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ByRosemary February 9, 2020
Rosemary's Blessing

Valentine Gift of Love

Make me mindful this day of the Signs of Love all around me:

Of good words spoken, of gentle touch extended,

Of important things that spring from appreciation, and true passion,

Of deeds born of generosity and real understanding.

Grant me the power this day to live with thoughtful intention in my speech, choices, and actions,

So that I may build the habit of living gracefully, with love for the people and experiences that shape my life,

Which is Your Gift of Love to me each day.

Ken Philipps

John reading from the Great Prophet Isaiah (3).

Our Special Thanks
- For the Readings: John & Jim
- For our team: Mike & John & John, Georgie & Buddy, Shonda & Ben
- For the Communion Bread: Alison & John
- For the Wine & Cups: Jan
- For the Pictures: Jackie & Mike
- For the coffee and extras: Becky & Tom & Jackie
- For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue
- For all who helped with communion
Jim reading from Corinthians.

Birthdays: Hue (69), John Bresson (64), Dona Dinsmore

Anniversaries: John & Alison (26)

Mike reading from Matthew.

Please Remember these special people:

For our Cheryl; For Bill Hammond, For Sydney, & For Sir Charlie recuperating from surgery; Shonda's mom; For my buddy since grade school at Christ the King, Pete Wacks & his dearest Marjie, Pete just died, For Gilberto recuperating from his gall bladder operation: for Michelle;

Thanks for lighting our candles, Zoe & Tori.

For a friend, a neighbor, & a doctor, Karen, with brain cancer; For Rick Turner searching for a kidney donor, Type O neg; For Meredith, cancer free.; For Hue; For John O'Donnell; For Dee, and for her daughter, Lisa; For John Schanot's continued health; For Anthony & Sabrina;   For a young man who is suffering from depression; John Cade's mother in law, Kalliopi Piskiouli and Lambrini;

Happy Birthday, Hue, and thanks for your help.

John & Jean's son John Louis; For our good friend Kay (at 91 years!) in Ontario;  For Jackie's friend, Lynn, plus Angela, & her mom; for Sr. Patricia Otillio, a nun I worked with for years in Grand Coteau; for Steve Barrett, Rose, & Katie; Barb & Warren's grandbabies, Leighton Elizabeth and Warren Phillip and Ethan Michel, & their friend Chris, plus Barb's Annie & Kaitlen; For Cliff & Jean, plus Jean's brother Terry; For Laura's sister Claudia;

Happy Birthday, John.

Tom and Teresa Quinn's niece, Chawna, with cancer, their granddaughter, Mikayla;   plus Neva Flynn, Angel, and Diane Kreeitzer; Connie Doherty's mom and her sister, plus Kevin's cousin, Peter; For a number of David McKeon's family who are having a rough time with health issues, especially Mark Terain; for our friends, sons, and daughters in the military, including Ryan McClurg and Chebino; cure for autism from Laura Chollick; for our President.

Peace to you, Cheryl.

Your Finances, February 9, 2020

Expenses: $545.00

Outreach: $310.00

Thanks, Everybody

(214-783-0443)

Rosemary reads her Blessing of the Week.

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.

Peace this week, Everybody.
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Reminder for Sunday, February 9, 2020, 5th Ordinary
ByRosemary February 5, 2020

Support.

Welcome this Sunday: Catholic Mass with coffee & juice, and pastries, some bought, some home-made.

Time: 9:30; Celebrate with the Community & John Cade, Mike Carrell, & Stack

Place: Legacy Charter School, 601 Accent Drive, Plano, TX 75075

Healing for Betsy.

We have heard that people discover that the Blog has stopped coming. Typepad tends to drop people for no reason. So if this happens to you, just sign up again by going to www.johnstackministries.com

Want to read for us, Betsy?

Readings:

Isaiah 58, 7-10,  Share your bread with the hungry. A beautiful passage. (Note: I lied. I thought we were done with Isaiah until next Advent, or so I read. I am happy to be wrong.)

Psalm 112, The just man (person?) is a light in the darkness to the upright.

1 Corinthians 2, 1-5, I came to you in weakness and in fear.

Matthew 5, 13-16, You are the light of the world.

High level consult.

Activities:

ROMEO MEET: Friday, February 7, 2020, Jason's Deli, Collin Creek Mall, west side of Central, 1:00. Welcome all wakos, you will fit right in.

Our Father.

JULIETS

Lunch with the Juliets

Hi Ladies

We all are looking forward to a great Valentines Luncheon Friday, February 7th at 12:30. We will meet at Cafe Amoire 600 N. Coit Road Richardson (Coit and Arapaho) It is a BYOB.

Please let me know who will be joining us. Looking forward to celebrating Valentines Day. Per the owner, reservations are required.

Have a good day,  Marilyn

972-491-7068

Le Coffee Shoppe is open.

True?

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.

Helen Keller

Sisters.

What's up in Ye Old Catholic Church? Like…

Trump seals his pact with Catholics, https://www.ncronline.org/news/opinion/ncr-connections/trump-seals-his-catholic-deal

Francis remakes American hierarchy, https://www.ncronline.org/news/opinion/signs-times/pope-francis-remakes-american-hierarchy-one-bishop-time

Peace, Everybody.

See you Sunday, J.S.

214-783-0443

2 mice!

JSM Mission-Faith Statement:

Help create a Catholic Community that welcomes all God’s People, provides for and challenges spiritual and total growth.

Reaches out to help people who are disadvantaged and make the world we live in a better place to live.

Where is this Richardson?

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Homilies

Sunday Homily, February 2, 2020, Presentation
ByRosemary February 2, 2020

"Welcome in, Everybody," sez Khalessi

Readings:

Malachi, 1-4, I am sending my messenger to prepare the way.

Psalm 24. Who is this king of glory? It is the Lord.

Hebrews 2, 14-18, He was able to help.

Luke 2, 22-40, The Presentation

Candlemas with lots of candles which Mike will use to help us sing, "This little light of mine."

Mike's Homily

Candles symbolically guide us and bless us as we journey through the Liturgical seasons.

Since, as Church, we are ‘The Light of the World,” it is natural for us to do good works; but I have an even better suggestion. Instead of doing a good work, why don’t we choose to become the good work. This would mean that instead of receiving a reward for something we have done, we become something bigger, and we shine brighter, and we make our light a little stronger, so that others can come to understand and give glory to God.

Hi, Betsy, How are you today? Is your grandmother being nice to you today?

Let’s say that a grandson of yours has been visiting with you during a spring break, and he is leaving in the morning to return to college. Early in the morning when no one is up in the house except you, you pull on your jacket and pay a visit to a gas station to fill his tank. It is becoming bigger than just a good work. It has been done in secret. Not even your wife knows, nor will she. When your grandson leaves you both with hugs and a kisses, and you have received his last wave, you have done so with a heart felt smile, while giving praise and glory to your heavenly Father.

And hi to you, Harper. Want to hold a candle?

Say that your wife and children, who have baked and decorated cookies all week, now have them boxed and ready to deliver early the next morning; one box for every house on your block. In the morning the alarm went off and she and the children got dressed and began to pull the wagon quietly down the street delivering one box to each door step. When they were all delivered but one, the children looked up to their mother as if to ask ‘we missed someone?’

As Mike says, "Grab a candle from the altar and let's sing."

It was then that their mother smiled back to them saying, “Quietly, get back in bed. When the neighbors look out their windows and down the street none of them will be able to know who it was who secretly gave them love on Christmas morning.” And two little lights blinked on.

Is that your candle there, Aggie?

Today happens to be the feast of Candlemas, and there’s no reason we can’t end this homily with a song!

So, I would like to invite you to stand. Those of you who are close to the altar can carefully come forward to hold one of the many lit candles from the altar as we join together in song, “This little light of mine.”

Sings Cody, "This little cookie of mine…"

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ByRosemary February 2, 2020
Rosemary's Blessing

What is success?

To laugh often and much;

to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children;

to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends;

to appreciate the beauty;

to find the best in others;

to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition;

to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived.

This is to have succeeded!

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Frank reading from Malachi.

Our Special Thanks
- For the Readings: Mary & Frank
- For our team: Mike & John & John, Georgie & Buddy
- For the Communion Bread: Alison & John
- For the Wine & Cups: Jan
- For the Pictures: Jackie & Mike
- For the coffee and extras: Becky & Tom & Jackie
- For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue
- For all who helped with communion
Mary reading from Hebrews.

Birthdays: Rick, Gilberto, Lisa Anderlick, Geri Moran, Tom Quinn

Candlemas with Geri, Aggie, & Allen singing.

Please Remember these special people:

For our Cheryl; For Bill Hammond, For Sydney, & For Sir Charlie recuperating from surgery; Shonda's mom; For my buddy since grade school at Christ the King, Pete Wacks & his dearest Marjie, Pete just died, For Gilberto recuperating from his gall bladder operation: for Michelle;

Happy Birthday, Rick.

For a friend, a neighbor, & a doctor, Karen, with brain cancer; For Rick Turner searching for a kidney donor, Type O neg; For Meredith, cancer free.; For Hue; For John O'Donnell; For Dee, and for her daughter, Lisa; For John Schanot's continued health; For Anthony & Sabrina;   For a young man who is suffering from depression; John Cade's mother in law, Kalliopi Piskiouli and Lambrini;

And Happy Birthday to you. Gilbert.

John & Jean's son John Louis; For our good friend Kay (at 91 years!) in Ontario;  For Jackie's friend, Lynn, plus Angela, & her mom; for Sr. Patricia Otillio, a nun I worked with for years in Grand Coteau; for Steve Barrett, Rose, & Katie; Barb & Warren's grandbabies, Leighton Elizabeth and Warren Phillip and Ethan Michel, & their friend Chris, plus Barb's Annie & Kaitlen; For Cliff & Jean, plus Jean's brother Terry; For Laura's sister Claudia;

And to you, too, Geri, a most Happy Birthday.

Tom and Teresa Quinn's niece, Chawna, with cancer, their granddaughter, Mikayla;   plus Neva Flynn, Angel, and Diane Kreeitzer; Connie Doherty's mom and her sister, plus Kevin's cousin, Peter; For a number of David McKeon's family who are having a rough time with health issues, especially Mark Terain; for our friends, sons, and daughters in the military, including Ryan McClurg and Chebino; cure for autism from Laura Chollick; for our President.

Leo, this is for you being such a neat kid.

Your Finances, February 2, 2020

Expenses: $700.00

Outreach: $290.00

Thanks, Everybody

(214-783-0443)

Rosemary reads her Blessing of The Week.

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.

Peace, Everybody, and Happy Super Bowl Sunday.
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Reminder for Sunday, February 2, 2020, Presentation
ByRosemary January 29, 2020

Special Thanks edition for Sunday's celebration and birthday brunch.

A colorful community for a colorful room at Legacy

Welcome this Sunday: Catholic Mass with coffee & juice, and pastries, some bought, some home-made.

Time: 9:30; Celebrate with the Community & John Cade, Mike Carrell, & Stack

Place: Legacy Charter School, 601 Accent Drive, Plano, TX 75075

WOW! Where to begin.

We have heard that people discover that the Blog has stopped coming. Typepad tends to drop people for no reason. So if this happens to you, just sign up again by going to www.johnstackministries.com

I would like one of each, please.

Readings:

Malachi, 1-4, I am sending my messenger to prepare the way.

Psalm 24. Who is this king of glory? It is the Lord.

Hebrews 2, 14-18, He was able to help.

Luke 2, 22-40, The Presentation

Thanks, Jackie, for The Best Cake.

Activities:

ROMEO MEET: Friday, January 31, 2020, Jason's Deli, Collin Creek Mall, west side of Central, 1:00. Welcome all wakos, you will fit right in.

Better hurry up before it is all gone!

JULIETS

Lunch with the Juliets

Hi Ladies

We all are looking forward to a great Valentines Luncheon Friday, February 7th at 12:30. We will meet at Cafe Amoire 600 N. Coit Road Richardson (Coit and Arapaho) It is a BYOB.

Please let me know who will be joining us. Looking forward to celebrating Valentines Day. Per the owner, reservations are required.

Have a good day,  Marilyn

972-491-7068

Anything left?

True?

60 MIGHT BE THE NEW 40, BUT 9:00 IS THE NEW MIDNIGHT… (and 80??)

Kenny, did you eat all the guacamole?

What's up in Ye Old Catholic Church? Like…

Francis is dragging the Church into the new century,

https://international.la-croix.com/news/francis-is-dragging-the-church-kicking-and-screaming-into-the-20th-century/11521

Here comes trouble!

Swap Sunday, February 16th, "It's still good, but I don't want it, you can have it". Gather all your good stuff that you can't use anymore and bring it with you on 2/16. Everything's free.

See you Sunday, J.S.

214-783-0443

Anybody know these characters?

JSM Mission-Faith Statement:

Help create a Catholic Community that welcomes all God’s People, provides for and challenges spiritual and total growth.

Reaches out to help people who are disadvantaged and make the world we live in a better place to live.

And the banner says, Aged to Perfection. No laughter, please.

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Sunday Homily, January 26, 2020, 3rd Ordinary Time
ByRosemary January 26, 2020

Sez Harper, "Welcome in, Everybody, I still have some Girl Scout cookies"

Readings:

Isaiah 8, 23-9, 3, The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light.

Psalm 27, The Lord is my light and my salvation

! Corinthians, 1, 10-13, That you be united…

Matthew 4, 12-23, Come after me and I will make you fishers of men (people).

"Welcome in, Everybody," say Hue & Linda.

Isaiah reminders, again—

Author: This is Isaiah #1, the composer of chapters 1-39. Even though Isaiah #1 lives before the Babylonian Captivity, he still sees that a great, bright day will come to the Jewish people, despite Babylon.

Isaiah 2: Chapters 40-55;

Isaiah 3: Chapters 56-66

Date:  Ca. 555 before Christ, the composition. The Jewish people of Jerusalem are about to be defeated and carried off into slavery.

The famous Sisters' Candle Team in action.

Subject: A great day will come for you Jews. A special leader will be born. You will be a beacon to others, glorious, and a light to nations everywhere. You might easily recognize parts of this reading. From where? The Nativity readings and Handel's Messiah, a favorite of mine.

This is the last week we will have these Isaiah readings which I love. I will miss them. Until next Advent.

Today's team in action.

80 Years of Blessings

When Isaiah says that a people who walked in darkness have seen a great light, I hear him speaking to me. There are dozens of ways I see this in my life, all blessings & gifts. I’ll mention 5, at least 3 of which you have heard me mention previously.

Today's Offertory Team, Sandra, Susan, & Tom,

First, the fact that I joined the Jesuits when I was 18. Granted I joined up because I thought I was such a bad kid that I was obviously headed to hell. I got that idea from the monsieur who was pastor at Christ the King. When he told the congregation that if your friends are going to hell, you will go too.   Obviously my best buddy, Pete was going to hell along with my other friends. That fear fell away when I was a Jesuit and life turned out to be an adventure.

The minor elevation.

The second blessing was my decision to accept an invitation to work in East Africa. There was loneliness, but it was an adventure. How else could I have scaled Kilimanjaro 5-6 times? How else would I have ridden my motorcycle back & forth across Tanzania. I discovered that I had a gift for languages and became fluent in Swahili.

Today's Communion Team, Patricia & Denni, Geri & Mike & Grace.

The third blessing was and is my marriage with Rosemary. Did you people know that she waited 15 years to get formally married? When I asked her to get married I asked her to wait until I was 65 and would have Medicare. As a Jesuit I had platinum coverage. As soon as I would depart, nothing. I knew guys who married, had an accident, and ended up with an enormous debt. This cinco de mayo is our 15^th and it has been for me (at least. I won’t speak for her!) an unimaginable & enchanted time.

Happy Birthday, Mike.

The fourth blessing is the tree hobby project. That project started with maybe 5-6 trees planted on the Jesuit campus where I was living.   Then it got bigger & bigger. A guy who owns a construction company gave me a 800 gallon water tank & a 4 wheel trailer. The community of St. Marks gave me the money to buy a pickup. Mike Doran gave me the truck for 15K. The last big project we did was Plano Senior High. We planted in an hour 400 trees one sunny October Sunday.

Welcome home, My Dear Carrie, or should I say My Dear Doctor Carrie. Proud of You.

The fifth but not the last of the blessings is our community here. Do you realize that along with our 15^th anniversary of marriage, I am celebrating 15 marvelous & humbling years participating in our community?

I am most grateful.

What are your five biggest blessings in life?

One cupcake to you, Monique, for being such a good mamma.

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ByRosemary January 26, 2020
Denni reading from the Great Prophet, Isaiah.

Rosemary's Blessing

Oh God of humor enable us to laugh at your mischievous plans.

Life can become serious during these cold winter months, and our hearts can become heavy and burdened with responsibilities, decisions and trying to keep everyone happy.

Let us look for the funny things that happen, the unexpected surprise that catches us off-guard, along with the incongruences that we encounter.

Smile, snicker, giggle, give a belly laugh, and spontaneously guffaw.

You will be amazed at how God works through laughter.

Sr. Mary Elizabeth Schweiger

Tom reading from 1 Corinthians.

Our Special Thanks
- For the Readings: Denni & Tom
- For our team: Mike & John & John, Ben & David, Georgie & Buddy
- For the Communion Bread: Alison & John
- For the Wine & Cups: Jan
- For the Pictures: Jackie & Mike
- For the coffee and extras: Becky & Tom & Jackie & The Whole Community for brunch
- For the altar & sound: Jackie & Ben & Hue & David
- For all who helped with communion
Thanks, Brent, for all you do as director of Souls Harbor. This is a paper cupcake for $1500.

Birthdays: Kevin, 23, David Ekes, Sr Charlie, Mary Hall, Mike Carrell, Randolph Brown, Miguel, That old priest, 80

Miguel, Happy Birthday and thanks for all you do at the school with setting up and arranging before and after.

Please Remember these special people:

For Denni O'Hagan, who died this week and for his wife, our Cheryl; For Bill Hammond, For Sydney, & For Sir Charlie recuperating from surgery; Shonda's mom; For my buddy since grade school at Christ the King, Pete Wacks, who died this week & his dearest Marjie;; For Gilberto recuperating from his gall bladder operation: for Michelle;

Happy Birthday, Kevin.

For a friend, a neighbor, & a doctor, Karen, with brain cancer; For Rick Turner searching for a kidney donor, Type O neg; For Meredith, cancer free.; For Hue; For John O'Donnell; For Dee, and for her daughter, Lisa; For John Schanot's continued health; For Anthony & Sabrina;   For a young man who is suffering from depression; John Cade's mother in law, Kalliopi Piskiouli and Lambrini;

Happy Birthday, Mary.

John & Jean's son John Louis; For our good friend Kay (at 91 years!) in Ontario;  For Jackie's friend, Lynn, plus Angela, & her mom; for Sr. Patricia Otillio, a nun I worked with for years in Grand Coteau; for Steve Barrett, Rose, & Katie; Barb & Warren's grandbabies, Leighton Elizabeth and Warren Phillip and Ethan Michel, & their friend Chris, plus Barb's Annie & Kaitlen; For Cliff & Jean, plus Jean's brother Terry; For Laura's sister Claudia;

Happy Birthday, Randolph, & congratulations on being such a good dad.

Tom and Teresa Quinn's niece, Chawna, with cancer, their granddaughter, Mikayla;   plus Neva Flynn, Angel, and Diane Kreeitzer; Connie Doherty's mom and her sister, plus Kevin's cousin, Peter; For a number of David McKeon's family who are having a rough time with health issues, especially Mark Terain; for our friends, sons, and daughters in the military, including Ryan McClurg and Chebino; cure for autism from Laura Chollick; for our President.

Rosemary reading her Blessing of the Week.

Your Finances, January 26, 2020

Expenses: $715.00

Outreach: $375.00

Thanks, Everybody

(214-783-0443)

Peace to you all this week.

JSM Mission-Faith Statement

      Help create a Catholic Community that welcomes all God’s People, provides for & challenges spiritual & total growth.

   Reaches out to help people who are disadvantaged & make the world we live in a better place to live.
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Announcements no. 3
ByRosemary January 23, 2020

It is with great sadness that we share the news that Cheryl O'Hagan's husband Dennis died in the hospital this week.

There will be a reception tomorrow Saturday, Jan. 25, at the Colin County Assoc. of Realtors, 3:00-6:00 in the banquet room (6821 Coit Road, Plano). A pot luck dinner. Please come & go as you are able.

Cheryl's address:

7951 Collin McKinney Pkwy #3089

McKinney, TX 75070

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Announcements, no. 2
ByRosemary January 23, 2020

Special Announcement for John Stack Ministries:

This Sunday, 1/26, there will be a birthday brunch after Mass. We have 7-9 birthdays to celebrate and some ole geezer says it is numero 80 for him.

Welcome, Everybody. Pot Luck.

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Reminders

Reminder for Sunday, January 26, 2020, 3rd Ordinary Time
ByRosemary January 22, 2020

Welcome to the Esparza family

Welcome this Sunday: Catholic Mass with coffee & juice, and pastries, some bought, some home-made.

Time: 9:30; Celebrate with the Community & John Cade, Mike Carrell, & Stack

Place: Legacy Charter School, 601 Accent Drive, Plano, TX 75075

Herding.

We have heard that people discover that the Blog has stopped coming. Typepad tends to drop people for no reason. So if this happens to you, just sign up again by going to www.johnstackministries.com

Cody & Clan.

Readings:

Isaiah 8, 23-9, 3, The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light.

Psalm 27, The Lord is my light and my salvation

! Corinthians, 1, 10-13, That you be united…

Matthew 4, 12-23 Come after me and I will make you fishers of men (people).

Sunday breakfast

Activities:

ROMEO MEET: Friday, January 24, 2020, Jason's Deli, Collin Creek Mall, west side of Central, 1:00. Welcome all wakos, you will fit right in.

Our Father

True?

I learned that courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.

Nelson Mandela

It's Girl Scout cookie time.

What's up in Ye Old Catholic Church? Like…

What can Catholics expect in the coming decade, http://corpus-blog.blogspot.com/2020/01/welcome-to-2020s-what-catholics-can.html

What a sales girl!

See you Sunday, J.S.

214-783-0443

Peace, Everybody.

JSM Mission-Faith Statement:

Help create a Catholic Community that welcomes all God’s People, provides for and challenges spiritual and total growth.

Reaches out to help people who are disadvantaged and make the world we live in a better place to live.

Read More Reminder for Sunday, January 26, 2020, 3rd Ordinary Time