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  • 4th Sunday in Lent, March 30, 2025

    ByRosemary

    Joshua 5:  On the day after the Passover, they ate of the produce of the land in the form of unleavened cakes and parched grain.

    2 Corinthians 5:  So we are ambassadors for Christ, as if God were appealing through us.

    Luke 15: While he was still a long way off, his father caught sight of him, and was filled with compassion.  He ran to his son, embraced him and kissed him.

     

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    Connie reading from  the book of Joshua

    Thanks…     

    Music,   Ben & Shonda

    Readers,  Connie & Steve

    Homily,   John Cade

    Eucharistic Prayer A & B,  John Stack & John Cade

    The Magic Zoom makers,  Kevin

    Final Blessing,  Rosemary

     

     

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    Steve reading from Paul's letter to the Corinthians

     
             

     

    Remember these special people:

    For Pope Francis;  For John Stack;    For Shonda's Grandmother;    For Meredith ;   For Tom  Quinn;   For Frank Esparza; For Lambrini, John Cade's wife, who is dealing with cancer ;  For Allen Stryker;   For Mike and Judy Carrell ; For Madeleine, Richard Eshelbrenner's granddaughter;  For Hue; For Jackie;   For Mary Hall's family and friend Cadence still suffering from a serious medical condition;   For Sir Charlie;  For Ron ;  For Teresa Quinn's niece, Maddie who has a brain tumor;  

                                           

     

    Jackie's sister, & friend, Lynn;  For Rick Turner searching for a kidney donor, Type O neg.;   For Jean & Cliff Wright;  For Dee, and for her daughters, Lisa & Lauren;  For a young man who is suffering from depression;  John Cade's daughter, Joey, with cancer; from Barbara, a little baby boy named Ford recuperating from an operation,  the families of Annie and Michael and her neighbor, Marie and the family;    for the medical staffs, teachers, and coaches in our public & private schools.

     

     

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    Carrie commenting on the Homily

     

    Birthdays:   John O'Donnell 4/5

    Anniversaries:   

     

     

    Expenses: $   1,270.00

    Outreach: $    350.00

    Thanks again, Folks, for doing what you can.

     

     

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    The Kiss of Peace

    Rosemary's Blessing:


    God,

    Bless anyone who has asked me to pray for them

        and anyone that I have promised to pray for.

    Bless anyone that I cannot get along with

        And anyone that cannot get along with me.

    Bless the person who has hurt me deeply

        and anyone that I have hurt.

    Bless the person that I cannot forgive

        and anyone that cannot forgive me.

    Grant me the grace to live as a person of peace today

        and to treat all I meet today with dignity

    Author unknown



     

     
     
    John Stack Ministries meets on Sunday for Mass at 9:30 at The ArtCentre of Plano, 902 E. 16th St, Plano, Texas.
     

     

    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 the 4th Sunday in Lent, March 30, 2025

    ByRosemary

    Joshua 5:  On the day after the Passover, they ate of the produce of the land in the form of unleavened cakes and parched grain.

    2 Corinthians 5:  So we are ambassadors for Christ, as if God were appealing through us.

    Luke 15: While he was still a long way off, his father caught sight of him, and was filled with compassion.  He ran to his son, embraced him and kissed him.

    April 1

    Another Reminder for the 4th Sunday in Lent, March 30, 2025

     

    Here are the links for Sunday:

    For Zoom   ( the video conference)
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    John Stack Ministries meets on Sunday for Mass at 9:30 at The ArtCentre of Plano, 902 E. 16th St, Plano, Texas.
     
     

    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.

  • 3rd Sunday in Lent, March 23, 2925

    ByRosemary

    Exodus 3:  God replied, “I am who am.”  Then he added, “This is what you shall tell the Israelites: I AM sent me to you.”

    1 Corinthians 10:  These things happened as examples for us, so that we might not desire evil things, as they did.

    Luke 13:  ‘Sir, leave it for this year also, and I shall cultivate the ground around it and fertilize it; it may bear fruit in the future.  If not you can cut it down.’”

     

     

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    Kevin, who handled the audio and Zoom today like a pro.  

    Thanks…     

    Music,   Ben & Shonda

    Readers,  Mary & John

    Homily,   John Stack

    Eucharistic Prayer A & B,  John Stack & John Cade

    The Magic Zoom makers,  Kevin

    Final Blessing,  Rosemary

     

     

     

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    John reading from Paul's letter to the Corinthians

     
             

     

    Remember these special people:

    For Pope Francis;  For John Stack;    For Shonda's Grandmother;    For Meredith ;   For Tom  Quinn;   For Frank Esparza; For Lambrini, John Cade's wife, who is dealing with cancer ;  For Allen Stryker;   For Mike and Judy Carrell ; For Madeleine, Richard Eshelbrenner's granddaughter;  For Hue; For Jackie;   For Mary Hall's family and friend Cadence still suffering from a serious medical condition;   For Sir Charlie;  For Ron ;  For Teresa Quinn's niece, Maddie who has a brain tumor;  

                                           

     

    Jackie's sister, & friend, Lynn;  For Rick Turner searching for a kidney donor, Type O neg.;   For Jean & Cliff Wright;  For Dee, and for her daughters, Lisa & Lauren;  For a young man who is suffering from depression;  John Cade's daughter, Joey, with cancer; from Barbara, a little baby boy named Ford recuperating from an operation,  the families of Annie and Michael and her neighbor, Marie and the family;    for the medical staffs, teachers, and coaches in our public & private schools.

     

     

     

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    The Kiss of Peace

     

    Birthdays:   Barbara Wittek 3/29

    Anniversaries:   

     

     

    Expenses: $   340.00

    Outreach: $    0.00

    Thanks again, Folks, for doing what you can.

     

     

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    Donna updating everyone on the shirt and socks  project for the men at Soul's Harbor

     

    Rosemary's Blessing:


    Loving Father,

    often we forget your gifts to us,

    letting them pass unnoticed through each day.

    Show us how to look again, to see through your eyes

    and give freely in response to what we see.

    Amen

     www.christianaid.org.uk/images/count-your-blessings-2010.pdf



     

     
     
    John Stack Ministries meets on Sunday for Mass at 9:30 at The ArtCentre of Plano, 902 E. 16th St, Plano, Texas.
     

     

    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 the 3rd Sunday in Lent, March 23, 2025

    ByRosemary

    Exodus 3:  God replied, “I am who am.”  Then he added, “This is what you shall tell the Israelites: I AM sent me to you.”

    1 Corinthians 10:  These things happened as examples for us, so that we might not desire evil things, as they did.

    Luke 13:  ‘Sir, leave it for this year also, and I shall cultivate the ground around it and fertilize it; it may bear fruit in the future.  If not you can cut it down.’”


    John Cade's Homily from last Sunday:  Download 03-16-25 Homily -2nd Sunday in Lent

     

     

    Lent 6

    Another Reminder for the 3rd Sunday in Lent, March 23, 2025

     

    Here are the links for Sunday:

    For Zoom   ( the video conference)
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    John Stack Ministries meets on Sunday for Mass at 9:30 at The ArtCentre of Plano, 902 E. 16th St, Plano, Texas.
     
     

    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 the 2nd Sunday in Lent, March 16, 2025

    ByRosemary

    Genesis 15:  The Lord God took Abram outside and said, “Look up at the sky and count the stars, if you can.  Just so,” he added, “shall your descendants be.” 

    Philippians 3:  But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we also await a savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.

    Luke 9:  Then from the cloud came a voice that said, “This is my chosen Son; listen to him.” 

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    Another Reminder for the 2nd Sunday in Lent, March 16, 2025

     

    Here are the links for Sunday:

    For Zoom   ( the video conference)
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    John Stack Ministries meets on Sunday for Mass at 9:30 at The ArtCentre of Plano, 902 E. 16th St, Plano, Texas.
     
     

    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.

  • 1st Sunday in Lent, March 9, 2925

    ByRosemary

    Deuteronomy 26: Therefore, I have now brought you the first fruits of the products of the soil which you, O LORD, have given me.’

    Romans 10: For the Scripture says,  No one who believes in him will be put to shame.

    Luke 4: Filled with the Holy Spirit, Jesus returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the desert for forty days, to be tempted by the devil.

     

     
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    Annette reading from Deuteronomy

    Thanks…     

    Music,   Ben

    Readers,  Annette & Warren

    Homily,   John Stack

    Eucharistic Prayer A & B,  John Stack & John Cade

    The Magic Zoom makers,  Hue & Richard

    Final Blessing,  Rosemary

     

     

     

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    Warren reading from Paul's letter to the Romans

     
             

     

    Remember these special people:

    For Pope Francis;  For John Stack;    For Shonda's Grandmother;    For Meredith ;   For Tom  Quinn;   For Frank Esparza; For Lambrini, John Cade's wife, who is dealing with cancer ;  For Allen Stryker;   For Mike and Judy Carrell ; For Madeleine, Richard Eshelbrenner's granddaughter;  For Hue; For Jackie;   For Mary Hall's family and friend Cadence still suffering from a serious medical condition;   For Sir Charlie;  For Ron ;  For Teresa Quinn's niece, Maddie who has a brain tumor;  

                                           

     

    Jackie's sister, & friend, Lynn;  For Rick Turner searching for a kidney donor, Type O neg.;   For Jean & Cliff Wright;  For Dee, and for her daughters, Lisa & Lauren;  For a young man who is suffering from depression;  John Cade's daughter, Joey, with cancer; from Barbara, a little baby boy named Ford recuperating from an operation,  the families of Annie and Michael and her neighbor, Marie and the family;    for the medical staffs, teachers, and coaches in our public & private schools.

     

     

     

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    John Cade reading the Gospel of Luke


     

    Birthdays:   Dee Miller 3/10, John O'Donnell 3/14

    Anniversaries:   

     

     

    Expenses: $   1,835.00

    Outreach: $    450.00

    Thanks again, Folks, for doing what you can.

     

     

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    The Kiss of Peace

     

    Rosemary's Blessing:

     

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    John Stack Ministries meets on Sunday for Mass at 9:30 at The ArtCentre of Plano, 902 E. 16th St, Plano, Texas.
     

     

    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.

  • 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time, March 2, 2025

    ByRosemary

    Joel 2:  For gracious and merciful is he, slow to anger, rich in kindness, and relenting in punishment.


    2 Corinthians 5:  We are ambassadors for Christ, as if God were appealing through us.

    Matthew 6:  But when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right is doing, so that your almsgiving may be secret. And your Father who sees in secret will repay you.

     
     

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    Mary reading from Joel

    Thanks…     

    Music,   Shonda & Ben

    Readers,  Mary & Cody

    Homily,   John Stack

    Eucharistic Prayer A & B,  John Stack & John Cade

    The Magic Zoom makers,  Hue & Richard

    Final Blessing,  Rosemary

     

     

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    Cody reading from Paul's letter to the Corinthians

     
             

    Remember these special people:

    For John Stack;    For Shonda's Grandmother;    For Meredith ;   For Tom  Quinn;   For Frank Esparza; For Lambrini, John Cade's wife, who is dealing with cancer ;  For Allen Stryker;   For Mike and Judy Carrell ; For Madeleine, Richard Eshelbrenner's granddaughter;  For Hue; For Jackie;   For Mary Hall's family and friend Cadence still suffering from a serious medical condition;   For Sir Charlie;  For Ron ;  For Teresa Quinn's niece, Maddie who has a brain tumor;  

                                           

     

    Jackie's sister, & friend, Lynn;  For Rick Turner searching for a kidney donor, Type O neg.;   For Jean & Cliff Wright;  For Dee, and for her daughters, Lisa & Lauren;  For a young man who is suffering from depression;  John Cade's daughter, Joey, with cancer; from Barbara, a little baby boy named Ford recuperating from an operation,  the families of Annie and Michael and her neighbor, Marie and the family;    for the medical staffs, teachers, and coaches in our public & private schools.

     

     


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    Miss Amani

     

    Birthdays:   Michelle Brown 3/2

    Anniversaries:   

     

     

    Expenses: $   990.00

    Outreach: $    140.00

    Thanks again, Folks, for doing what you can.

     


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    Michelle gets a cookie for her birthday

     

    Rosemary's Blessing:

    A Prayer For Growing Old Gracefully

    Lord, Thou knowest better than I myself that I am growing older and will someday be old. Keep me from the fatal habit of thinking I must say something on every subject and on every occasion.

    Release me from craving to straighten out everybody's affairs. Make me thoughtful but not moody; helpful but not bossy. With my vast store of wisdom, it seems a pity not to use it all; but Thou knowest, Lord, that I want a few friends at the end. Keep my mind free from the recital of endless details; give me wings to get to the point. Seal my lips on my aches and pains; they are increasing, and love of rehearsing them is becoming sweeter as the years go by.

    I dare not ask for improved memory, but for a growing humility and a lessening cock-sureness when my memory seems to clash with the memories of others. Teach me the glorious lesson that occasionally I may be mistaken.

    Keep me reasonably sweet, for a sour old person is one of the crowning works of the devil. Give me the ability to see good things in unexpected places and talents in unexpected people; and give, O Lord, the grace to tell them so.

    Amen.

    17th Century Nun’s Prayer

     

     
     
    John Stack Ministries meets on Sunday for Mass at 9:30 at The ArtCentre of Plano, 902 E. 16th St, Plano, Texas.
     

     

    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 the 8th Sunday in Ordinary TIme, March 2, 2025

    ByRosemary

    We will celebrate the Mass for  Ash Wednesday on Sunday.

     

    Joel 2:  For gracious and merciful is he, slow to anger, rich in kindness, and relenting in punishment.


    2 Corinthians 5:  We are ambassadors for Christ, as if God were appealing through us.

    Matthew 6:  But when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right is doing, so that your almsgiving may be secret. And your Father who sees in secret will repay you.


    Lent 4

     

    Another Reminder for the 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time, March 2, 2025

     

    Here are the links for Sunday:

    For Zoom   ( the video conference)
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    John Stack Ministries meets on Sunday for Mass at 9:30 at The ArtCentre of Plano, 902 E. 16th St, Plano, Texas.
     
     

    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.

  • 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time, February 23, 2025

    ByRosemary

     Samuel 26: But David said to Abishai, “Do not harm him, for who can lay hands on the LORD’s anointed and remain unpunished?”  So David took the spear and the water jug from their place at Saul’s head, and they got away without anyone’s seeing or knowing or awakening. 

    1 Corinthians 15:  Just as we have borne the image of the earthly one, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly one.

    Luke 6: To you who hear I say, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.

     
     

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    Shonda led the singing a cappella today.  She did a great job.

     

     

    Thanks…     

    Music,   Shonda

    Readers,  Mary & Frank

    Homily,   John Cade

    Eucharistic Prayer A & B,  John Stack & John Cade

    The Magic Zoom makers,  Hue & Kevin

    Final Blessing,  Rosemary

     

     

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    Cody offers an observation on the Gospel

     
             

    Remember these special people:

    For John Stack;    For Shonda's Grandmother;    For Meredith ;   For Tom  Quinn;   For Frank Esparza; For Lambrini, John Cade's wife, who is dealing with cancer ;  For Allen Stryker;   For Mike and Judy Carrell ; For Madeleine, Richard Eshelbrenner's granddaughter;  For Hue; For Jackie;   For Mary Hall's family and friend Cadence still suffering from a serious medical condition;   For Sir Charlie;  For Ron ;  For Teresa Quinn's niece, Maddie who has a brain tumor;  

                                           

     

    Jackie's sister, & friend, Lynn;  For Rick Turner searching for a kidney donor, Type O neg.;   For Jean & Cliff Wright;  For Dee, and for her daughters, Lisa & Lauren;  For a young man who is suffering from depression;  John Cade's daughter, Joey, with cancer; from Barbara, a little baby boy named Ford recuperating from an operation,  the families of Annie and Michael and her neighbor, Marie and the family;    for the medical staffs, teachers, and coaches in our public & private schools.

     

     


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    Paul also offers a comment about the Gospel

     

     

    Birthdays:   

    Anniversaries:   

     

     

    Expenses: $   340.00

    Outreach: $    80.00

    Thanks again, Folks, for doing what you can.

     


     

     

    Rosemary's Blessing:

    Let us pray to our God     

    To the God of Mary and Joseph,

    To the God of Abraham and Sarah.

     

    May our spirit fill the world with beauty and wonder.

    May our mind seek truth with humility and openness.

     

    May our hearts forgive without limit.

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

    May our needs be few and my living simple.

     

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

     

     

     
     
    John Stack Ministries meets on Sunday for Mass at 9:30 at The ArtCentre of Plano, 902 E. 16th St, Plano, Texas.
     

     

    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.