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ByRosemary August 27, 2017
Rosemary's Blessing of The Week:

May you learn to see your self

With the same delight,

Pride and expectation

With which God sees you in every moment.

To Bless the Space Between Us by John O’Donohue

Bill reading from Isaiah #1

Special Thanks to these special people:
- For the Readings: Bill & Claire
- For The Team: Georgie & Buddy
- For the Communion Bread: Alison
- For the Special Communion Cups: Cindy & Ken
- For the Pictures: Rick & Connie & Mike & Beth
- For the coffee and extras: John & Jackie
- For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue
- For the Music: Ben & Wendy
- For all who helped with Communion
Claire reading from Romans.

Birthdays: Marilyn (Monday), Marsha (Sunday), Teresa Quinn (Thursday).

Anniversaries:

Rose & Wally Banzhaf (46^th, Sunday)

Ken & Cindy (55^th, Friday)

Rosemary reading her Blessing of The Week.

Please Remember these special people

Mike's swollen knee; For the Urbanczyk family; For Connie Bresson's mom; For Carol's recuperation;   For Tom Good; For Dee and her daughter, Lisa; For John Schanot's continued recuperation; For Nadia's recuperation; For Geri's nephew, Martin Calabrese and Martins' family; For a young man who is suffering from depression; For Claire's mom; For Cliff & Jean; For Rosemary's niece, Beth and her partner, Sarah with cancer; For Laura's sister Claudia; For Dawn; John Simari’s friend, Ron; For Anthony & Sabrina; For John & Jean's son John Louis; For our good friend Kay in Ontario; For Rose's daughter in law Jamie

So sorry, Brent, again we are short a cupcake. In place of the cupcake Rosemary gave me this piece of paper. Maybe it is an IOU. Good work on the movie fund raiser.

For Rosemary's sister, Patty and her husband, Lou; For Cathy's uncle, Jim Wright at 92; For Connie's nephew, Fred; For Mary Jane Stevenson's son Philip, 34, sick & don't know why; For Maureen’s daughter, Kathleen, with cancer; For Jackie's friend, Barbara, plus Angela & her mom; For Sr. Patricia Otillio, a nun I worked with for years in Grand Coteau; John Cade's mother in law, Kalliopi Piskiouli; for Franks brother with advanced Parkinsons; For Steve Barrett, Rose, & Katie;

Happy 55th, Cindy and Ken. You are special people.

Dick Thompson's daughter, Teri Jill, and Judy's aging parents; Barb & Warren's grandbabies, Leighton Elizabeth and Warren Phillip and Ethan Michel, & their friend Chris, plus Barb's Annie & Kaitlen;

Happy Birthday, My Dear Marilyn.

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 Mary Ellen; For a number of David McKeon's family who are having a rough time with health issues; for our friends, sons, and daughters in the military, including Ryan McClurg and Chebino; cure for autism from Laura Chollick; for our President.

And Happy Birthday to you, My Dear Marsha.

Your Finances, August 27, 2017

Expenses: $1005.00

Outreach: $ 475.00

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

This week we donated $2,000.00 to Soul's Harbor.

And, My Dear Teresa, Happy Birthday to you.

Lunch with the Juliets

Hi Everyone,

Maybe it will be a little cooler when we get together for Lunch Friday, September 1^st at 12:30 at YE Shire Tavern 3600 Shire Blvd. Richardson. Hope everybody can join us for a lot of fun and laughs as we share our summer. Please let me know if you can make it.

It is next Friday.

Thank you to Claire, Mary Ellen, Cheryl, Theresa, Dee, Pat and Mary Hall who are able to join us. For those of you who wish to come but have not responded please let me know as I will need to make reservations.

Thanks,

Marilyn

972-491-7068

Emma, thanks for being such a marvelous girl and a super candle lighter.

Have a Great Week, J.S

(214-783-0443)

Memories of a tremendous wedding with Vika and Austin.

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.

Says Emma, "See you next week, Everybody."
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Reminder for Sunday, August 27, 2017, Ordinary Time
ByRosemary August 23, 2017
Suiting up is a team effort with Rosemary & Mike helping Leo.

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

Time: 9:30; Celebrate with the Community & Stack

Place: Sigler Elementary, 1400 Janwood Drive, Plano, TX 75075

A final kiss from mom and we are ready to go.

Readings:

Isaiah 22, 19-23,    I will pull you down from your station.

Psalm 138, Lord, your love is eternal; do not forsake the work of your hands (one of the best psalms on gratitude)

Roman s 11, 33-36, How unsearchable his ways.

Matthew 16, 13-20, You are Peter and upon this rock I will build my church.

Hue takes time out from his radio station every week to handle our sound.

Community Activities:

ROMEO MEET: Friday, August 25, Jason's Deli, Collin Creek Mall, west side of Central, 1:00. Welcome all wakos, you will fit right in.

JULIET LUNCHEON, (aka.,just us ladies into eating together), September 1, Friday

Hi Everyone,

Maybe it will be a little cooler when we get together for Lunch Friday, September 1^st at 12:30 at YE Shire Tavern 3600 Shire Blvd. Richardson. Hope everybody can join us for a lot of fun and laughs as we share our summer. Please let me know if you can make it.

Thanks,

Marilyn

972-491-7068

The community goal, keep these characters busy to keep them out of trouble, John & Connie, Denni & Tom, & John.

What is going on in Our Catholic World
1. Rome attacks a good priest/scholar, Corpus, August 11, 1900 words, Download PRIEST PERSECUTED BY ROME
Best Buddies, Ben & his dad Cody.

True?

Don’t do something permanently stupid because you are temporarily upset.

Congratulations, Dee, on walking with that new hip.

See you Sunday.

J.S., 214-783-0443

Yes, this is that crazy group. At least Cathy is off chasing an eclipse instead of abusing the local priest.

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.

Okay, just wake me up when you are finished talking.

Says the lovely Georgie, "Welcome back next week, Everybody."
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Sunday Homily, August 20, 2017, 20th, Ordinary Time
ByRosemary August 20, 2017
Says Ben, "Welcome in, Everybody."

Readings:

Isaiah 56, 1, 6-7, A house of prayer for all peoples.

Psalm 67, Oh God, let all the nations praise you.

Roman s 11, 13-15, 29-32, I am speaking to you Gentiles

Matthew 15, 21-28, My daughter is tormented by a demon.

Likewise, Sydney & Hugh say, "Come right in, Folks."

Isaiah 56 observations:

As soon as you see Isaiah, chapter 56, you know some things, if you are into the study of the Bible and especially of Isaiah, my favorite.
1. Isaiah 56 is Isaiah 3, chapter 56-66, the end of the book of Isaiah.
2. Isaiah 3 is put together after the Babylonian Captivity, that is, around 555 before Christ.
3. The Israelites have returned to Jerusalem, a totally destroyed, depressed city.
4. Therefore, it is plausible to expect Isaiah 3 to be trying to lift up the spirits of the people. This he does, consoling the people with promises of a better time. Note: the better days are conditional on good behavior. Ever think of how our whole redemption story is conditional? Not much unconditional love. In other words, if you want my love and favor, behave.
Sez Leo, "I am ready, let's go!"

Goofy Myths

This morning I would like to talk about myths, wako beliefs, and superstitions. Myths are human efforts to explain the unexplainable, like what happens to me after death, how did the world begin, and when or how is the world going to end.

There could be no better time to talk about myths, because guess what we have tomorrow. An eclipse of the sun. Today we understand what is happening because we have telescopes and an understanding of how objects are moving in space.

It don't get better than this. The Gerwers are here. Brady, Cameron, Casey, Trey, and Reid.

However, long ago the Greeks, to take one example, believed the myth that the eclipse was a sign that the gods were mad and that disaster was about to take place, even the end. The ancient myths held that the eclipse was demon caused and that the eclipse was an evil omen.

Today it still may be believed that the eclipse is a danger to an unborn child and even to the mother. The wisdom, therefore, says ‘don’t get pregnant before an eclipse.

Long time Best Buddies, John & Leo.

The truth in all these myths is that the eclipse is not caused by angry gods, is not a bad omen, disaster is not about to take place, and there is no effect on an unborn child or the mother.

The only truth is that the sun, even a sliver of it, will burn your eyes if you look at it and you will go blind.

Our Candle Man of The Week, Ben.

There are food myths, too, folks. For example, raw carrots are better for you than cooked carrots. Vitamin C wards off colds. Coconut oil is good for your health. Not so to all.

And, of course, the great myth that regular consumption of Blue Bell will cause weight gain. Oops, come to think about it, maybe it is true. Just wishful thinking.

Two more long time Best Buddies, Zoe with her grandfather, Gil

All of this I mention as a way of setting up what I would finally like to touch, the subject of Matthew’s story, the little girl possessed by a demon. For centuries there has been the myth that people, adults and even children, have been possessed by demons. The belief still lives. Despite the movie The Exorcist, this is not true. People are not possessed by demons.

There is a psychological explanation for a person showing these symptoms. There are two ways to explain the situation, disassociation and multiple personality. I have only worked with adults who present symptoms which are really odd behaviors. This is because the person, who has been severely abused as a child presents multiple personalities. One personality may present like a demon, another as a 10 year old child, another as a talented corporate executive.

Two more long time Best Buddies, Mary & Mike.

Apparently I have the ability when I am being hurt to go to an out of body place where I am not hurt. This can lock itself in place.

The people I worked with who had this diagnosis, if they had been told they were demon possessed, awful. And maybe some uneducated priest tried to do an exorcism. This did not help them at all. In fact, they were sure they were condemned. Victimized again.

From Best Buddies to The Best Music, Shonda, Ben, & David.

Therefore, my position is that there is no possession by devils. In fact, there are no devils.

Rosemary says to me, "Why do you want to talk about this subject? My answer, 'To take away or lessen fear.'

We have a God of unconditional love. Believe it?

The Elevation.
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ByRosemary August 20, 2017
Rosemary's Blessing of The Week:

As a dog runs, barks, jumps, and dances

when its happy;

Oh God …

Help us to remember that

You run, bark, jump, and dance for love of us every day.

Carrie reading from The Great Prophet Isaiah 56

Special Thanks to these special people:
- For the Readings: Carrie & Paul
- For The Team: Georgie, Leo & Buddy
- For the Communion Bread: Alison
- For the Special Communion Cups: Cindy & Ken
- For the Pictures: Rick & Rosemary
- For the coffee and extras: John & Jackie
- For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue
- For the Music: Shonda & Ben & David
- For all who helped with Communion
Paul reading from Romans.

Anniversaries:

Bernadette & Gilbert (52^nd, Monday)

Rosemary reading her Blessing of The Week.

Please Remember these special people

For Judy Carrell; Mike's swollen knee; For the Urbanczyk family; For Connie Bresson's mom; For Carol's recuperation;   For Tom Good; For Dee and her daughter, Lisa; For John Schanot's continued recuperation; For Nadia's recuperation; For Geri's nephew, Martin Calabrese and Martins' family; For a young man who is suffering from depression; For Claire's mom; For Cliff & Jean; For Rosemary's niece, Beth and her partner, Sarah with cancer; For Laura's sister Claudia; For Dawn; John Simari’s friend, Ron; For Anthony & Sabrina; For John & Jean's son John Louis; For our good friend Kay in Ontario; For Rose's daughter in law Jamie

52 years Married??!! Yes. Congratulations, Bern & Gil.

For Rosemary's sister, Patty and her husband, Lou; For Cathy's uncle, Jim Wright at 92; For Connie's nephew, Fred; For Mary Jane Stevenson's son Philip, 34, sick & don't know why; For Maureen’s daughter, Kathleen, with cancer; For Jackie's friend, Barbara, plus Angela & her mom; For Sr. Patricia Otillio, a nun I worked with for years in Grand Coteau; John Cade's mother in law, Kalliopi Piskiouli; for Franks brother with advanced Parkinsons; For Steve Barrett, Rose, & Katie;

Thanks, Ben, for being an excellent Candle Lighter of The Week.

Dick Thompson's daughter, Teri Jill, and Judy's aging parents; Barb & Warren's grandbabies, Leighton Elizabeth and Warren Phillip and Ethan Michel, & their friend Chris, plus Barb's Annie & Kaitlen;

The Wedding of the Week: Vika, our dearest Russian born Jew, escorted by her parents, Sasha and Inna.

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 Mary Ellen; For a number of David McKeon's family who are having a rough time with health issues; for our friends, sons, and daughters in the military, including Ryan McClurg and Chebino; cure for autism from Laura Chollick; for our President.

Welcome, Everybody. Austin Good, the marvelous groom, I have known for 25 years and, in fact, some years ago did the wedding for his big brother, Nick, Austin's Best Man, in the right of the picture

Your Finances, August 20, 2017

Expenses: $1445.00

Outreach: $ 795.00

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

Vika and Austin exchange their vows.

Have a Great Week, J.S

(214-783-0443)

Following an ancient Jewish marriage custom, Austin stomps on a wine glass wrapped in a napkin. The custom certainly seems to refer back to the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem. Then multiple interpretations come up. I chose the idea that the couple celebrates how all of our ancestors have navigated the broken glass in their lives and says to the couple that they, too, because of being a couple, will navigate successfully the broken glass in their own lives.

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.

Vika with Austin, her parents, and her aunt & uncle
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Reminder for Sunday, August 20, 2017, 20th Ordinary Time, cycle A
ByRosemary August 16, 2017
"Welcome, Everybody, even the pastry shoppe is open, yippee!," say Harper, Tori, and Emma

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

Time: 9:30; Celebrate with the Community & Stack

Place: Sigler Elementary, 1400 Janwood Drive, Plano, TX 75075

Ready, Leo? Ready

Readings:

Isaiah 56, 1, 6-7, A house of prayer for all peoples.

Psalm 67, Oh God, let all the nations praise you.

Roman s 11, 13-15, 29-32, I am speaking to you Gentiles

Matthew 15, 21-28, My daughter is tormented by a demon.

Leo flying solo for a little while until Buddy gets here.

Community Activities:

ROMEO MEET: Friday, August 18, Jason's Deli, Collin Creek Mall, west side of Central, 1:00. Welcome all wakos, you will fit right in.

JULIET LUNCHEON, (aka.,just us ladies into eating together), Off for the summer. We will be back in September.

Good Morning, Nikki & Mary. Where is my little buddy, Seth?

What is going on in Our Catholic World
1. Catholic Church imploding, Commonweal & Corpus, July 31, 1500 words,
Minor Elevation.

True?

100 years ago everyone owned a horse and only the rich had cars. Today everyone has cars and only the rich own horses.

The Dinsmore girls, Donna, Darbianna, and Dana (a wicked biker so I hear).

See you Sunday.

J.S., 214-783-0443

Please remember Judy Carrell, who was rushed to the hospital Tuesday evening with heart flutters. She is home and okay as of Wednesday evening.

The Best Music, Shonda, Ben, & David

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.

Say Zoe and Harper, "See you next week, Everybody."
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Homilies

Sunday Homily, August 13, 2017, 19th, Ordinary Time
ByRosemary August 13, 2017

Sez Tori, "Welcome in, Everybody."

Readings:

1 Kings 19, 9, 11-13, After the fire there was a tiny whispering sound.

Psalm 85,   Lord, let us see your kindness and grant us your salvation.

Roman 9, 1-5, I speak the truth in Christ, I do not lie.

Matthew 14, 22-33, Storm at sea & Peter walking on the water.

Harper likewise, sez, "Come in, Folks."

Observations on 1 Kings

What: 1 Kings is the 3rd book in a 4 book set which includes 1 & 2 Samuel and 1 & 2 Kings. The first chapters of 1 Kings is all about the great Solomon, the son of the great king David. With Solomon's death the kingdom split into north and south. Elijah the prophet condemns this. He is our subject this morning.

Leo, today you really begin the job of being an altar helper. We'll make it fun.



Tiny Whispering Sounds

This morning I would like to talk about the tiny whispering sounds and propose that they take place often, even daily, both outside of us, and also inside of us.

I want to begin with a story about our dearest Jackie Urbanczyk, who is a spirit whisperer for me and whose memorial we celebrated yesterday at Hackberry Creek Country Club Las Colinas. Over 200 people celebrated this lady.

Emma, our delightful Candle Lighter of the Week, at work.

Story #1. 15 or 20 years ago we had a Father’s Day party at Jackie & Rick’s house. It was an annual party we had for the men’s group that met in my little Jesuit office every other Thursday night or so to give the 20 guys who showed a chance to share the blessings of their weeks or the difficulties. We all sat on the floor, backs against the wall. The party took place after the Masses I did at St. Marks.

As I remember, things were going along normal, lunch, talking with wives and even kids. It was super. We would usually end up with everybody circling up and sharing the blessing of the year.

Leo and Buddy, it is so fun having you up here to help out.

Suddenly I get clobbered with a water balloon. Rick & Jackie had two awful little girls whom I loved. It had to be them. Time goes on and I get hit again and I spot the villain, Kristen, no less.

So what did I expect? I expected that Jackie would tell Kristin that you cannot throw water balloons at the holy priest. Dream on, Stack. She was even enjoying it.

Shonda, Ben, and David, can it get any better than this!

I’ll always love her for that. Jackie’s whisper to Kristin was that it was okay to throw water balloons at that priest guy. A spirit whisper to her daughter.

Maybe 3 years ago Jackie came home from being declared cancer free. Rick had gathered a small group for a surprise party and Jackie danced in the driveway. Then the symptoms returned.

Rick Urbanczyk opens the Memorial for his dearest wife, Jackie.

This past Christmas Eve Mass Jackie looked terrific. I was so happy for her.   Two months later at our Sunday Mass I saw her and knew.

Shonda & David provided music for Jackie's Memorial, along with Becka, a niece.

Let me give you an example of an inner spirit whisper. Not always one I want to hear

The scene is Hy-Vee grocery store in Spencer, Iowa, dinner time and hundreds of bikers are pouring in, buying dinners, looking for seats anywhere in the dining area, which seats maybe 50 to 75 people.

David & I are seated side by side at a small 4 person table. Across from us is a big guy from Iowa and a long haired hippy kind of guy from Spokane. Both really nice guys, especially Grant the hippy. The room is packed and people are searching for empty seats.

The venue for the Memorial was the Hackberry Country Club in Las Colinas. Over 200 filled the ball room.

I suddenly hear the little whispering sound. “It is David’s 32^nd wedding anniversary this very night. What are you going to do, buddy? How about standing up and telling everybody to cheer for David? ” I try to shut this whisper up   But, no it keeps up and I suspect I will feel guilty if I do nothing. Time is slipping away. I try to focus on our conversations to no avail.

Finally, knowing that I will hate myself if I let the opportunity to pass, I jump up and yell, “Hey Everybody (I have to yell out about 3 times to get everybody’s attention), my buddy David is celebrating 32 years of marriage right here with us this evening.” The place goes crazy and everybody yells and claps.

Two old pros, as of today. Good work, Buddy & Leo. I love working with you both.

I’ll tell you, I hate those tiny whispering sounds inside my head. They get me out of bed at 4:00 on cold mornings to go to the J. They tell me that that second chocolate chip cookie is a no, no.   And you don’t need that second glass of red wine.

Ever hear that tiny whispering sound in your head? What does it tell you?

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ByRosemary August 13, 2017
Rosemary's Blessing of The Week:

Lord …

Help us to hear your voice …

In the quiet, in the storm, and in each other.

Help us to share your words …

In loving and caring for ourselves and each other.

John reading from 1 Kings.

Special Thanks to these special people:
- For the Readings: John & Connie
- For The Team: Leo & Buddy
- For the Communion Bread: Alison
- For the Special Communion Cups: Jan
- For the Pictures: Rick & Rosemary
- For the coffee and extras: John & Jackie
- For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue
- For the Music: Shonda & Ben & David
- For all who helped with Communion
Connie reading from Romans.

Birthdays: Marlene (Wednesday) & Rose Banzhaf (Tuesday), & Carrie (last week)

Rosemary reading her Blessing of The Week.

Anniversaries:

Ryan McClurg & Grace (4^th, Wednesday)

John & Jean O’Donnell (59^th, Wednesday

Dearest Emma, thanks for being our most delightful Candle Lighter of The Week.

Please Remember these special people

For the Urbanczyk family; For Connie Bresson's mom; For Carol's recuperation;   For Tom Good; For Dee and her daughter, Lisa; For John Schanot's continued recuperation; For Nadia's recuperation; For Geri's nephew, Martin Calabrese and Martins' family; For a young man who is suffering from depression; For Claire's mom; For Cliff & Jean; For Rosemary's niece, Beth and her partner, Sarah with cancer; For Laura's sister Claudia; For Dawn; John Simari’s friend, Ron; For Anthony & Sabrina; For John & Jean's son John Louis; For our good friend Kay in Ontario; For Rose's daughter in law Jamie

Happy Birthday, Dear Carrie, a week late. However, I saved that cupcake for you from last week (not really).

For Rosemary's sister, Patty and her husband, Lou; For Cathy's uncle, Jim Wright at 92; For Connie's nephew, Fred; For Mary Jane Stevenson's son Philip, 34, sick & don't know why; For Maureen’s daughter, Kathleen, with cancer; For Jackie's friend, Barbara, plus Angela & her mom; For Sr. Patricia Otillio, a nun I worked with for years in Grand Coteau; John Cade's mother in law, Kalliopi Piskiouli; for Franks brother with advanced Parkinsons; For Steve Barrett, Rose, & Katie;

Thanks, David, for helping with the Jackie Memorial, for riding with me at Ragbrai, and finally for your 32nd Anniversary.

Dick Thompson's daughter, Teri Jill, and Judy's aging parents; Barb & Warren's grandbabies, Leighton Elizabeth and Warren Phillip and Ethan Michel, & their friend Chris, plus Barb's Annie & Kaitlen;

Donna, this is for you, too, on that 32nd Anniversary. Plus, you have two persuasive daughters who voted for you.

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 Mary Ellen; For a number of David McKeon's family who are having a rough time with health issues; for our friends, sons, and daughters in the military, including Ryan McClurg and Chebino; cure for autism from Laura Chollick; for our President.

Patricia and Marilyn, I see that you two know sign language. Nice!

Your Finances, August 13, 2017

Expenses: $995.00

Outreach: $470.00

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

Say Carol and Patricia, See you all next week.

Have a Great Week, 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.
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Reminder for Sunday, August 13, 2017, Ordinary Time
ByRosemary August 9, 2017
"Welcome in, Everybody."

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

Time: 9:30; Celebrate with the Community & Stack

Place: Sigler Elementary, 1400 Janwood Drive, Plano, TX 75075

Emma writing on Kevin's card.

Readings:

1 Kings 19, 9, 11-13, After the fire there was a tiny whispering sound.

Psalm 85, Lord, let us see your kindness and grant us your salvation.

Roman 9, 1-5, I speak the truth in Christ, I do not lie.

Matthew 14, 22-33, Storm at sea & Peter walking on the water.

Harper writing on Kevin's card with Cathy's help.

Community Activities:

ROMEO MEET: Friday, August 11, Jason's Deli, Collin Creek Mall, west side of Central, 1:00. Welcome all wakos, you will fit right in.

JULIET LUNCHEON, (aka.,just us ladies into eating together), Off for the summer. We will be back in September.

With Peighton leading the parade, Ron & Barb, Lynda & Tom

Jackie Urbanczyk's Memorial: August 12, Saturday, 12:00-3:00, Hackberry Creek Country Club, 1901 WEST Royal Lane, Irving, TX, Welcome everybody.

Directions can be found on the website of:

Hackberry Creek Country Club at hackberrycreekcc.com

Look for DIRECTIONS under the “ABOUT the CLUB” tab on the bottom left corner of the page.

Our rookie first round selection, Leo, with vets Kevin (retiring to go to college), Georgie, and Buddy.

What is going on in Our Catholic World
1. Catholic Church imploding, Commonweal & Corpus, July 31, 1500 words, Download CHURCH IMPLOSION 8-10-17,
Madame Mayor of New Hampton, one of our numerous beautiful pass through towns. One of my favorites.

True?

Did you ever notice: The Roman Numerals for forty (40) are XL.

Picnic, anybody? Like in the shade? Primghar, Iowa, town center park around mid-day, pop. 876!

See you Sunday.

J.S., 214-783-0443

Tent City. Hope you know the number of your tent. There are provisioning companies who have tents, showers, tent set up and take down, and meals. Cost a couple of thousand.

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.

Porto potties are everywhere and mobbed usually (entrance to these on the left side). Then there are the corn fields.

Victorian Beauty #1, Decorah, Iowa, a pass through town, one of David's favorites.

Victorian Beauty #2, Spencer, Iowa, our #2 overnight town.
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Special Information on Jackie’s Memorial
ByRosemary August 7, 2017

Jackie Urbanczyk's Memorial: August 12, Saturday, 12:00-3:00, Hackberry Creek Country Club, 1901 WEST Royal Lane, Irving, TX,

Welcome everybody.

Directions can be found on the website of:

Hackberry Creek Country Club at hackberrycreekcc.com

Look for DIRECTIONS under the “ABOUT the CLUB” tab on the bottom left corner of the page.

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Homilies

Sunday Homily, August 6, 2017, Transfiguration
ByRosemary August 6, 2017

Folks, You are witnessing a Changing of The Team, Kevin's last formal day, Leo's first formal day.

Readings:

Daniel 7, 9-10, 13-14, His dominion is an everlasting dominion

Psalm 97,   The Lord is King, the Most High over all the earth.

2 Peter 1, 16-19, This is my son with whom I am well pleased.

Matthew 17, 1-9, The Transfiguration.

Even our Special Greeter, Genevieve, is back to honor her brother Leo.

Observations on Daniel

Who : a prophet foretelling better times. Daniel is the hero, not the author, who is unknown.

Time: Babylonian captivity the scene, but put together ca. 160 before Christ during another persecution.

Subject: Dreams foretelling better times.

Today: A dream in which a great leader will come and rule with peace.

Can you find a brighter smile than that anywhere! Peighton says, "Hi, Folks, Welcome.

Transfigurations Today

This morning I would like to talk about transfigurations today and propose that this phenomenon can be almost a daily experience. Transfiguration moments create greater peace of heart, gratitude, and humility.

Guess where I saw this recently. Yes, I had a whole week of transfigurations last week in Iowa riding my bike across that state along with 15 thousand other riders.

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I have three example of how I was touched by the beauty of nature, of people, and the beauty of trust.

So, one morning about 6:30 I was pulling out of one of our first overnight towns, probably Spenser. I was one of hundreds of bikers all heading into the coming sunrise. The sky was crystal clear blue and there was ground fog. On either side of us were green contoured corn fields and soy beans.

After pedaling all week for ca. 500 miles, I find it overwhelming to come over a hill and look down suddenly on this marvelous, enormous Mississippi.

At one point we were climbing a gentle rise and curving slightly to the left. I could see a mile ahead and what I saw was the silhouettes of the riders in the fog against the brightness of the coming sunrise. It was breath taking. I was just so happy to be alive and where I was, riding my bike. A transfiguration moment of beauty. A moment of greater peace, gratitude, and humility.

Secondly, people. Picture this. It is time to eat dinner in about the 4^th or 5^th overnight town. I choose to go to the Methodist church for scalloped potatoes, ham, a salad, and desert for $10, all you can eat. I was looking for lasagna, but could not find it.

We pass through beautiful rolling fields of corn & soy beans, gorgeous sun rises with early morning ground fog, even a national park with serious climbs & descents. Arriving at this extraordinary, ancient river just takes my breath away.

So I walk in the side door, buy my ticket, and descend to the basement where they are serving and there are whole bunches of long tables, almost all full. I find a seat in the middle of one of those tables, across from another older guy like me. We get talking and the usual question comes out fairly quickly, “Where you from?’ Turns out he is from Iowa and very friendly. At this point the people on both sides of us finish, leave, and they are replace by 4 guys & women on each side.

The question gets asked and Michigan & out west all are represented. One of the new guys even asks me how many Ragbrais I’ve ridden, the second most common question. And, then, ‘How old are you.”

Hungry for the salad/dessert bar at Hy-Vee grocery & food court? Leave your bike, your helmet, and your gloves, all unlocked. Don't forget where you leave your bike. Return in an hour, all will be awaiting you. Incidentally, poor Hy-Vee was completely overwhelmed with the tidal wave of bikers who came through their doors. Even bikers pitched in to help bus tables (like yours truly).

That causes a ruckus.   Lots of congratulations and compliments.

This was a people transfiguration. I came out of there not only with a good meal, but also a sense of greater peace, hope in the goodness of people, and humility.

Thirdly, a trust transfiguration. I have two favorite vendors in Iowa, a grocery store called Hy-Vee and a 7-11 type convenience store called Casey’s. Casey’s has the best & cheapest coffee in the morning. They are in every village.

A small piece of advice especially to first trippers, Do not ever forget where you have parked your bike.

Let's say you find your bike. Next question, Can you extricate it from the tangle of other bikes. They are usually hitched to cables running the length of the main street of each little village.

Hy-Vee has great, all you can eat salad bars for $9. Trouble is, Hy-Vee is only in the larger villages. We had 2, Spenser & Orange City. You want to get something at one of these places? Just ride up, find a place to park your bike, go in, spend 15 minutes or 60, come out, and your bike & helmet await you. Nothing is stolen.

A trust transfiguration.

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The Old Pro and The Rookie, Two Winners.

A bonus transfiguration.   As a Jesuit I was challenged by the goal of the Renaissance man. The man is well rounded, intellectually, spiritually, and physically. I found one.

Intellectually the guy is not only a chemical engineer. He is a car mechanic.   He plays the piano. He is into model trains & camping. Spiritually he is solid. Physically he is a dynamo biker. All of this & more I discovered about our own David Dinsmore.

Where do you find your transfiguration moments?   The last one?

A Renaissance Man, David Dinsmore.

Read More Sunday Homily, August 6, 2017, Transfiguration