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Welcome this Sunday: Catholic Mass with coffee & juice, and pastries, some bought, some home-made.
Time: 9:30; Celebrate with the Community & John Cade & Stack
Place: Legacy Charter School, 601 Accent Drive, Plano, TX 75075
6107 Tulip Lane & helpers. Early morning.
Readings:
2 Maccabees 7, 1-2, 9-14, It happened that 7 brothers with their mother were arrested
Psalm 17, Lord, when your glory appears, my joy will be full.
2 Thessalonians 2, 16-3, 5 May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God
Luke 20, 27-38, If someone's brother dies leaving a wife but no child…
Activities:
ROMEO MEET: Friday, November 8, Jason's Deli, Collin Creek Mall, west side of Central, 1:00. Welcome all wakos, you will fit right in.
JULIETS, November 8, 12;30, Amoretto's Italian, Suite 734, 101 W. Spring Creek Pkwy, (& Central).
Reserve with Marilyn, 972-809-6049
Meyerson Christmas show, December 6, Friday, 7:30. Let Rosemary know if you want to join the gang. $35 per ticket.
True?
An appeaser is one who feeds the crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.
Winston Churchill
What's up in Ye Old Catholic Church? Like…
Catholic Money https://www.ncronline.org/news/accountability/editorial-money-shapes-us-catholic-narrative!, NCR,
Like a war zone.
See you Sunday, J.S.
214-783-0443
Tom, Mike, & John, our community to the rescue
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.
Mike, the tree surgeon.
Mike Carrell's Homily.
Readings: Our first reading from Sirach includes the social doctrine of the Church; however, it is yet to be put into practice: ‘The Lord is a God of justice who has no favorites!’ In our reading from Second Timothy Paul gives glory to God for allowing him to bring Christ to the Gentiles.
Homily: Our Mass began today with the lighting of the candles by Tori and Zoe [maybe Leo, too]. It was accompanied with a reading given by Buddy from Matthew, who reminds each of us to become a Light of the World; like a city built on a hill top.
We then joined together, in a penitential rite, following the example of the humble man in the gospel who asks the Lord to shown him mercy.
Recall that the Liturgy of the Word today placed us in a synagogue with two men; the one who was arrogant spent his time bragging to God about how holy he was. This Pharisee journeyed home empty.
The humble tax collector chose to open his heart to receive the power of the Holy Spirit; he left the synagogue filled with grace.
As we begin our Liturgy of the Eucharist, we celebrate another tradition. It is an anointing with blessed oil for the sick and the elderly and for those, filled with grace, who prayerfully, journey with them.
John's brief description of The Sunday Night.
It started at 15 minutes before 10:00 P.M. Sunday night. Aviana & I were already asleep. Ro woke us up, saying a big storm was coming , and, in fact, that the wind had already smashed in the bay window in the living room.
We put on our bike helmets, Ro & Aviana scooted into the hall closet. I was standing with my right hand on the closet door handle, planning to squeeze in, when suddenly CRASH! Then, quiet.
Neighboring House.
People began coming out of their houses & checking on their neighbors. Rosemary especially went yelling for Joyce Scott, our 91 year old neighbor just across the street. Her daughter from San Antonio was in the house with her, along with the daughter’s husband, just out of the hospital.
Joyce’s house was almost demolished and no response was coming out. The cops were all over, so she told one. He found them alive and shaken in their hall closet. They could not get out, so the cop got them out.
It began to pour, a neighbor couple begged a place to spend the night, and we all went to sleep after putting out about 20 containers to catch ceiling drips.
Then began one of the most touching & humbling days I’ve had in a while.
Our friend Chris Phipps was walking Tulip Lane toward our house when two young dads about 35, plus their 3 sons each yelled to Chris, “Know anybody who really needs help?” “Yes, that house on the corner,” said Chris.
Those dads & their sons, along with others who just walked up, pitched in and worked like beavers. Into the afternoon. All our trophy trees were stripped of their branches. They ended up piled all around the house.
About 9:00 John Bresson & Doug LeBlanc with two of his buddies all showed up with a chain saw. And did they go to work! Slowly the branches got pulled away from the house, cut up, and piled on the edge of the property.
Gym, St. Mark's Boys School
All of our trophies have been stripped of their branches and look naked. They will all have to come down. The house now is covered with a few enormous blue tarps held down with 1 by 4’s nailed down.
People continue to come looking to help. Kids walk the streets handing out water, sandwiches, and cookies. Central Market, which got hammered, has supplied free breakfasts, lunches, and dinners for all workers and home owners from food wagons.
The goodness & generosity of people has again touched my spirit.
Tons of branches, trees, & refuse created tunnels.