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    Rosemary's Blessing:

    May love and laughter light your days,
    and warm your heart and home.
    May good and faithful friends be yours,
    wherever you may roam.
    May peace and plenty bless your world
    with joy that long endures.
    May all life's passing seasons
    bring the best to you and yours!

    From Irish Culture and Customs

    Sabrina 8-15-10
      

    Special Thanks: 

    ·     For Reading: Sabrina & her mom, Alison

    ·     For Serving: Kevin Doherty 

    ·     For the Communion Bread: Nina & Jon

    ·     For the Wine Cups:  Charlie & Jan

    ·     For the Music: Ray & Shonda & Wendy

    ·     For the Pictures:  Jan & Sabrina

    ·     For the altar & sound: Denni & Hue

    ·     For the coffee and donuts: Ron & Barbara Senter & Jackie & Joan

     


    Alison 8-15-10 
      
              

     

    Happy Birthday:  Lance Anderson, Emily Kite (16), & Marlene Ekes (today)

     

    Happy Anniversary: Gilberto & Bernadette Delgado (45th)

    Anthony 8-15-10
     

     

    Please Remember:

     

    Warren & Barb's friend,  Phil Fruge;   Gilberto Delgado's mom;  Chuck Pratt with a bad back; Connie Doherty's mom & her sister, plus Kevin's cousin, Peter;  Rose Banzhaf's friend, Graham Henning; The Robinsons' son, Geordie;  Marilyn Ackerman's mother recuperating from a broken hip & her brother, Dick;  Jean Wright's  daughter, Mary;  David Hoover; Kathy Pieper’s sister, Michelle; Bill Smith's daughter, Tammy;   Angie Carroll's mom, Mary Lou Kendrick, with cancer; Mark Leutkemeyer's friend, Guy Knight, down with terminal cancer; Wally Banzhaf's sister Chris with cancer;  Kerry's sister Maura with her second cancer; Theresa McClure's dad;  Theresa Quinn's dad; for the recuperation of Jerry's right knee;    Rita Dore;   Hugh Bivona's sick friends Bob & Bonnie; Rick Urbanczyk’s mom, Irene;  Richard Froebe's dad;   Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, & Jim;  Tom & Teresa's friend Neva Flynn with cancer & Teresa's niece, Angel & friend, Diane Kreitzer;   Margie's mom; Donna & Cathy Goode's mom; our friends, sons, & daughters in the military, including Trey Bailey, Ryan McClurg, Matt Gardner, Chebino,   George & Marianne's sons & Linda's son and Marianne's mom Marguerite, plus Stacie & Ben White & their niece with leukemia; a cure for autism from Laura Chollick;   Fred's friend John with cancer; Casey & Rob plus Cameron  & Reid, Trey and Brady; for our President  that he have great success and someday hold his grandchildren in his lap.   
     

      Emma 8-15-10 

     

    Picture 1:   Sabrina reading

     

    Picture 2:   Alison reading

     

    Picture 3:  Anthony with his dad, John 

     

    Picture 4:  Emma with her mom, Beth 

     

    Video:  Preparation for Communion

      


     

     


    Your Finances: August 15: 

     

    Income for Running  Expenses: $ 630.00

     

    Income for Outreach Expenses: $ 620.00

     

    For those unable to read the Financial Report last week:  Download Financial Report 8-15-10

     

    Thanks for the Generosity

     

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

     

  • Sunday Reminder for 8-15-10, Assumption

    ByRosemary

    Mass:  Coffee & donuts & treats on the house.

     

    Place: Welcome back to Vines

    Time: 9:30; Tony Celebrating 

     

     Shonda 8-13-10

      
     
       

    Readings:  Revelation 11, 19; 12, 1-6; Psalm 45, The Queen stands at your Right Hand, arrayed in Gold; 1Corinthians 15, 20-27; Luke 1, 39-56.   


     

    Brunch 8-13-10

     

     

    Community Bulletin Board:

     

     

     

     

    Thoughts on The Church:

     

    1.  Good Article by excellent Catholic Psychologist from Loyola, Chicago, Download New Vatican leader

        
     
     Tom 8-13-10

     

     

    True?

     

    You cannot be too gentle, too kind.
    Shun even to appear harsh in your treatment of each other.
    Joy, radiant joy,
    streams from the face of one who gives
    and kindles joy in the heart of one who receives.

    St. Seraphim of Sarov

      
    Tony 8-13-10 
      

    Picture 1:   Shonda & Ray (& Leo) at the baby shower 

     

     

    Picture 2:   Dee & Mike & John

    Picture 3:   Tom & the girls watching the gifts

     

    Picture 4:   Tony & his friend, the bagel

     

    Picture 5:    Sam in the party mood

     

    Picture 6:    Kevin looking to see if anything was included for him

     

    Sam 8-13-10

     

    See you Sunday, August 15, The Assumption 

     Kevin 8-13-10

    J.S.   (214-783-0443) 

     

  • Sunday Homily 8-8-10, 19th Ordinary Time

    ByRosemary

    Readings:  Wisdom 18, 6-9; Psalm 33, Blessed the People the Lord has chosen to be his own; Hebrews 11, 1 & 2, 8-19; Luke 12, 32-48. 

    Wisdom of Solomon Explanation:

    Author or composer: not Solomon, but a Jew living in Alexandria, Egypt who spoke and wrote excellent Greek.

    Date: ca. 100-200 BCE.  How do we know these facts?  Because of text analysis.  For example, while the author wrote in Greek, he uses phrases and expressions that have a Hebrew flavor.  Also, he mentions rulers and places that reveal date and locale like Alexandria (Egypt). 

    Winklers 8-8-10

    Subject matter: the book makes use of traditional Jewish material, as well as ideas borrowed from Greek philosophy, in order to teach that God rewards those who are faithful to him.

     

    Special Note: Wisdom is one of the 12-15 books of the deutero-canonical books of the bible.  Not OT nor NT, but in between and the subject of controversy over the centuries.  Were they really part of the bible or not?  How do you know?  Catholic church accepts the books, since the Council of Trent in ca. 1550.

     

    Today’s selection, chapter 18, the next to last chapter: rather quirky and opaque.  Why the editors choose these tiny, disconnected paragraphs, who knows.  Basically, the author is gloating over the fact that the Egyptian first born babies were all slaughtered by Yahweh when Pharoah would not let the Jewish people leave, the Passover.  I will read his vision, vv.14-19 of the same chapter.

     

    Sources: Good News Bible, Wikipedia.

    Mcgraths 8-8-10 

    Do not be Afraid Any Longer

     

     

    Your man Tony O’Donovan and I have established a delightful practice of having either lunch or coffee every week. This past week we had a coffee scheduled for the Starbucks near me at the corner of Preston & Royal.

     

     

     

    When I arrived about 9:30, Tony was already seated at a table on the sidewalk.  So I went inside to get two coffees.  There was a line of 8-10 people.  No problem, it always goes quickly.

     

     

    In front of me was a guy about my height, but, let’s say a little portly without much apparent muscle tone.  The line is moving forward and the kids behind the coffee machines are calling to the people waiting in line.

     

     

    At one point a kid calls out to the guy in front of me, but the guy  is looking to my right away from the kid calling him.  So I touch him on his left shoulder and say, “The kid is calling you.”

     

     

    He turns around to me and he says in this intense voice, “Don’t you touch me.  Don’t you ever touch me!” 

     

    Patricia 8-8-10
     

     

    Thump.  I am stunned.  I have nothing to say.  I just stand there and I guess I shake my head.  He pays for whatever he wanted and then goes to the end of the counter to pick it up. 

     

     

    Then, he returns to me still in line and says the same thing again, this time adding something like, “You don’t ever touch a person in public!” 

     

     

    Well, folks, I almost unloaded on him.  I was ready to knock him down and stomp on him.  I could handle the first time he spoke.  But when he returned to lecture me,  I nearly lost it.  I do not know what held me back.  Even now as I retell the event I feel my stomach muscles clenching up. 

     

     

    I go outside and narrate my adventure to Tony.  He says that I’m lucky I did not start a commotion that would bring the police.  He would have disowned me.  I was double lucky, too, because my next door neighbor lady was there, a girl I really love for all she did for me when I was home bound. 

     

     

    So what are the lessons from this event in connection with our readings? 

     

    First, I would suggest that you do not have coffee with Irish married priests.  Very bad karma. 

     

     

    However, I see two other lessons, one negative, the other positive. 

     

    Nancy 8-8-10

     

    First lesson, as it said in the very beginning of the Gospel, ‘Don’t be afraid any longer.’  I would suggest this means, don’t be afraid of people, future events, or God .

     

     

    As you continue in the Gospel, it seems to me Luke denies the very statement he makes in the beginning.  God is presented as a demanding master & we are servants who better be vigilant or we will get caught and sent straight to hell.

     

     

    Everyone has their personal view of what our God is like.  I can only say that for me God is at least benevolent, not a master who beats people if they behave in some negative way, like Mark is saying.  Moreover, I do not see us as servants, but rather friends and caretakers.

     

     

    Second lesson.  The Gospel talks a lot about vigilance.  Watch out or you are going to get whacked.  No way.  I suggest, as I have done before, the vigilance is for the beauty, the beauty of life, the beauty of nature, the beauty of people.

     

    Nikki 8-8-10

     

    So how handle the Starbuck wakos? 

     

     

    First, I am not afraid any longer. 

    Second, I am vigilant, I focus on the beauty. 

     

     

    What is your number 1 beautiful gift?

     

     

    Picture 1:     Ray & Shonda at their baby shower for Leo

     

    Picture 2: Some of the McGraths, Lauren & her grandmother, Jackie, Tom, Jackie's son, Maggie, Tom's daughter, and Alex, Lauren's brother

     

    Picture 3:    Patricia & Dee 

     

    Picture 4:    Nancy's home from Avalon

     

    Picture 5:   Nikki & her granddad, Frank  

     

     

     

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    ByRosemary

    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.

    Doug 8-8-10 
      

    Special Thanks: 

    ·     For Reading:  Doug & Julie Kite

    ·     For Serving: Kevin Doherty 

    ·     For the Communion Bread: Nina & Jon

    ·     For the Wine Cups:  Charlie & Jan

    ·     For the Music: Ray & Shonda

    ·     For the Pictures:  Jan & Jeremy & Tony 

    ·     For the altar & sound: Margie & Hue

    ·     For the coffee and donuts: Tom & Lynda

    For all who helped with Ray & Shonda's party, Denni, Joanne, Jackie, and all


    Julie 8-8-10 
     
             

     

    Happy Birthday:  Stephen Farmer (20), Eric Wittek, Emery Zurchin (21), Lynda Fleming

     

    Happy Anniversary: Hue & Linda Beavers (35th today)

     Sam 8-8-10

     

    Please Remember:

     

    Warren & Barb's friend,  Phil Fruge;   Gilberto Delgado's mom;  Chuck Pratt with a bad back; Connie Doherty's mom & her sister, plus Kevin's cousin, Peter;  Rose Banzhaf's friend, Graham Henning; The Robinsons' son, Geordie;  Marilyn Ackerman's mother recuperating from a broken hip & her brother, Dick;  Jean Wright's  daughter, Mary;  David Hoover; Kathy Pieper’s sister, Michelle; Bill Smith's daughter, Tammy;   Angie Carroll's mom, Mary Lou Kendrick, with cancer; Mark Leutkemeyer's friend, Guy Knight, down with terminal cancer; Wally Banzhaf's sister Chris with cancer;  Kerry's sister Maura with her second cancer; Theresa McClure's dad;  Theresa Quinn's dad; for the recuperation of Jerry's right knee;    Rita Dore;   Hugh Bivona's sick friends Bob & Bonnie; Rick Urbanczyk’s mom, Irene;  Richard Froebe's dad;   Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, & Jim;  Tom & Teresa's friend Neva Flynn with cancer & Teresa's niece, Angel & friend, Diane Kreitzer;   Margie's mom; Donna & Cathy Goode's mom; our friends, sons, & daughters in the military, including Trey Bailey, Ryan McClurg, Matt Gardner, Chebino,   George & Marianne's sons & Linda's son and Marianne's mom Marguerite, plus Stacie & Ben White & their niece with leukemia; a cure for autism from Laura Chollick;   Fred's friend John with cancer; Casey & Rob plus Cameron  & Reid, Trey and Brady; for our President  that he have great success and someday hold his grandchildren in his lap.   
     

     Baby Shower 8-8-10

     

    Picture 1:   Doug reading 

     

    Picture 2:   Julie reading

     

    Picture 3:   Sam

     

    Picture 4:   Baby Shower for Ray & Shonda

     

    Video:  Beginning of Mass with an explanation of The Book of Wisdom

      

     


     

     

     


    Your Finances: August 8: 

     

    Income for Running   Expenses: $830.00

     

    Income for Outreach Expenses: $380.00 

     

    The quarterly financial report:

     

    Operations Income/Expenses Q2 2010

    Balance from Q1

    26,868.73

    Income

    18,520.10

    Expenses

    17,712.89

    Music

    3,650.00

    Liturgy

    42.00

    Salary/  Taxes

    8,612.00

    Rent/  Insurance

    5,273.60

    Coffee/ Doughnuts

    81.00

    Misc

    54.29

    Balance End of Q2

    27,675.94

    Local Outreach Income/Expenses Q2 2010

    Balance from Q1

    6,577.69

    Income

    8,901.00

    Expenses

    9,245.00

    Local Needs

    600.00

    CCAC

    6,000.00

    Plano Homes

    600.00

    Misc

    2,045.00

    Balance End of Q2

    6,233.69


    Thanks for the Generosity

     

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

     

  • Sunday Reminder for 8-8-10, 19th Ordinary Time

    ByRosemary

    Mass:  Coffee & donuts & treats on the house celebrating Ray & Shonda's new family member.   Welcome!

     

    Place: Welcome back to Vines

    Time: 9:30; Stack Celebrating 

     

    Celeste 8-6-10 
      
     
       

    Readings:  Wisdom 18, 6-9; Psalm 33, Blessed the People the Lord has chosen to be his own; Hebrews 11, 1 & 2, 8-19; Luke 12, 32-48. 
     
     

    John 8-6-10

     

    Community Bulletin Board:

     

     

    Note:  Welcome back to Vines this Sunday!

     

     

    Baby Shower/Party for Shonda & Ray's coming arrival, this Sunday, August 8, our first Sunday back home at the new edition Vines High School.  They are registered at Target & Babies R-us.  Check the invitation: Download Winkler Babyshower 7-30-10

     

     

    Bob 8-6-10 

     

    Helpful video on what to do when a person collapses:    Learn Sarver Heart Center's Continuous Chest Compression CPR

     

     

    And on the lighter side, 4 good commercials: Download 4_commercials1

     

     

    Frank Reyes & the Art Center Theater Fundraiser:  

    Download Art Center Theater 8-6-10

    http://www.artcentretheatre.com/tickets/

     

    A thank you note from Plano Community Homes to which we are donating ca. 300 per month, now maybe less, as they indicate:     Download Plano Community Homes 8-6-10

     

    Lauren 8-6-10 

     

     

     

    Thoughts on The Church:

     

    1.  David Brooks, National Catholic Reporter, 8-4-10, On two paths in our lives (I might term this Type A & Type B, or using Myers-Briggs terminology, Judging vs Perceiving): Download The Summoned Self 8-6-10

        
     
    Music Gang 8-6-10
     

     

    True?

     

    What is life?
    It is the flash of a firefly in the night.
    It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime.
    It is the little shadow
    which runs across the grass
    and
    loses itself in the Sunset.

    Crowfoot, a leader of the Blackfoot nation
      
     
    Community 8-6-10
     

     

    Picture 1:   Celeste 

     

    Picture 2:   John, Jim, Maddie & her dad, Paul

    Picture 3:   Bob & Tony

     

    Picture 4:   Lauren

     

    Picture 5:    The Music Gang, Wendy, Shonda, Ray, & Celeste

     

    Picture 6:    The Commuity

     

     

     

    See you Sunday, August 8 

     J.S.   (214-783-0443) 

     

  • Sunday Homily 8-1-10, 18th Ordinary Time

    ByRosemary

    Readings:  Ecclesiastes 1, 2; 2, 21-23; Psalm 90, If Today You hear his Voice, Harden not your Hearts; Colossians, 3, 1-11; Luke 12, 13-21

     

    Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Intro to Readings

     

     

    Our first reading is from the Book of Ecclesiastes, which makes up some of the Wisdom literature.   The book is concerned with the purpose and value of human life. While admitting the existence of a divine plan, it considers such a plan to be hidden from man, who seeks happiness without ever finding it here on earth. 

     

    Mass 8-1-10

     

    The authorship has been attributed to Solomon, but that was just to get the book some credence.  It was written long after Solomon, around 250-150 BCE.  One could easily conclude that the book is rather pessimistic, as in its opening which we read today, “vanity of vanities, all is vanity”, and it concludes in chapter 12 with the following:  “The last word, when all is heard: “Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is man's all; because God will bring to judgment every work, with all its hidden qualities, whether good or bad.” 

     

     

    This book is also the source of those well known lines from chapter 4:  “There is an appointed time for everything, and a time for every affair under the heavens.  A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to uproot the plant.”

     

    Nikki 8-1-10

     

    Our second reading is the last for some time from Paul’s Letter to the Colossians.

     

     

    The Gospel continues with Jesus’ journey up to Jerusalem.  The opening verse, which is omitted from the start of today’s reading, is worth noting:  “Meanwhile, so many people were crowding together that they were trampling one another underfoot.”  Luke is introducing the sense that things are starting to get serious.  And the reality is that the topic today is a serious one.

    Celeste 8-1-10
     

     

    Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Homily

     

     

    There are two topics, which I believe are related in today’s readings:

     

     

    1.    Where is God in your priorities?

    2.    What date is the anniversary of your death?

     

     

     

    I believe that the topics are connected if you have faith.  Because you are all here, I feel I am somewhat preaching to the choir, but maybe the question is still valid.  How much of a priority is God in your life?

     

     

     

    Let me start back with the second question, by telling a story about a job I used to have.  I worked in the pathology dept of a local hospital and one day there was an autopsy of a fairly young person.  What struck me that particular day was seeing the person’s clothes on the floor in the corner.  They had put them on themselves that morning, never thinking that someone else would be removing them later in the day!! 

     

     

     

    We really don’t know when that anniversary date will be, which will be marked in other people’s calendars about us.  There are a couple of lines in the responsorial psalm worth paying attention to:

    “Teach us to number our days aright

    that we may gain wisdom of heart”

     

     

     

    Because if we do know how to number our days properly, then that anniversary date won’t be a problem.  And this brings me to the first topic.  If we have God high up in our priorities, then our lives will be lived in a very different way.  One extreme example of someone for whom God was everything was Mother Theresa.  Meeting her was an experience I will never forget.  On the other extreme are folks who have loads of money.  They have many worries about how it is invested, what next to purchase, all in the pursuit of the ever-illusive “happiness”. 

     

    Mass Helpers 8-1-10

     

    If we live by the two great commandments, Love God and Love Neighbor, then I believe our lives will not suffer from the complaint in our first reading.  All will not be vanity!

     

     

     

    Picture 1:   Rosemary's Blessing

     

    Picture 2:   Nikki with her grandmom, Mary, at offertory

     

    Picture 3:   Celeste

     

    Picture 4:   Altar Helpers

     

     

     

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    ByRosemary

    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

    John 8-1-10
     

    Special Thanks: 

    ·     For Reading:  John & Beth

    ·     For Serving: Kevin Doherty 

    ·     For the Communion Bread: Nina

    ·     For the Wine Cups:  Beth & Rob

    ·     For the Music: Ray & Shonda & Celeste & Wendy

    ·     For the Pictures:  Jan & John & Beth 

    ·     For the altar & sound: Margie & Hue

    ·     For the coffee and donuts: Charlie & Jan & Joan


     
    Beth 8-1-10
     

        

     

    Happy Birthday:  Alice Culhain, Linda Beavers, Curtis Ekes (81)

     

    Happy Anniversary: Brian Bambanek & Kendal (5th, Cathy's son)

     Old Yosemite Campers 8-1-10

     

    Please Remember:

     

    Warren & Barb's friend,  Phil Fruge; Matt Wilson's dad who just died; Diane Holcomb's grandmother, Margaret, who died this week just short of 100 years;  Gilberto Delgado's mom;  Chuck Pratt with a bad back; Connie Doherty's mom & her sister, plus Kevin's cousin, Peter;  Carol Eshelbrenner's mom who broke her hip; Rose Banzhaf's friend, Graham Henning; The Robinsons' son, Geordie;  Marilyn Ackerman's mother recuperating from a broken hip;   Jean Wright's  daughter, Mary;  David Hoover; Kathy Pieper’s sister, Michelle; Bill Smith's daughter, Tammy;   Angie Carroll's mom, Mary Lou Kendrick, with cancer; Mark Leutkemeyer's friend, Guy Knight, down with terminal cancer; Wally Banzhaf's sister Chris with cancer;  Kerry's sister Maura with her second cancer; Theresa McClure's dad;  Theresa Quinn's dad; for the recuperation of Jerry's right knee;    Rita Dore;   Hugh Bivona's sick friends Bob & Bonnie; Rick Urbanczyk’s mom, Irene;  Richard Froebe's dad;   Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, & Jim;  Tom & Teresa's friend Neva Flynn with cancer & Teresa's niece, Angel & friend, Diane Kreitzer;   Margie's mom; Donna & Cathy Goode's mom; our friends, sons, & daughters in the military, including Trey Bailey, Ryan McClurg, Matt Gardner, Chebino,   George & Marianne's sons & Linda's son and Marianne's mom Marguerite, plus Stacie & Ben White & their niece with leukemia; a cure for autism from Laura Chollick;   Fred's friend John with cancer; Casey & Rob plus Cameron  & Reid, Trey and Brady; for our President  that he have great success and someday hold his grandchildren in his lap.   
     

    The Girls 8-1-10

     

    Picture 1:   John reading 

     

    Picture 2:   Beth reading

     

    Picture 3:   Last year's Yosemites, Rob & Rose, Mike & Tom

     

    Picture 4:   The Girls, Mary Ellen, Margie, Jackie, & Gayle

      

     

    Special Announcements: 

     

    1.   This coming Sunday, August 8, we return home to Vines High School, renovated edition.

     

    2.   Baby Shower/Party for Shonda & Ray's new arrival.  They are registered at Target & Babies R-us.  The invitation:    Download Winkler Babyshower 7-30-10

     

    Gilberto Delgado sent in this info that might help those of you who have had difficulty with one or more of our file attachments on the blog:

    I heard that some in our community are having problems downloading the articles in the blog.

    I do not know if they realize that the files are Word files.  So when they key on the highlighted titles, a Word file is downloaded to their computers.

    The file name will probably appear on their desktops as a Word executable file.  They must them key or double key on that to bring up the program Word and the file contents.

    It is a little different than most emails, since most of them are just text files in the email content.

     

    Resending the 2 attachments that people had trouble downloading

    Letter from John Ernst at CCAC:  Download CCAC-Ernst 7-30-10

    Article in Advocate:  Download Advocate Magazine 7-30-10 


    Your Finances: August 1: 

     

    Income for Running   Expenses: $ 960.00

     

    Income for Outreach Expenses: $ 830.00

     

     


    Thanks for the Generosity

     

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

     

  • Sunday Reminder for 8-1-10, 18th Ordinary Time

    ByRosemary

    Mass:  Coffee & donuts & treats on the house.   Welcome!

     

    Place: Sigler Elementary, 1400 Janwood, Plano 75075, west from Alma, across from Brentwood which runs N-S just behind & west of St. Mark's.  Our last Sunday at Sigler.

     

    Time: 9:30; Tony Celebrating 

     

    Music Team 7-30-10
     
      
     
     

    Readings:  Ecclesiastes 1, 2; 2, 21-23; Psalm 90, If Today You hear his Vioce, Harden not your Hearts; Colossians, 3, 1-11; Luke 12, 13-21

     
    Frank 7-30-10
     

     

     

    Community Bulletin Board:

     

     

    Take Note:  this is our last Sunday at Sigler Elementary, 1400 Janwood, Plano 75075 (corner of  Brentwood, just west of Alma).  Janwood is the first street south of St. Mark’s. 

     

       

     

    Mike Bulger has a used HP Office Jet 5610 printer, 972-726-8277

     

     

    Georgie 7-30-10

     

    Baby Shower/Party for Shonda & Ray's coming arrival, Sunday, August 8, our first Sunday back home at the new edition Vines High School.  They are registered at Target & Babies R-us.  Check the invitation: Download Winkler Babyshower 7-30-10

     

     

    A State of the Union at CCAC from John Ernst:    Download CCAC-Ernst 7-30-10

     

    Check out something amusing: Download Advocate Magazine 7-30-10

    A member of our community found out.  You cannot hide forever.
     

     

    Thoughts on The Church:

     

    1.  Gary Wills in Mirabile Dictu, 7-23; Download A Catholic Struggles with the sins of his Church 7-30-10

        
    Charlie 7-30-10
     

     

     

    True?

     

    I have no special talents.
    I am only passionately curious.

    — Albert Einstein
      
    Frank & Grace 7-30-10 
     

     

    Picture 1:   The Music Team, Celeste (for one more Sunday), Shonda, and Ray

    Picture 2:   Frank & Mary

    Picture 3:   Georgie with her buddy

     

    Picture 4:   Charlie with his mom from Budapest

     

    Picture 5:   Frank & Grace

     

    Picture 6:   Coffee Shoppe, Diane, Margie, Jackie, & Jan

     

     

    Coffee Shoppe 7-30-10
     

     
    See you Sunday, August 1 

     J.S.   (214-783-0443) 

     

  • Sunday Homily 7-25-10, 17th Ordinary Time

    ByRosemary

     

    Readings:  Genesis 18, 20-32; Psalm 138, Lord, on the Day I called for Help, You answered Me; Colossians 2, 12-14; Luke 11, 1-13

    Seventeenth Sunday – Reading Notes

    The first reading continues from last week’s with the Book of Genesis and shows us a rather interesting twist on the old adage of collective responsibility for a crime, and therefore collective punishment.  This was an accepted principal in early Israel. 

    Today’s reading views this principal from the other side.  Can a few good people save the entire community?  We have a wonderful example of a type of prayer, a bargaining prayer.  It reads like a great story and we are left wondering what did happen!  I hope you know what happened!  Remember, Lot’s wife had to look back!

    Our second reading continues our readings from Paul’s Letter to the Colossians.  The focus of today’s reading is the contrast between the effectiveness of circumcision and that of baptism, because of Christ’s death on the cross.  Everything is forgiven by that death.

     

     

    Mass 7-25-10

    Seventeenth Sunday – Homily

    The main focus in our Gospel reading today is the Our Father.  Remember, in Luke’s gospel, Jesus is on his Journey to Jerusalem.  Luke gives us this section about Jesus praying and his apostles ask him to teach them to pray, just as John taught his followers to pray, and just as any great prophet would be expected to do. 

    This prayer is the simplest version we have of the Our Father.  The version in Matthew’s gospel is a little longer, and there is a very early church document called the Didache, which means the Teachings, which has the version used today by most Protestants with the ending “for thine is the power and the glory for ever and ever.”  Luke’s version has two addresses to the Father, May your name be holy, and may your kingdom come,  and three about us; provisions, forgiveness and don’t test us.  The opening section is very similar to the Jewish prayer the Kiddish!

    Tom 7-25-10

     

    Growing up, most of us learned prayers by heart, or rote.  I still find myself using those prayers and they give me a sense of calm.  But if my prayer life stops there then my relationship with God will probably be very childlike. 

    I came across a very helpful interview with Sister Joan Chittister on Prayer.  I have included the link to the site at the end of these notes.  She talks about prayer bringing her to a greater awareness of God’s presence around us.  If we look at the actions of Jesus, he was incredibly sensitive to those around him and their needs.  His level of prayer enabled him to know who was suffering and to bring relief to them, whether it was the pain of sins past or of current illness. 

    Alison 7-25-10

     

    As a community I think that we do show awareness to the pains of those around us in our Outreach Ministry.  But the question that should always be asked is, who else needs comforting.  Who around me, either in my home life or work, or in the marketplace could benefit from God’s love, which can only come through one of us. 

    Last week John mentioned our desire to be a more welcoming and outreaching community to those who have felt rejected by the “official church” for whatever reason.  Those folks are out there, hurting for want of a loving healing community.  As you continue to pray, to get in touch with the all present God, keep an eye out for those ‘lost or rejected sheep”

     

     

    Ekes 7-25-10

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/janet-haag/what-is-prayer-a-conversa_b_603667.html

    Picture 1:   Mass with Tony & 2 servers

     

    Picture 2:   Tom handing over our monthly donations

     

    Picture 3:   Alison & Anthony running the celebration from the entrance

     

    Picture 4:   The Sisters, Marlene & Cindy bringing up the bread & wine

     

     

     

  • Announcements

    ByRosemary

    Rosemary's Blessing:

    May God in His wisdom and infinite love
    Look down on you always from heaven above.
    May He send you good fortune, contentment and peace,
    And may all of your blessings forever increase.

    John 7-25-10 

    Special Thanks: 

    ·     For Reading: John & Connie Doherty

    ·     For Serving: Kevin Doherty 

    ·     For the Communion Bread: Alison

    ·     For the Wine Cups:  Jackie & Bob

    ·     For the Music: Ray & Shonda & Celeste

    ·     For the Pictures:  Jan & Richard & Beth 

    ·     For the altar & sound: Margie & Hue

    ·     For the coffee and donuts: Charlie & Jan & Joan


     
    Connie 7-25-10

        

     

    Happy Birthday:  Beth Robinson (last Monday), Tom McGrath, Maria Gorman (Delgado's daughter), Jon Waldron, & Cindy Ekes

     

    Happy Anniversary: Mark & Susie Dillon (29th)

     

    Sigler 7-25-10

     

    Please Remember:

     

    Matt Wilson's dad who just died; Diane Holcomb's grandmother, Margaret, who died this week just short of 100 years;  Gilberto Delgado's mom;  Chuck Pratt with a bad back; Connie Doherty's mom & her sister, plus Kevin's cousin, Peter;  Carol Eshelbrenner's mom who broke her hip; Rose Banzhaf's friend, Graham Henning; The Robinsons' son, Geordie;  Marilyn Ackerman's mother recuperating from a broken hip;   Jean Wright's  daughter, Mary;  David Hoover; Kathy Pieper’s sister, Michelle; Bill Smith's daughter, Tammy;   Angie Carroll's mom, Mary Lou Kendrick, with cancer; Mark Leutkemeyer's friend, Guy Knight, down with terminal cancer; Wally Banzhaf's sister Chris with cancer;  Kerry's sister Maura with her second cancer; Theresa McClure's dad;  Theresa Quinn's dad; for the recuperation of Jerry's right knee;    Rita Dore;   Hugh Bivona's sick friends Bob & Bonnie; Rick Urbanczyk’s mom, Irene;  Richard Froebe's dad;  Warren & Barb's friend,  Phil Fruge;   Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, & Jim;  Tom & Teresa's friend Neva Flynn with cancer & Teresa's niece, Angel & friend, Diane Kreitzer;   Margie's mom; Donna & Cathy Goode's mom; our friends, sons, & daughters in the military, including Trey Bailey, Ryan McClurg, Matt Gardner, Chebino,   George & Marianne's sons & Linda's son and Marianne's mom Marguerite, plus Stacie & Ben White & their niece with leukemia; a cure for autism from Laura Chollick;   Fred's friend John with cancer; Casey & Rob plus Cameron  & Reid, Trey and Brady; for our President  that he have great success and someday hold his grandchildren in his lap.   
     

    Back Bench 7-25-10 
     

    Picture 1:   John reading 

    Picture 2:   Connie reading

    Picture 3:   The Sigler Elementary venue

    Picture 4:   The back Benchers: Megan, Diane & Jim Drescher, and Christine, mom, daughter, and grandparents 

     

      

    Video:  The beginning of Mass

     


     

     

    Special Announcement: One more Sunday, August 1, we are meeting at Sigler Elementary School, 1400 Janwood, Plano 75075 (corner of Brentwood, just west of Alma).  Janwood is the first street south of St. Mark’s.  August 8 back to Vines

     

     


    Your Finances: July 25: 

     

    Income for Running   Expenses: $ 1462.00

     

    Income for Outreach Expenses: $   990.00

     

    Special: August 8, two events:

    1.  We return to Vines

    2.  Baby shower/party for Shonda & Ray's new arrival.  They are registered at Babies-R-Us & Target.  More later.

     


    Thanks for the Generosity

     

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