Reminders

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

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

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

Time Change this Sunday.

Chloe.

Kevin with Chuck.

 Readings:

Joshua 5, 9-12, Today I have removed the reproach of Egypt from you.

Psalm 34,  Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.

2 Corinthians 5, 17-21,  We are ambassadors for Christ.

Luke 15, 1-32,  A man had two sons, The Prodigal Son.

Torri.

Zoe.

Community Bulletin Board:

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

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

3.  March 24, Palm Sunday 

4.  April 13, Love for the Kids picnic

5.  Mens' lunch will be held Friday, March 8, 1:00, Jason's on 75 & Collin Creek.  Welcome Romeo's.

Natalie.

Leo.

 What's going on in our Catholic World:  

1.  Three Conclave Myths, National Catholic Reporter, March 1, 1200 words,   Download Conclave Myths 3-8-13

2.  Observations by The Great Hans Kung on Conclave,  New York Times, February 28, 1300 words,    Download Hans Kung 3-8-13

3.  Three Challenges for the New Pope, Guardian, February 28, 800 words,    Download Challenges for Pope 3-8-13

4.  Who is paying Cardinal Mahoney's bills?,  National Catholic Reporter, March 2, 1400 words,   Download Mahony's bill 3-8-13

Offertory, Tom and Lynda, Claire and Ray.

Pope B. with her aides, Celeste and Cliff.

True? 

We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public.

Winston Churchill

The Smile, Emma.

Mice in The Cafeteria! Zoe & Emma with Gil watching out.

 See you Sunday, March 10, 2013, 4th Lent, C cycle 

J.S., 214-783-0443

Harper.

Torri and Buddy.

 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.

Sacrament of the Sick, Debbie, Tom and Teresa, Dee and Mike.

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

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

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

The Celebration.

Our Georgie.

 Readings:

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

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

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

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

Community Bulletin Board:

1.   March 3, nothing special this week

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

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

4.  March 24, Palm Sunday 

5.  April 13, Love for the Kids picnic

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

Emma is here.

Emma at work.

  What's going on in our Catholic World:  

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

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

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

Torri at work.

Buddy is here.

   True? 

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

 Desmond  Tutu

Blessing of the Sacrament of the Sick for Dee.

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

J.S., 214-783-0443

Zoe and Buddy.

Bernadette and Gil, Where's all the grandkids?

  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.

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

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

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

 Food Drive This Sunday 

 Readings:

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

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

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

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

Community Bulletin Board:

1.  Food Drive this Sunday

2. April 13, Love for the Kids picnic

Sienna.

Sienna and her dad, Payton.

  What's going on in our Catholic World:  

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

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

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

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

Emma and the juice container.

Our Emma.

 True? 

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

ALBERT CAMUS

Bill and Zaile with Sir Charlie

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

J.S., 214-783-0443

Bobby and Warren.

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.

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

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

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

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

Meghan and her dad, Bill.

  Readings:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Both are good translations. 

Buying a bible?  The Jerusalem Bible. 

 Community Bulletin Board:

1.  April 6, Love for the Kids picnic

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

The Brunch Line, Don't come late.

  What's going on in our Catholic World:  

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

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

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

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

Rick, The Chef and The Carver.

Ryan.

 True? 

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

Italian proverb

Carol and Sandra.

Tom with Bernadette and Celeste.

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

J.S., 214-783-0443

Ash Wednesday at Marlene's.

Ash Wednesday.

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.

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

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

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

Ray, Tom and Lynda.

Leo.

 Readings:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Both are good translations. 

Buying a bible?  The Jerusalem Bible. 

  Community Bulletin Board:

1.  February 10, This Sunday, Mardi Gras Brunch and Valentines

Cole.

What's going on in our Catholic World:  

1.  Pros & cons of parish shopping, National Cathoic Reporter, January 25, 800 words,   Download Parish Shopping 2-1-13

2. Cardinal Mahoney of Los Angeles,  National Catholic Reporter and The Observer, January 24, 600 words,    Download Editorial 2-8-13

3.  LA Archbishop dismisses Cardinal Mahoney, Christian Post Reporter, February 1, 575 words,   Download LA Archbishop 2-8-13

Brooklyn

Play Zone with Emma, CC, and Sienna, while Claire care takes.

 True? 

You have enemies?  Good.  That means you have stood up for something, sometime in your life.

Winston Churchill

Rob inviting Sandra to join him on his   after Mass motorcycle ride?

Ye Olde Pastry Shoppe with Gil, Fred, and even Mary Ellen.

 See you Sunday, February 3, 2013, 4th Ordinary Time, C cycle 

J.S., 214-783-0443

JSM Mission-Faith Statement

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

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

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

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

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

Cupcakes of The Week, Mike, John, Sir Charlie, Rick, and Michelle.

 Readings:

Jeremiah 1, 4-5, 17-19,  Before I formed you in the womb I knew you.

Psalm 71,  I will sing of your salvation.

1 Corinthians 13, 4-13, Love is patient, love is kind.

Luke 4, 21-30, No prophet is accepted in his own native place.

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

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

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

Both are good translations. 

Buying a bible?  The Jerusalem Bible. 

Community Bulletin Board:

1.  February 11, Next Brunch, Mardi Gras already.

 What's going on in our Catholic World:  

1.  Kennedy on the Irish priest being excommunicated, National Cathoic Reporter, January 25, 800 words,  Download Kennedy 2-1-13  

2. Laughter good for the soul?,  National Catholic Reporter and The Observer, January 24, 600 words,    Download Laughter 2-1-13

3.  Want to see how Bona Responds is putting our contribution to use?  Check this story,    Download Bona in Rockaway 2-1-13

True? 

No one imagines that a symphony is supposed to improve as it goes along, or that the whole object of playing is to reach the finale. The point of music is discovered in every moment of playing and listening to it. It is the same, I feel, with the greater part of our lives, and if we are unduly absorbed in improving them we may forget altogether to live them.

ALAN WATTS

Bivonas, Hugh and Sydney

Rosemary and Beth doing blessings.

See you Sunday, February 3, 2013, 4th Ordinary Time, C cycle 

J.S., 214-783-0443

JSM Mission-Faith Statement

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

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

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

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

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

Nehemiah 8, 2-10,  Go, eat rich foods and drink sweet drinks.

Psalm 19,  Your words, Lord, are spirit and life.

1 Corinthians 12, 4-11, Now, the body is not a single part, but many.

John 2, 1-11, He has anointed me to bring glad tidings to the poor and liberty to captives.

 

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

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

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

Both are good translations.  

 

Community Bulletin Board:

1.  February 11, Next Brunch, Mardi Gras

  What's going on in our Catholic World:  

1.  A brief history of ordination, National Cathoic Reporter, January 16, 1100 words,   Download The meaning of ordination 1-25-13

2.  Kennedy on a Rome Cardinal’s view of ordination,  National Catholic Reporter, January 17, 850 words,    Download Prefect of clergy 1-25-13

3.  Ecommunication for Irish Redemptorist priest, National Catholic Reporter, January 23, 450 words,   Download Redemptorist priest 1-25-13

No matter what you circumstance, it could always be better and it could always be worse.

Dr. Peter McGinn (Rosemary’s brother, deceased)

See you Sunday, January 27, 2013, 3rd Ordinary Time, C cycle 

J.S., 214-783-0443

JSM Mission-Faith Statement

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

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

Readings:

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

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

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

The Community

Celeste

 Readings:

Isaiah 62, 1-5,  The Lord delights in you.

Psalm 96,  Proclaim his marvelous deeds to all the nations.

1 Corinthians 12, 4-11, There are different kinds of spiritual gifts, but the same Spirit.

John 2, 1-11, There was a wedding at Cana in Galilee.

Emma and her pal.

Emma's pal says, "Hi, Everybody, How you doing?"

 For those who don’t have a decent Bible or a book of the readings, here are two links that I use, The Bible at Your Fingertips (http://st-luke-church.org/bible-at-finger-tips.php) and USCCB, The New American Bible (http://www.usccb.org/).  

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

Both are good translations.  

Meghan and Cindy.

Zaile and Billy.

  Community Bulletin Board:

1.  January 24, Thursday night, 8:00, Collin County Homeless Coalition is having their annual census of homeless.  We will have a signup sheet at Mass.  Last year we had two teams of about 5 each. 

  What's going on in our Catholic World:  

1.  Fr. Roy Bourgeois out officially, National Cathoic Reporter, January 10, 500 words,   Download Bourgeois out 1-18-13 

2.  Elect bishops locally?,  National Catholic Reporter, January 15, 750 words,   Download Swiss abbot urges change in how bishops are selected

Georgie getting ready to go to work.

Preparing for communion.

True?

Simple expressions of concern or affection are revitalizing

Dr. Peter McGinn (Rosemary’s brother, deceased)

Communion.

Bethany, Shonda, and Ray.

  See you Sunday, January 20, 2013, 2nd Ordinary Tim, C cycle 

J.S., 214-783-0443

Wendy and Kasey's Wedding.

Kim reading at her sister's Wedding.

  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.

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

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

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

Mabel and Curtis

 Readings:

Isaiah 40, 1-11, Comfort, give comfort to my people, says your God.

Psalm 104,  O, Bless the Lord, my soul.

Titus  2, 11-14, 3, 4-7, The grace of God has appeared.

Luke 3, 15-16, 21-22, With you I am well pleased.

Georgie

 For those who don’t have a decent Bible or a book of the readings, here are two links that I use, The Bible at Your Fingertips and USCCB, The New American Bible. 

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

Both are good translations.     

Mary arriving with broken foot.

  Community Bulletin Board:

1.  January 24, Thursday night, 8:00, Collin County Homeless Coalition is having their annual census of homeless.  We will have a signup sheet at Mass.  Last year we had two teams of about 5 each. 

Our Emma

  What's going on in our Catholic World:

1.    History of women leaders in Catholic Church, Corpus and U.S. Catholic, January, 2013, 2500 words,   Download Women 1-11-13

2.  U.S. Nuns & Church Officials, National Cathoic Reporter, January 5, 800 words,    Download U.S. Nuns 1-11-13

Harper with her grandmom, Cathy, who had a bad evening Monday.

True?

If you ask me a question I don’t know, I’m not going to answer.

YOGI BERRA

 

Meghan and Geri

  See you Sunday, January 13, 2013, The Baptism

J.S., 214-783-0443

Leo dances

  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.

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

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

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

Our Angels

 Readings:

Isaiah  60, 1-6, Rise up in splendor, Jerusalem,  Your light has come.

Psalm 72,  Lord, every nation on earth will adore you.

Ephesians  3, 2-6, The Gentiles are coheirs.

Matthew 2, 1-12, Magi from the east arrived.

An Angel named Torri

 For those who don’t have a decent Bible or a book of the readings, here are two links that I use, The Bible at Your Fingertips and USCCB, The New American Bible. 

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

Both are good translations.  I use the first more often because it has fewer doors to pass through to get to the text.  Thanks, Gerald, for this idea.  I will include the link from now on.

One more week for our Christmas Tree

Emma at work

 Community Bulletin Board:

1.  This Sunday: Celebrate the First Sunday of The Year 2013.

2.  January 24, Thursday night, 8:00, Collin County Homeless Coalition is having their annual census of homeless.  We will have a sign up sheet at Mass.  Last year we had two teams of about 5 each. 

The Reads, Taylor, Zach, and Teresa

  What's going on in our Catholic World:

1.    5 Things to do to make a better 2013, America and Corpus, December 31, 1000 words,   Download AMERICA 1-4-13 

Rosemary reading her blessing

All paths are the same: they lead nowhere. They are paths going through the bush, or into the bush. In my own life I could say I have traversed long, long paths but I am not anywhere. My benefactor's question has meaning now. Does this path have a heart? If it does, the path is good; if it doesn't, it is of no use. Both paths lead nowhere, but one has a heart, the other doesn't. One makes for a joyful journey; as long as you follow it, you are one with it. The other will make you curse your life. One makes you stronger; the other weakens you.

The Teachings of Don Juan Carolos Castañeda

Communion helpers

 See you Sunday, January 6, 2013, First of The Year

J.S., 214-783-0443

Peace be with you

  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.

True?