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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.

Read More Sunday Homily, July 3, 2016, 14th Sunday Ordinary Time
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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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Reminder for Sunday, July 3, 2016, 14th Ordinary Time C
ByRosemary June 29, 2016
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

Kara says, "Hi, Folks, Welcome in."

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.

James, too, says, "Come on in, Everybody."

Community Activities:
1. ROMEO MEET: Friday, July 1 , (Yippee!) Jason's Deli, Collin Creek Mall, west side of Central, 1:00. Welcome all wakos, you will fit right in. Hey, I was all by myself last Friday.
2. JULIET LUNCHEON, (aka.,just us ladies into eating together):
Please join us Friday, July 8th at 1:00 P.M. for a great Mexican Lunch at Salsa Tex Mex Restaurant.They are located at 3020 Legacy Dr. Ste. 130, Plano, 75025. We have eaten there quite often and it is very good. Salsa is on the South West corner of Independence and Legacy Drive. Please let me know who will be able to come. Hope to see everyone there. Marilyn

Bethany and David making it special.

Special Notice 1: July 10, next community brunch.

Special Notice 2: We would like to form a help network for Richard & Carol and John & Mary Jane. It will depend upon what Richard and Mary Jane would find helpful. Meals? If you could help out in any way, please contact Grace LeBlanc, dougle20@verizon.net.

The Team, half asleep.

What is going on in Our Catholic World
1. K.C. bishop apologizes to clergy abuse victims, National Catholic Reporter, June 27, Download Bishop apologizes 6-30-16 , 920 words,
2. The Catholic Church and the LGBT community, Corpus, June 20, 765 words,
Always faithful Jan preparing the communion cups.

True?

When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened or not; but my faculties are decaying now and soon I shall be so I cannot remember any but the things that never happened.

Mark Twain

Want to spend the night around this lake sometime? Get your tent and backpack and join us on the 7 Devils trail in Idaho this mid-September.

See you Sunday.

J.S., 214-783-0443

Don't leave this poor Hammond alone in the wilderness. He will get lost. Help us protect him in Idaho.

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 Sunday.

J.S., 214-783-0443

Look who is coming to dinner. A new member of our community?
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Sunday Homily, June 26, 2016, 13th Sunday Ordinary Time
ByRosemary June 26, 2016

Readings:

1 Kings   19, 16, 19-21, Please, let me kiss my father & mother goodbye.

Psalm 16,  You are my inheritance, O Lord.

Galatians 5, 1, 13-18, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

Luke 9, 51-62, I will follow you, Lord, but first let me say farewell to my family.

Says Donna, "Welcome in, Everybody."

Introduction

[first reading] In our reading from 1 Kings, Elisha realizes that he has received a call from God to first be Elijah’s servant, then his successor.

[second reading] The gospel sets us free from the Law! For the whole Law is fulfilled by these words of Christ, ‘Love one another as I have loved you.’ We are led by the Spirit to be love, and this love is active in works.

Mabel and Marlene also say, "Hi, Folks, Come on in."

Homily by Mike:

How do we become the Lord’s disciples? Discipleship is a choice, through grace, to be led by the Holy Spirit to live the gospel by treating others with goodness and justice, with tenderness and compassion. ‘For it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; it is in dying to self that we are born to eternal live!’

Cole, our Candle Lighter, at work.

As Jesus walked along the road to Jerusalem with his aspiring disciples in today’s gospel, others joined to walk along with him. And a man said to Jesus, ‘I will follow you wherever you go.’ Jesus turned to him, ‘Foxes have holes, birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no where to lay his head.’ The journey to Jerusalem is the structural backbone of the Gospel for it is there that Jesus literally dies to himself for humankind.   He is telling this man that if he wants to follow him he must die to self.   Everyone’s Jerusalem is different; but the journey is the same. The inspired writers tell Jesus’ aspiring disciples to return to Galilee, in the written gospel. It is there that the Holy Spirit will lead them, and us, to their Jerusalem.

Happy Birthday, Alison.

Jesus said to another man who had begun to walk along beside him, ‘Follow me!’ The man replied, ‘Lord, first let me go and bury my father.’ Obviously he wouldn’t have been walking along with Jesus that day if his father had just died. The man’s answer to Jesus was that he wasn’t going to make a decision until he received his inheritance when his father died. So Jesus said to him. ‘Let the spiritually dead bury their own dead, but you I have asked to be spiritually alive, to proclaim by word and deed the kingdom of heaven.

Offertory, John & Alison, Carrie & Paul. Thanks.

Still another said to Jesus, ‘I will follow you Lord, but first let me go back and say good-by to my family. Jesus replied, ‘No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit to serve in the kingdom of God.’   Those who are looking back over their shoulder literally do not know where they are going; they are likely to fall. Jesus is saying to him, ‘put the past behind; look forward, follow me.’

Special Good Wishes to you, John, on the big Wednesday Operation.

This past Sunday my younger brother and I were visiting our older brother in Florida. I took a short walk that afternoon to a park not far from his house. There, on Father’s Day, I began to enjoy watching a woman and her twenty-something son celebrating a picnic lunch together. Later, after joining them, I learned that her husband, the young man’s father, had recently passed unexpectedly. It had been difficult for them, but members of their church community had supported them with help and encouragement. She had gone back to work, was making good friends, and he had returned to college. Each of us has a cross to bear on our journey in the kingdom of heaven; but, we are called to assist one another, to press forward, our burden light.

Mike sharing his thoughts on today's readings.

Read More Sunday Homily, June 26, 2016, 13th Sunday Ordinary Time
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ByRosemary June 26, 2016
Rosemary’s Blessing of The Week

Looking behind I am filled with gratitude.

Looking forward I am filled with vision.

Looking upwards I am filled with strength.

Looking within I discover peace.

Quero Apache Prayer

Marlene reading from 1 Kings.

Our Special Thanks
- For the Readings: Marlene & Becky
- For The Team: Kevin
- For the Communion Bread: Alison
- For the Special Communion Cups: Becky & Tom
- For the Pictures: Rick & Connie
- For the coffee and extras: Becky & Tom & Jackie
- For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue
- For the Music: David & Bethany
- For all who helped with communion
Becky reading from Galatians.

Birthdays:   Rick U. (64, Tuesday & see Anniversaries), Candice Porter (Thursday, Ben’s wife)

Anniversaries:

Jackie & Rick U. (41^st, Tuesday)

Remember: July 10, Community Summer Brunch.

Ro reading her Blessing of The Week.

Please Remember these special people:

For Carol’s operation the end of this month; For Nina's dad, Art, who just died this week at 93, and for Nina and the family; For John Schanot's upcoming kidney operation connected with cancer; 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 Dawn; John Simari’s friend, Ron; For Frank; 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;

A Special Community Blessing for John on his operation Wednesday.

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;

Want to know why we go? The CO trip.

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.

Why we go, to sit around a campfire in the evening, with Rose & Nicole.

Your Finances, June 26, 2016

Expenses:   $610.00

Outreach: $265.00

Your Finances, June 19, 2016

Expenses:   $1920.00

Outreach: $1215.00

Donated today: next week.

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

Have a Great Week, J.S

(214-783-0443)

Why we go. The culprits, Mike, unknown, Rose, & Bill.

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.

Sez Cole, "See you next week, Everybody. Happy July 4th coming up.
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Reminder for Sunday, June 26, 2016, 13th Ordinary Time C
ByRosemary June 22, 2016
Sez Genevieve, "Hi, Everybody, Welcome in. Look at me, I can walk."

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

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

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

Buddy, you look terrific in your new robes.

Readings:

1 Kings   19, 16, 19-21, Please, let me kiss my father & mother goodbye.

Psalm 16,  You are my inheritance, O Lord.

Galatians 5, 1, 13-18, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

Luke 9, 51-62, I will follow you, Lord, but first let me say farewell to my family.

Hi, Brandon, How do you like Lovejoy?

Community Activities:
1. ROMEO MEET: Friday, June 24 , 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): TBA
Who is that taking all those pictures? Thanks, Beth, they are excellent.

Special Notice 1: Can we postpone the community brunch until July 10? I completely forgot to mention it last Sunday. This Sunday is too soon now, and July 4th weekend is next. So, July 10?

Special Notice 2: We would like to form a help network for Richard & Carol and John & Mary Jane. It will depend upon what Richard and Mary Jane would find helpful. Meals? If you could help out in any way way, please contact Grace LeBlanc, dougle20@verizon.net.

Happy 44th to you and Kent, Diane.

What is going on in Our Catholic World
1. Francis among wolves, Corpus & America, June 20, 678 words, Download Francis among Wolves 6-23-16
2. The Catholic Church and the LGBT community, Corpus, June 20, 765 words, Download Church & LGBT Catholics 6-23-16
Happy Birthday, Harper. Excellent, 5 years old.

True?

The best fishermen I know try not to make the same mistakes over and over again; instead they strive to make new and interesting mistakes and to remember what they learned from them.

John Gierach, American author (and fisherman)

Thanks for the Offertory you folks, Diane & Erin, Lynda & Tom.

See you Sunday.

J.S., 214-783-0443

Special Blessings on you, Carol, as you begin this journey.

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 Sunday.

J.S., 214-783-0443

A Fathers' Day Blessing for all our guys.
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Sunday Homily, June 19, 2016, 12th Sunday Ordinary Time
ByRosemary June 19, 2016

Welcome to our marvelous community, Clare & Joe, from Hilton Head. Clare is Rosemary's sister (but not her twin sister).

Readings:

Zechariah   12, 10-11, 13, 1, I pour out on the house of David a spirit of grace.

Psalm 63,  My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord my God.

Galatians 3, 26-29, Through faith you are all children of God

Luke 9, 18-24, If anyone wishes to come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily.

Genevieve, too, not to be outdone in hospitality, says, "Hi, Joe & Clare. Welcome. And Welcome, Everybody."

Zecheria observations :

Who:
one of the 12 minor prophets.  Why? Small work. Only 14 little chapters. Vs the Big 3, who have chapters numbering into the 60’s. Zecharia is really the author of this work.

Time:
post Babylonian Captivity, therefore, after 555 before Christ. How do we know? Reference is made to Darius, the king of the Persians.

Content:
part 1 involves visions about the restoration of Jerusalem. Part 2, our part, talks about future prosperity. Maybe a slightly forgetable book. I have not one line highlighted in my bible.

Sources: Good News Bible, Wikipedia

Kevin, also, says, "Welcome in, Joe & Clare, and Welcome, Everybody?

Deny Myself and Take up a Cross Daily

This morning I would like to talk about this notion of taking up my cross daily. Every time I hear this it creeps me out. It is so depressing and gloomy. I have known people who have followed this scrupulously and they were not happy. In fact, I could describe them as psychologically infirm.

I think there was some of this in my original decision to enter the Jesuits to be a priest in 1958.

Our Professional Candle Lighter of The Week, Brandon.

Certainly in those early years of Jesuit training, we practiced this. We took up the cross daily. We lived in silence most of the time, worked hard on the beautiful Jesuit farm at Grand Coteau, and we never went back to our original homes, even for Christmas or weddings.   A really regimented monastic life, up at 5:00, lights out at 10:00, every day, month after month, year after year.

Times have certainly changed since Vatican II and I have obviously changed. I think there is a healthy way to understand taking up one's cross. I have three positive comments.

Buddy, Is that a little mouse admiring you?

First, it can be a invitation or a challenge to self-improvement. I see a lot of this every morning I go to work out at the Jewish Community Center. These people are healthy and not depressed.

Secondly, the self-improvement involves obvious things, like the big three:

          Healthy eating, that is, watch out for salt, sugar, and fat or butter, the major seducer ingredients of fast food places, like McDonald’s.

Hannah, who is that loving up on you?

          Exercise, that is, keep moving. 2 a days are coming for high school football players. You want to see self discipline? 27 days from now I will join 15 thousand other wakos to ride across Iowa in a week, about 500 miles. I’m exercising, getting in shape.

I know a couple here who will remain nameless, who when the husband was discovered to have the beginning of Diabetes 2, he decided to eat healthy and exercise. He did it, lost a good bit of extra weight, and controlled his diagnosis. Following his example, his wife joined him and she, too, lost weight and got into shape.

Folks, that seems to be Victoria who loves Hannah.

          Thirdly, taking breaks, days off, vacation periods. A day off a week
or 3 once a month. Contemplate and reflect during the breaks. Contemplate what? My blessings & gifts & joys. Number one, number two, and on.

The final comment, the goal of all this discipline & self-improvement? Be fully alive. This is what it means to take up a cross in a healthy way.

Where are you being invited by God to become more fully alive?

Sez Genevieve, "Is it not my turn to play that guitar?"

Read More Sunday Homily, June 19, 2016, 12th Sunday Ordinary Time
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ByRosemary June 19, 2016
Rosemary’s Blessing of The Week

Father's Day blessing

NO BRUNCH NEXT SUNDAY. POSTPONED.

Denni reading from Zechariah.

Our Special Thanks
- For the Readings: Tom & Denni
- For The Team: Kevin & Georgie & Buddy
- For the Communion Bread: Alison
- For the Wine & Cups: Becky & Tom
- For the Pictures: Rick & Connie, Mike
- For the coffee and extras: Becky & Tom & Jackie
- For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue
- For the Music: David & Bethany & Ray & Shonda
- For all who helped with communion
Tom reading from Galatians.

Birthdays:   Bernadette (today, Sunday), Brian Pack ( (65, Wednesday)

Anniversaries:

Barb & Warren (37^th, Friday)

Chuck & Sandra (55th, Thursday)

Special Blessing for Carol.

Please Remember these special people:

For Carol’s operation the end of this month; For Nina's dad, Art, who just died this week at 93, and for Nina and the family; For John Schanot's upcoming kidney operation connected with cancer; 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 Dawn; John Simari’s friend, Ron; For Frank; 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;

Special Blessing for Healing and Health.

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;

Special Blessing from The Whole Community.

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.

Special Blessing for Fathers' Day.

Your Finances, June 19, 2016

Expenses:   $ (Next week)

Outreach: $

Your Finances, June 12, 2016

Expenses:   $850.00

Outreach: $280.00

Donated today: Nothing special

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

Special Blessing for Special Guys.

Have a Great Week, J.S

(214-783-0443)

Special Blessing from The Whole Community.

JSM Mission-Faith Statement

      Help create a Catholic Community that welcomes all God’s People, provides for & challenges spiritual & total growth.

      Reaches out to help people who are disadvantaged & make the world we live in a better place to live.
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Reminder for Sunday, June 19, 2016, 12th Ordinary Time C
ByRosemary June 15, 2016
Hey, Buddy, it looks like you have a new admirer. Would you like to teach Genevieve how to help us with the Mass? Never too young to help out. Maybe she also loves you new robes.

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

That little girl can walk! Leo is guiding her around to visit all her admirers.

Readings:

Zechariah   12, 10-11, 13, 1, I pour out on the house of David a spirit of grace.

Psalm 63,  My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord my God.

Galatians 3, 26-29, Through faith you are all children of God

Luke 9, 18-24, If anyone wishes to come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily.

Leo says, "At that rate we ain't getting there."

Community Activities:
1. ROMEO MEET: Friday, June 17 , 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): TBA
Healing for Maddie and Sandra.

What is going on in Our Catholic World
1. 2 Questions about new law concerning negligent bishops, National Catholic Reporter, June 10, 1400 words, Download Questions on new law 6-16-16
Healing for Teresa and Tom.

True?

What happens to a dream deferred?

Does it dry up

like a raisin in the sun?

Or fester like a sore —

And then run?

Does it stink like rotten meat?

Or crust and sugar over–

Like a syrupy sweet?

Maybe it just sags

like a heavy load.

Or does it explode?

Langston Hughes

Communion for All.

See you Sunday.

J.S., 214-783-0443

The Play Corner.

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 Sunday.

J.S., 214-783-0443

Claire, want to know how to scare away the bears in Yosemite? Having learned last year with us, Nicole is ready to share her profound knowledge. Who knows, Claire, maybe you could us this method with your tribe of grand kids, especially the twins.
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