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ByRosemary September 8, 2013
Rosemary’s Blessing:

Loving God,

Enable us to grow in the Benedictine spirit

In ways that make us

Compassionate co-creators of a world in process,

Creative keepers of the human community,

Loving listeners to the heartbeat of the world,

Caring sisters and brothers to its wounded

And bringers of peace to a world in distress.

Taken from The Prayer for Those Who Dwell in the Monastery of the Heart by Joan Chittister

Our Special Thanks
- For Reading: Patricia, Fed, RIchard and Jim
- For the coffee and pastries: Jackie and Jerry and Claire
Birthdays:   Warren Wittek (Saturday), Teresa Read (Wednesday),
Jean Wright & Wendy Boyce (33), (both Tuesday), Dee Miller (Today, Sunday)

Anniversaries:

Bill and Julie Carey, (30^th, Saturday)

Mike and Geri, (38^thFriday)

Please Remember these special people:

Irene Urbanczyk, Rick's mom in Buffalo, who is just about ready to move to the Other Side, that she do so peacefully;   Monica's medical deal last Tuesday; Jan's family members who are doing badly & Charlie's brother in law with cancer;    Jean O'Donnell's brother, Louis; Chuck Pratt and his cancer;   JohnDoherty's dad who is declining rapidly;  Dee's friend Cole, 17, facing brain surgery; Dick Thompson's daughter, Teri Jill & her cousin
Terri.

Barb & Warren's new grandbaby, Leighton Elizabeth, and their friends,
Mike & Tara;   Judy Carrell's friend, Matt Larson with cancer, David and Sue, her sister & Sue's husband, Jim;   Alexander Occhipinti; Rita

Bernadette Delgado's mom; Gilberto's mom; 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; Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret and Jim; our friends, sons, and daughters in the military, including Cole Carey, 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.

Your Finances: September 8, 2013

Expenses:   $ 830.00

Outreach: $ 277.00

We donated this week:

1. Nothing special this week.

Thanks for your Generosity.

Have a Great Week, J.S

(214-783-0443)

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provides for &  challenges spiritual & total growth.

      Reaches out to help people who are disadvantaged & make the world
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Reminder for Sunday, September 8, 2013, 23rd Ordinary Time, C cycle
ByRosemary September 5, 2013

Welcome: Catholic Mass with coffee and juice and specials on
the house served afterwards.

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

Place: Vines High School, 15th between Custer & Independence

Acadia at Communion.

John at Communion.

Readings:

Wisdom 9, 13-18, 28-29,  Who can know God’s counsel?

Psalm 90, In every age, O Lord, you have been our refuge.

Philemon 1, 9-10, 12-17, I, Paul, an old man…

Luke 14, 25-33, If anyone comes to me without hating his father and mother.

How to REALLY enjoy eating cake.

Happiness is getting into your cake, Harper.

Community Events:

  1.   Our next Habitat special day is probably September. Look for the neighborhood behind the Home Depot on Central, at 11th Ave.   A person may also work any Saturday. There is still work to be done on the current house.

2.  ROMEO lunch Friday, August 23, 1:00. Welcome All. Many of us
will be in Yosemite. Welcome to Yosemite. Always room around the campfire.

3.  The Women's Lunch Group on Thursdays begins again in September.    For info talk with Carol or Bernadette.

Angela receiving the sacrament of the sick.

Offertory, Lily and Scott, Lynda and Tom.

What's going on in our Catholic World:

1.   A new Secretary of State for Francis, National Catholic Reporter, August 24, 1000 words,

Who got elected to receive the extra Cupcake, Chloe.

Toy world with Emma, Torri, Zoe, and Buddy.

True?

Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.

Mark Twain

A good granddad walking Buddy, Emma, Zoe, and Torri, granddad Gil.

Jerry and Bill.

See you Sunday, September 8,2013, 21stOrdinary Time, C cycle

J.S., 214-783-0443

Cross training, a runner meets bikers, Tom with Kayli, Grace, and Doug.

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Sunday Homily, September 1, 2013, 22nd Ordinary Time C
ByRosemary September 1, 2013

Readings:

Sirach 3, 17-18, 28-29, Conduct your affairs with humility.

Psalm 68, God, in your goodness, you have made a home for the poor.

Hebrews 12, 18-19, 22-24, You have approached Mount Zion.

Luke 14, 1, 7-14, Invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind.

Chloe lighting up our lives this Sunday.

Sirach observations

Author : The author is
Sirach or Joshua, a Jewish scribe. The
book of 51 chapters is one of the “in between books,” more or less 12 of them. In other words, their genuiness is
questioned. The Catholic Church accepts
them; the Protestants don’t.

Date:
about 200 years before Christ.

Subject: Ethics, norms for good Jewish living. For example, “Do not compliment a person on
his good looks,” (11, 2), or “Never abandon an old friend; you will never find
a new one who can take his place,” (9, 10), or “Friendship is like wine, it
gets better as it gets older,” (9, 10), or Don’t prevent the poor from making a
living, or keep them waiting in their need,” (4,1).

Today’s subject: Humility.

Sources: Good News Bible

Georgie bringing more sparkle.

Invite the
poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind.

I would like to speak on the line about inviting the poor and crippled rather
than my friends and wealthy neighbors.
To give meaning to the idea, and in remembrance of 9/11, I would like to tell a true story about a
Delta flight.

Some of you may have seen the story Friday in the blog. It is quite touching. For those who did not read the story, let me
fill you in. It has a lot to say about inviting people and 9/11.

The day is 9/11. Delta 15 is
about 5 hours out of Frankfurt, Germany on its homebound run to Atlanta. A flight attendant is telling the story.

Buddy, the debonair.

The plane is over the north Atlantic when the pilots tell her to come
straight to the flight deck. She enters
and notices the team is all business.
They tell her that they have been informed that all U.S. airports are
closed to commercial traffic. Land as
quickly as possible wherever possible.

Cole swinging his way through life.

They turn back 400 miles and land at Gander, New Foundland. About 20 other planes are already on the
ground. Time is around 11:00 A.M.

They did not inform the passengers about the real reason for the odd landing
while in the air. On the ground they
give them the real reason, though they only knew that some planes had been
hijacked. In an hour 53 planes are packed on the runway, 10 thousand people in
a town of 10 thousand.

Celeste and her warmth coming in.

They are treated well, but have to spend the night on the plane and are finally informed they may deplane at
11:00. Promptly at
11:00 a convoy of school buses arrives and everyone exits and is passed through
immigration.

At this point the crew gets taken to a hotel in Gander and the
passengers disappear. That evening they
discover the reality. They remain in
Gander two days.

Bernadette and her daughter, MIchelle at Delgado Corner.

At the end of the two days, everyone is reunited and they board Delta
15. It turns out the passengers are actually
in a really congenial mood, calling each other by first names, sharing their
experiences, exchanging phone numbers, and even crying over the hospitality.

Cupcakes of The Week to Maureen on her birthday and Beth and Rob for 39 years.

What happen? All of Gander and
the neighboring villages welcomed them with open arms. They cleared space, housing, school buildings, auditoriums,
everything. Schools were closed and the
students were told to play host. Food
was provided, hiking trips took place, boat trips, visits to cafes and
bakeries.

The Biker Family, the LeBlancs, Doug and Grace with their daughter Kayli.

The passengers had been put up by the inhabitants of a little village
called Lewisporte.

Once airborne again, a passenger approached this flight attendant and
asked if he might use the mike. Normally
prohibited, but because of the spirit and the uniqueness of the experience she
said, “Of course.”

Harper hiding from….

The man, a doctor from Virginia, says to everybody that because of the
extraordinary hospitality of the people he would like to propose that a college
fund for the students be set up. He
would be willing to establish it and he said he would match the amount. After passing the hat, $14,000 was collected,
which he matched.

As of today a million and a half has been raised and over 100 kids have
received help with college.

Her grandmother, Cathy.

What do you think? Hospitality? Yes, over the
top.

Gratitude? Yes, over the top.

Rare? No. I
saw it this summer in Des Moines, Iowa.
I saw it a week ago in Wichita Falls.

You, where do you see hospitality and gratitude? When do you show it?

Source:
Download Delta 15 & 9-11, 8-30-13

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Announcements
ByRosemary September 1, 2013
Rosemary’s Blessing:

May all peoples of the earth become as brothers and sisters,

and may the most longed-for peace

blossom forth and reign always among men and women."

Pacem in Terris, Pope John XXIII, 4/11/63

Mary Ellen reading Sirach.

Our Special Thanks
- For Reading: Bill and Mary Ellen
- For The Team: Kevin & Georgie
- For the Communion Bread: Alison & Claire
- For the Wine & Cups: Jan
- For the Pictures & Video: John, Beth & Rick
- For the coffee and pastries: Jackie
- For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue
- For the Music: Ray & Bethany
Bill reading Hebrews.

Birthdays:   Mary Harrell (22, Monday), Maureen Macchio (Tuesday), Jo Whitley (Tuesday), Megan Kite (25, Friday)

Anniversaries:

Ben and Amanda (2^nd, Tuesday)

Gloria Eschelbrenner and Eric (4^th, Wednesday)

Richard and Monica (12^th, Thursday)

Nina and Sean Tucker (26^th, Thursday)

Beth and Rob (39^th, Saturday)

Ken and Cindy (51^st, today, Sunday)

Ray with Bethany, 6 days before she gets married, this Saturday.

Please Remember these special people:

Irene Urbanczyk, Rick's mom in Buffalo, who is just about ready to move to the Other Side, that she do so peacefully;   Monica's medical deal last Tuesday; Jan's family members who are doing badly & Charlie's brother in law with cancer;    Jean O'Donnell's brother, Louis;
Chuck Pratt and his cancer; John's Caliope, who has been in and
out of the hospital; JohnDoherty's dad who is declining rapidly;
Dee's friend Carole and Cole, 17, facing brain surgery; Dick Thompson's daughter, Teri Jill & her cousin Terri.

Barb & Warren's new grandbaby, Leighton Elizabeth, and their friends, Mike & Tara;   Judy Carrell's friend, Matt Larson with cancer, David and Sue, her sister & Sue's husband, Jim;   Alexander Occhipinti; Rita

Mass ending.

Bernadette Delgado's mom; Gilberto's mom; 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; Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret and Jim; our friends, sons, and daughters in the military, including Cole Carey, 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.

Your Finances: September 1, 2013

Expenses:   $465,00

Outreach: $130.00

We donated this week:

1. Nothing special this week.

Thanks for your Generosity.

Have a Great Week, J.S

(214-783-0443)

Video: Entrance hymn, All the Ends of the Earth, 2 minutes



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Reminder for Sunday, September 1, 2013, 22nd Ordinary Time, Cycle C
ByRosemary August 29, 2013

Welcome: Catholic Mass with coffee
& juice & specials on the house served afterwards.

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

Place: Vines High School, 15th between Custer & Independence

Our love Harper with one of her grandmother's hats, that is, Cathy.

Readings:

Sirach 3, 17-18,
28-29,
Conduct your affairs with humility.

Psalm 68, God, in your goodness, you have made a home
for the poor.

Hebrews 12, 18-19, 22-24, You have approached Mount Zion.

Luke 14, 1, 7-14, Invite the poor, the crippled, the
lame, the blind.

Offertory, Cole with his mom and dad, Chuck and Erin, and Erin's mom, Diane.

Community Events:

  1.   Our next
Habitat special day is probably September. Look for the neighborhood
behind the Home Depot on Central, at 11th Ave.   A person may also
work any Saturday. There is still work to be done on the current house.

2.  ROMEO lunch Friday, August
23, 1:00. Welcome All

3.  The Women's Lunch Group on Thursdays
begins again in September.    For info talk with Carol
or Bernadette.

Bernadette and Gilberto are back home and Delgado Corner is open, yippee. Buddy and Torri.

What's
going on in our Catholic World:

1.   A monastery brewry?, National Catholic Reporter, August 24, 1000 words,
Download Beauty and beer 8-30-13

2. A consoling story out of 9/11. I have read the first part. I had not read the final amounts, 1800 words,
Download Delta 15 & 9-11, 8-30-13

Cupcakes of The Week for Delgados (48th), Teresa, and Marsha, along with some little critters hoping for a crumb.

Another cupcake critter, Zoe waits hoping.

True?

“The end of violence or the
aftermath of violence is bitterness. The aftermath of nonviolence is
reconciliation and the creation of a beloved community. A boycott is never an
end within itself. It is merely a means to awaken a sense of shame within the
oppressor but the end is reconciliation, the end is redemption.”

MLK

Communion helpers with Rosemary, Beth and Rob and John.

See you Sunday, September 1,
2013, 21stOrdinary Time, C cycle

J.S., 214-783-0443

Rosemary reads her blessing.

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    Reaches out to help people who
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live in a better place to live.

Want a hydrenaline jolt or electric shock to your system? Join this bunch of crazies.

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Sunday Homily, August 25, 2003, 21st Ordinary Time C
ByRosemary August 25, 2013

Readings:

Isaiah 66, 18-21, I come to gather nations of ever language.

Psalm 117, Go out to all the world and tell the Good News.

Hebrews 12, 5-7, 11-13, Whom the lord loves he disciplines.

Luke 13, 22-30, Depart from me, you evil doers.

Mass Begins. The Winner's medal and red ribbon from HHH.

Isaiah 66 observations:

Author: Isaiah III. The book of Isaiah is one of my favorites. Some beautiful passages. Remember, 3 primary authors are responsible for the 66 chapters, and we are reading the very last. Isaiah 1 covers chapters 1-39. This book is one of the Big 3 O.T. prophets, along with Jeremiah and Ezekiel. This is because the works are the longest. There are 12 minor prophets.

Time: ca. 700, before the Assyrians annihilate the northern Jewish kingdom, called Israel, vs the southern kingdom called Judah, where Jerusalem is. 10 tribes were lost in this destruction, the 10 Lost Tribes of Israel.

Remember, there were 12 tribes. Why? Because of the 12 sons of Jacob, who was one of the 3 great patriarchs or founders of the tribe, Abraham, Isaac, & Jacob, who was also called Israel.

Marsha awaiting The Cupcake for her birthday.

Message of Isaiah III: Mostly consolation after the catastrophe. What is the basic activity of a prophet? 1. criticism, 2. prediction of dire payment, 3. consolation.

Today’s message: this being the last chapter of the whole work, you might guess. Yes, consolation and future unity.

Hebrews observation:

The best thing about today's selection: we have to read Hebrews only one more week. Awful reading today.

Our dear Harper.

Will only a
few be saved?

I would like to speak today about this idea that only a few will be
saved. In the past few weeks we have
been hearing this from Luke. Basically,
the message is the same, yes, only a few will be saved. In fact, you got to be on guard all the time
or the master will return, catch you napping, and off to hell you go.

I would propose that these metaphors about life are all pretty fear
based. Today I think we are moving from
a fear based life metaphor to a peace based metaphor. My metaphor is the Hotter ‘N Hell
Hundred. Three points. It is a journey, it is characterized by
mutual help, and a final point.

Teresa awaiting The Cupcake for her birthday.

Yesterday as I rode along I thought about these readings and how life is
like a 100 mile bike ride. First of all
there are people. The other riders. But, also, people like Bill who introduced me
to this marvelous ride. Other friends,
like Doug & Grace, John & Connie make the ride more fun. And there is the marvelous beauty of the day,
the surroundings, and simple joy of the ability to ride.

Other riders whom I don’t know are fun.
I tie a little beanie baby dog to the top of my bike helmet. I started this at Ragbrai in Iowa, just for
fun and because I see a lot of such décor there. The dog gets lots of comments, from, “Hey, do
you know you got a dog on your helmet?” to “I love the cute dog on your helmet.” I tell people that I cannot leave my little
dog at home and she loves to ride.

Cupcakes of the Week for 48 years, Bernadette and Gilberto.

A second point to this life metaphor.
Lots of people help me along the ride.
There are what are called sag wagons.
These are roving pickups with trailers who collect gassed riders, broken
down riders, and riders with minor injuries.
There is first aid everywhere.

And then there are the marvelous rest stops. These volunteers meet you with pitchers of
cold water and Gatorade, with cold & wet towels, and with tables loaded
with fruit. But, my favorite rest stop
comes at mile 30.

Leo.

A bunch of elderly women volunteers, many probably younger than I am,
they make cookies, boxes of them, about 5-6 varieties. Every year I look forward to seeing them and
chatting them up. I confess I ate 6 of
their cooking this year, a bit much considering the 70 miles I still had ahead
of me.

Finally, the third reason why the HHH is a life metaphor for me: everyone
who arrives at the end gets a medal.
Everyone is a winner. And, if you
fell out this year, you can cross the finish line next year. No fear, peace.

In this life metaphor the ride is a marvel, the supporters are numerous
and beautiful, and everyone wins the medal.

What is your life metaphor, peaceful or fearful? Are
you saved? Are you a winner?

Brent accepting check for Souls' Harbor.

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Announcements
ByRosemary August 25, 2013
Rosemary’s Blessing:

May you learn to see yourself

With the same delight,

Pride and expectation

With which God sees you in every
moment.

To Bless the Space Between Us, by John O’Donohue

Bernadette reading Isaiah.

Our Special Thanks
- For Reading: The Delgados, Bernadette and Gilberto
- For The Team: Kevin & Georgie
- For the Communion Bread: Alison & Claire
- For the Wine & Cups: Jan
- For the Pictures & Video: John, Beth & Rick
- For the coffee
  and pastries: Jackie & Jerry
- For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue
- For the Music: Ray & Bethany
Gil reading Hebrews.

Birthdays: Teresa Quinn (Saturday), Marsha Farmer (Thursday), Marilyn Ackerman (Wednesday), Kara Butterly (13 Monday)

Anniversaries:

Rose & Wally Banzhaf (42^ndTuesday)

If you did not consider yourself crazy for riding 100 miles in the heat, this will confirm it. Mile 20 rest stop. Local kids put on a tableau.

For Irene Urbanczyk, Rick's mom in Buffalo, who is just about ready to move to the Other Side, that she do so peacefully;   Monica's medical deal last Tuesday; Jan's family members who are doing badly & Charlie's brother in law with cancer;    Jean O'Donnell's brother, Louis; Chuck Pratt and his cancer; John's Caliope, who has been in and out of the hospital; JohnDoherty's dad who is declining rapidly; Dee's friend Carole and Cole, 17, facing brain surgery; Dick Thompson's daughter, Teri Jill & her cousin Terri.

See that blue and white tent? Check it out for boxes of 5-6 varieties of cookies home made by the ladies of the town of Electra. All rest stop personnel are volunteer. Rest stop 30 miles.

Barb & Warren's new grandbaby, Leighton Elizabeth, and their friends,Mike & Tara;   Judy Carrell's friend, Matt Larson with cancer, David and Sue, her sister & Sue's husband, Jim;   Alexander Occhipinti; Rita

Best Rest Stop for shade and comfort at 75 miles. A grove of pecan trees and live oaks.

Bernadette Delgado's mom; Gilberto's mom; 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; Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret and Jim; our friends, sons, and daughters in the military, including Cole Carey, 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.

68 mile rest stop. The later the ride, the more the gassed riders. Lots of medical support with IV's and cold packs.

Your Finances: August 25, 2013

Expenses:   $2335.00

Outreach: $ 980.00

We donated this week:

1. $2000 to Soul's Harbor through Brent, the director.

2.   $300 to Plano Community Homes.

Thanks for your Generosity.

Hell's Gate at the 60 mile rest stop. 100 milers have to pass this point before a given time, like 11:30, or they get turned back to Wichita Falls by a short route.

Have a Great Week, J.S

(214-783-0443)

Video: Entrance hymn, 2 minutes

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Help create a Catholic Community that welcomes all God’s People,
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Reminder for Sunday, August 25, 2003, 21st Ordinary Time C
ByRosemary August 22, 2013

Welcome: Catholic Mass with coffee & juice & specials on the house served afterwards.

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

Place: Vines High School, 15th between Custer & Independence

Buddy and pal, "Hi, Everybody."

"We're here," Zoe, Buddy, and Torri.

Readings:

Isaiah 66, 18-21, I come to gather nations of every language.

Psalm 117, Go out to all the world and tell the Good News.

Hebrews 12, 5-7, 11-13, Whom the lord loves he disciplines.

Luke 13, 22-30, Depart from me, you evil doers.

Buddy and Georgie at the Pastry Shoppe.

Community Events:

  1.   Our next Habitat special day is probably September. Look for the neighborhood behind the Home Depot on Central, at 11 th Ave.   A person may also work any Saturday. There is still work to be done on the current house.

2.  ROMEO lunch Friday, August 23, 1:00. The Old Geezer will be in Wichita Falls for Hotter ‘N Hell Hundred on Saturday. Welcome.

3.  The Women's Lunch Group on Thursdays is on vacation until further notice.   For info talk with Carol or Bernadette.

Zoe happily accepting for her absent grandparents, Bernadette and Gilberto, The Cupcake of the Week for 48 years.

What's going on in our Catholic World:

1. Francis sees 3 Temptations for Catholicism, Tom Reese, S.J., National Catholic Reporter & Corpus, August 13, 900 words,
Download Three Temptations 8-23-13

2. Conservative Funk?, National Catholic Reporter, August 17,
650 words,
Download Funk 8-23-13

3. Francis facing complaints?, Eugene Kennedy, National Catholic Reporter, August 22, 875 words,
Download Complaints 8-23-13

4. Why we love our kids at Mass with us? Some of the reasons, 800 words,
Download Our Kids 8-23-13

Curtis finally getting his Cupcake after it got away last week.

Harper and her grandmother, Cathy, at the Pastry Shoppe.

True?

If you lend someone $20 and never see that person again,
It was probably worth it.

Offertory, Jerry, Shirley, and (The New) Bill.

See you Sunday, August 25, 2013, 21stOrdinary Time, C cycle

J.S., 214-783-0443

A theme picture of our readings lately? Our friend Isaiah (note the misspelling). Photo taken in downtown Dallas.

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     Help create a Catholic Community that welcomes all God’s People,
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    Reaches out to help people who are disadvantaged & make the world we
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Grace and Ryan exchange rings.

Ryan and his buddies from grade school and Cole.

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Sunday Homily, August 18, 2013, 20th Ordinary Time C
ByRosemary August 18, 2013

Readings:

Jeremiah 38, 4-6, 8-10, They threw Jeremiah into the cistern.

Psalm 40, Lord, come to my aid.

Hebrews 21, 1-4, We are surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses.

Luke 12, 49-53, Do you think I have come to establish peace on the earth?

Mass begins with Kevin and Georgie.

Jeremiah Observations:

Author: really Jeremiah or at least his scribe.

Date: after the Babylonian Captivity again, say 555 years before Chrsit. Jeremiah sees the Babylonian catastrophe coming and says it is going to be how Yahweh punishes the people for their evil and unjust ways.

Subject: Jeremiah is the classic prophet. He does the 3 things characteristic of a prophet. He criticizes the behavior of the people. He promises punishment from Yahweh. He indicates that a better day will come. Jeremiah lives to see the punishment, that is the Captivity. Probably not the return from captivity.

Our selection: Jeremiah pays the price of most real prophets. The people are enraged, turn against him, and watch what happens.

Communion helpers Jan, Rich, Claire, and Lynda and Tom.

Do you think
I have come to establish peace on earth?
No!

This morning I would like to talk about this line supposedly attributed
to Jesus that he has not come to establish peace on earth. “No,” he says. As you can probably guess, I don’t like this
statement.   I can see him aiming it at
the big people who are abusing the poor.

Zoe and Buddy back from Disney World.

However, I live on the passage from John 15 where he says, “As the
Father has loved me, so I have loved you, live in my love. I have told you this so that my joy may be in
you and your joy may be complete.” There
are numerous other lines where Jesus says, “Peace.”

Harper at the Pastry Shoppe.

So, I confess I not only don’t like this line, but have my doubts about
who said it or wrote it. Instead I focus
on the positive, on peace. I see this
everywhere. Let me give you a bunch of
examples.

I had and saw peace and joy Friday when I was honored to do Ryan McClurg’s
wedding in Ogden, Utah. I was
overwhelmed by it when I saw the tears in Diane’s eyes as I stood with Ryan in
front of everyone at the very beginning of the wedding.

Torri and Buddy at the Pastry Shoppe.

Then when his fiance, Grace came up the aisle with tears pouring down
her face, the peace and joy was even stronger.
I had a hard time getting started.
The whole wedding and reception was peace and joy.

I experienced peace and joy when I saw the peace and joy in Ryan’s face
and remembered the difficult days he went through after breaking his ankle in
his freshman year at OK State on his football scholarship. His football days were over and it really hit
him hard. He had been tight end on one
of Plano Senior High 5-A state championship teams. We talked about that time and he is so happy
to have gotten through it.

Bethany, Shonda, and Ray.

I experienced peace and joy when our Cole, who was there, of course,
with Chuck and Erin, Ryan’s big sister, did a great one. There was a little blond girl his age named
Peyton whom Cole frequently informs everyone he will marry.   At one point
Thursday or Friday he put her head into the ice chest where the beer and drinks
were chilling. What a hoot.

Welcome to the wedding of Ryan McClurg, once of Plano Senior High, and Grace, in Ogden, Utah, where Ryan is stationed in the Air Force.

This was followed by, “I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry.” And they are back being best buddies.

Peace and joy was found on the big back porch of a big old mansion the
McClurgs rented. At least 20 people
stayed there along with 4 or more little kids around Cole and Peyton’s
ages. 2 hours sitting on that porch
early in the morning drinking coffee and watching the kids play in the house
and yard was total heaven.

Grace and Ryan.

Closer to home, how about the peace and joy of Leo getting his head
stuck in the chair up here last week?
And Beth coming to Shonda’s rescue to pull Leo straight out?

And the week before that, how about Emma, who has been shy once upon a
time, slowly coming up here as we celebrate, finally climbing right up beside
me and laying her little toy car on the altar?
Talk about peace and joy.

Our buddy Cole, a ring bearer.

I do not even talk here about the peace and joy that comes from working
Habitat on a Saturday.

It is there, folks, despite what the writer of this line says. Every day.
You just got to look or, rather sometimes, look back.

Your peace and joy, today?

Another Harper, at the wedding in Ogden, Utah. She is the daughter of Brandon and Ashley who now live in Houston with three little girls.

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ByRosemary August 18, 2013
Rosemary’s
Blessing:

As a dog runs, barks, jumps, and dances when
it is happy;

Oh God …

Help us to remember that

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

J and R Creations

Beth reading Jeremiah.

Our
Special Thanks
- For Reading: Beth and Mike
- For The Team: Kevin & Georgie
- For the Communion Bread:
  Alison & Claire
- For the Wine & Cups: Claire
  & Ray
- For the Pictures & Video:
  John & Connie & Rick & Mike
- For the coffee and pastries:
  Beth Dugan, Jackie & Jerry
- For the altar &
  sound: Jackie & Hue
- For the Music: Ray & Shonda & Bethany
Mike reading Hebrews.

Birthdays:   Perry Robinson (Saturday)
and Megan Robinson (Today, Sunday), Emily Kite (19 Wednesday)

Anniversaries:

Bernadette and Gilberto (48^th, Wednesday)

Ryan with his mom and dad, Diane and Kent

Rosemary's cataract operation Monday;  Mike Moran’s family after his dad’s death;
Monica's medical deal on the 21st; Jan's family members who
are doing badly & Charlie's brother in law with
cancer; Bobby who broke his arm;
Jean O'Donnell's brother, Louis; Chuck Pratt and his
cancer; John's Caliope, who has been in and out of the
hospital; JohnDoherty's dad who is declining rapidly; Dee's friend
Carole and Cole, 17, facing brain surgery; Dick Thompson's daughter,
Teri Jill & her cousin Terri.

Ryan with his mom and sister, Diane and Erin.

Barb & Warren's new grandbaby, Leighton
Elizabeth, and their friends, Mike & Tara;
  Judy Carrell's friend, Matt Larson with
cancer, David and Sue, her sister & Sue's husband, Jim;
Alexander Occhipinti; Mary Zachos' brother (Jessica
Bresson's maid of honor) with a stroke; Rita

Bernadette Delgado's mom;
Gilberto's mom; 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; Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret and Jim;
our friends, sons, and daughters in the military, including Cole Carey, 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.

Ryan with his groomsmen and best buddies since grade school, Brad, Josh, and Brandon.

Your Finances: August
18, 2013

Expenses:   $650.00

Outreach: $205.00

We donated this week:

1. Nothing special this week

Thanks for your Generosity.

   The Beginning of a New Life, Grace and Ryan.

Have a Great Week, J.S

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