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ByRosemary October 30, 2016
Rosemary's Blessing

Be my voice this day that the words I speak

will be healing, affirming, true, and gentle.

Give me wisdom to think before I speak.

Seven Sacred Pauses by Macrina Wiederkehr

Mary Jane reading from the Book of Wisdom.

Our Special Thanks
- For the Readings: Mary Jane & John
- For The Team: Kevin
- For the Communion Bread: Alison
- For the Special Communion Cups: Ken & Cindy
- For the Pictures: Rick & Connie
- For the coffee and extras: John Cade & Jackie
- For the altar & sound: Hue & Jackie
- For the Music: Ray & Shonda & Bethany
- For all who helped with communion
John reading the story of Zacchaeus in Luke.   John, our own Zacchaeus.

Birthdays:    Rob (66, Monday), John DeGenova (57, Tuesday),

Anniversaries:

Bill & Zaile (7^th, Monday)

Rosemary reading her Blessing of The week, while gloating, not smiling at all.

Please Remember these special people:

For Tom Good; For Dee; For Gilberto & Bernadette, both of whose moms have died, and for the family; For Charlie's mom who also died this past week; For Carol’s treatment; For John Schanot's treatment; For Brent, whose mom who died & for the family; For Frank's treatment; For Nadia's recuperation; For a young man who is suffering from depression; For Rosemary's great nephew, Patrick who broke his leg and is in a body cast (3 years old); For Claire's mom; For Jan’s mom; For Grace's mom and brother in Alberta ; For Tom Good; For Cliff & Jean; For Laura's sister Claudia; For Bernadette's mom; For Dawn; John Simari’s friend, Ron; For Anthony; For a number of David McKeon's family who are having a rough time with health issues; For Frank & Mary's niece, Lisa, with cancer; For John & Jean's son John Louis; For our good friend Kay in Ontario; For Jackie Urbanzyk's continued recovery;

Happy Birthday, Rob, even though you really are older than 64. Can the priest be wrong??

For Rosemary's sister, Patty and her husband, Lou; For Cathy's uncle, Jim Wright at 90; 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; For Sr. Patricia Otillio, a nun I worked with for years in Grand Coteau; Judy Thompson's dad in the hospital; John Cade's mother in law, Kalliopi Piskiouli; Charlie's brother in law with cancer; Frank’s & Mary's niece, Lisa, with brain cancer, Franks brother with advanced Parkinsons; Diane McClurg's mom in Fort Dodge; For Steve Barrett, Rose, & Katie;

Happy 7th Anniversary, Bill, to you and Zaile. Folks, can we really trust Bill to give Zaile her half of that cupcake?

Dick Thompson's daughter, Teri Jill. Barb & Warren's grandbabies, Leighton Elizabeth and Warren Phillip and Ethan Michel, & their friend Chris, plus Barb's dad & niece & Annie & Kyler; 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 & her Margaret, Jim, & Christopher; for our friends, sons, and daughters in the military, including Ryan McClurg and Chebino; cure for autism from Laura Chollick; for our President that he have great success and someday hold his grandchildren in his lap.



Happy Birthday, John. And who is this little mouse with her eye on that cupcake?

Your Finances, Oct0ber 30, 2016

Expenses: $1150,00

Outreach: $ 475.00

Donate this week: $1700 to Souls Harbor for October

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

Happy 18th, Patricia. Folks, we celebrate everything here.

Have a Great Week, J.S

(214-783-0443)

Hey, Cole, what happened to your Halloween duds? They helped to make you our Candle Lighter of The Week.

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.

Thanks, Brent, for being such an inspiration and example to us through your role as Director of Souls Harbor. We hope to give you $2000 a month, but we are a little tight this month. Souls Harbor is a men's residential addiction recovery home for 60 men. Brent is not only director, he also lives on the grounds with his wife, Meredith..
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Reminder for Sunday, October 30, 2016, 31st Ordinary
ByRosemary October 26, 2016
Good Morning, Buddy, good to see you so bright and awake.

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

Good Morning to you, too, Georgie. How did you keep Buddy so awake?

Readings:

Wisdom 11, 22-12, 2,   Before the Lord the whole universe is as a grain from a balance.

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

2 Thessalonians 1, 11-2, 2, We always pray for you.

Luke 19, 1-10,   Zacchaeus the tax collector in the tree.

Offertory, Cole with his mom, Erin, and his grandmom, Diane.

Community Activities:

ROMEO MEET: Friday, October 28, 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):

Juliet's Luncheon will be in the evening so everyone who works plus our lunch bunch can get together for an evening of fun.

We will meet at 6:30 P.M. Thursday, November 3rd

It is BYOB.

Ocean Seafood and Grill

3829 W. Spring Creek Pkwy. Suite 105, Plano

It is behind Chic Fil A Spring Creek and Coit.

Kara, wake up your mom. Tell her she is missing all the good stuff.



Christmas at the Dallas Symphony

This year we are going to the Meyerson on Friday, December 16th at 7:30 pm. We will have seats in the Orchestra section at approximately $45.00 per person. Please let Rosemary (rosemary.mcginn@sbcglobal.net) know as soon as possible if you are interested in going. As always we will gather at Tulip Lane before the performance.

See how wide awake Liam is, Denise.

What is going on in Our Catholic World
1. Why are they leaving? Commonweal, September 23, 485 words, Download WHY CATHOLICS LEAVE 10-27-16
Play station with Tori, Leo, and Zoe.

True?

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

Maya Angelou

Take your breath away? How about Zoe!

See you Sunday.

J.S., 214-783-0443

The Best, Shonda & Ray.

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.

Take your breath away? Peace.
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Sunday Homily, October 23, 2016, 30th Ordinary Time, C
ByRosemary October 23, 2016

Readings:

Sirach 35, 12-14, 16-18,   The Lord hears the cry of the oppressed.

Psalm 34,  The Lord hears the cry of the poor.

2 Timothy 4, 6-8, 16-18, I have finished the race.

Luke 18, 9-14,   The Pharisee and the tax collector.

Says Liam, "Welcome in, Everybody. Thanks for coming to my party."

Sirach observations:

What: Again we take up one of the books of the Apocrypha, the 12 books written in Greek and not originally considered part of the Bible. This book is basically a collection of Jewish wisdom statements and teachings, like, "A father who loves his son will whip him often, so that he can be proud of him later." 30, 1

Who: Joshua, who was translated from Hebrew into Greek by his grandson.

Date: ca. 200 years before Christ.

Our selection in chapter 35 talks about the nature of god and what happens to the person who serves god. It sets up Luke's parable about the pharisee & the tax collector in the temple.

Kevin, too, says, "Hi, Folks, Come in."

Casey’s Convenience Store

In Iowa there is a chain of convenience stores. Everywhere in the towns. These little stores are like our 7-11’s, but they don’t sell gas. They are called Casey's.

It took me my first year riding RAGBRAI to discover how helpful these little places could be. I found out, for instance, that for $1.10 I could get a large coffee in the morning. Plus, they had all the typical foods that convenience stores carry.

So, one morning on this past summer’s week long ride, I woke up right around dawn, put my wet tent in a plastic bag, rolled up my sleeping bag and thermarest air mattress, stuffed them in my foot locker, and placed the locker next to our bus.

Cole, our semi-pro Candle Lighter, at work.

The other 25 members of our group were just getting up when I pulled away from the curb and headed to the nearby Casey’s for my coffee. I pulled in and was surprised that only a few bikers were outside drinking their coffee. Usually these little places are mobbed for coffee. But our campsite was 4 miles from the center of this little town. It was the third morning, I think.

I walk in and, feeling terrific about the fun of the day ahead, I said “Good Morning” to the young girl at the cash register. She barely looked up and perhaps only grunted a response.

Welcome back, Diane & Norm. So good to see you two.

I am sort of disappointed because I myself feel so great. I am feeling, also, somewhat negative toward the girl. To further turn me off of her was that I noticed she had tattoos on her arms. Sorry, folks, this is a weakness of mine. But, at that moment, I felt pretty critical.

I get my coffee and approach the girl to check out. We are the only two in the store. I decide to take one more shot, so I ask her, “How you doing?”

She starts crying!

Kevin & Georgie, you got to let Buddy know that he needs to look like he is at least fascinated by whatever nonsense that old guy is saying.

Suddenly, I am no longer in my superior, critical mode. I begin to listen. Turns out her mother is home dying of cancer, she had a tough night, and the girl has to work to keep making money to live on. She had even tried to get a substitute for a couple of hours. No one was available.

Know that, after being so critical of that girl, I was ready to volunteer to work at that Casey’s for a couple of hours to let her go home, plus give her the hourly wage. I probably would not have done it, but I mentioned it to her and she said I would have to be a registered employee.

Welcome to Lindsay, Ontario and to the spectacular fall color display from last week.

So, after relating to the girl like that pharisee in the parable, I left quite humbled and disappointed in myself. Next time, please don’t be so arrogant.

With whom do you relate as did the Pharisee?

Last Tuesday we had this color display. Wednesday & Thursday, rain.

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ByRosemary October 23, 2016
Rosemary's Blessing

Life is not a journey to the grave

With the intention of arriving safely

In a pretty and well preserved body,

But rather to skid in broadside,

Thoroughly used up,

Totally worn out,

And loudly proclaiming

—WOW—What a Ride!

Author Unknown

Connie reading from Sirach.

Our Special Thanks
- For the Readings: Connie & John
- For The Team: Kevin & Georgie & Buddy
- For the Communion Bread: Alison
- For the Special Communion Cups: Ken & Cindy
- For the Pictures: Rick & Connie
- For the coffee and extras: John Cade & Jackie
- For the altar & sound: Hue & Jackie
- For the Music: Ray & Shonda
- For all who helped with communion
John reading from 2 Timothy.

Birthdays: Chuck Pratt, Zoe (8, Wednesday & Samantha), Richard Eshelbrenner (last Sunday)

Rosemary shares her Blessing of The Week.

Please Remember these special people:

For Tom Good; For Dee; For Gilberto & Bernadette, both of whose moms have died, and for the family; For Carol’s treatment; For John Schanot's treatment; For Brent, whose mom who died & for the family; For Frank's treatment; For Nadia's recuperation; For a young man who is suffering from depression; For Rosemary's great nephew, Patrick who broke his leg and is in a body cast (3 years old); For Claire's mom; For Jan’s mom; For Grace's mom and brother in Alberta ; For Tom Good; For Cliff & Jean; For Laura's sister Claudia; For Bernadette's mom; For Dawn; John Simari’s friend, Ron; For Anthony; For a number of David McKeon's family who are having a rough time with health issues; For Frank & Mary's niece, Lisa, with cancer; For John & Jean's son John Louis; For our good friend Kay in Ontario; For Jackie Urbanzyk's continued recovery;

Happy 8th Birthday, Zoe. You just get more beautiful. Share a bite with Samantha.

For Rosemary's sister, Patty and her husband, Lou; 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; For Sr. Patricia Otillio, a nun I worked with for years in Grand Coteau; Judy Thompson's dad in the hospital; John Cade's mother in law, Kalliopi Piskiouli; Charlie's brother in law with cancer; Frank’s & Mary's niece, Lisa, with brain cancer, Franks brother with advanced Parkinsons; Diane McClurg's mom in Fort Dodge; For Steve Barrett, Rose, & Katie;

Happy Birthday to you, Richard. Please accept a Bellvita package instead of a cupcake. Your example of healthy eating is extraordinary.

Dick Thompson's daughter, Teri Jill. Barb & Warren's grandbabies, Leighton Elizabeth and Warren Phillip and Ethan Michel, & their friend Chris, plus Barb's dad & niece & Annie & Kyler; 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 & her Margaret, Jim, & Christopher; for our friends, sons, and daughters in the military, including Ryan McClurg and Chebino; cure for autism from Laura Chollick; for our President that he have great success and someday hold his grandchildren in his lap.



Sandra, just because Chuck cannot be here to enjoy his birthday cupcake, does not mean you (and we) cannot celebrate his birthday.

Your Finances, Oct0ber 23, 2016

Expenses: $1750.00

Outreach: $ 925.00

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

Have a Great Week, J.S

(214-783-0443)

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

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.

Liam says, "Come again next week, Folks. "
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Reminder for Sunday, October 23, 2016, 30th Ordinary Time, C
ByRosemary October 19, 2016
Says Our Dear Harper, "Hi, Everybody, welcome in."

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

Offertory, Ray, Bill, and Tom. Are these characters on weekend parole?

Readings:

Sirach 35, 12-14, 16-18,   The Lord hears the cry of the oppressed.

Psalm 34,  The Lord hears the cry of the poor.

2 Timothy 4, 6-8, 16-18, I have finished the race.

Luke 18, 9-14,   The Pharisee and the tax collector.

Play station with Vivian and Genevieve, Bethany and Ray.

Community Activities:

ROMEO MEET: Friday, October 21, Jason's Deli, Collin Creek Mall, west side of Central, 1:00. Welcome all wakos, you will fit right in.   The Old Geezer will be out of town.

JULIET LUNCHEON, (aka.,just us ladies into eating together):

Juliet's Luncheon will be in the evening so everyone who works plus our lunch bunch can get together for an evening of fun.

We will meet at 6:30 P.M. Thursday, November 3rd

It is BYOB.

Ocean Seafood and Grill

3829 W. Spring Creek Pkwy. Suite 105, Plano

It is behind Chic Fil A Spring Creek and Coit.



Christmas at the Dallas Symphony

This year we are going to the Meyerson on Friday, December 16th at 7:30 pm. We will have seats in the Orchestra section at approximately $45.00 per person. Please let Rosemary (rosemary.mcginn@sbcglobal.net) know as soon as possible if you are interested in going. As always we will gather at Tulip Lane before the performance.

You call these guys backpackers?

What is going on in Our Catholic World
1. Jesuits elect a new leader, National Catholic Reporter, October 14, 255 words, Download Jesuits, 10-20-16
3 roses for George for his visit to Restland.

True?

Bravery is being the only one who knows you’re afraid.

Col. David Hackworth

Love is patient, love is kind.

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.

See you all next week.
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Sunday Homily, October 16, 29th Sunday Ordinary Time, C
ByRosemary October 16, 2016

Readings:

Exodus, 17, 8-13, Joshua mowed down Amelak and his people.

Psalm 121,  Our help is from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

2 Timothy 3, 14-4, 2,  Remain faithful to what you learned.

Luke 18, 1–8,   The poor widow who pestered the judge.

Harper says, "Welcome, Everybody." And what could I be seeing on your cheeks, Harper?

Exodus  observations:

What: A very readable story about the Israelites departing their slavery in Egypt. Moses is their reluctant leader and his struggle in getting old Pharoah to allow the people to depart is classic. The story, mostly fable, continues through the people's journey through the Sinai Desert for 40 years and their entrance into the Caananite land, a land promised to them by Yahweh.

When put together: Two collections were recorded as early as the time of Solomon, about 1000 ears before Christ. Other collections were added and the definitive & final form took place around the Babylonian Captivity, i.e., 555 before Christ.

Our Selection: The people are in the desert. They get attacked by the Amelekites. How Moses saves the day is amusing. The finale is not so amusing, but typical for the time.

Sources: The New Jerusalem Bible, Good News Bible.

Victoria, too, says, "Hi, Folks, Come in."

What We Ask For

A few years ago I had three elderly people from the subdivision of Northwood Hills contact me about planting trees in their neighborhood. Two were a couple and there was a third guy, all probably about my age right now. I really did not want to do this project because they were north of LBJ and I thought it was too far to drag the water trailer full of water from Jesuit, where I was living then.

Welcome in to you, My Dearest Vivian. So nice to see you. Thanks to your special mommy.

So I put them off. Maybe even for a year. Eventually, however, because of their persistence I went to see their project, which consisted of Fretz Park, Hillcrest from LBJ to Beltline, Beltline from Preston to Coit, and a neighborhood elementary school, about 350 plus trees.

Despite not being eager to tackle the distance, two things pulled down my resistance. First, they were willing to kick in a good portion of the cost of the trees. Secondly, they were so gracious and eager to improve their own neighborhood. I could not tell them no after all they were willing to put out, and all their pleading.

Genevieve says, "Where now is that Vivian? She has disappeared."

You know the rest. We planted one of our bigger projects and the trees are thriving. I was especially touched because they gave me a recognition of gratitude at one of their large community meetings.

When I hear Luke's story about the widow & the judge I always think about Northwood Hills. With gratitude.

With confusion also, because I have difficulty with the main point of the story. Namely, that God will answer persistent prayer, without even being slow about it, as Luke says. Do you believe that God answers our prayers, and even more swiftly if we are persistent as the widow? My mom thought that a nine day novena with special prayers got her every request, though my memory tells me otherwise.

Entrance of Lauren Lucas and her dad, Jim. Friday night wedding at Ana Villa in The Colony.

I need to make a distinction and an observation to make sense of this for me. I have talked with numerous people about this discomfort I have. The distinction is between a macro-managing God and a micro-managing God.

The macro-managing God I can handle. This god is behind the big stuff, the sky, creation, the stars, life, the balance of the universe. I see this god as like a person bowling. He gets the ball going and it travels on its own.

The Unity Candle, Lauren & Dylan.

The micro-managing god, however, is responsible for my sickness. He makes good things happen & bad things. He can change each. If I pester this god enough he will find my lost wedding ring or car keys. He will cure the sick, make me rich, fix the lottery so I win it, and so forth. This god I don't see in my experience.

Then why do I pray for people? Like at our prayers of the faithful. This is the observation. I pray first because I think, I hope, our God hears and is personal. Secondly, I pray because I imagine that my spirit sends forth some kind of emotional energy to that God that says, "Please take special care of this person I love." When we do this as a group, the emotional energy has a little more punch.

Exit and beginning of a New Life for Lauren and Dylan Mosley.

I also pray for people because it sensitizes me to the suffering & difficulty other people are experiencing.

So where does this leave us? Don't pray for people? Don't pray persistently like the little widow or the people from Northwood Hills? No. It may mean I lower my expectations. Maybe it helps to make the distinction about the macro vs micro-managing god. I still remember people in prayer.

Ultimately, what is your belief about praying for special intentions?

Is there anything you cannot do, Leo? This is terrific. Move over, Ray & Mary.

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ByRosemary October 16, 2016
Rosemary’s Blessing of The Week

May you be blessed with the gift of humility

To know who you are,

To appreciate your strengths and talents,

To be aware of your shortcomings and limitations,

And most especially…

To be grateful each day for life

Denni reading from Exodus.

Our Special Thanks
- For the Readings: Denni & Tom
- For The Team: Kevin & Georgie & Buddy
- For the Communion Bread: Alison
- For the Special Communion Cups: Jan & Sir Charlie
- For the Pictures: Rick & Connie & Mike
- For the coffee and extras: John Cade & Jackie
- For the altar & sound: Hue & Jackie
- For the Music: Ray & Bethany & Mary
- For all who helped with communion
Tom reading from 2 Timothy.

Birthdays:   Richard Eschelbrenner (today, Sunday)

Rosemary reading her Blessing of The Week.

Please Remember these special people:

For Dee; For Gilberto, whose mom just died, and for the family; For Carol’s treatment; For John Schanot's treatment; For Brent's mom & family; For Frank's treatment; For Nadia's recuperation; For a young man who is suffering from depression; For Rosemary's great nephew, Patrick who broke his leg amd is in a body cast (3 years old); For Claire's mom; For Jan’s mom; For Grace's mom and brother in Alberta ; For Tom Good; For Cliff & Jean; For Laura's sister Claudia; For Bernadette's mom; For Dawn; John Simari’s friend, Ron; For Anthony; For a number of David McKeon's family who are having a rough time with health issues; For Frank & Mary's niece, Lisa, with cancer; For John & Jean's son John Louis; For our good friend Kay in Ontario; For Jackie Urbanczyk's continued recovery;

Okay, Georgie, is that little brother of yours still awake?

For Rosemary's sister, Patty and her husband, Lou; 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; For Sr. Patricia Otillio, a nun I worked with for years in Grand Coteau; Judy Thompson's dad in the hospital; John Cade's mother in law, Kalliopi Piskiouli; Charlie's brother in law with cancer; Frank’s & Mary's niece, Lisa, with brain cancer, Franks brother with advanced Parkinsons; Diane McClurg's mom in Fort Dodge; For Steve Barrett, Rose, & Katie;

Happy Birthday, Bill. I don't think I can trust anybody as old as you.

Dick Thompson's daughter, Teri Jill. Barb & Warren's grandbabies, Leighton Elizabeth and Warren Phillip and Ethan Michel, & their friend Chris, plus Barb's dad & niece & Annie & Kyler; 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 & her Margaret, Jim, & Christopher; for our friends, sons, and daughters in the military, including Ryan McClurg and Chebino; cure for autism from Laura Chollick; for our President that he have great success and someday hold his grandchildren in his lap.

Welcome Home, George. Good to have you back from Mississippi.

Your Finances, Oct0ber 16, 2016

Expenses: $850.00

Outreach: $255.00

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

Have a Great Week, J.S

(214-783-0443)

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

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.

Sunday Morning Joy, a dozen White Roses.
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Reminder for Sunday, October 16, 2016, 29th Ordinary Time, C
ByRosemary October 12, 2016
Who let these two scary people in here?

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

You two probably even invited in those two scaries.

Readings:

Exodus, 17, 8-13, Joshua mowed down Amelak and his people.

Psalm 121,  Our help is from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

2 Timothy 3, 14-4, 2,  Remain faithful to what you learned.

Luke 18, 1–8,   The poor widow who pestered the judge.

I don't think we can trust you either, Kevin.

Community Activities:

ROMEO MEET: Friday, October 14, Jason's Deli, Collin Creek Mall, west side of Central, 1:00. Welcome all wakos, you will fit right in.   Should we show up at Angela’s Crosswalk and embarrass all the Juliets?

JULIET LUNCHEON, (aka.,just us ladies into eating together): November ?,

Hey, Brandon, you are scary enough without bringing along your buddy.

Christmas at the Dallas Symphony

This year we are going to the Meyerson on Friday, December 16th at 7:30 pm. We will have seats in the Orchestra section at approximately $44.00 per person. Please let Rosemary (rosemary.mcginn@sbcglobal.net) know as soon as possible if you are interested in going. As always we will gather at Tulip Lane before the performance.

Do we see a new musician waiting to join in?

What is going on in Our Catholic World
1. New Cardinals (one from Dallas), National Catholic Reporter, October 9, 575 words, Download NEW CARDINALS, 10-13-16
Sez Buddy, "Ugh, oh, he is starting again."

True?

Sharks are as tough as those football fans who take off their shirts during games in Chicago in January, only more intelligent.

Dave Barry

At least there are a few good people in this community, I think, maybe…

See you Sunday.

J.S., 214-783-0443

Welcome to our Marvelous Sunday Community, peaceful and more effective than sleeping pills.

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.

Says Zoe, "Welcome back this Sunday, Folks, for more of the same."
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Sunday Homily, October 9, 2016, 28th Sunday Ordinary Time C
ByRosemary October 9, 2016

Readings:

2 Kings, 5, 14-17,    Naaman went down and plunged into the Jordan 7 times (amusing what has been left out leading up to this passage).

Psalm 85,  The Lord has revealed to the Nations his saving power.

2 Timothy 2, 8-13 , If we persevere, we shall also reign with him.

Luke 17, 11–19,   Of ten lepers healed only one returned to give thanks.

You may wake up now, Georgie, he is finished talking.

2 Kings observations:

Time of the events: 900 B.C.

Time when written: 555 B.C., during the Babylonian captivity.

Subject of 1 Kings: This book continues the history of the kings taking up with the death of King David and continuing through the story of David & Bathsheba's son Solomon. He builds the famous Temple of Solomon. After his death the nation divides into the northern & southern states, Israel in the north, Judah in the south (including Jerusalem; remember by the "J's").

I cannot believe you, too, My Dearest Genevieve, are asleep.

Subject of 2 Kings: This book continues the history of the decline of the two states until Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon defeats the people, 555 before Christ.

Subject of our chapter 5: one of the generals of the Syrian-Babylonian army goes to visit the prophet of the day, Elisha. Naaman, the general, has leprosy. Note the twist of the story at the end. Thanks is a theme of this selection and it sets the stage for Luke's story about gratitude. Three characters: Naaman, his little slave girl, and Elisha. Read the story before this to understand the meaning of what is taking place. I will summarize it at Mass.

I think, My Dearest Tori, that you are looking to scare me.

Mike Miller and Thanks

This morning I would like to talk about how giving thanks is a learned behavior and one I learned from my mother when I got ordained.

First, however, I would like to talk about Mike Miller. Yesterday morning we had a delightful memorial for Mike at Dickey’s Funeral Home here in Plano. As you can imagine, I took an hour to get through this memorial. I spent a lot of time just trying to get a few words out.

Denise and Kara, mom & daughter, say, "Welcome in, Everybody."

I talked about 3 memories.

First, when I really got to know Mike. Guess where. The Collin County Adult Clinic, which our community supported financially for some years. Mike was the head of the pharmacy department at the clinic. I would visit him now and then because the pharmacy was a quiet oasis in a crazy busy clinic. It was often triage time and enormous numbers of people would receive treatment in about 3-4 hours every Thursday evening.

Secondly, remember when Rosemary & I would have our annual anniversary party in May? Not only would we renew our vows, but we invited people who were celebrating special anniversaries, like 25 or 40 or 65 years, even 1 year.

One year Mike and Dee renewed their vows. Dee said to Mike that after all these years, when Mike walked into the room she was just thrilled like the first time. That so touched me. It touched even more a friend of mine named Julie. She was in tears and still talks about it.

It surely must be my turn to play this guitar.

Finally, a third thing. Do you people realize that Mike and Dee almost always were holding hands during our Masses?   I ask Rosemary to do the same thing, and you know what she says.

I give thanks for Mike in my life and in our community life.

Mike Miller's memorial, Saturday, Michael, his son, sharing beautiful memories.

Now, giving thanks. A learned behavior.

When I got ordained in June of 1971 at St. Rita’s in Dallas, I received a number of gifts. I remember wondering how I was going to thank all these people and I remember my mother being adamant. “You send them a note.” That seemed pretty daunting to me because this was pre-email, maybe even pre-electricity. I had to send by mail all these thank you notes. My mom: “You always thank people.”

Twelve years ago when we began this community and you people began to generously support the program. I was stunned. And I heard my mom, “Always thank people.” This is why every Sunday afternoon I aim to get you a thank you note for your generosity. My Momma told me.

Brandon, our Candle Lighter of The Week, does the magic.

Giving thanks is a learned behavior.

How are you like the one leper who returned to give thanks?

Sez James, "I'm innocent," if you believe that!

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ByRosemary October 9, 2016
Rosemary’s Blessing of The Week

If the only prayer you say

In your entire life is

“Thank you”

That would suffice.

Meister Eckhart

John reading from 2 Kings about Naaman.

Our Special Thanks
- For the Readings: John and Mary.
- For The Team: Kevin & Georgie & Buddy
- For the Communion Bread: Alison
- For the Special Communion Cups: Jan & Sir Charlie
- For the Pictures: Rick & Connie& Beth
- For the coffee and extras: John Cade & Jackie
- For the altar & sound: Hue & Jackie
- For the Music: Ray & Bethany & Shonda
- For all who helped with communion
Mary reading from 2 Timothy.

Birthdays:   Angela (Tuesday) & Bill Hammonod (73, Thursday)

Anniversaries:

Richard & Sheila Baach (34^th, today, Sunday)

Rosemary reading her Blessing of The Week.

Please Remember these special people:

For Dee; For Gilberto, whose mom just died, and for the family; For Carol’s treatment; For John Schanot's treatment; For Brent's mom & family; For Frank's treatment; For Nadia's recuperation; For a young man who is suffering from depression; For Rosemary's great nephew, Patrick who broke his leg amd is in a body cast (3 years old); For Claire's mom; For Jan’s mom; For Grace's mom and brother in Alberta ; For Tom Good; For Cliff & Jean; For Laura's sister Claudia; For Bernadette's mom; For Dawn; John Simari’s friend, Ron; For Anthony; For a number of David McKeon's family who are having a rough time with health issues; For Frank & Mary's niece, Lisa, with cancer; For John & Jean's son John Louis; For our good friend Kay in Ontario; For Jackie Urbanczyk's continued recovery;

Happy Birthday, Angela, you are beautiful.

For Rosemary's sister, Patty and her husband, Lou; 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; For Sr. Patricia Otillio, a nun I worked with for years in Grand Coteau; Judy Thompson's dad in the hospital; John Cade's mother in law, Kalliopi Piskiouli; Charlie's brother in law with cancer; Frank’s & Mary's niece, Lisa, with brain cancer, Franks brother with advanced Parkinsons; Diane McClurg's mom in Fort Dodge; For Steve Barrett, Rose, & Katie;

And Happy Birthday to you, too, Marlene. So nice to have you with us.

Dick Thompson's daughter, Teri Jill. Barb & Warren's grandbabies, Leighton Elizabeth and Warren Phillip and Ethan Michel, & their friend Chris, plus Barb's dad & niece & Annie & Kyler; 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 & her Margaret, Jim, & Christopher; for our friends, sons, and daughters in the military, including Ryan McClurg and Chebino; cure for autism from Laura Chollick; for our President that he have great success and someday hold his grandchildren in his lap.

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

Your Finances, Oct0ber 2, 2016

Expenses: $780.00

Outreach: $265.00

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

Have a Great Week, J.S

(214-783-0443)

Congratulations, Dick, on recuperating. So good to see you.

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      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.

Harper and her buddy say, "Have a good week, see you next Sunday."
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