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ByRosemary July 24, 2016
Rosemary’s Blessing of The Week

People are often unreasonable and self-centered. Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.
If you are honest, people may cheat you. Be honest anyway.
If you find happiness, people may be jealous. Be happy anyway.
The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give your best anyway.
For you see, in the end, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway.

Mother Teresa

John reading Genesis

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

Birthdays: David & Dona Dinsmore (30th, Tuesday), Dawson Dinsmore (19, Wednesday)

Please Remember these special people:

For Carol’s treatment; For Nina's dad, Art, who died at 93, and for Nina and the family; For John Schanot's treatment; For Nadia's recuperation; For a young man who is suffering from depression; For Claire's mom; For Jan’s mom; For Grace's mom and brother in Alberta ; For Dee and Mike; For Tom Good; For Cliff & Jean; For Loretta's brother, Don Garcia; For Laura's sister Claudia; For Bernadette's mom; For Frank; For Dawn; John Simari’s friend, Ron; For Frank's treatment; 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;

Genevieve

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 Nadia's friend, Shannon Freeman; For Nina Tucker's dad, Art; 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 sister, Grace Campos, 84, with stage one; Diane McClurg's mom; For Steve Barrett, Rose, & Katie;

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; Gilberto's mom and brother; 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.

John, David and David's friend in Glenwood,

Iowa. Ready to ride RAGBRAI

Your Finances, July 24, 2016

Expenses:   $ 730.00

Outreach: $ 156.00

Donated today: Nothing special

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

Shonda, Bethany, and Ray

Have a Great Week, J.S

(214-783-0443)

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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.
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Reminder for Sunday, July 24, 2016, 17th Ordinary Time
ByRosemary July 20, 2016
Our beautiful Zoe says, "Come 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

And not to be outdone by her big sister, Our beautiful Victoria, says, "Remember me."

Readings:

Genesis  18, 20-32, The story of Sodom & Gomorrah.

Psalm 138,  Lord, on the day I called for help, you answered me.

Colossians 2, 12-14, He has forgiven us all our transgressions.

Luke 11, 1-13, Ask and you will receive.

And to stay in the same family, Tori's twin brother is our Candle Lighter of The Week.

Community Activities:
1. ROMEO MEET: Friday, July 22 , Jason's Deli, Collin Creek Mall, west side of Central, 1:00. Welcome all wakos, you will fit right in. May be a very small group. Most of us will be gone.
2. JULIET LUNCHEON, (aka.,just us ladies into eating together):
        August 5,2016, Friday,1 pm

        Salsa? Independence & Legacy

        String Bean? Coit & Campbell

        Jason’s Deli?

        your choice?

        Please let me know if you will be able to join us JeanneVogel: pickincotton26@verizon.net

Want the Best Music? Go no further.

What is going on in Our Catholic World
1. Charges dropped in Twin Cities , National Catholic Reporter, July 20, 345 words, Download Criminal charges dropped against Twin Cities 7-21-16
2. Francis rebukes Cardinal, National Catholic Reporter, July 13, 567 words, Download Francis rebukes Cardinal 7-21-16
Victoria with a special friend and momma.

True?

I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that don’t work.

Thomas Edison

Buddy says, "Welcome back, Everybody. I'm ready."

See you Sunday.

J.S., 214-783-0443

And The Man now plays the violin. Congratulations, Leo.

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.

Fond Memories from Saturday evening.
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Sunday Homily, July 17, 2016, 16th Sunday Ordinary Time
ByRosemary July 17, 2016

Readings: (A couple of good readings today)

Genesis  18, 1-10, I will return next year and Sarah will have a son. She laughs.

Psalm 15,  He who does justice will live in the presence of the Lord.

Colossians 1, 24-28, I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake.

Luke 10, 38-42, The story of Martha & Mary.

Old buddies, John & Leo, say, "Welcome in, Everybody."

Genesis observations:

What :   This is the first book in the whole bible, a good read. It begins with the 2 versions of creation, Adam & Eve, the apple, Cain & Abel, the Ark and the flood with Noah (see the picture of the huge ark somebody has built?), Abraham & the almost sacrifice of his son, and others.

When put together: Babylonian Captivity, ca. 555 before Christ.

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

Today’s story: An amusing little story, though you don't know it because the editor snipped off the end. Abraham is hospitable to three travelers. This results in the men, messengers from Yahweh, saying that a year from now Sarah will have a son. Sarah is 99 years old and never had a child. She is behind a tent flap, hears the promise, and she laughs. Amusingly Yahweh hears her laugh, asks her why, and she lies, saying she did not laugh.

Offertory with Tom & Teresa & Sandra, and, of course, Leo.

Martha & Mary, who is better?

This morning I would like to talk about who is better, Martha or Mary? Before I even begin I must acknowledge that Rosemary has a strong opinion on this subject. You can guess it. She thinks that Martha is getting a bad deal.

It must be also admitted that Rosemary has a bit of the Martha complex.   She tells me often how she feels like Martha because she is so over worked.

Want to see one happy kid today?

So, being a good husband and trying to lessen the load, I will tell you what I do. This is also my way of finding meaning to this either/or story. Maybe it is not either/or?

It happens on Tuesday evenings when the sun is going down and I am in the shade that I mow our lawn. I not only mow, but I edge, trim the bushes, use the weed eater, and blow it all. Just mowing the grass takes me 90 minutes. I enjoy doing it. It is like an art form. I am imitating Rosemary, the artist. Plus, it is good exercise.

The Wedding, Lisa Anderlick and Mark Cheek, Saturday evening, Suncreek United Methodist, Allen.

When I am mowing I get into a pretty swift rhythm.   I can push the lawn mower faster than the mower ordinarily goes. My little 88 year old neighbor lady who lives across the street, Joyce, says I look like I am running behind the lawn mower.

One evening recently when I was zooming back & forth across our front yard, a neighbor couple, Barbra & Bud, and their white sort of poodle dog, all came walking by.   This happens occasionally in front of our house and in front of their house when we are walking Aviana. The dogs have a relationship that consists of all of about a two minute mutual check out. I love these people and they are the couple who introduced me to the “J,” the Jewish Community Center.

"I take you, Lisa, in Marriage. I promise to be true to you in good times & bad, in sickness and in health. I will love and cherish you all the days of my life."

So I see Bud & Barbra & Patty. I wave but do not lessen my rhythm. I keep chasing that lawn mower. And then….I feel guilty.

I have just again chosen Project over People, one of my most favorite activities. I think to myself, ‘What if I just stopped and chatted for 5 minutes?’ ‘Would it make the slightest difference in when I finish?’

I have known Lisa Anderlick since the time she was a little girl. Now she has not only grown up beautifully, but she is an MD. In fact, she and two of her brides maids all became MD's together.

5 minutes later here they come back the other way toward their house. So, what do you think I did? Yep, I kept right on chasing that lawn mower. And they passed me by and went home. I still cannot believe I did it. I have yet to apologize to them. As Rosemary is happy to observe, I get OCD about projects & work. Obsessive, compulsive, that is.

Sound familiar? You got a similar obsession? Maybe you don’t. If so you are blessed.

The first steps on the road to a New Life.

Maybe in our Martha-Mary story Martha gets obsessive, compulsive and needs to be more like Mary?   At least I do. Mary, who knows? Maybe she needs to be more sensitive to the job to be done?

For me, the story is a challenge to be both, focused on the work, and focused on the person. In fact, I believe the person always takes priority despite my behavior.

How do you balance the Martha-Mary dynamic in your life?

Long time and dear friends, Lisa's parents, Karen & John Anderlick.

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ByRosemary July 17, 2016
Rosemary’s Blessing of The Week

Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier.

Be the living expression of God's kindness:

kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile.

Mother Teresa

Lily reading from the book of Genesis.

Our Special Thanks
- For the Readings: Scott & Lily
- For The Team: Kevin & Buddy
- For the Communion Bread: Alison
- For the Special Communion Cups: Jan & Sir Charlie
- For the Pictures: Rick & Connie, Mike & Beth
- For the coffee and extras: Jean & John & Jackie
- For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue
- For the Music: Ray & David & Bethany & Shonda
- For all who helped with communion
Scott reading from Colossians.

Birthdays:    Caroline (58, Monday), Beth (Tuesday), Lily (Thursday)

While getting ready to share her Blessing of The Week, Rosemary is sharing (with vigor) her ideas about Martha (got a bad deal).

Please Remember these special people:

For Carol’s treatment; For Nina's dad, Art, who died at 93, and for Nina and the family; For John Schanot's treatment; For Nadia's recuperation; For a young man who is suffering from depression; For Claire's mom; For Jan’s mom; For Grace's mom and brother in Alberta ; For Dee and Mike; For Tom Good; For Cliff & Jean; For Loretta's brother, Don Garcia; For Laura's sister Claudia; For Bernadette's mom; For Frank; For Dawn; John Simari’s friend, Ron; For Frank's treatment; 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, Beth.

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 Nadia's friend, Shannon Freeman; For Nina Tucker's dad, Art; 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 sister, Grace Campos, 84, with stage one; Diane McClurg's mom; For Steve Barrett, Rose, & Katie;

And Happy Birthday to you, too, Lily.

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; Gilberto's mom and brother; 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.

And Happy 80th to you, Mike.

Your Finances, July 17, 2016

Expenses:   $1248.00

Outreach: $ 720.00

Donated today:

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

Happy Birthday to you, also, Mary.

Have a Great Week, J.S

(214-783-0443)

Thanks, Buddy, 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.

And Rosemary says, "Have a good week, Folks. See you next week."
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Reminder for Sunday, July 17, 2016, 16th Ordinary Time
ByRosemary July 13, 2016
The Team says, "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

My Dear Genevieve, Two weeks ago when you left for vacation you were learning to walk. So, what is this now? A new dance step?

Readings:

Genesis  18, 1-10, I will return next year and Sarah will have a son.

Psalm 15,  He who does justice will live in the presence of the Lord.

Colossians 1, 24-28, I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake.

Luke 10, 38-42, The story of Martha & Mary.

Did I hear somebody say 'cupcake' and 'Tori?'

Community Activities:
1. ROMEO MEET: Friday, July 15 , Jason's Deli, Collin Creek Mall, west side of Central, 1:00. Welcome all wakos, you will fit right in.
2. JULIET LUNCHEON, (aka.,just us ladies into eating together): Temporarily postponed, everybody is out of town.
Whoa, and who is this at the edge of the altar? Could that be Tori?

What is going on in Our Catholic World
1. A glance at the on going efforts to reject Vatican II , Commonweal, July 7, 750 words, Download Reform the Reform, 7-14-16
Mommy, Daddy, Look what I got, a cupcake! (for lighting the candles)

True?

As once was said, “Try our Sundays. They are better than Blue Bell.

Brunch time! Out of the way! Sir Charlie, how did you get to be first in line?

See you Sunday.

J.S., 214-783-0443

Love these circular tables.

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.
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Sunday Homily, July 10, 2016, 15th Sunday Ordinary Time
ByRosemary July 10, 2016

Readings:

Deuteronomy  30, 10-14, Heed the voice of the Lord.

Psalm 69,  Turn to the Lord in your need and you will live.

Colossians 1, 15-20, Jesus is the image of the invisible God.

Luke 10, 25-37, The man robbed on the road to Jericho.

Genevieve says, "Welcome in, Everybody. It is nice to be back. Here, let me open the door for you."

Deuteronomy observations:

The Scene: the desert outside the promised land. Moses is talking to the people about all that has happened to them since he led them out of Israel and through the desert for many years. Now, as they prepare to enter, Moses is dying. He is simply exhorting them to love Yahweh and obey his laws.

The Author: not Moses. A compilation put into three discourses.

Date: guess when? Yes, after the Babylonian Captivity, ca. 555 before Christ.

Subject today: Moses talks about a command, but never mentions exactly what it is. Watch for the answer in today's gospel. The Great Command, to be a Good Samaritan.

Says Zoe, "Hi, Folks, Yes, it is nice to be back. California is also pretty nice."

The Victims in Our Lives

This past Friday evening I did something I have been doing a lot of. I rode my bike down the White Rock Creek Path to The Lake, went around it, and came back up the path to Royal Lane, a distance of about 20 miles. Sorry to tell another biking story, but it was so relevant for me at the time.

As I was coming home and making the transition from the Lake to the Path, I went under the new Northwest Hwy Bridge. Being dusk it was sort of dark under the bridge. However, to my left about twenty yards over to the wall, I noticed 3 bikers stopped maybe two guys and a girl.

So, I took a deep breath and yelled, “You guys okay, need any help?”

Welcome back to you, Leo. I've missed the Leo spirit around here.

It may seem pretty trivial, but this is so hard for me to do. These people are calling me to be a Good Samaritan. I, however, am obsessed about keeping my schedule. As I yelled I was hoping they would say, “We are okay.” Which they did. So I got off easy.

I asked these people because I knew I was going to have to make a resolution in view of this homily. I even used to ask people, but got too busy, at least in my mind.

Victoria and Zoe, our Candle Lighters of The Week.

In the past two months I have passed two groups. One group of two guys, they were walking a bike with a flat front tire. I can fix flats in ten minutes. I have everything I need. The other group was under another bridge and had a bike upside down and they were working on an inner tube. Both times I passed by, said nothing, and then felt guilty.

So, I resolve to always ask people if they need help when I see them standing by their bike.

Now, you say, ‘Well, I don’t even ride a bike. How does this pertain to me?’   My bet? Somewhere you have a similar challenge.

Three of the Wyndham Clan, Ron, Barbara, and Ray.

As a community, I would highlight a joy I have, the fact that we attempt to be a good Samaritan to a number of small charities, and in particular to Souls Harbor. This is a privilege.

Recalling my psych stuff, How am I called to be a good Samaritan to myself?   We are all wounded people in some way. How am I nurturing my spirit? Where have I been hurt and how am I a Good Samaritan with that hurt?

Where are you challenged to be a Better Good Samaritan?

"Nothing beats Grandma's hugs," says Zoe?

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ByRosemary July 10, 2016
Rosemary’s Blessing of The Week

Christ has no body now on earth but yours,

     no hands but yours,

     no feet but yours,

Yours are the eyes through which Christ’s

     compassion is to look out to the world,

Yours are the feet with which Christ is to

     go about doing good,

Yours are the hands, with which Christ is to

     bless all people now.

From a prayer by Teresa of Avila (1515–1582)

Sandra reading from Deuteronomy.

Our Special Thanks
- For the Readings: Sandra & Grace
- 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 & Beth
- For the coffee and extras: Jean & John & Jackie
- For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue
- For the Music: Ray & David & Bethany & Shonda
- For all who helped with communion
Grace reading from Colossians.

Birthdays:   Mike Miller (Tuesday), John Schanot (Wednesday), Joe Gorham (81, Thursday)

Anniversaries:

R & M. (53rd, Wednesday)

Rosemary reading her Blessing of The Week.

Please Remember these special people:

For Carol’s treatment; For Nina's dad, Art, who died at 93, and for Nina and the family; For John Schanot's treatment; For Nadia's recuperation; For Claire's mom; For Jan’s mom; For Grace's mom in Alberta; For Dee and Mike; For Tom Good; For Cliff & Jean; For Loretta's brother, Don Garcia; For Laura's sister Claudia; For Bernadette's mom; For Frank; For Dawn; John Simari’s friend, Ron; For Frank's treatment; 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 81st, Joe.

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 Nadia's friend, Shannon Freeman; For Nina Tucker's dad, Art; 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 sister, Grace Campos, 84, with stage one; Diane McClurg's mom; For Steve Barrett, Rose, & Katie;

Thanks for lighting our candles, Zoe and Victoria.

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; Gilberto's mom and brother; 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.

Carol, looking terrific, with her brother, Paul, and Richard.

Your Finances, July 10, 2016

Expenses:   $720.00

Outreach: $250.00

Donated today: Nothing special this week.

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

Welcome back, Georgie, so good to have you home with all of us.

Have a Great Week, J.S

(214-783-0443)

Kevin says, "So nice to have the whole team back together."

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.

Genevieve says, "Will somebody wake me up when that old guy stops talking. I'm going to get in here and take a nap."
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Reminder for Sunday, July 10, 2016, 15th Ordinary Time C
ByRosemary July 6, 2016
Beth says, "Welcome in, You Guys."

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

Communion for Richard.

Readings:

Deuteronomy  30, 10-14, Heed the voice of the Lord.

Psalm 69,  Turn to the Lord in your need and you will live.

Colossians 1, 15-20, Jesus is the image of the invisible God.

Luke 10, 25-37, The man robbed on the road to Jericho.

Communion, Emily?

Community Activities:
1. ROMEO MEET: Friday, July 8 , Jason's Deli, Collin Creek Mall, west side of Central, 1:00. Welcome all wakos, you will fit right in.
2. JULIET LUNCHEON, (aka.,just us ladies into eating together): Temporarily postponed, everybody is out of town.
Special Notice 1: July 10, this Sunday, community brunch.

Parade time, July 4, Preston Hollow.

What is going on in Our Catholic World
1. Can the Curia be reformed & downsized ?, National Catholic Reporter, June 23, 790 words, Download Curia Reform 7-7-16
2. Whatever happened to the ultra-conservative Pius X Society?, National Catholic Reporter, June 29 , 190 words, Download Pius X Society out 7-7-16
Larry's favorite car.

True?

When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: “Whose?”

Don Marquis, American journalist

Everybody gets into the spirit of the day.

See you Sunday.

J.S., 214-783-0443

Even the morning rain did not ruin the parade.

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.

The Masters of Refreshments, i.e., water, lemonade, cookies, grapes, strawberries, and donut holes. Bet you cannot guess which is the best "seller" year after year. The last, yep, donut holes. We are up to 20 dozen. Every year we have run out. All is free.
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Sunday Homily, July 3, 2016, 14th Sunday Ordinary Time
ByRosemary July 3, 2016

Readings:

Isaiah   66, 10-14, Rejoice with Jerusalem and be glad.

Psalm 66,  Let all the earth cry out to God with joy.

Galatians 6, 14-18, Peace and mercy be all who follow.

Luke 10, 1-12, 17-20, The kingdom of God is at hand.

Says Dana, "Good Morning, Everybody, welcome in."

Readings observations:

Isaiah 66: This is the very last chapter of The Great Isaiah, so you can guess it is upbeat and hopeful for the future. The Israeli people have just returned from the Babylonian Captivity to discover a totally destroyed Jerusalem. It will get better, he says, rejoice.

Psalm 66: 66 seems to be the number this week.

Also, these two readings talking about joy and rejoicing are so apt for our July 4 celebration. I want to talk about July 4.

Our Community mascot Mr. Gorilla, likewise, says, "Come in, You All."

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 about 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.”

Sez Sir Charlie to Kevin, "Kevin, wouldn't you like to buy cheap my almost new, beautiful, smooth running Studebaker?"

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.

The Best Music, Bethany and David.

In the States we have the Rockies of CO, Grand Canyon, the beaches, like Gulf Shores, AL. 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. I ride this trail and wonder sometimes, ‘Am I truly in Dallas,’ it is so wild and wooded.

A few weeks ago, thanks to the Collin Classic bike rally, I just discovered in Plano the Oak Point Park. Is this really Dallas?

I love the natural beauty we have in America.

The Offertory Crew, Laura (whom I knew when she was a nice little girl), Sandra, and Ann.

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, and return to my unlocked bike.

Today's community.

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.

Richard, this Bellvita goes to Carol with an abundance of love and powerful karma on her birthday, that she does well with the chemo beginning Friday.

What are you proud about this year?

Happy July 4.

Today's team. All the world is on vacation this week, and certainly all our kids.

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ByRosemary July 3, 2016
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

Beth reading from the last chapter (66) of The Great Prophet Isaiah.

Our Special Thanks
- For the Readings: Beth & Rob
- For The Team: Kevin
- For the Communion Bread: Alison
- For the Special Communion Cups: Jan & Sir Charlie
- For the Pictures: Rick & Connie & Mike & Beth
- For the coffee and extras: Jean & John & Jackie
- For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue
- For the Music: David & Bethany
- For all who helped with communion
Rob reading from Galations.

Birthdays:   Jim Butterly (37^th, Monday), Carol Eshelbrenner (Tuesday), Brent (44, Wednesday), Ryan Ekes (24, Thursday), Kim (Thursday), Paul Bieda (55, Friday), Cindy Cramer (Saturday), and Aggie (Saturday & see Anniversaries)

Anniversaries:

Aggie & Allen (49^th, Saturday)

Jan & Charlie (54^th, Tuesday

Remember: July 10, Community Summer Brunch.

Happy Birthday, Brent, and congratulations on your excellent work at Souls Harbor.

Please Remember these special people:

For Carol’s treatment; For Nina's dad, Art, who died at 93, and for Nina and the family; For John Schanot's treatment; For Nadia's recuperation; For Claire's mom; For Jan’s mom; For Grace's mom in Alberta; For Dee and Mike; For Tom Good; For Cliff & Jean; For Loretta's brother, Don Garcia; For Laura's sister Claudia; For Bernadette's mom; For Frank; For Dawn; John Simari’s friend, Ron; For Frank's treatment; 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;

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

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 Nadia's friend, Shannon Freeman; For Nina Tucker's dad, Art; 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 sister, Grace Campos, 84, with stage one; Diane McClurg's mom; For Steve Barrett, Rose, & Katie;

Welcome back home to The Community, Angela, after being stuck for a few weeks with your car in service for air bags.

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; Gilberto's mom and brother; 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, Cindy.

Your Finances, July 3, 2016

Expenses:   $640.00

Outreach: $210.00

Donated today: $2000 to Souls Harbor

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

Happy 54th, Jan, to you and that character with you, Sir Charlie. How did you do it?

Have a Great Week, J.S

(214-783-0443)

We are watching, Mike. That cupcake is for Emily. No cheating.

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.

Emily, if you don't get your cupcake, you take your friend there and he will get it for you for sure.
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