Author: Rosemary

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ByRosemary March 3, 2013
Rosemary's Blessing:

Let us pray to our God,

To the God of Mary and Joseph,

To the God of Abraham and Sarah.

May our actions bear witness to the suffering of others.

May our hands never harm a living being.

May our steps stay on the journey of justice.

May our tongue speak to those who are poor

Without fear of the powerful.

May our prayers rise with patient discontent

Until no child is hungry.

Taken and adapted from a prayer by Mary Lou Kownacki, OSB for Pax Christi USA in commemoration of the United Nations International Decade for the Culture of Peace and Nonviolence for the Children of the World.

Bill reading Exodus.

Special Thanks:
- For Reading: Claire & Bill
- For Serving: Georgie & Kevin
- For the Communion Bread: Jan & Claire
- For the Wine & Cups: Sir Charlie
- For the Music: Ray & Shonda & Bethany
- For the Pictures & Video: Rick, John & Connie and Mike & Beth
- For the coffee and pastries: Fred & Maureen, Jerry & Jackie
- For the altar & sound: Jackie & Leon
Claire reading 1 Corinthians.

Birthdays: Jackie Urbanczyk (61 Thursday & day 3 of her New Life in Retirement) & Chuck Pratt (special 25th)

ROMEOS, Gil & Mike.

We Remember

Tom Quinn's shoulder surgery coming up, plus Tom & Teresa's daughter, Colleen, with cancer; Barb & Warren's new grandbaby, Leighton Elizabeth; Bill Ekes eye operation recuperation;   Jim Butterly’s brother, Paul; Rose Banzhaf & the Banzhaf family on their new grandkid, Warren; Mary Hall who broke her foot; Barb & Warren's friend, Mike, fighting cancer, & Tara; Judy's Matt Larson with cancer, David, and Sue, her sister & Sue's husband, Jim; Janie's friend Wilbur; Gerald's mom really sick; Cathy Bambanek’s recuperation from her foot operation; Jean Wright's recovering from rotator cuff surgery;    Sue Tomas;   Mike & Dee’s daughter, Lisa;    Alexander Occhipinti; Mary Zachos' brother (Jessica Bresson's maid of honor) with a stroke; Rita

More ROMEOS, Ray, Fred, and Jerry.

Bernadette Delgado's mom & Gilberto's mom;   Marilyn Ackerman's mom & brother, Dick;   Grace LeBlanc's niece Carlin, 13, with hodgkins; 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, & John's dad in assisted living; Jean Wright's daughter, Mary;    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 More ROMEOS, Bill and Mike, all at Jason's Deli.

  Your Finances: March 3, 2013

Expenses:     $950.00

Outreach:     $450.00

We donated this week:

1. $1000 to Bona Respond & their recovery work in NY

    Thanks for your Generosity

Have a Great Week, J.S (214-783-0443)

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Reminder for Sunday, March 3, 2013, 3rd Lent C
ByRosemary February 28, 2013

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

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

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

The Celebration.

Our Georgie.

Readings:

Exodus 3, 1-8, 13-15, The Lord appeared to Moses in fire flaming out of a bush. (One of the great stories)

Psalm 103, The Lord is kind and merciful. (One of the great lines)

1 Corinthians 10, 1-6, 10-12, Do not grumble.

Luke 13, 1-9, There was a person who had a fig tree.

Brandon and Leo

Tom distributing our help.

Community Bulletin Board:

1.   March 3, nothing special this week

2. March 10, donate to Catholic Charities from bean soup meal. Time change Sunday to Daylight Time.

3. March 17, Soul’s Harbor truck will collect everything brought in, clothes, utensils, furniture, appliances. We are also collecting powdered laundry soap for Soul's Harbor.

4. March 24, Palm Sunday

5. April 13, Love for the Kids picnic

6. How did the lunch gathering of guys go last Friday? Pretty good, a dozen showing up. Pix coming. Plus, from one of our baddest members, a name, i.e., ROMEO'S (retired old men eating out). Guess who. Are we hearing rumor of a womens' lunch group?

Emma is here.

Emma at work.

What's going on in our Catholic World:

1. The Conclave, 10 reasons why different, National Catholic Reporter, February 22, 1500 words, Download Conclave 3-1-13

2. Kennedy on Benedict’s resignation, National Catholic Reporter, February 14, 1200 words,    Download On Benedict 3-1-13

3.  Legio coverup, National Catholic Reporter, February 18, 500 words,    Download Legion of Christ 3-1-13

Torri at work.

Buddy is here.

   True?

"When the white missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we
had the land. They said 'Let us pray.' We closed our eyes. When we
opened them, we had the Bible and they had the land."

Desmond Tutu

Blessing of the Sacrament of the Sick for Dee.

See you Sunday, March 3, 2013, 3rd Lent, C cycle

J.S., 214-783-0443

Zoe and Buddy.

Bernadette and Gil, Where's all the grandkids?

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Geri receiving communion from Claire.

Rosemary reading her blessing.



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Sunday Homily, February 24, 2013, 2nd Lent C
ByRosemary February 24, 2013

Readings:

Genesis 15, 5-12, 17-18, To your descendents I give this land.

Psalm 27, The Lord is my light and my salvation.

Philippians 3, 17 -4, 1, Therefore, stand firm in the Lord

Luke 9, 28-36, Jesus took Peter, John, and James and went up the mountain.

Getting ready.

INTRODUCTION

You probably have heard the figure of speech, ‘They cut a deal.’ The origin of the Hebrew word for covenant was the Hebrew word cut. As you listen to our First Reading from the Book of Genesis it will become apparent that God and Abraham have entered into a covenant. A covenant was accompanied by sacrifices that were cut, halved. [They were ultimately fulfilled for us by the Lamb of God.]

Paul, in his letter to the Philippians, encourages this early church to continue to be guided by the words of Christ, the Lamb of God.

Brandon with Leo looking over the edge.

HOMILY with Mike

Instead of Sarah being barren, the Luke gospel begins with the barren Elizabeth and her husband Zachariah. They too are symbols, to teach the gentiles, the audience of the Luke gospel, about Judaism in what we call Luke’s Infancy Narrative. [Recall that later she gave birth to John the Baptist, who prepares the way for the Lamb of God.]

Ray and Ben on music and on the stage this week because of a school play.

The Levite and priest, were the ruling classes of Judaism. In the parable of the Good Samaritan, both pass by the man who has been beaten, robbed and left to die along side the road. Zachariah, who is a priest, symbolizes the priest.

Elizabeth is a descendant of Aaron from the tribe of the Levites, symbolizes the Levite. The story teaches us why Judaism is barren. Remember the Jewish law, ‘you must love your neighbor as yourself.’ Within Judaism, the word neighbor referred only to one’s fellow Jew. The Religious leaders of Judaism could claim that they were still righteous [God-like], for they had not broken their law, when they passed by the gentile who had been left to die.

Cowboy Cole arriving.

The words of Christ are not barren; they pour forth the Holy Spirit, the grace given by God to those who live Christ’s words. The voice from heaven to Peter, James and John in today’s transfiguration event is for them to live Christ’s words.

Mike homilizing.

Immediately following the transfiguration there is a story in Matthew, Mark and Luke of a Father who brings his Son to Jesus to be healed from a sickness that has existed since the boy’s infancy. The sickness began to take root with the father’s lack of faith in Christ’s words when he chose instead to have his son circumcised after his birth. The father and his son are to live the words of Christ that do not abolish but fulfill the Law and Prophets. What is it that we can take away from today’s gospel? As parents or grandparents we are to teach our children and grandchildren to live the words of Christ by the way we live them. Young children can do wonders when they receive a little guidance and encouragement.

Emma arriving.

I shared a fond memory about our youngest child, who will be 40 this summer, with Judy a few weeks ago. Judy had been assigned to take communion to a small nursing home when our youngest son was somewhere around the age of seven or eight. The older children would often find reasons for not joining Paul when we went to the nursing home with Judy late Sunday mornings.

Cowboy Cole safeguarding The Cupcake of the Week for his grandmother, Diane.

At that time there were six Catholics for her to visit and give communion. One was an elderly man who certainly seemed depressed about being there, and he didn’t look forward to us, or anyone else, coming to visit. One day Paul, who loved to go fishing with his older brother and me, noticed a small picture on a bulletin board in his room. I saw him looking at it. The two men, one younger than the other, had poles in hand and had definitely been fishing.

Brent, Soul's Harbor director, accepting from Tom the Community's support.

I gave Paul a little push and he asked the man about the picture. A short time later Paul told him about an aquarium that was in the hallway at the entrance of the nursing home. The next week when Judy came to bring communion, we were surprised to find the man in a wheel chair waiting for us. From then on after receiving communion, Paul would push him down to the aquarium where they would talk about fishing. The word of the Lord.

Communion Preparation, the individual cups.

One Great Granddad with Torri and Zoe.

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ByRosemary February 24, 2013
Rosemary's Blessing:

Let us pray to our God

To the God of Mary and Joseph,

To the God of Abraham and Sarah.

May our spirit fill the world with beauty and wonder.

May our mind seek truth with humility and openness.

May our hearts forgive without limit.

May our love for friend, enemy and outcast be without measure.

May our needs be few and our living simple.

Taken and adapted from a prayer by Mary Lou Kownacki, OSB for Pax Christi USA in commemoration of the United Nations International Decade for the Culture of Peace and Nonviolence for the Children of the World.

John reading Genesis.

Special Thanks:
- For Reading: John and Mary Jane
- For Serving: Georgie & Kevin
- For the Communion Bread: Jan
- For the Wine & Cups: Jan
- For the Music: Ray & Ben
- For the Pictures & Video: Jan & Rick, John & Connie and Mike
- For the coffee and pastries: Marlene & Jerry & Jackie
- For the altar & sound: Jackie & Leon
Mary Jane reading Philippians.

Birthdays: Anthony DeGenova (Tuesday), Diane McClurg (Wedneday), Michelle Brown (Saturday)

We Remember

Bill Ekes eye operation recuperation;   Jim Butterly’s brother, Paul; Rose Banzhaf & the Banzhaf family on their new grandkid, Warren; Mary Hall who broke her foot; Barb & Warren's friend, Mike, fighting cancer, & Tara; Judy's Matt Larson with cancer, David, and Sue, her sister & Sue's husband, Jim; Janie's friend Wilbur; Gerald's mom really sick; Cathy Bambanek’s recuperation from her foot operation; Jean Wright's recovering from rotator cuff surgery;    Sue Tomas;   Mike & Dee’s daughter, Lisa;    Alexander Occhipinti; Mary Zachos' brother (Jessica Bresson's maid of honor) with a stroke;

Our Big Help Man from PISD, Miguel.

Rita; Tom & Teresa Quinn's daughter Colleen with breast cancer & Tom’s upcoming shoulder surgery;     Bernadette Delgado's mom & Gilberto's mom;   Marilyn Ackerman's mom & brother, Dick;   Grace LeBlanc's niece Carlin, 13, with hodgkins; 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, & John's dad in assisted living; Jean Wright's daughter, Mary;    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.

The Food Drive, part of it.


Your Finances: February 24, 2013

Expenses:     $2155.00

Outreach:     $1270.00

We donated this week:

1. Food

2. $300 to Plano Homes

3. $2000 to Soul's Harbor, Mens' Homeless Shelter

    Thanks for your Generosity

Have a Great Week, J.S (214-783-0443)

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Reminder for February 24, 2013, 2nd Lent, Cycle C
ByRosemary February 21, 2013

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

Time: 9:30; Celebrate with the Community & Stack & Mike homilizing. Again, Welcome.

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

Food Drive This Sunday

Sisters, Zoe.

and Torri.

Readings:

Genesis 15, 5-12, 17-18, To your descendents I give this land.

Psalm 27, The Lord is my light and my salvation.

Philippians 3, 17 -4, 1, Therefore, stand firm in the Lord

Luke 9, 28-36, Jesus took Peter, John, and James and went up the mountain.

Offertory, Connie, Tom, Denni, and John.

Marlene, Cindy, and Sr. Charlie.

Community Bulletin Board:

1. Food Drive this Sunday

2. April 13, Love for the Kids picnic

Sienna.

Sienna and her dad, Payton.

What's going on in our Catholic World:

1. What is going to come out of the Conclave, Gary Wills, N.Y. Times, February 12, 1000 words, Download Gary Wills 2-22-13

2. A priest in Austria, Tidewater Review, February 13, 150 words,   Download AUSTRIA 2-22-13

3.  Benedict, Commonweal, February 13, 1100 words,

4.  Love means giving , Thed Observer & Corpus, February 14, 570 words, Download O'Rourke, Love is Giving 2-22-13

Emma and the juice container.

Our Emma.

True?

If there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life as in hoping for another life and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this life.

ALBERT CAMUS

Bill and Zaile with Sir Charlie

See you Sunday, February 24, 2013, 2nd Lent, C cycle

J.S., 214-783-0443

Bobby and Warren.

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Sunday Homily, February 17, 2013, 1st Lent C
ByRosemary February 17, 2013
Readings:

Deuternomy 26, 4-10, He brought us out of Egypt.

Psalm 91, Be with me, Lord, when I am in trouble.

Romans 10, 8-13, The same Lord is Lord of all.

Luke 4, 1-13, Jesus was led into the desert for 40 days.

Curtis and Bill.

Deuteronomy

The scene: The Israelites have escaped from Egypt and have been wandering in the desert for years. They are just about to enter The Land. They are assembled. Moses is addressing them and reminding them of all Yahweh has done for them over the years of wandering.

In our chapter he is telling them that when they have settled in their new land, where he will not accompany them, they must take a basket full of a portion of their first harvest, present it to the rabbi, and offer it as a sacrifice of thanksgiving.

Who & When: Though about Moses, Deuteronomy is a compilation of numerous sources. Guess when: post Babylonian Captivity, say 555. Easy to remember.

Emma arrives.

Romans

Paul writes to the Romans that all people, Gentiles as well as Jews, are invited to be part of the Christ event.

Andrew and Danny arriving with Sir Charlie.

  Beware of Great Expectations: observations on a new pope

I must confess that Monday morning when I first heard of Benedict’s retirement, I was excited. “We might get a new man who is progressive and less authoritarian,” I thought. With a little reflection I have two observations I would like to share with you from my perspective and experience. Both fall under the Beware of Great Expectations heading.
1. Beware of expecting a progressive pope. The college of cardinals has been carefully screened to include only very conservative, corporate, follow the leader type men. They will likely vote their kindred.
2. Beware of the idea that a 3^rd world man would be great. Two Africans are mentioned, one I know, Cardinal Arinze from Nigeria. I attended his "coronation" in ’76 or ’77.
One observation about him and many Africans is that in being converted they really bought into traditional Catholicism. I knew a Tanzanian bishop who prohibited drums at liturgies because he thought they were pagan.

Moreover, the custom of the African tribe demands that a big man make a big impression, not the idea of being a servant or last.

Leo ready to dance. Check the video.

Have a Happy Lent?

Looking forward to Lent this year? I confess that I was not. Maybe it has come too quickly after Christmas this year. However, I know I mildly dreaded it until. Until we had our Ash Wednesday Mass at Marlene’s house. Something happened there, some grace of being at home. I felt peaceful about it all.

Ryan arriving with his dad, Jim.

So what are we going to do about this Lent? Three observations.
1. As a community you all will be invited on several occasions. We will have a food drive next Sunday and a general pick up by Soul’s Harbor’s truck another Sunday. One Sunday we will have one of our penitential rites, probably the Sunday just before Palm Sunday.
Georgie ready to suit up.

        2.    I am going to invite you most Sundays to have a happy Lent. It is Spring Training time. Instead of focusing on the negativity and the bad, focus on getting back in shape, from taking a daily walk to riding your bike around The Lake, White Rock. Pass out compliments, like I mentioned last week.

Zoe arriving with her brother and mom, Buddy and Michelle.

          3. I am also going to kick off a special project. For years before I moved out of Jesuit I had a men’s group in the evening maybe two Tuesday a month. It was both fun and profound. I did not have furniture enough for all who came. So I would take all the furniture out and I lay cushions all along the walls of the small office I had. Everybody sat on the floor.

Our candidate for pope, Bernadette, wondering where all the kids went.

I want to start a new group, a lunch group. All you guys here are invited. Tentatively, it will be Fridays, 1:00, Jason’s Deli here at Collin Creek Mall on Central. It won’t be every week usually, mostly when I can come. I’ll send out a note to everyone. 2 guys, 20 guys, who knows?

Mike, Jerry, Shirley, and Maureen.



Why am I doing this now? Good Lenten Penance! Lenten penance with Stack. Get you to heaven quicker. Actually, it is because I miss you guys. I may see everybody Sundays, but I don’t get to find out how it is going. It will be great fun.

You women can rejoice that the old guy is out of the house for a while each week.

So, what are you going to do to have a happy Lent?

Rosemary reading her blessing.
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ByRosemary February 17, 2013
Rosemary's Blessing:

May we pray during this graced season of Lent when we are called to deepen our awareness of our constant connectedness with God, with all people and with all that exists.

Acknowledging the pain and hurt that comes when we act as if we are disconnected, let us begin this Lenten journey willing to heal, to mend and to be God’s human expression of love, forgiveness and justice as Jesus taught and modeled for us.

From a letter from Sister Jean Amore, CSJ Vice-President, Sacred Heart Academy, Hempstead, New York

Taylor reading Deuteronomy.

Special Thanks:
- For Reading: Taylor & Zach
- For Serving: Georgie & Kevin
- For the Communion Bread: Alison & Jan
- For the Wine & Cups: Beth
- For the Music: Ray & Shonda & Bethany
- For the Pictures & Video: Jan, Rick & Beth, John & Connie
- For the coffee and pastries: Marlene & Jerry & Jackie & Denni
- For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue
Zach reading Romans.

Birthdays: Ben Cronin (27, Thursday) and Ray Winkler(Friday)

Anniversaries:

John & Lambrini (19th, Tuesday)

Ash Wednesday at Marlene's.

We Remember

Bill Ekes eye operation recuperation;   Jim Butterly’s brother, Paul; Rose Banzhaf & the Banzhaf family on their new grandkid, Warren; Mary Hall who broke her foot; Barb & Warren's friend, Mike, fighting cancer, & Tara; And Donna's recuperation from hip surgery; Judy's Matt Larson with cancer, David, and Sue, her sister & Sue's husband, Jim; Janie's friend Wilbur; Gerald's mom really sick; Cathy Bambanek’s recuperation from her foot operation; Jean Wright's recovering from rotator cuff surgery;    Sue Tomas;   Mike & Dee’s daughter, Lisa;    Alexander Occhipinti; Mary Zachos' brother (Jessica Bresson's maid of honor) with a stroke;

The blessing of ashes.

  Rita; Tom & Teresa Quinn's daughter Colleen with breast cancer;     Bernadette Delgado's mom & Gilberto's mom;   Marilyn Ackerman's mom & brother, Dick;   Grace LeBlanc's niece Carlin, 13, with hodgkins; 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, & John's dad in assisted living; Jean Wright's daughter, Mary;    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.

Cindy handing out communion.


Your Finances: February 17, 2013

Expenses:     $990.00

Outreach:     $230.00

We donated this week:

1. Nothing special this week.

    Thanks for your Generosity

Have a Great Week, J.S (214-783-0443)

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Reminder for Sunday, February 17, 2013, 1st Lent C
ByRosemary February 14, 2013

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

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

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

Offertory, Danny, Andrew, Sir Charlie, and Jan.

Meghan and her dad, Bill.

  Readings:

Deuternomy 26, 4-10, He brought us out of Egypt.

Psalm 91, Be with me, Lord, when I am in trouble.

Romans 10, 8-13, The same Lord is Lord of all.

Luke 4, 1-13, Jesus was led into the desert for 40 days.

Emma hard at work.

Buddy taking over.

  For those who don’t have a decent Bible or a book of the readings, here are two links that I use,

The Bible at Your Fingertips (http://st-luke-church.org/bible-at-finger-tips.php) and USCCB, The New American Bible (http://www.usccb.org/).

The difference? The first is Protestant more or less, and the second is officially Catholic and has the 12 little books in between the O.T. & N.T., called Deuterocanonical or Apocrypha.

Both are good translations.

Buying a bible? The Jerusalem Bible.

Mike and Dee and Diane.

Sacrament of the Sick blessing for Joe.

Community Bulletin Board:

1. April 6, Love for the Kids picnic

The Cupcakes of The Week, Geri, Kevin, John, Scott, Hue, Meghan, and John

The Brunch Line, Don't come late.

What's going on in our Catholic World:

1. Eugene Kennedy on Cardinal Mahoney & Archbishop Gomez, National Catholic Reporter, February 8, 900 words,   Download Kennedy 2-15-13

2. Assessment of Pope Benedict, National Catholic Reporter, February 11, 1100 words,    Download Pope Benedict 2-15-13

3.  Cardinals with shadows, National Catholic Reporter, February 13, 800 words,   Download Three cardinals 2-15-13

4. What results from resignation can be expected, National Catholic Reporter, February 13, 1000 words,   Download The Resignation 2-15-13

Rick, The Chef and The Carver.

Ryan.

True?

"After the game, the King and the pawn go into the same box."

Italian proverb

Carol and Sandra.

Tom with Bernadette and Celeste.

See you Sunday, February 17, 2013, 1^st Lent, C cycle

J.S., 214-783-0443

Ash Wednesday at Marlene's.

Ash Wednesday.

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Ash Wednesday.



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Sunday Homily, February 10, 2013, 5th Ordinary Time, C cycle
ByRosemary February 10, 2013

Readings:

Isaiah 6, 1-8, Whom shall I send? Send me.

Psalm 138, In the sight of the angels, I will sing your praises, Lord.

1 Corinthians 15, 1-11, I am the least of the apostles.

Luke 5, 1-11, They caught a great number of fish and their nets were tearing.

Leo and his best pacifier, John

For those who don’t have a decent Bible or a book of the readings, here are two links that I use,

The Bible at Your Fingertips (http://st-luke-church.org/bible-at-finger-tips.php) and USCCB, The New American Bible (http://www.usccb.org/).

The difference? The first is Protestant more or less, and the second is officially Catholic and has the 12 little books in between the O.T. & N.T., called Deuterocanonical or Apocrypha.

Both are good translations.

Buying a bible? The Jerusalem Bible.

Who's that under that table? Emma!

Isaiah 1

This is The Great One. The Prophet. My favorite. In general, this work has three parts put together by three different people. It is time dependent: before, during, and after the, you guessed it, the Babylonian Captivity. Keep 500 before Christ in mind as an easy date.

Last week we heard the story of the prophet Jeremiah’s call by Yahweh. This week we have Isaiah’s call.

Psalm 138

Want to hear something beautiful? Listen to today’s psalm. Another of my favorites. Thanks, thanks, and more thanks.

1 Corinthians 15

In last week’s Corinthians’ reading Paul described his vision of love. Today he continues talking to the people of his church in Corinth, focusing on how he was called by God.

Zoe on a mission while watching the    Brunch Table.

The Small Call

I would like to talk this morning about small calls. Our readings are all about great calls, like Isaiah, to be God’s spokesperson. These calls come once in life, or a few times in life. I would like to suggest small calls come every day.   Let me illustrate.

In Mexico City there is this magnificent avenue, Reforma, modeled by the Empress Carlotta on the famous Champs Elysee in Paris, built during our Civil War, say 1860. A week ago I was on Reforma one afternoon before returning to the U.S.

Buddy, "Yeah, brunch time. I'm ready."

I was intrigued. The government provides rental bikes. Along the pedestrian islands that border Reforma are numerous racks of some 40 bikes which people can rent. People are riding these bikes all over the center of Mexico City. I wanted to know if I could rent a bike for a day.

I had asked a few people, but no one was sure. I was simply told that for $30 I could obtain a card which I could use to rent the bike for one year.

Cowboy Cole. How did he get ahead of the crowd? With his mom, Erin.

Cupcakes of The Week: Geri, Kevin, and his dad, John, plus 4 others.

At one point I am standing beside the check-in post reading the instructions. You buy the card at a drug store, show proof of identity, and then swipe the card through the reader. It tells you what number bike is yours. You may return the bike to any of the numerous bike racks around the city center.

I finish unsatisfied, turn around, and watch a man ride up on one of the recognizable bikes. He puts it in the rack down the way, then begins to walk in my direction. He is middle aged, in his mid 50’s, trim, dressed neatly in business pants, white shirt and tie, and a small back pack.

I ask him if he could help me. I tell him what I want and he is sure I cannot rent a bike for a day. In fact, he thinks only citizens can rent the bikes.

The Great Brunch, ready.

We continue to talk. I tell him how I admire Mexico City for installing the bikes, that my wife & I, who ride a lot, saw the bikes two years ago when we were in town. He says he has seen them not only in Mexico City, but in cities in the States and in Europe. This tells me something, he has traveled internationally.

Brunch Time, Out of the Way!

We have a charming conversation for about 10 minutes. As we part he tells me how he enjoyed conversing, welcome to Mexico, and, get this, he congratulates me on excellent Spanish!

Folks, I could have done a backward somersault in the air. I felt I could jump from tree top to tree top. I was so full, ecstatic, grateful.   All the work I had put into Spanish over the years was worth it.

This is the small call, what that Mexican did. A compliment.

Ye Olde Brunch.

I would propose that we get small calls every day. A compliment, an offer to help, a thanks, an apology for a small mishap. The girl at the checkout has fancy fingernails; I tell her I like them.

These small calls fill others. With life.

What was your small call yesterday? Your next one?



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ByRosemary February 10, 2013
Rosemary's Blessing:

May you find truth in the week’s smallest grace,

And hope in the week’s heaviest cross.

May you learn to walk a little bit slowly

And to grow each day in hope and trust.

And may the God of new beginnings

Grant you a week of love and peace.

Andrew M. Greeley,   A Book of Irish American Blessings & Prayers

Ash Wednesday notice: We will convene at 7:00 at the home of Marlene Ekes,    2017 Keystone Drive, Plano, Welcome.

Link to map:

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=2017+Keystone+Drive,+Plano,+TX&hl=en&ll=33.026062,-96.733954&spn=0.010956,0.013647&sll=31.168934,-100.076842&sspn=11.436836,13.974609&hnear=2017+Keystone+Dr,+Plano,+Collin,+Texas+75075&t=m&z=16

Erin reading Isaiah 1.



Special Thanks:
- For Reading: Chuck & Erin
- For Serving: Georgie & Kevin
- For the Communion Bread: Alison
- For the Wine & Cups: Beth
- For the Music: Ray & Shonda & Bethany
- For the Pictures & Video: Jan, Rick & Beth, John
- For the coffee and pastries: Marlene
- For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue
- For all who contributed to the Great Brunch
Chuck reading 1 Corinthians 15.

Birthdays: Duffy (Wednesday), Tuesday: Scott Shaw, Hue Beavers (62), Dick Thompson, John Bresson (56), plus from last week, Geri (60), Kevin (24), & Meghan (29)

Anniversaries:

John & Alison (17th, Thursday)

Bobby & Debbie (28^th, today, Sunday)

Rosemary reading her blessing.

We Remember

Bill Ekes eye operation recuperation;   Rose Banzhaf & the Banzhaf family on the death of Kate, their twin daughter & new grandkid, Warren; Mary Hall who broke her foot; Barb & Warren's friend, Mike, fighting cancer, & Tara; And Donna's recuperation from hip surgery; Judy's Matt Larson with cancer, David, and Sue, her sister & Sue's husband, Jim; Janie's friend Wilbur; Gerald's mom really sick; Cathy Bambanek’s recuperation from her foot operation; Jean Wright's recovering from rotator cuff surgery;    Sue Tomas;   Mike & Dee’s daughter, Lisa;    Alexander Occhipinti; Mary Zachos' brother (Jessica Bresson's maid of honor) with a stroke;

Through Him, with Him.

  Rita; Tom & Teresa Quinn's daughter Colleen with breast cancer;     Bernadette Delgado's mom & Gilberto's mom;   Marilyn Ackerman's mom & brother, Dick;   Grace LeBlanc's niece Carlin, 13, with hodgkins; 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, & John's dad in assisted living; Jean Wright's daughter, Mary;    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: February 10, 2013

Expenses:     $655.00

Outreach:     $335.00

We donated this week:

1. Nothing special this week.

    Thanks for your Generosity

Have a Great Week, J.S (214-783-0443)

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