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Reminder for Sunday, July 9, 2017, 14th, Ordinary Time
ByRosemary July 5, 2017
Welcome home, Wendy!

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

Kevin, our Candle Man of The Week

Readings:

Zacheriah 9, 9-10, He shall proclaim peace to the nations.

Psalm 145,   I will praise your name forever, my king and my God.

Romans 8, 9, 11-13, You are not in the flesh (?). You are in the spirit.

Matthew 11, 25-30, All creation is groaning in labor pains.

A cupcake for Rocco.

Community Activities:

ROMEO MEET: Friday, July 7, 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), For July,  TBA

The Refreshment Queen (and her helper) for the July 4 Preston Hollow Parade and Picnic. Ready for the onslought. 20 dozen donut holes gone in a flash.

What is going on in Our Catholic World
1. New group of different Cardinals, National Catholic Reporter, June 28, 555 words, Download NEW CARDINALS 7-6-17
Let the parade begin. All bikes & trikes & dogs welcome.

True?

"Every single day, we need to choose hope over fear, and diversity over division.
Fear has never fed a family nor created a single job.
And those who exploit it will never solve the problems that have created such anxiety."

– Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
in address to UN

From Louise Penny's July Newsletter

Little cars welcome, too.

See you Sunday.

J.S., 214-783-0443

Even trains are welcome.

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.

Peace, Everybody.
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Homilies

Sunday Homily, July 2, 2017, 13th Ordinary Time, cycle A
ByRosemary July 2, 2017

"Welcome in, Everybody," say Alison. She will take your order for communion.

Readings:

2 Kings 4, 8-11, 14-16, This time next year you will have a baby son.

Psalm 89,   Forever I will sing the goodness of the Lord.

Romans 6, 3-4, 8-11, You, too must think of yourselves as living for God.

Matthew 10, 37-42, Whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

Rocco, too, says, "Hi, Everybody."

July 4, 1776, Declaration of Independence signed.

50^th anniversary, July 4, 1826: two signers of the Declaration died, the only 2 to serve as presidents, and mutual friends, Thomas Jefferson & John Adams (excellent source, David McCullough’s John Adams).

She's back, Folks, and better than ever. Welcome home, Wendy!

Happy July 4

It is July 4 time and I would like to talk this morning about why I am happy to be an American. I was sharing my ideas with Rosemary, an advantage to being a married priest (or maybe not), and she said, “Can’t you find reasons a little more dramatic, a little more universal?” So, my reasons are just my own homey variety.

I do claim a certain unique perspective because of living in East Africa for 10 years. I admit there were a few occasions when I was grateful I had the American embassy as a refuge in case I got into some trouble. I can certainly remember looking at the American flag flying over the embassy in Nairobi, Kenya and being grateful and thinking, ‘Yes, that’s my country.”

Wow, I forget how good and beautiful you are, Wendy.

So, here are 3 reasons why I am delighted to be an American this summer. Natural beauty and people beauty with two parts.

First, the natural beauty. There certainly are beautiful places in East Africa, for instance. Like Kilimanjaro, which I climbed 5 times & the Serengeti game park. Likewise, in Italy, the Amalfi Coast, Cinque Terre, even Rome.

Welcome, Tim, so good to have you with us.

In the States we have the Rockies of CO, Grand Canyon, the beaches, like Hilton Head. For me, there is nothing better than Yosemite.   But, you say, I live in Dallas. Beware there is natural beauty here, too. Try White Rock Lake, try the White Rock Creek trail. Rosemary & I ride this trail weekly and I wonder lately, ‘Am I truly in Dallas,’ it is so wild and wooded. It has been especially beautiful the past couple of months because of the frequent rain.

I do believe trouble is brewing in that corner again. Just look at her face.

In Plano what about the Oak Point Park. Is this really Dallas? I just discovered Oak Point last year when the Collin Classic bike tour began there.

I love the natural beauty we have in America.

Healing and life for Sandra.

Then there is the people beauty.   Don’t laugh. I propose the trustworthiness of people.

Want to see an amazing phenomenon?   Park yourself on a corner of one of the small towns we will pass through in three weeks on the bike rally through Iowa. You will see maybe more than a thousand bikes hitched to parking cables and lying on the ground, not one with a lock.

I park in front of a grocery store, put my helmet on the handle bar, walk in, get what I want, maybe an all you can eat meal for $10 (like lasagna), and return to my unlocked bike.

I love our ride through Iowa every July. Only about 12 – 15 thousand riders. Of all sorts.

Welcome home healing and life for Grace.

Want to see another phenomenon? The hospitality of people. Join me to ride the Hotter ‘n Hell Hundred the end of August.   There are 10 rest stops, like every 10 miles. Each stop is loaded with bushels of volunteers overflowing with hospitality.

I have my two favorites, 30 and 75. At the 30 mile there is a group of elderly ladies (maybe many younger than I) who personally bake dozens of 6 varieties of cookies. They positively blow me away and every year I tell them they are my favorite stop of all.

Would someone please go and sit with Sir Charlie.

I will meet new rest stops this August because last year after the 100 miles when I was dead tired, Rosemary got me to agree to ride the 50 miles with her and have a dinner together on the way home. This spring I tried to renegotiate this deal with Rosemary, and she said, "Too bad, Cowboy, you agreed and you are stuck."

Offertory with Mike & Jean & Judy & John.

What are you proud about this year?

Happy July 4.

Read More Sunday Homily, July 2, 2017, 13th Ordinary Time, cycle A
Announcements

Announcements
ByRosemary July 2, 2017
Rosemary's Blessing of The Week:

Lord

May we never take our freedom for granted

and help us to strive so that this same freedom

may be experienced by everyone in our country,

especially the poor and the oppressed,

and eventually by all humankind.

Andrew Greeley A Book of Irish American Blessings and Prayers

Mike reading from 2 Kings.

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

Birthdays: Carol Eschelbrenner (Wednesday), Brent (45, Thursday), Kim Crossk (Friday), Paul Bieda, 56, & Angie Stryker, 5 (both Saturday)

Anniversaries:

Jan & Sir Charlie, (55^th, Wednesday)

Note: invitation.   Carol invites everyone to her Birthday Party this Saturday, 1:00-5:00, July 8, 10525 Musketball, McKinney. Let's celebrate a birthday!

Rosemary reading her Blessing of The Week.

Please Remember these special people:

For Grace's mom who died Thursday a week ago; For Jackie Urbanczyk; 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 a young man who is suffering from depression; For Claire's mom; For Cliff & Jean; 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;

Happy 55th, You Crazies! Jan, I don't know how you do it.

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; The Quinn’s granddaughter, Mikayla;   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;

Brent, you finally arrived. You got a cupcake. Happy Birthday.

Dick Thompson's daughter, Teri Jill, and Judy's aging parents & daughter of her best friend, Mekala plus her baby, and Stephanie, and Barbara; Barb & Warren's grandbabies, Leighton Elizabeth and Warren Phillip and Ethan Michel, & their friend Chris, plus Barb's dad & niece & Annie & Kyler & Kaitlen;

Richard, you can save that cupcake for Carol's big party Saturday afternoon. We'll help her eat it.

Tom and Teresa Quinn's niece, Chawna, with cancer, 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.

Kevin, after helping all the kids to light the candles, today you scored. You get the cupcake & thanks for all you do.

Your Finances, July 2, 2017

Expenses: $765.00

Outreach: $405.00

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

Welcome in, Sheena & Rocco & Wendy (sisters).

Have a Great Week, J.S

(214-783-0443)

The Best, Wendy & Ben.

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 in, Tim. You were unanimously elected to get the last cupcake.
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Reminder for Sunday, July 2,2017, 13th, Ordinary Time (& July 4)
ByRosemary June 28, 2017
Guess who is asleep! Good Morning, Seth.

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

Buddy says, "Look at me, Seth. I am awake and you can do this, too."

Readings:

2 Kings 4, 8-11, 14-16, This time next year you will have a baby son.

Psalm 89,   Forever I will sing the goodness of the Lord.

Romans 6, 3-4, 8-11, You, too must think of yourselves as living for God.

Matthew 10, 37-42, Whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

Do those people not look guilty?? Just look at those faces. Something is cooking with those three, like usual.

Community Activities:

ROMEO MEET: Friday, June 30, 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), For July,  TBA

The team with the best helpers.

What is going on in Our Catholic World
1. The laity to help choose local bishop, National Catholic Reporter, June 16, 400 words, Download LAITY CHOOSING BISHOPS 6-29-17
Thanks for doing the offertory, John & Karen, Becky & Tom.

True?

The 'Middle Wife' by an Anonymous 2nd grade teacher:

I've been teaching now for about fifteen years. I have two kids
myself, but the best birth story I know is the one I saw in my own
second grade classroom a few years back.

When I was a kid, I loved show-and-tell. So I always have a few
sessions with my students. It helps them get over shyness and usually,
show-and-tell is pretty tame. Kids bring in pet turtles, model
airplanes, pictures of fish they catch, stuff like that. And I never,
ever place any boundaries or limitations on them. If they want to lug
it in to school and talk about it, they're welcome.

Well, one day this little girl, Erica, a very bright, very outgoing
kid,takes her turn and waddles up to the front of the class with a
pillow stuffed under her sweater.

She holds up a snapshot of an infant. 'This is Luke, my baby brother,
and I'm going to tell you about his birthday.'

Healing for Frank.

'First, Mom and Dad made him as a symbol of their love, and then Dad
put a seed in my Mom's stomach, and Luke grew in there. He ate for
nine months through an umbrella cord.'

She's standing there with her hands on the pillow, and I'm trying not
to laugh and wishing I had my camcorder with me. The kids are watching
her in amazement.

'Then, about two Saturdays ago, my Mom starts going, 'Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh!'
Erica puts a hand behind her back and groans. 'She walked around the
house for, like an hour, 'Oh, oh, oh!' (Now this kid is doing a
hysterical duck walk and groaning.)

'My Dad called the middle wife. She delivers babies, but she doesn't
have a sign on the car like the Domino's man. They got my Mom to lie
down in bed like this.' (Then Erica lies down with her back against
the wall.)

'And then, pop! My Mom had this bag of water she kept in there in case
he got thirsty, and it just blew up and spilled all over the bed, like
psshhheew!' (This kid has her legs spread with her little hands miming
water flowing away. It was too much!)

'Then the middle wife starts saying 'push, push,' and 'breathe, breathe.
They started counting, but never even got past ten. Then, all of a
sudden, out comes my brother. He was covered in yucky stuff that they
all said it was from Mom's play-center, so there must be a lot of toys
inside there. When he got out, the middle wife spanked him for
crawling up in there in the first place.'

Then Erica stood up, took a big theatrical bow and returned to her seat.

I'm sure I applauded the loudest. Ever since then, when it's
Show-and-tell day, I bring my camcorder, just in case another 'Middle
Wife' comes along.

Communion for Everybody.

See you Sunday.

J.S., 214-783-0443

"Peace!," from the twins, Victoria and Buddy.

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.

Peace, Everybody.
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Homilies

Homily for June 25, 2017, 12th Ordinary Time, cycle A
ByRosemary June 25, 2017

Asleep again! Seth, you will make a good Catholic. Fall asleep as soon the priest begins. And you are supposed to welcome everybody in today!

Readings:

Jeremiah 20, 10-13, He has rescued the life of the poor from the power of the wicked

Psalm 69,   Lord, in your great love answer me.

Romans 5, 12-15, Through one man sin entered the world.

Matthew 10, 26-33, Fear no one.

"Hi, Everybody," says Tori, "Welcome in." Nice, Tori.

Jeremiah observations–

What:  I think Jeremiah is my second favorite O.T. prophet, behind Isaiah, mostly because he makes whining and complaining into an art form. I need to take lessons from him. Not that he did not have enough to complain about. Jeremiah is one of the Big 3 with Isaiah and Ezekiel. He is called the ‘broken hearted prophet.’ Here is why.

Time:  Jeremiah lived and prophesied in Jerusalem around 600 before Christ. Why is this important? It is some 50 years before the Babylonian Captivity. Jeremiah had a heart rending life predicting punishment of death and destruction for the Hebrews for their sinful, selfish ways. Jeremiah predicted disaster, and disaster came in the person of Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon-Bagdad.

He may have been ultimately killed by the Hebrews.

Today:  Jeremiah is in top form.

Zoe, too, says, "Come in Folks." Zoe, you make a delightful hostess.

Fear No One

I would like to talk this morning about one line that struck me in the readings, fear no one. A pretty powerful idea.

Last Monday there was an editorial in The Dallas Morning News that talked about the Smith family of Trenton, NJ. This family, all 8 of them, all black, about a year ago won the Powerball Jackpot of $429 million.

The best music, Katie & Ben. Katie, it is so nice to have you back.

Woopee, new house, a mansion, new cars, an exotic vacation, all the best? Right? Wrong. The Smiths decided to invest a large portion of their winning in the fight to help others overcome poverty in Trenton. They set up a foundation, smithfamilyfoundation.com.

They particularly focused on improving the lives of children and families through education, job training, and neighborhood development. Their slogan is the well known, don’t give the person a fish, teach the person to fish.

Our Candle Lighter of The Week, Buddy

The Smiths say they have lived as children in the ghetto with poverty. Their parents, however, impressed upon them the value of getting educated to find success. This they have done. The Powerball winning is an extra bonus they want to use to help others up.

The Smith family exemplifies for me the unconditional nature of God’s love for us. The gospel says fear no one. Who is the one many of us grew up fearing? For me, God. To get to where I am now I had to tune out the messages about a conditionally loving God and focus on the people in my life who were like the Smiths. We all have had these people or we would not be here today.

Communion for those who will serve the Community.

Whom, if anybody, do you fear?

Read More Homily for June 25, 2017, 12th Ordinary Time, cycle A
Announcements

Announcements
ByRosemary June 25, 2017
Rosemary's Blessing of The Week:

We thank you for the turning of the seasons

and the long days and the short nights,

for blessing us with summertime,

with sunlight and heat, and with sand and surf.

Grant that we may use well our summer respite

for rest and recreation and recollection

and protect us and all those we love this summer.

Andrew N Greeley A Book of Irish American Blessings and Prayers

John reading from Jeremiah.

Special Thanks to these special people:
- For the Readings: John & Mary Jane
- For The Team: Kevin & Buddy & Georgie
- For the Communion Bread: Alison
- For the Special Communion Cups: Jan
- For the Pictures: Alison, Mike, & Rick
- For the coffee and extras: Becky & Tom
- For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue
- For the Music: and Ben & Katie
- For all who helped with Communion
Mary Jane reading from Romans.

Birthdays: Rick Urbanczyk (65 Tuesday), Harper (6, Wednesday), Candice Porter (Thursday)

Anniversaries:

Jackie & Rick Urbanczyk (42, Tuesday)

Rosemary reading her Blessing of the Week.

Please Remember these special people:

For Grace's mom who died Thursday a week ago; For Jackie Urbanczyk; 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 a young man who is suffering from depression; For Claire's mom; For Cliff & Jean; 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;

Thanks, Buddy, for all you do for us and especially today for lighting the candles.

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; The Quinn’s granddaughter, Mikayla;   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;

Ben, can we trust you with this birthday cupcake. Remember it is for Candice, your wife. I will check with her next week to see if the poor girl got a bite.

Dick Thompson's daughter, Teri Jill, and Judy's aging parents & daughter of her best friend, Mekala plus her baby, and Stephanie, and Barbara; Barb & Warren's grandbabies, Leighton Elizabeth and Warren Phillip and Ethan Michel, & their friend Chris, plus Barb's dad & niece & Annie & Kyler & Kaitlen;

So sorry, Brent, we are again all out of cupcakes. However, as a consolation, please accept our little monthly check of $2000 for the marvelous Souls Harbor. A capital campaign is on to collect 1.7 mil. to replace the old, run down 65 bed facility with a 100 bed facility. August 24, at the Mockingbird Angelica there will be a special movie supporting the Souls Harbor campaign. Welcome.

Tom and Teresa Quinn's niece, Chawna, with cancer, 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.

The coffee shoppe & patisserie is opening. Better hurry to get ahead of the little mice.

Your Finances, June 25, 2017

Expenses: $1675.00

Outreach: $ 650.00

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

A marvelous community.

Have a Great Week, J.S

(214-783-0443)

Tom you look so good with your hair back & I am sure Becky agrees.

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.

Wow, Everybody, Seth is awake. Sez, Seth, "That old guy is finished & I am out of here, yippee!"
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Reminder for Sunday, June 25, 2017, 12th Ordinary Time, cycle A
ByRosemary June 21, 2017
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

Readings:

Jeremiah 20, 10-13, He has rescued the life of the poor from the power of the wicked

Psalm 69,   Lord, in your great love answer me.

Romans 5, 12-15, Through one man sin entered the world.

Matthew 10, 26-33, Fear no one.

Community Activities:

ROMEO MEET: Friday, June 30, 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), For July,  TBA

What is going on in Our Catholic World
1. The vanishing parish priest, The Tablet, June 7, 800 words,
True?

The 'Middle Wife' by an Anonymous 2nd grade teacher:

I've been teaching now for about fifteen years. I have two kids
myself, but the best birth story I know is the one I saw in my own
second grade classroom a few years back.

When I was a kid, I loved show-and-tell. So I always have a few
sessions with my students. It helps them get over shyness and usually,
show-and-tell is pretty tame. Kids bring in pet turtles, model
airplanes, pictures of fish they catch, stuff like that. And I never,
ever place any boundaries or limitations on them. If they want to lug
it in to school and talk about it, they're welcome.

Well, one day this little girl, Erica, a very bright, very outgoing
kid,takes her turn and waddles up to the front of the class with a
pillow stuffed under her sweater.

She holds up a snapshot of an infant. 'This is Luke, my baby brother,
and I'm going to tell you about his birthday.'

'First, Mom and Dad made him as a symbol of their love, and then Dad
put a seed in my Mom's stomach, and Luke grew in there. He ate for
nine months through an umbrella cord.'

She's standing there with her hands on the pillow, and I'm trying not
to laugh and wishing I had my camcorder with me. The kids are watching
her in amazement.

'Then, about two Saturdays ago, my Mom starts going, 'Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh!'
Erica puts a hand behind her back and groans. 'She walked around the
house for, like an hour, 'Oh, oh, oh!' (Now this kid is doing a
hysterical duck walk and groaning.)

'My Dad called the middle wife. She delivers babies, but she doesn't
have a sign on the car like the Domino's man. They got my Mom to lie
down in bed like this.' (Then Erica lies down with her back against
the wall.)

'And then, pop! My Mom had this bag of water she kept in there in case
he got thirsty, and it just blew up and spilled all over the bed, like
psshhheew!' (This kid has her legs spread with her little hands miming
water flowing away. It was too much!)

'Then the middle wife starts saying 'push, push,' and 'breathe, breathe.
They started counting, but never even got past ten. Then, all of a
sudden, out comes my brother. He was covered in yucky stuff that they
all said it was from Mom's play-center, so there must be a lot of toys
inside there. When he got out, the middle wife spanked him for
crawling up in there in the first place.'

Then Erica stood up, took a big theatrical bow and returned to her seat.

I'm sure I applauded the loudest. Ever since then, when it's
Show-and-tell day, I bring my camcorder, just in case another 'Middle
Wife' comes along.

See you Sunday.

J.S., 214-783-0443

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, June 25, 2017, 12th Ordinary Time, cycle A
Homilies

Homily for June 18, 2017, Fathers’ Day & Corpus Christi
ByRosemary June 18, 2017
Guess who is saying, "Welcome in, Everybody." Would you believe, Zoe & Tori & Harper.

Readings:

Deuteronomy 8, 2-3, 14-16, Do not forget the Lord, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

Psalm 147, Praise the Lord, Jerusalem.

1 Corinthians 10, 16-17, We, though many, are one body.

John 6, 51-58, Eucharist

Likewise, Kevin is ready and says, "Come in, Folks."

Father’s Day History:

Four steps:
1. The Civil War started thinking about a Mother’s Day. Anna Jarvis pushed it ca. 1907 and it was made official in 1914 by President Woodrow Wilson.
2. Monongah, WV mining disaster, 210 fathers killed, Dec. 6, 1907 (just before Christmas & after the Mother’s Day activity). Fairmont, WV. Grace Golden Clayton pushed the idea.
3. Spokane, WA, Sonora Dodd & influence of Mother’s Day. Dodd’s dad had fought in the Civil War and all by himself raised Sonora & her 5 siblings.
4. Pres. LBJ made it special, 1966. Pres. Nixon made it a national holiday, 1972.
Even Buddy, roped up and ready to go says, "Hi, Everybody."

Father’s Day

This morning I would like to talk about Father’s Day, especially from the perspective of one of those special events that happens every now and then. One of those events took place last night.

What happened was that a class I had been a part of at Jesuit as a teacher had a 50^th class reunion at one of the guy’s houses. About 4 other teachers were invited, one of which was a Jesuit friend who likewise had departed and married 37 years ago, as he told Rosemary & me.

Hi, Cody, Hi, Ben. Great to see you, as always.

I loved these guys and I was doubly touched because one of the guys that organized the reunion and who personally invited me was a guy named Frank Hart. I have been like part of his family since I was in 7^th & 8^th grade at Christ the King.

I have mentioned often enough how Frank Sr. was such a positive influence in my last two years at Christ the King, like ’52, ’53, & ’54. He was not just a coach, teacher, and Scout Master. He was a second father.

Here they are, Everybody, Ben's beautiful family, Jack, Sophia, and Camille.

Frank is still alive and Friday afternoons I visit him at a convalescent home where he is just waiting to move to the other side. He sleeps mostly and does not even know me.

Some of you may remember when we planted trees on Marsh Lane from Northwest Hwy. to LBJ, Frank Sr. had a restaurant and invited the whole team to eat at his place after the planting, free.

Would you buy a used car from either of these two characters, Sir Charlie & Gilberto? Like, how about an Edsel? Mint condition?

Some of you also may remember when we finished tree planting on numerous other streets the next few years, the picnic was always catered by a restaurant called Back Country Bar-B-Que. That was Frank, Jr. the son and the former student who invited me & Rosemary to the reunion. 20 years ago or more I performed the marriage between Frank and his wife, Martha.

Just to show those kids I am still an idiot, I had to borrow 5 bucks from Frank to pay the valet parking. We were at the home of Mike McKool, 5 minutes from our house, and neither Rosemary nor I took any money.

Shonda & Ben bringing The Magic.

Rosemary & I heard lots of personal stories. One kid’s experiences in Viet Nam really touched me.

I am not a real father. But I have had the privilege of being nurtured by some good fathers and have tried to nurture some other young guys. Last night some of those once young boys really touched me.

How have you been nurtured by the father figures in your life?

And how have you passed on the nurturing?

Says Sandra, "Happy Father's Day all you guys."
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Announcements

Announcements
ByRosemary June 18, 2017
Rosemary's Blessing of The Week: next week. Check Father's Day Blessing.

Connie reading from Deuteronomy.

Special Thanks to these special people:
- For the Readings: Connie & John
- For The Team: Kevin & Buddy
- For the Communion Bread: Alison
- For the Special Communion Cups: Jan
- For the Pictures: Rosemary & Connie, Mike & Rick
- For the coffee and extras: Becky & Tom
- For the altar & sound: Jackie
- For the Music: Shonda and Ben
- For all who helped with Communion
John reading from 1 Corinthians.

Birthdays: Bernadette (Monday, 72), Harper (6)

Anniversaries:

Barb & Warren (38^th, Sunday)

Shonda & Ben leading the singing.

Please Remember these special people:

For Grace's mom who died Thursday a week ago; For Jackie Urbanczyk; 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 a young man who is suffering from depression; For Claire's mom; For Cliff & Jean; 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;

Thanks, Sophia, for being our Candle Lighter of The Week.

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; The Quinn’s granddaughter, Mikayla;   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 6th Birthday, Harper.

Dick Thompson's daughter, Teri Jill, and Judy's aging parents & daughter of her best friend, Mekala plus her baby, and Stephanie, and Barbara; Barb & Warren's grandbabies, Leighton Elizabeth and Warren Phillip and Ethan Michel, & their friend Chris, plus Barb's dad & niece & Annie & Kyler & Kaitlen;

Jack, what is your momma feeding you? The last time I saw you, you were about as big as your sister, Sophia. Now look at you!.

Tom and Teresa Quinn's niece, Chawna, with cancer, 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.

Happy 38th Anniversary, Barb & Warren.

Your Finances, June 18, 2017

Expenses: $900.00

Outreach: $240.00

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

Welcome Home, Meredith. While you have been going to school and studying, we have been missing you.

Have a Great Week, J.S

(214-783-0443)

Special Blessing for all you guys.

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.

May God bless all you guys with peace and love.
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Reminders

Reminder for Sunday, June 18, 2017, Fathers’ Day & Corpus Christi
ByRosemary June 14, 2017
"Welcome in, Everybody," say Barb & Ron, Tom, Claire & Ray.

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

Our Father.

Readings:

Deuteronomy 8, 2-3, 14-16, Do not forget the Lord, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

Psalm 147,   Praise the Lord, Jerusalem.

1 Corinthians 10, 16-17, We, though many, are one body.

John 6, 51-58,   Eucharist

Full Life Blessing for Emma.

Community Activities:

ROMEO MEET: Friday, June 16, 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), For July,  TBA

Communion for Everybody.

What is going on in Our Catholic World
1. Changes in annulment laws, National Catholic Reporter, June 5, 500 words Download ANNULMENT REVORM 6-15-17
Sez Harper, "Yeah!! The old guy is finished talking. Now we can play and visit La Patisserie."

True?

To do nothing is sometimes a good remedy.

Hippocrates

La Patisserie is OPEN! Better hurry.

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.

Seth is still asleep, Folks! Monique & Zach, you have one terrific kid! I love him.
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