Author: Rosemary

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    ByRosemary

        Video: Rosemary doing her blessing (20 sec.)

     

    Rosemary’s Blessing

    … May God bless you with enough foolishness
    to believe that you can make a difference
    in this world & in your neighborhood,
    so that you will courageously try
    what you don't think you can do, but,
    in Jesus Christ you'll have all the strength necessary.

    "Troubadour: A Missionary Magazine," published by the Franciscan Missionary Society

    Mike 9-16-12

    Mike reading Isaiah

                                                                                                              

    Our Special Thanks:

    • For Reading: Mike & Geri
    • For Serving:  Kevin  
    • For the Communion Bread:  Alison
    • For the Wine Cups:  Jan & Charlie
    • For the Music: Ray & Shonda & Bethany
    • For the Pictures & Video:  Jan & Beth, Rick & Mike, John & Connie
    • For the coffee and pastries:  Tom & Lynda &Jackie
    • For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue

      Birthdays:  Holly Kern (19 Saturday at UT), Audry Whitley (6 Monday), Taylor Read (20 Wednesday), Claire Zurchin (27 Wednesday), Daniel Fleming (24 Wednesday)

    Geri 9-16-12

    Geri reading James

     Anniversaries:

    Mark Anderlick & Julie Verdes (Day 1 today)

    Chebino & Lydia (8th Saturday)

    Lynda & Tom (30th Tuesday)

     

    Rain 9-16-12

    Rain at 9 thousand feet

     

    We Remember  

    Erin McClurg's friend Chris Hutchins;  Patricia’s husband, Fred, who had quadruple bypass Friday; Mike Moran's mom who died a few weeks ago;  Fred Macchio's sister, Toni, who just died last night, Saturday;  Bill Hammond's broken ankle;  Alexander Occhipinti;    Diane McClurg's good friend, Suzy McGonigle with cancer;    Michael Kern’s dad;  Mary Zachos' brother (Jessica Bresson's maid of honor) with a stroke;  Christine Drescher's grandmother Margie with a stroke;  Lisa's Ackerman’s  Louis & Jim;   Rita;  Tom & Teresa Quinn's daughter Colleen with breast cancer;    Barb & Warren's  friend, Mike, fighting cancer, & Tara;   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; Kerry's sister Maura with her second cancer;   Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, & Jim; our friends, sons, & daughters in the military, including Ryan McClurg & Chebino; George & Marianne's sons & Linda's son, plus Stacie & Ben White & their niece with leukemia; a cure for autism from Laura Chollick;   for our President that he have great success and someday hold his grandchildren in his lap.

     

    Lone Pine Lake 9-16-12

    The Team at Lone Pine Lake, about 10 thousand feet

     Your Finances: September 16, 2012

    Expenses:    $ 1047.00   

    Outreach:    $  460.00 

    Thanks for your Generosity 

    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.

     

     

     

  • Reminder for Sunday, September 16, 2012, 24th Ordinary Time B

    ByRosemary


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

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

     Readings:  

     

     Isaiah  50, 4-9,  I gave my back to those who beat me.

      Psalm 116,  I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living.

     James 2, 14-18,   What good is it if someone says he has faith but does not have works?

    Mark 8, 27-35,  Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself.  

     

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    John with his associates, Becky and Monica of the DARCC, Dallas Area Rape Crisis Center

    Community Bulletin Board: 

     

    1.  Free Medical Clinic in September (message from John Ernst, CCAC):   "September 29, there will be a large one day free clinic at the Dallas Convention Center sponsored by our national organization, of which we are members.  Thousands of people will be served all by volunteers."  Download Medical clinic 8-10-12 

     

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    Monica addressing the community

    What's going on in our Catholic World:   

     

    1.    Fire Bishop Finn of Kansas City?, National Catholic Reporter, September  10, 850 words,    Download Fire Bishop Finn 9-13-12

     

     True? 

    A few fly bites
    cannot stop a spirited horse.

      
    Mark Twain 

       

    Leo & Emma 9-13-12

    Emma visits Leo on his turf

    Beth & Emma 9-13-12

    Emma, Beth, and friend

     

    The Team 9-13-12

    John with his Sunday team, Kevin, Bethany, Shonda, and Ray

     

     See you Sunday, September 16

    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.

     

     

  • Sunday Homily September 9, 2012, 23rd Ordinary Time B

    ByRosemary

    Readings:  

     Isaiah, 35, 4-7,  The eyes of the blind will be opened

     Psalm 146,  Praise the Lord, My Soul

     James, 2, 1-5,  Did not God choose those who are poor?

     Mark, 7, 31-37,  Immediately, the man’s ears were opened.

      

    John and Kevin 9-9-12

    John and Kevin at the beginning of Mass

      

    A few words about today’s readings 

    1st reading from Book of the Prophet Isaiah, Ch. 35

    You know well how the Old Testament prophets operated: telling the Jewish people, “You’ve done wrong”, then prophesying “Yehweh will punish you”, and then prophesying “there will come a time of repentance and blessing from Yahweh who is merciful”. In today’s reading Isaiah is prophesying a time of healing and blessing.

                                                                                                        

    2nd reading from the Letter of James,  Ch. 2

    As Stack said last week, James was the administrator of the Jerusalem Christian community.  Paul refers to him as “ the brother of Jesus”. His letter was probably written around the year 50 AD which would make it the earliest writing in the New Testament, still over a generation after Jesus.  It was written to the “dispersion”, that is, to Jews who were followers of Jesus and were scattered outside Israel. The letter of James is one of 5 small books in the New Testament that were disputed in the early church, and were not accepted as inspired books of the Bible until the early 5th century, The other 4 were the second and third letters of John, the second letter of Peter and the letter of Jude. The Letter of James acquired special significance at the time of the Reformation in the 16th century when the priest Martin Luther said this letter’s emphasis on good works contradicts Paul’s doctrine that we are justified by faith.  Luther also disagreed with the Council of Trent that the Letter of James refers to the Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick. James Ch 5:14 reads, “Is there anyone sick among you? He should ask for the presbyters of the church. They in turn are to pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.”

     

    3rd reading from the Gospel according to  Mark,  Ch. 7

    Mark’s Gospel was written with non-Jewish readers in mind. We know this because there are very few quotes from the Old Testament in Mark, he explains particular Jewish customs, and he translates any Aramaic expression into Greek, as in today’s reading where the Aramaic word “Ephphatha”, is translated into the Greek word for “Open” or “Be opened”.

                              

    Bernadette 9-9-12

    Bernadette reading Isaiah

                                                                                                          

    Mary Ellen 9-9-12

    Mary Ellen reading James

                                                                                                

    Homily        

    For over twelve years, John Cade, in addition to his private practice of counseling, has worked in an agency setting with victims of violence, including victims of sexual assault. Currently he serves on the board of the non-profit Dallas Area Rape Crisis Center or DARCC. Since the theme of our gathering today is healing, John invited Monica Urbaniak, a bi-lingual counselor at the Dallas Area Rape Crisis Center (or DARCC) to speak about the work of DARCC. Monica will talk about what DARCC is, what they do, and what they need from the community to maintain and enhance their services.

           

    Monica 9-9-12

    Monica speaking to us

                                                                           

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    ByRosemary

    Rosemary’s Blessing

    May you be …

    Rich in blessings and poor in misfortune,

    Rich in friends and poor in hardships,

    Rich in gratefulness and poor in taking things for granted.

                                

    Offeratory 9-9-12

    Carol, Richard and John

                                                                                   

    Our Special Thanks:

    • For Reading: Mary Ellen & Bernadette
    • For Serving:  Kevin  
    • For the Communion Bread:  Alison
    • For the Wine Cups:  Beth
    • For the Music: Ray & Shonda & Bethany
    • For the Pictures & Video:  Jan & Beth & John
    • For the coffee and pastries:  Tom & Lynda, Jackie & Jerry
    • For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue

       

    Tom 9-9-12

    Tom in his Irish hurling shirt

     Birthdays:  Warren Wittek (Thursday), Teresa Read (Tuesday & anniversary), Emily Wilson (15 Tuesday), Jean Wright ( Monday), and Wendy (32 Monday)

    Anniversaries:

    Doug & Teresa Read (23rd Saturday)

    Bill & Julie Carey ( 29th Thursday)

    Mike & Geri Moran (37th Thursday) Mike is on the backpack trip 

     

    Shonda and Leo 9-9-12

    Shonda and Leo

    We Remember  

    Mike Moran's mom who just died a week ago;  Fred Macchio's sister, Toni; Joan & her great family;   Jackie Ritter's recuperation;  Bill Hammond's broken ankle;  Alexander Occhipinti;    Diane McClurg's good friend, Suzy McGonigle with cancer;    Michael Kern’s dad;  Mary Zachos' brother (Jessica Bresson's maid of honor) with a stroke;  Christine Drescher's grandmother Margie with a stroke;  Lisa's Ackerman’s  Louis & Jim;   Rita;  Tom & Teresa Quinn's daughter Colleen with breast cancer;    Barb & Warren's  friend, Mike, fighting cancer, & Tara;   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; Kerry's sister Maura with her second cancer;   Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, & Jim; our friends, sons, & daughters in the military, including Ryan McClurg & Chebino; George & Marianne's sons & Linda's son, plus Stacie & Ben White & their niece with leukemia; a cure for autism from Laura Chollick;   for our President that he have great success and someday hold his grandchildren in his lap.

     

    John, Connie and Maureen 9-9-12

    John, Connie and Maureen

     Your Finances: September 9, 2012

    Expenses:    $  410.00  

    Outreach:    $  425.00

    Thanks for your Generosity 

    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.

     

     

  • Reminder for Sunday, September 9, 23rd Ordinary Time B

    ByRosemary


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

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

    Readings:  

     Isaiah, 35, 4-7,  The eyes of the blind will be opened

     Psalm 146,  Praise the Lord, My Soul

    James, 2, 1-5,  Did not God choose those who are poor?

    Mark, 7, 31-37,  Immediately, the man’s ears were opened.

     

    Bivonas 9-7-12

    Bivonas with grandkids, Hugh and Sydney, Delaney and Bailey

     

    Hugh 9-7-12

    Hugh

    Community Bulletin Board: 

    1.  Habitat Build.  See note from TomFleming. Download Habitat

     2.  Free Medical Clinic in September (message from John Ernst, CCAC):   "September 29, there will be a large one day free clinic at the Dallas Convention Center sponsored by our national organization, of which we are members.  Thousands of people will be served all by volunteers."  Download Medical clinic 8-10-12 

    3.  Shonda and the Rangers.  Attached is a listing of some times that Shonda will be singing at the Rangers' games.  Download Shonda

                                                                                                                     

    Ryan 9-7-12

    Ryan with his dad, Jim, and John

    The Guys, 9-7-12

    The Guys, Ray, Bill, and Rob

    What's going on in our Catholic World:   

    1.    New Generation of Labor Priests, National Catholic Reporter, August 31, 700 words,   Download Labor priests 9-7-12 

    2.     The Great, Progressive Cardinal Martini, August notice from a former Jesuit friend, 450 words,  Download Cardinal Martini dies 9-7-12

    3.     Vatican Bank, National Catholic Reporter,  August 24, 325 words,    

     

    Buddy 9-7-12

    Buddy

    Torri 9-7-12

    Torri

    True? 

    My trade and art is to live.

    MONTAIGNE

     

    Emma 9-7-12

    Emma

     

    Georgie & Emma 9-7-12

    Georgie with Emma

    See you Sunday, September 9

    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.

     

     

     

     

     

  • Sunday Homily, September 2, 2012, 22nd Ordianry Time B

    ByRosemary

    Readings:  

     Deuteronomy, 4,1-2, 6-8,  What great nation is there that has gods so close?

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

    James, 1, 17-18, 21-22,  Be doers of the word and not hearers only.

    Mark, 7, 1-8, 14-15, 21-23, From within people, from their hearts, come evil thoughts.

     

    Ryan 9-2-12

    Ryan

    Observations on Deuteronomy

    What is it about: Moses is addressing the people just before they are to enter into the Promised Land, the land of the Canaanites.  They have escaped from Egypt and have been wandering around in the desert for about 40 years.  Moses is dying and knows he will not go into Canaan.

    The theme of the staged talk is that God has saved and blessed his beloved people.  To help them live better he has given them the 10 commandments and a whole bunch of other laws.  This is a book on the laws.

    This is the 5th book of the whole bible and the fifth of the Big 5, Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, & Deuteronomy

    Sienna 9-2-12

    The Dancer, Sienna

    Authors:  Inferring from the work, it is obvious that the judges and teachers of the people compiled the material.

    Time composed: as with so much else, after the Babylonian Captivity, around 500 before Christ.

    Zoe 9-2-12

    Zoe

    Observations on James

    1.   We have James for 5 Sundays
    2.   James was not an apostle, but head of the community after Jesus.  He gets stoned in 62.

     Sources: The New Interpreter’s Bible Study; The Good News Bible

    Emma B 9-2-12

    Emma A 9-2-12

    Emma arriving and with all her charm

     

    A Labor Day Story (accompanied by slide show)

    I would like to tell you a story this morning about a special event that happened to Rosemary & me a week ago Wednesday morning about 8:00 A.M.   It all happened on the corner of Northwest Hwy. and West Lawther Drive, which is the western border of White Rock Lake, the side opposite to the Arboretum.    

    We had just finished riding around The Lake twice and were packing up the Sienna with the bikes.  It is very rare that we park at this corner instead of at Royal Lane near Greenville.  We did it this morning because we knew the White Rock Creek Trail leading to The Lake from our neighborhood would be muddy & wet.  It had rained the day before. 

    Bailey 9-2-12

    Bailey, Bivona's granddaughter

    This corner has special meaning for Rosemary & me.  It was here January 6, where Rosemary missed the turn coming off of a detour that is no longer there.  This is precisely where she fell and broke her left elbow on a beautiful, sunny January afternoon.

    On this Wednesday morning we are parked not right on this southwest  corner, but up and behind a store called Dallas Bike Works.  Rosemary had sat on the stairs of this bike store in January, while I raced back to get our car and take her to Presbyterian.

    Delaney 9-2-12

    Delaney with her grandmother, Sydney

    So here we are in the parking lot behind the store.  I am storing the bikes in our Sienna.  I notice that a man is slowly driving up from Lawther Lane in a large yellow tractor with a back hoe and a front end scooper.  I wave at him as he passes me at the rear of the car.

    He proceeds along the right side of the car at a little distance.   Rosemary is preparing to get into the car.   He stops his tractor, slides to the left toward Rosemary, gets down off his tractor, and walks toward Rosemary with a smile on his face.  He is a stocky Hispanic in yellow hard hat and work clothes for the heat, long sleeved shirt and long pants. 

     

    Leo 9-2-12

    Leo

    He says to Rosemary, “How are you?”  Instantly Rosemary knows who he is.  She runs to embrace him.

    It is the same workman who was right there when Rosemary broke her arm.  He was the first to her, because she almost landed at his feet.  It was under his pick up that Rosemary slid and his little bumper apron that she cracked with the front of her helmet. 

    He bathed her road rash with water and towels.  He even offered to drive her to the hospital and would take nothing for the crack in his bumper apron, even though the truck was pretty new. 

    His name is Max and he saw Rosemary from the area where he was working.  So, he drove over to see how she was.   We talked for about 10 minutes and he was so happy that she had recuperated.

    John & Kathy 9-2-12

    John and Cathy

    We left there astounded and so touched. 

    Two lessons:

    First, there are some really good hearted people on those street work crews.

    Secondly, a little distinction on Mark’s statement that “from within people, from their hearts, comes evil.” 

    I would propose that the human heart comes good and gentle and loving.   It is the heart hurt that becomes the heart that hurts. 

    Celeste 9-2-12

    Celeste qui parle Francais

    Senor Max has touched our hearts with his gentle caring. 

    Who has touched your heart lately?

     

     

     

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    ByRosemary

      
        Video: Special preparations by special little people (1 min.)

          

    Rosemary’s Blessing

    May you thank the Lord with all your strength
    For food and drink and family and friends,
    For His goodness through life's long length
    And His promise of love that never ends.

     Edited and adapted from a blessing by Fr. Andrew M. Greeley

    Erin 9-2-12

    Erin reading Deuteronomy

    Our Special Thanks:

    • For Reading: Erin & Chuck
    • For Serving:  Kevin  
    • For the Communion Bread:  Christine & Alison
    • For the Wine Cups:  John & Alison
    •  For the Music: Ray & Bethany & Shonda
    • For the Pictures & Video:  Rick & Jan & Beth, Connie & John
    • For the coffee and pastries:   John & Mary Jane, Claire & Ray, Jackie & Jean
    •  For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue

     

    Chuck 9-2-12

    Chuck reading James

     Birthdays:  Mary Harrell (21 today), Carl Falke (65 Monday), Megan Kite (24 Thursday), & Maureen Macchio (tomorrow)

    Anniversaries:

    Connie Bresson (1st weekend of retirement)

    Ben Cronin & Amanda with Emmit (1st tomorrow)

    Richard & Monica (25th Wednesday)

    Nina & Sean Tucker (25th Wednesday)

    Beth & Rob (38th Friday)

    Mike & Dee (55th Friday)

     

    Play Time 9-2-12

    Play time with Erin

    We Remember  

    Mike Moran's mom who just died Wednesday;  Fred Macchio's sister, Toni; Joan & her great family;   Jackie Ritter's recuperation;  Bill Hammond's broken ankle;  Alexander Occhipinti;    Diane McClurg's good friend, Suzy McGonigle with cancer;    Michael Kern’s dad;  Mary Zachos' brother (Jessica Bresson's maid of honor) with a stroke;  Christine Drescher's grandmother Margie with a stroke;  Lisa's Ackerman’s  Louis & Jim;   Rita;  Tom & Teresa Quinn's daughter Colleen with breast cancer;    Barb & Warren's  friend, Mike, fighting cancer, & Tara;   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; Kerry's sister Maura with her second cancer;   Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, & Jim; our friends, sons, & daughters in the military, including Ryan McClurg & Chebino; George & Marianne's sons & Linda's son, plus Stacie & Ben White & their niece with leukemia; a cure for autism from Laura Chollick;   for our President that he have great success and someday hold his grandchildren in his lap.

    Hammond 9-2-12

    Any excuse to get out of going backpacking in the Mountains, Bill Hammond with broken ankle

     Your Finances: September 2, 2012

    Expenses:    $1475.00    

    Outreach:    $ 510.00 

    Thanks for your Generosity 

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

     

     Video: Entrance Hymn with Dancer (3 min.)    

          

    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 Sunday September 2, 2012, 22nd Ordinary Time B

    ByRosemary


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

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

    Party Time 8-31-12

    Georgie with Zoe and Emma, plus Bernadette and Michelle, mothers and daughters

    The Guys 8-31-12

    Jerry with Mike and Mike, Mary Ellen checking out  the pastries

    Readings:  

     Deuteronomy, 4,1-2, 6-8,  What great nation is there that has gods so close?

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

    James, 1, 17-18, 21-22,  Be doers of the word and not hearers only.

    Mark, 7, 1-8, 14-15, 21-23, From within people, from their hearts, come evil thoughts.

      

    B & Z 8-31-12

    John and Connie, Tom and Denni
    Problem solving 8-31-12

    Jean and John, John and Mary Jane

    Community Bulletin Board: 

    1.  Habitat Build, Saturday morning, the Sept. 1, 11th Street & Ave. E.  Welcome.  This is a unique experience of giving.

    2.  Dallas Symphony Orchestra Christmas Concert.  It may be only August, but this superb performance sells out.  We get discounted tickets as a group.  Date: December 14, 8:00, tickets will be about $40.  Wine & Cheese at The Rectory pre-performance.  Traditionally, this has been a beautiful evening.

    3.  Free Medical Clinic in September (message from John Ernst, CCAC):   "September 29, there will be a large one day free clinic at the Dallas Convention Center sponsored by our national organization, of which we are members.  Thousands of people will be served all by volunteers."  Download Medical clinic 8-10-12 

    Torri & Buddy 8-24-12

    Torri & Buddy in Michelle's arms with Jean,  Rosemary, and Bernadette

    John & Pratts 8-31-12

    John with Sandra and Chuck

    What's going on in our Catholic World:   

    1.    American Bishops' Moves, National Catholic Reporter, August 17, 500 words,   Download US bishops 8-24-12  

    2.     Confession Anyone?, Corpus, August 18, 500 words,   Download Confession 8-24-12

    3.     Vatican Bank, National Catholic Reporter,  August 24, 325 words,  Download Vat Bank 8-24-12

    Jim's girls 8-31-12

    Jim's birthday party and Jim's girls

     

    Geri & Maureen 8-31-12

    Geri and Maureen

    True? 

     The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. The first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking."

    A.A. Milne, British author

    Christiine 8-24-12

    More of Jim's girl with an old geezer and his HHH medal

     

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    Almost dead HHH riders entering Shepherd A.F. Base at the end of 100 miles

    See you Sunday, September 2

    J.S., 214-783-0443

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    Rest Station around mile 60 keeping ahead of the water demand. High temp was only 94, but 30 mph. south winds made returning to Wichita Falls brutal.
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    Long lines for the port a potties the first 5 rest stations. From mile 60 on, short lines if any.

    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.

     

     

     

     

  • Sunday Homily August 26, 2012, 21st Ordinary Time B

    ByRosemary

     Readings:  

     Joshua, 24,1-2, 15-17,  We will serve the Lord, for he is our God.

     Psalm 34, Taste & See the Goodnesss of the Lord (3rd week)

    Ephesians, 5, 21-32, Wives should be subordinate to their husbands as to the Lord.  For the husband is head of his wife.

    John, 6, 60-69, Master, to whom shall we go?

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    Ken and Cindy celebrating 50 years

    Joshua:

    Who is Joshua and what is this booklet about:  Joshua was Moses' assistant, his lieutenant when the the Israelites wandered in the desert.  The booklet is the story of the Israelite invasion of Canaan under Joshua's leadership. 

    Author: somewhat amusingly, the fundamentalists say that Joshua wrote most of the booklet.  More scientific scholars say the work is a compilation of a number of sources.

    Georgie 8-26-12

    The Beautiful Georgie

    Date of composition: again fundamentalists state that the booklet was composed 1400-1370, i.e., while Joshua lived.  Scholars of a broader vision suggest that even if a Joshua existed the work was put together 800-700 BCE. 

    The work combines a number of traditions about battles & destruction of cities to create a nationalistic narrative that justifies the Israelites' taking another peoples' land for their own.

    Ethical Question: genocide.  This is a bloody book.  Yahweh commands that the Israelites exterminate every breathing thing, including women & children & livestock. 

    Cara 8-26-12

    Cara at 12 years

     The battle of Jericho is characteristic.  For 6 days the Israelites marched around the city, blowing horns and menacing the people.  On day 7 they marched around 7 times and the walls came tumbling down, as in the spiritual.  Then every person except one woman & her family were slaughtered.  Lots of debate and rationalization over these events.

    Our Selection: The last chapter of the booklet.  Joshua, who is dying, calls the people together at a place called Sechem and puts it to them.  Stick with Yahweh who has done all these things for you (which are mentioned in the text but are long & tedious) or choose another path of your own.

    Sources: Good News Bible, Got Questions.org, Wikipedia

    Jim's 8-26-12

    Special pastries ready for Jim's birthday party

     Rosemary be Subservient to Me as to the Lord?

    A crazy thing happened to me some time ago that I will never forget.  I was standing in a line.  Around me were families with kids.  At one point a nice looking family with two or three young kids got into a small disagreement over something involving the kids.  The wife wanted to do one thing, the husband another.

    At a point the husband says to the wife, “you are to be subservient to me because the Bible says so.”

    Harper 8-26-12

    Harper

    I almost dropped my teeth.  I could not believe what I was hearing.  I even think the wife let him get away with this justification.  Can you imagine me getting away with this with Rosemary?

    I love this passage because it exemplifies the danger of taking the Bible literally.  The passage is so easy to explain in terms of contemporary psychology and the value of a human person, male or female. Here is how we see it today.

    Blakeley 8-26-12

    Blakely

    Three models of family interaction.

    1.   The patriarchal.  This model considers the male the superior, like in Paul’s instruction.  It is based on an old belief that females were  inferior.  This model certainly exists today. 

    When I was in East Africa the men considered themselves the master of the household.  Muslim examples abound these days, even to horrible stories of disobedient women being beaten, starved, and locked in underground rooms.

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    The HHH team of crazies at dawn along with 15,000 other crazies, An old geezer, Rosemary, George, Dwayne, Tom, Greg, John

    2.  The matriarchal.  In this example the wife or mother is considered the head of the household.  There are many amusing examples of families where the male thought he was the head, while everyone knew the household was ruled and organized by the wife.

    3.   The equality model.  Both husband and wife are seen as equal and complimentary.  Today this model is more common in many societies, though not all.  Today both the husband and the wife have graduate degrees and professional careers.  The model is teamwork rather than dictatorship.

    Sag 8-26-12

    Sag Wagon, what you don't want to need, but are happy to see if you have a bike problem or are sick. Usually pretty busy the last 25 miles of the 100 mile distance.

    Paul sounds pretty archaic and chauvenistic today, but actually at that time he was trying to elevate men’s treatment of women.  Treating a wife with respect was pretty radical for Paul’s time. 

    Whatever the model chosen, it comes down to a choice by the couple.  Even this involves equality and mutual input.  Today equality is so taken for granted that a husband saying to his wife that she must obey him because the Bible says so sounds ridiculous. 

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    HHH riders passing through Shepherd A.F. Base. Touching, a lot of cheering.

    Obviously the one couple I was watching took it literally.  I wonder where they are today.

    Which of the three models do you choose?

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    Rosemary’s Blessing

    May the blessing of light be upon you,
    Light without and light within,
    And in all your comings and goings
    May you ever have a kindly greeting
    From them you meet along the road.

    An Irish Blessing

    Betty 8-26-12

    Betty reading Joshua

    Our Special Thanks:

    • For Reading: Christine & Betty
    • For Serving:  Kevin  
    • For the Communion Bread:  Christine
    • For the Wine Cups:  Jan
    • For the Music: Ray & Bethany
    • For the Pictures & Video:  Rick & Jan, Connie & John
    • For the coffee and pastries:   John & Mary Jane, and Diane & her friends to celebrate Jim
    • For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue

     

    Christine 8-26-12

    Christine reading Ephesians

     Birthdays:  Jim Drescher (66 last Tuesday), Marilyn Ackerman (Tuesday), Marsha Farmer (Wednesday), Teresa Quinn (Friday)

    Anniversaries:

    Rose & Wally Banzhaf (41st Monday)

    Ken & Cindy Cramer (50th Saturday)

     

    Brooklyn 8-26-12

    Brooklyn

    We Remember  

    Joan & her great family;   Jim Drescher & his great family;  Jackie Ritter's recuperation;  Bill Hammond's broken ankle;  Alexander Occhipinti;    Diane McClurg's good friend, Suzy McGonigle with cancer;    Michael Kern’s dad;  Mary Zachos' brother (Jessica Bresson's maid of honor) with a stroke;  Christine Drescher's grandmother Margie with a stroke;  Lisa's Ackerman’s  Louis & Jim;   Rita;  Tom & Teresa Quinn's daughter Colleen with breast cancer;    Barb & Warren's  friend, Mike, fighting cancer, & Tara;   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; Kerry's sister Maura with her second cancer;   Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, & Jim; our friends, sons, & daughters in the military, including Ryan McClurg & Chebino; George & Marianne's sons & Linda's son, plus Stacie & Ben White & their niece with leukemia; a cure for autism from Laura Chollick;   for our President that he have great success and someday hold his grandchildren in his lap.

    Sienna 8-26-12

    Sienna

    Your Finances: August 26, 2012

    Expenses:    $890.00    

    Outreach:    $230.00

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