what you would do if you actually won a lottery… say, a 100 million dollars.’

They were to take their time and not share with others what they had written. ‘What’s in your notebook is yours and yours alone today.’ When I perceived that they had all written enough, I would say, ‘What you have just written down is the desire of your heart! Wanting to win a lottery is not a desire of your heart, rather it is a desire of the flesh. I hope that all of you shared your desire to show goodness and justice; tenderness and compassion to those less fortunate than yourselves.’

To the degree we desire to give from our heart will be the degree to which we do give and receive. Life-giving relationships are precious! To the degree that we are in relationship with one another, we are in relationship with God. Those who welcomed the stranger and visited the sick are those who inherited the kingdom of God.

Often we informally invite others over to our home; other times we have a birthday or anniversary gathering. We have family and friends over for Thanksgiving, Easter or Christmas. But sometimes we might find ourselves getting caught up in all the details, decorations, and preparations, so much so that sometimes, when we don’t even expect it, you might hear or even say, ‘I’m glad that’s over and I won’t have to do that for another year.’

When that happens our priorities weren’t in the proper order. We forgot listening to, affirming, enjoying, and making friends. It happened to Martha in our reading from Luke today. Picture Jesus saying to her softly and in private, ‘Martha, Martha, you worry about many things, Mary has chosen the better portion and it shall not be taken from her.’

It wasn’t that Mary hadn’t been helping her. She had. But when Jesus came through the door that day, Mary made him the priority of her life. It was time to begin a lasting and loving relationship.

Martha’s priorities had been which tablecloth should she use, should we
eat at the table inside or outside, should I sweep the floor again, should I
put all of the food out at once. Would Jesus recognize that the vegetables were fresh?

These things had become more important to her than Jesus’ presence. Mary sat at Jesus’ feet and listened to his words that he wanted equally to share with Martha. We have come to sit at table with God and each other.

How have you been building relationships with one another since you entered here this morning. Take a moment to welcome someone near you
that you didn’t acknowledge and embrace when you arrived.

Read More Sunday Homily, July 21, 2013, 16th Ordinary Time C
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Announcements
ByRosemary July 21, 2013
Rosemary’s Blessing:

None this week

Our Special Thanks
- For Reading: Mary Jane & John
- For The Team: Georgie
- For the Communion Bread: Alison
- For the Wine & Cups: Jan & Charlie
- For the Pictures & Video: John & Connie & Rick
- For the coffee and pastries: Ron & Marilyn, & Jackie & Beth
- For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue
- For the Music: Bethany & Shonda & Wendy & Ray
Birthdays: Lily Shaw (Sunday, today)

Anniversary: a year ago today Joan died.

We Remember:

Jim Butterly’s brother, Paul, who died; Mike Moran’s dad and family; Jan's family members who are doing badly; Bobby who broke his arm; Jean O'Donnell's brother,Louis; Chuck Pratt and his cancer;  John's Caliope, who has been in and out of the hospital;   John Doherty's dad who is declining rapidly; Dee's friend Carole and Cole, 17, facing brain surgery;  John Simari’s friend Kieth; Dick Thompson's daughter, Teri Jill;   Barb & Warren's new grandbaby, Leighton Elizabeth, and their friends, Mike & Tara; Judy Carrell's friend, Matt Larson with cancer, David and Sue, her sister & Sue's husband, Jim; Cathy Bambanek’s recuperation from her foot operation; Alexander Occhipinti; Mary Zachos' brother (Jessica Bresson's maid of honor) with a stroke; Rita;
Bernadette Delgado's mom &  Gilberto's mom;  Tom & Teresa Quinn's niece, Chawna, with cancer, plus Neva Flynn, Angel, & Diane Kreeitzer; Connie  Doherty's mom & her sister, plus Kevin's cousin, Peter; Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, & Jim; our friends, sons, & daughters in the military, including Cole Carey, Ryan McClurg,
& Chebino; a cure for autism from Laura Chollick;   for our President that he have great success and someday hold his grandchildren in his lap.



Your Finances: July 21, 2013 (Next Week)

Expenses:   $

Outreach:    $

We donated this week:

1. Nothing special this week.

Thanks for your Generosity.

Video: None this week.

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.
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Reminder for Sunday, July 21, 2013, 16th Ordinary Time, cycle C
ByRosemary July 17, 2013

Welcome: Catholic Mass with coffee & juice & specials on the house served afterwards.

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

Place: Vines High School, 15th between Custer & Independence

Tom with Kimberly, one of our best.

Richard with Jeff and Kimberly, great workers.

Readings:

Genesis 18, 1-10,  Sara will then have a son.

Psalm 15, He who does justice will live in the presence of the Lord.

Colossians 1, 24-28, It is He whom we proclaim.

Luke 10, 38-42, “Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me by myself to do the serving? Tell her to help me.”

First time ever, Emma comes forward to visit. Watch the progression.

Emma with Beth and The Cupcake in the bottom of the photo.

Community Events:

  1.    Our next Habitat special day is, August 3.  Look for the neighborhood behind the Home Depot on Central, 11^th& Ave. E.   A person may also work any Saturday. We are getting there.

2.   ROMEO lunch Friday, July 19, 1:00, as usual.   This old geezer will be riding across Iowa.

3.   The Women's Lunch Group on Thursdays is ON.    Place: Southern
Recipe, 1381 W Campbell Rd., Richardson, TX 75080, (972) 231-7891, time, 1:00.   For info talk with Carol or Bernadette.

Coming closer.

And closer…

What's going on in our Catholic World:

1. Pope Francis' 1st World Youth Day, July 24, National Cathoic Reporter, July 13, 600 words,
Download World Youth Day 7-19-13


2. And now what after the abortion bill?, The Baptist Standard, July 8,  900 words,
Download Baptist Editorial 7-19-13

Really close, while Rosemary reads her blessing.

She is there. Know any other church where she would be welcomed to come closer?

True?

The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything;

They just make the most of everything that comes along their way.

Susan and Kate arriving in the rain.

An umbrella, Celeste? This is July 14, summer in Dallas.

See you Sunday, July 21, 2013, 16^thOrdinary Time, C cycle

J.S., 214-783-0443

Sisters, Delaney and Bailey.

Offertory with Denni, Connie, John, and Tom.

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.

Leo and Brandon, buddies.

The Great Toy World with Buddy, Torri, Emma, and Zoe.

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Sunday Homily, July 14, 2013, 15th Ordinary Time C
ByRosemary July 14, 2013

Readings:

Deuteronomy 30, 10-14,  If only you would heed the voice of the Lord.

Psalm 69, Turn to the Lord in your need and you will live.

Colossians 1, 15-20, He is before all things.

Luke 10, 25-37, A Samaritan traveler who came upon him was moved with compassion at the sight.

Bailey sharing her marvelous smile.

Deuteronomy observations:

The Scene: the desert outside the promised land. Moses is talking to the people about all that has happened to them since he led them out of Israel and through the desert for many years. Now, as they prepare to enter, Moses is dying. He is simply exhorting them to love Yahweh and obey his laws.

The Author: not Moses. A compilation put into three discourses.

Date: guess when? Yes, after the Babylonian Captivity, ca. 555 before Christ.

Subject today: Moses talks about a command, but never mentions exactly what it is. Watch for the answer in today's gospel. The Great Command.

Ray and Bethany with her marvelous smile.

The Good Samaritan

I would like to talk a bit about the Good Samaritan parable this morning.

There may have been two meanings. Initially this parable looks like simply an encouragement to help others, which it is.

However, there is a second meaning, perhaps more profound, especially for the Jews who are listening. It has to do with prejudice.

Beginning with Georgie (and Kevin).

The setting. A Jewish lawyer is asking a question about his justification. Where does one draw the line in helping a person? Who is my neighbor? Some observations.

First, the road from Jerusalem to Jericho was notoriously dangerous and plagued with thieves. That this man was alone is significant. People would travel in groups for safety. Was he an outcast? Friendless? Not too
intelligent or not so innocent?

Can you believe it, rain. Chris and Nancy, Chris my riding partner next week in Iowa, 7 days, ca. 500 miles.

Second, the man was stripped. For the lawyer this would signify that the man was without identity, of no identifiable class. In other words, he might not be anything, not even a Jew. He was Every Person. A human being.

Thirdly, the priest & the Levite (a priestly class). The lawyer would know why they did not stop to help. The Law. They would have been on the way to the temple and they could not cause themselves to be ritually impure or dirty. In the temple they had to be pure, no contact with dirty people or they could not offer their sacrifice.   Organized religion still follows this practice?

Brandon and Leo.

Then, fourth, along comes the Samaritan. To the Jewish lawyer & the Jewish listeners Samaritans were considered scum. Samaritans were Jews from Israel thought to have intermarried with pagans, i.e., people who did not recognize Yahweh as the name of their God, probably Assyrians after 700. They did not get swept up in the Babylonian Captivity. They would defile the temple just by entering. In sum, they were vile and dirty, certainly not capable of performing an act of love.

Renee accepting our $1000 for our Habitat group, where she is working as a summer intern before returning to K State in the fall.

But, to the surprise of the lawyer & the audience, it is the Samaritan who performs the act of love. He even risks his own life by rescuing the man. Jesus further twists the knife by showing how the Samaritan goes beyond the call by setting the man up in an inn and promising to cover all his expenses.

The composer of the parable goes further and plays with two elements used in the temple sacrifice: oil and water. The Samaritan employs these elements to clean (purify?) the victim. The author knows what he is suggesting in using these items.

Jesus is responding to the lawyer's question, "Who is my neighbor," by saying "Everybody." No prejudice.

The Cupcake of The Week to Beth for her birthday. 2 weeks in a row for a cupcake.

Know anybody like that Samaritan? How about you?

Sources, Francis Vanderwall, Jesus, The Parable of God (Francis will speak here September 28-29)

Guess who? Emma with her buddy.



Read More Sunday Homily, July 14, 2013, 15th Ordinary Time C
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Announcements
ByRosemary July 14, 2013
Rosemary’s Blessing:

May God grant you the strength and faith to

Count your blessings, not your crosses;

Count your gains not your losses.

Count your joys not your woes;

Count your friends not your foes.

Count your health not your wealth;

And love your neighbor as much as yourself.

An Irish Blessing

Grace reading about The Command in Deuteronomy.

Our Special Thanks
- For Reading: Grace and Richard
- For The Team: Kevin & Georgie
- For
  the Communion Bread: Alison
- For the Wine & Cups: Jan & Charlie
- For the Pictures & Video: John & Connie & Rick
- For the coffee and pastries: Ron & Marilyn, & Jackie & Beth
- For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue
- For the Music: Bethany & Ray
Richard reading Colossians.

Birthdays: Beth (Friday)

Anniversaries:

Joe & Rita Hogan (32^nd, Saturday)

The Dream Team with Kimberly, Nabila, and Connie.

We Remember:

Jan's family members who are doing badly; Bobby who broke his arm; Jean O'Donnell's brother, Louis; Chuck Pratt and his cancer;  John's Caliope, who has been in and out of the hospital;   John Doherty's dad who is declining rapidly; Diane Holcomb who is recovering from a bad bike crash;   Dee's friend Carole and Cole, 17, facing brain surgery;  John Simari’s friend Kieth; Dick Thompson's daughter, Teri Jill;   Barb & Warren's new grandbaby, Leighton Elizabeth, and their friend, Mike & Tara;     Jim Butterly’s brother, Paul;

Connie and Leon, siding experts.

Judy Carrell's friend, Matt Larson with cancer, David and Sue, her sister & Sue's husband, Jim; Cathy Bambanek’s recuperation from her foot operation; Alexander Occhipinti; Mary Zachos' brother (Jessica Bresson's maid of honor) with a stroke; Rita

Connie and Lynda.

Bernadette Delgado's mom &  Gilberto's mom;   Marilyn Ackerman'smom & brother, Dick; Tom & Teresa Quinn's niece, Chawna, with cancer, plus Neva Flynn, Angel, & Diane Kreeitzer; Connie  Doherty's mom & her sister, plus Kevin's cousin, Peter; Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, & Jim;
our friends, sons, &daughters in the military, including Cole Carey, Ryan McClurg, & Chebino; a cure for autism from Laura Chollick;   for our President that he have great success and someday hold his grandchildren in his lap.

Present status of our house, all dry wall and almost all siding done. Almost a home.

Your Finances: July 14, 2013

Expenses:   $740.00

Outreach:    $190.00

We donated this week:

1. $1000 to our Habitat Group. (The special donation to us)

2. $300 to Plano Homes.

Thanks for your Generosity.

Video: Exit hymn, Lead us to the Water, 1 1/ 2 minutes, with a special, first time ever visit from Emma, practicing her dancing,



Have a Great Week, J.S

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