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Announcements
ByRosemary December 30, 2012
Rosemary's Blessing:

On this feast of the Holy Family

May the Lord fill your home with

Respect , Love , and Acceptance.

J & R Creations

Zach reading 1 Samuel

Special Thanks–
- For Reading: Zach & Taylor
- For Serving: nobody today
- For the Communion Bread: Alison
- For the Wine & Cups: Jan & Charlie
- For the Music: Ben & Shonda
- For the Pictures & Video: Jan & Megan & Rick
- For the coffee and pastries: Ron & Marilyn
- For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue
Taylor reading 1 John

Birthdays: T.J. Gleason (17, Monday), George Elwell (66, Tuesday), Amanda Baack (23, Tuesday, Robyn Pack (56, Tuesday), Hugh Bivona (Wednesday), Tom Fleming (54, Saturday), & Meredith Burmaster (last Wednesday).

Anniversaries:

Richard & Carol Eshelbrenner (38^th, Friday)

Tom & Teresa Quinn (45^th, today, Sunday)

Getting ready for Communion

   We Remember

Barb's dad and Barb & Warren's friend, Mike, fighting cancer, & Tara; Mike’s recuperation from hip surgery; And Donna's recuperation from hip surgery; Judy's Matt Larson with cancer, David, and Sue, her sister & Sue's husband, Jim; Janie's friend Wilbur; Mark Ackerman’s recuperation from an operation and Cathy Bambanek’s recuperation from her foot operation; Jean Wright's recovering from rotator cuff surgery;   Bob McGrath Jr. with cancer; Sue Tomas;   Mike & Dee’s daughter, Lisa; Patricia’s husband, Fred, who had quadruple bypass a few weeks ago;  Bill Hammond's broken ankle; Alexander Occhipinti;    Diane McClurg's good friend, Suzy McGonigle who just died;    Mary Zachos' brother (Jessica Bresson's maid of honor) with a stroke;

Communion to Taylor, Zach, and Teresa

  Lisa's Ackerman’s Lucus Quiocho going to Afghanistan & his mom, Alice, depressed about it;   Rita; Tom & Teresa Quinn's daughter Colleen with breast cancer;    Barb & Warren's friend, Mike, fighting cancer, & Tara; Bernadette Delgado's mom & Gilberto's mom;   Marilyn Ackerman's mom & brother, Dick;   Grace LeBlanc's niece Carlin, 13, with hodgkins; Tom & Teresa Quinn's niece, Chawna, with cancer, plus Neva Flynn, Angel, & Diane Kreeitzer; Connie Doherty's mom & her sister, plus Kevin's cousin, Peter, & John's dad in assisted living; Jean Wright's daughter, Mary;    Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, & Jim; our friends, sons, & daughters in the military, including Ryan McClurg & Chebino; George & Marianne's sons & Linda's son, plus Stacie & Ben White & their niece with leukemia; a cure for autism from Laura Chollick; for our President that he have great success and someday hold his grandchildren in his lap.

       Your Finances: December 30, 2012

Expenses:     $1265.00

Outreach:     $1111.00

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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Reminders

Reminder for Sunday, December 30, 2012, C
ByRosemary December 27, 2012

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

Time: 9:30; Celebrate with the Community & Stack. Again, Welcome.

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

Angels Sienna and Brooklyn with Payton and Brian

Our Bambino Emmit

Readings:

1 Samuel 1, 20-28, Hannah conceived and bore a son whom she called Samuel.

Psalm 84, Blessed are they who dwell in your house, O Lord.

1 John 3, 1-2, 21-24, We are God’s children.

Luke 2, 41-52, After 3 days they found him in the temple.

The Nativity

Leo future guitarist learning from dad

Community Bulletin Board:

1. This Sunday: Celebrate the Last Sunday of The Year 2012.

CC

Our Special Elf, Georgie

What's going on in our Catholic World:

1.     Implosion in the Catholic Higherarchy, National Catholic Reporter, December 14, 950 words, Download Implosions 12-28-12

Santa and Elf arriving

Santa with a Good Kid

2.     Swiss Abbott insistent about Church reform, The Tablet, December 20, 600 words, Download Swiss abbot 12-28-12

3.     Editorial on The Catholic of the Year, National Catholic Reporter, December 26, 700 words,  Download Editorial 12-28-12

4.    The Special Meaning of this year's Nativity, by James Carroll, ex Jesuit, The Boston Globe & Corpus, Dec. 24, 750 words,   Download This Christmas 12-28-12

Emma with mom and dad, Beth and Tom

Geordie, The Graduate, with Santa

True?

There must be more to life than having everything!

MAURICE SENDAK

Megan with her grandmother, Diane

Offertory, the Ekes Cousins, Carlie, Megan, Ashley, Ryan, and Jeremy

See you Sunday, December 30, 2012, Last of The Year

J.S., 214-783-0443

Meredith preparing for Christmas dinner at Soul's Harbor

Brent and Rosemary, dining room ready.

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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.

Soul's Harbor Christmas Dinner, here they come.



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Homilies

Christmas Eve Homily, December 24, 2012
ByRosemary December 25, 2012

Readings: (for Christmas Eve, 4:00, Midnight Mass readings)

Isaiah 9, 1-6, The People who have walked in darkness have seen a great light.

Psalm 96, Today is born our savior, Christ the Lord.

Titus 2, 11-14, The grace of God has appeared.

Luke 2, 1-14, In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus….

Our Bambino, Emmit

Isaiah: author, date, subject, today’s selection–

Author: This is probably my most favorite book in the Old Testament. Isaiah is one of the Big Three OT prophets along with Jeremiah & Ezekiel. This is because of the size of the work, 66 chapters, but even more so because Isaiah is so beautiful and influential in the Christian story.

There are really three Isaiahs, chapters 1-39, 40-55, & 56-66. How do we know? Simple. Different styles of writing, different vocabularies, different slants to the message.

Date: 1 Isaiah, our selection is put together ca. 700 BCE. 2 Isaiah, ca. 500 BCE; 3 Isaiah, ca. 400 BCE.

Cole lighting 5 candles with his parents, Chuck and Erin

Subject: As always, there have been predictions of doom & destruction because of the badness of the people.

Today’s selection: This passage, however, is the flip of this. Listen for words like rejoicing, making merry, joy, peace, a God-hero Child is born.

Source: Good News Bible, Bishop John Shelby Spong

The Gerwer gang making their stage debut.

A Christmas Story

I have a Christmas story I would like to tell you this Christmas Eve afternoon.

It seems that a short while back there was a young man named Hayden. He is about 25 years old, married, and a father of a couple of kids.

Cupcake of The Week to Rosemary Beavers, 20 today.

He is driving along one day and gets stopped by a cop. The cop says that his inspection sticker is out of date.

Hayden says he has no excuse why he has not taken care of it. He had to make a decision recently. It was get the car inspection or pay his due bills and in particular feed his family. His salary did not cover everything this month.

More Cupcakes of The Week to Ashley and Jeremy Ekes, 25 the 23rd, Sunday

The cop said he still had to give him a ticket. He wrote it out, folded it, gave it to Hayden, and drove away.

Sadly Hayden took the ticket, put it on the seat, and then opened it.

Santa and his Elf appear.

Inside was a hundred dollar bill.

Hayden broke down and cried.

Santa and his kids.

A couple of observations.

First, the cop was Plano Police, one from our very own Plano, our very back yard.

Jake with his granddad, Jack.

Secondly, he also wants no publicity. Hayden’s grandfather told the police department about their caring officer, so they knew. The officer, however, wanted no pictures and no name. Apparently he has done this before.

Soul's Harbor, Dicers and dish dryers with Barry, The Dish Washer

Thirdly, I found the story in the editorial section of The Dallas Morning News Friday morning, December 14. Know what else happened that day? Newtown, CT.

There may be tragedy in our world. Still God visits us in special ways.

I could ask you now how have you been visited recently or this year. A good question. However, I want to ask this:

When did you last give someone $100?

When will you do it next?

Jim and other volunteers prepared to serve Christmas dinner to the 50 plus men residing at Soul's Harbor.

Source: The Dallas Morning, News, December 14, 2012

Read More Christmas Eve Homily, December 24, 2012
Announcements

Announcements
ByRosemary December 25, 2012
Video: Nativity Drama with our kids (4 min.)

Rosemary's Blessing: none today because of much activity

Special Thanks–
- For Reading: Monica & Morgan, mother & daughter
- For Serving: Kevin & Georgie
- For the Communion Bread: Alison
- For the Wine & Cups: Jan & Charlie
- For the Music: Ray & Shonda
- For the Pictures & Video: Beth & Jan, John & Connie
- For the coffee and pastries: None today
- For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue
- For help with the Nativity Drama: Bernadette, Christine, & Sabrina
Monica reading Isaiah 9

Birthdays: Rosemary Beavers (Today, Monday), Julia (Tuesday) Connie Bresson (57, Thursday), Tom Gleason (Thursday), Diane Holcomb (50, Friday), Amanda Baach (Saturday), and Jeremy & Ashley, (25, Yesterday, Sunday)

Morgan reading Titus 2

We Remember

Barb's dad and Barb & Warren's friend, Mike, fighting cancer, & Tara; Mike’s recuperation from hip surgery; And Donna's recuperation from hip surgery; Judy's Matt Larson with cancer, David, and Sue, her sister & Sue's husband, Jim; Janie's friend Wilbur; Mark Ackerman’s recuperation from an operation and Cathy Bambanek’s recuperation from her foot operation; Jean Wright's recovering from rotator cuff surgery;   Bob McGrath Jr. with cancer; Sue Tomas;   Mike & Dee’s daughter, Lisa; Patricia’s husband, Fred, who had quadruple bypass a few weeks ago;  Bill Hammond's broken ankle; Alexander Occhipinti;    Diane McClurg's good friend, Suzy McGonigle who just died;    Mary Zachos' brother (Jessica Bresson's maid of honor) with a stroke;

Claire reading the Nativity narrative in Luke

  Lisa's Ackerman’s Lucus Quiocho going to Afghanistan & his mom, Alice, depressed about it;   Rita; Tom & Teresa Quinn's daughter Colleen with breast cancer;    Barb & Warren's friend, Mike, fighting cancer, & Tara; Bernadette Delgado's mom & Gilberto's mom;   Marilyn Ackerman's mom & brother, Dick;   Grace LeBlanc's niece Carlin, 13, with hodgkins; Tom & Teresa Quinn's niece, Chawna, with cancer, plus Neva Flynn, Angel, & Diane Kreeitzer; Connie Doherty's mom & her sister, plus Kevin's cousin, Peter, & John's dad in assisted living; Jean Wright's daughter, Mary;    Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, & Jim; our friends, sons, & daughters in the military, including Ryan McClurg & Chebino; George & Marianne's sons & Linda's son, plus Stacie & Ben White & their niece with leukemia; a cure for autism from Laura Chollick; for our President that he have great success and someday hold his grandchildren in his lap.

Sir Charlie sez he has been a good boy.

       Your Finances: December 23, 2012

Expenses:     $1815.00

Outreach:     $ 760.00

We donated this week:
1. Items to Soul’s Harbor, Brent the director.
2. $2000 to Soul's Harbor
3. $1000 to Bona Responds working in NY
     Thanks for your Generosity

Have a Great Week, J.S (214-783-0443)

Video: A visitor from the North Pole arrives (2 1/2)




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Sunday Homily, December 23, 2012, 4th Advent
ByRosemary December 23, 2012

Readings: (4th Advent)

Micah 5, 1-4, He shall stand firm and shepherd his flock.

Psalm 80, Lord, make us turn to you; let us see your face and we shall be saved.

Hebrews 10, 5-10, My prayer, that your love may increase ever more.

Luke 1, 39-45, When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the infant leaped in her womb.

Cathy into the Season

Micah: author, date, subject, our selection–

Author: one of the minor prophets (because of length,7 chapters), Micah is considered to be the author of these words.

Date: probably around 700-690 BCE, a contemporary of Isaiah, living in Judah. He had witnessed the destruction of the northern half of the kingdom, Israel, by the Assyrians, ca. 720 BCE. He watched Judah pay tribute to Assyria. He forsaw the Babylonian disaster in 590.

The Great Angela with Karen behind her.

Subject: like all prophets, he predicts doom and destruction for Judah because of the injustice of the people, especially the rich over the poor. Micah learned from Israel's destruction by Assyria, which he attributed to God's anger with those people.

Then, of course, in the prophet tradition, he predicts a return to peace and prosperity after the people are purified. He speaks to Bethlehem as if to a person and says that a new ruler will come from the town and the good ruler will shepherd the people. Why Bethlehem? Because David was born there and the new David was supposed to come from the same royal village.

Morgan lighting the 4 Advent Candles.

Asked what God wants of us (like penance, sacrifices of animals, goods, even children), Micah states one of the great lines in scripture: "What God requires of us is: 1. act justly, 2. love tenderly, and 3. walk humbly with our God." (6, 8) You people do that.

Our Selection: God promises a good ruler will be born in Bethlehem, the place where King David was born, a royal village.

Sources: Good News Bible, John Shelby Spong, Wikipedia

A Cupcake of the Week for Geordie who just graduated from the U. of Colorado

A Christmas Story

This morning I want to tell you a Christmas story. It took place in Tanzania the Christmas of my sixth, seventh, or eighth year living in the country.

First it is good to mention that Tanzania does not celebrate Christmas like we do here. First of all, it is summer, being just south of the equator. So, warm. Moreover, people do not decorate with lights like we do here. It is not the custom, nor do folks have the money.

Reggie and Robin

I was usually pretty homesick at Christmas. So this year I decided I would throw a Christmas day party American style, especially with a turkey.

To get the turkey I had to not only go beyond the little town of Moshi, where the Jesuits had a house and where I was based. I, in fact, had to travel to Nairobi, Kenya, the country immediately to the north.

Reggie receiving $2000 for Soul's Harbor

Despite the fact that most of the time I was away from Moshi on the road giving seminars and retreats, I still knew some people from the times I was in town. So I invited a number of families.

In particular, I invited the family who lived next door to us, a husband and wife with their two little girls, for whom I had a great affection. The family was all Muslim and the father was a police chief. It is always helpful to have a police chief as a friend in certain countries. I assure you.

Offertory, The Girls, Jean, Nancy, Diane, and Christine

To invite the family I followed the more formal African protocol. I invited the husband to come over to our house. I had two rocking chairs ready in my office/bedroom. We sat down and I offered him coffee or tea.

Then I said, “Mohammed, I would like to invite you and your family to a special celebration of the Christian Christmas. It will be the evening of December 25, beginning around 5:00.” Then, I explained what was Christian Christmas.

Emma

Finally, I added, “We both know, Mohammed, that you have a problem with alcohol. I request that you show up sober. If you show up drunk, I will have to ask you to leave.” Mohammed said he was grateful for the invitation for him and his family. He would not arrive drunk and if he did I should invite him out.

Want to guess what happened? You guessed it.

About 1:00 Christmas day Mohammed and his buddy arrived a bit early. Yes, they were both drunk out of their minds. We talked, I told him I was sorry, but he could not come to the party. He, too, said he was sorry, he left, and I did not see him again that day.

Cupcake of The Week to Diane for a special birthday.

Later, however, about 5:00, his wife and girls arrived with a surprise. In the African tradition of hospitality, she had invited all her extended family and they all showed up together, about 15 of them.

Despite all this, we had a fun American style Christmas, most of it, in fact, on the roof. We had an Arabian style house with a flat roof. A great place for parties and watching the sun set glow on Kilimanjaro nearby.

Why talk about this today?

First, to show you how Christmas is celebrated in other countries.

Secondly, to show just how we are so fortunate to celebrate with such fan fare and warmth. I am grateful to be here.

The Music Team, Bethany, Shonda, and Ray

What has been your best Christmas ever?

How are you celebrating this year?

Read More Sunday Homily, December 23, 2012, 4th Advent
Announcements

Announcements
ByRosemary December 23, 2012
Video: Rosemary's Blessing (1/2 min.)

Rosemary's Blessing:

As we near Christmas and the celebration of the birth of Jesus

May you be blessed with

The joys of family and friends,

The contentment of home and hearth,

And the peace of loving and being loved.

J & R Creations

Mary Jane reading Micah

Special Thanks–
- For Reading: John & Mary Jane
- For Serving: Kevin & Georgie
- For the Communion Bread: Alison
- For the Wine & Cups: Judy and Mike
- For the Music: Ray & Shonda & Bethany
- For the Pictures & Video: Beth & Jan, John & Connie
- For the coffee and pastries: Charlie & Jan, Jackie & Jerry
- For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue
John reading Hebrews

Birthdays: Rosemary Beavers (Monday), Julia (Tuesday) Connie Bresson (57, Thursday), Tom Gleason (Thursday), Diane Holcomb (50, Friday), Amanda Baach (Saturday), and Jeremy & Ashley, (25, Today, Sunday)

Georgie with Buddy and Torri

We Remember

Barb's dad and Barb & Warren's friend, Mike, fighting cancer, & Tara; Mike’s recuperation from hip surgery; Judy's Matt Larson with cancer, David, and Sue, her sister & Sue's husband, Jim; Janie's friend Wilbur; Mark Ackerman’s recuperation from an operation and Cathy Bambanek’s recuperation from her foot operation; Jean Wright's recovering from rotator cuff surgery;   Bob McGrath Jr. with cancer; Sue Tomas;   Mike & Dee’s daughter, Lisa; Patricia’s husband, Fred, who had quadruple bypass a few weeks ago;  Bill Hammond's broken ankle; Alexander Occhipinti;    Diane McClurg's good friend, Suzy McGonigle who just died;    Mary Zachos' brother (Jessica Bresson's maid of honor) with a stroke;

Ye Olde Pastry Shoppe

Lisa's Ackerman’s Lucus Quiocho going to Afghanistan & his mom, Alice, depressed about it;   Rita; Tom & Teresa Quinn's daughter Colleen with breast cancer;    Barb & Warren's friend, Mike, fighting cancer, & Tara; Bernadette Delgado's mom & Gilberto's mom;   Marilyn Ackerman's mom & brother, Dick;   Grace LeBlanc's niece Carlin, 13, with hodgkins; Tom & Teresa Quinn's niece, Chawna, with cancer, plus Neva Flynn, Angel, & Diane Kreeitzer; Connie Doherty's mom & her sister, plus Kevin's cousin, Peter, & John's dad in assisted living; Jean Wright's daughter, Mary;    Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, & Jim; our friends, sons, & daughters in the military, including Ryan McClurg & Chebino; George & Marianne's sons & Linda's son, plus Stacie & Ben White & their niece with leukemia; a cure for autism from Laura Chollick; for our President that he have great success and someday hold his grandchildren in his lap.

The Team



     Your Finances: December 23, 2012

Expenses:     $1360.00

Outreach:     $1385.00

Bill Hammond recieving $1000 for Bona Responds working in NY.

We donated this week:
1. Items to Soul’s Harbor, Brent the director.
2. $2000 to Soul's Harbor
3. $1000 to Bona Responds working in NY
     Thanks for your Generosity

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 & Monday, December 23 & 24, 4th Advent & Christmas Eve
ByRosemary December 20, 2012
Welcome: Catholic Mass with coffee & juice & specials on the house served afterwards. Actually, not Christmas Eve.

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

Christmas Eve Mass, 4:00. Again, Welcome.

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

Cupcake of The Week to Mike for speedy recovery from his hip operation.

The Team

Readings: (for Sunday, 4th Advent)

Micah 5, 1-4, He shall stand firm and shepherd his flock.

Psalm 80, Lord, make us turn to you; let us see your face and we shall be saved.

Hebrews 10, 5-10, My prayer, that your love may increase ever more.

Luke 1, 39-45, When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the infant leaped in her womb.

Penitential Rite, Maureen with her dad, Jerry.

Penitential Rite, Sandra with Tom.

Readings: (for Christmas Eve, 4:00, Midnight Mass readings)

Isaiah 9, 1-6, The People who have walked in darkness have seen a great light.

Psalm 96, Today is born our savior, Christ the Lord.

Titus 2, 11-14, The grace of God has appeared.

Luke 2, 1-14, In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus….

Rose with backpacker crowd, Barb Perry, Tom, Rose, Bill, Claire, Lynda, and Beth

Offertory, The Ekes, Cindy, Marlene, Zaile, and Bill

Community Bulletin Board:

1. This Sunday: Collection of items for Soul’s Harbor. Special need: hoodies and sweatshirts

2. This Sunday also: All toffee lovers, Extra toffee will be available at Mass. Cost: $12.50 per box. Checks can be made out to me, John Stack, going to Dallas North Rotary.

3. Christmas Eve Mass, 4:00 P.M.

Leo arrives.

Hunter and Audrey light the 3 Advent Candles.

What's going on in our Catholic World:
1. Nothing special this week.
Sienna with her mom, Erin.

Brooklyn dances!

True?

Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder.

E. B. WHITE

Cousins, Georgie and Natalie.

Best Christmas Lights in Dallas: (According to Stack and not publicized widely)

Hugh with Sydney and Sandra

1.    Deloache west side of Preston, just north of Nwst. Hwy.

2.    Druid Lane east side of Preston in University Park, 3rd street south of Lovers Lane, and Glenwick, 4th street.

3.      Highland Park Village, catch a horse & buggy ride.

4.      Armstrong Parkway between Douglas & Preston-Oak Lawn.

5.      Beverly Drive east side of Preston & Lakeside Drive right off of Beverly.

Sacrament of the Sick

Chuck and Sandra

See you Sunday & Monday, December 23 & 24, 2012

J.S., 214-783-0443

Juliette with her grandmother, Alicia.

Anybody know who let these guys in? Tony and Jerry

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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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Homilies

Sunday Homily, December 16, 2012, 3rd Advent C
ByRosemary December 16, 2012

Readings:

Zephaniah  3, 14-18, Shout for joy, sing joyfully, be glad and exult.

Psalm, Isaiah 12, Cry out with joy and gladness, for among you is the great and holy one of Israel.

Philippians 4, 4-7, Rejoice in the Lord always.

Luke 3, 10-18, Whoever has two cloaks should share with the person who has none.

Rose Banzhaf in from Colorado Springs.

Hunter & Audry lighting the 3 Advent candles for the 3rd Sunday.

Zephaniah: date, author, subject, & our selection

    Date: two possibilities–ca. 650 BCE, before Babylon & contemporary with Jeremiah. Or ca. 200 BCE. Or both, like Baruch last week.

    Author: probably not Zephaniah himself, but someone recording what he said. He is one of the 12 minor prophets, simply because his work is small, only 3 chapters.

    Subject: like all prophets, Zephaniah predicts doom and destruction to Jerusalem because the people are not good. His purpose: alter behavior, especially the religious behavior, of his fellow citizens of Jerusalem. A rather jealous and punishing god is presented.

Gilberto and Natalie

Lorynne 16 today, Cupcake of the Week

  Our selection: last lines of the last chapter, a song of joy and rejoicing. This is the only positive note in the 3 chapters. Consequently, scholars think it may have been added to the original work. This is the only time in the 3 year cycle that we have a reading from Zephaniah. Take a good look.

A reminder: this reading, like others this Advent is addressed to a people in slavery. In this reading the prophet is telling them a day of freedom is coming. This is the historical milieu. These guys knew nothing about Christ & had no concept of needing redemption, except from their slave masters. Only after the Christ event did people, his followers, go back to the slavery time and use it as a metaphor for redemption of humankind from captivity or darkness.

Sources: Good News Bible, The New Interpreter's Study Bible

Mike explaining our Penitential Service.

The Service, each receiving and each giving forgiveness and peace.

Homily Today: Given by Lynne Sipiora, Executive Director of the Samaritan Inn, the only homeless shelter in Collin County. See The Dallas Morning News, December 15. We are supporting them this Sunday. Check the 4 minute video of her presentation, very moving.

Special Forgiveness, Georgie and Beth.

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Announcements

Announcements
ByRosemary December 16, 2012
Video: Lynn's presentation on Samaritan Inn (4 min.)

Rosemary's Blessing:

On this third Sunday of Advent

As Isaiah paints an extraordinary picture of the coming of our God,

May we stop, be still and listen

To Emmanuel as he comes.

J & R Creations

Beth reading Zephaniah.

Special Thanks–
- For Reading: Beth and Jackie
- For Serving: Kevin & Georgie
- For the Communion Bread: Alison
- For the Wine & Cups: Beth and Rob
- For the Music: Ray & Sh0nda & Bethany
- For the Pictures & Video: Beth & Jan & Mike, John & Connie
- For the coffee and pastries: Mike & Geri, Jackie & Jerry
- For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue
Jackie reading Philippians.

Birthdays: Ben Porter (Tuesday) and Lorynne Ackerman (16, today, Sunday)

Lynne Sipiora offering our homily on Samaritan Inn homeless center in Plano, for which she is the director.

   We Remember

Barb's dad and Barb & Warren's friend, Mike, fighting cancer, & Tara; Mike’s recuperation from hip surgery; Judy's Matt Larson with cancer, David, and Sue, her sister & Sue's husband, Jim; Mark Ackerman’s recuperation from an operation and Cathy Bambanek’s recuperation from her foot operation; Jean Wright's recovering from rotator cuff surgery;   Bob McGrath Jr. with cancer; Sue Tomas;   Mike & Dee’s daughter, Lisa; Patricia’s husband, Fred, who had quadruple bypass a few weeks ago;  Bill Hammond's broken ankle; Alexander Occhipinti;    Diane McClurg's good friend, Suzy McGonigle who just died;    Mary Zachos' brother (Jessica Bresson's maid of honor) with a stroke;

Judy with some of the material brought for Samaritan Inn.

Lisa's Ackerman’s Lucus Quiocho going to Afghanistan & his mom, Alice, depressed about it;   Rita; Tom & Teresa Quinn's daughter Colleen with breast cancer;    Barb & Warren's friend, Mike, fighting cancer, & Tara; Bernadette Delgado's mom & Gilberto's mom;   Marilyn Ackerman's mom & brother, Dick;   Grace LeBlanc's niece Carlin, 13, with hodgkins; Tom & Teresa Quinn's niece, Chawna, with cancer, plus Neva Flynn, Angel, & Diane Kreeitzer; Connie Doherty's mom & her sister, plus Kevin's cousin, Peter, & John's dad in assisted living; Jean Wright's daughter, Mary;    Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, & Jim; our friends, sons, & daughters in the military, including Ryan McClurg & Chebino; George & Marianne's sons & Linda's son, plus Stacie & Ben White & their niece with leukemia; a cure for autism from Laura Chollick; for our President that he have great success and someday hold his grandchildren in his lap.

Video:     Mike explaining our penitential service (4 min.)



  Your Finances: December 16, 2012

Expenses:     $2250.00

Outreach:     $1580.00



We donated this week:

     1. Items to Samaritan Inn, only homeless shelter in Plano & Collin County

     Thanks for your Generosity

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, December 16, 2012, 3rd Advent C
ByRosemary December 13, 2012

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

Time: 9:30; Celebrate with the Community & Stack. Again, Welcome.

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

Brooklyn, "Wow, all for me, right?"

Sienna, "What about me, little sister?"

Readings:

Micah 5, 1-4, He shall stand firm and shepherd his flock.

Psalm 80, Lord, make us turn to you; let us see your face and we shall be saved.

Hebrews 10, 5-10, My prayer, that your love may increase ever more.

Luke 1, 39-45, When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the infant leaped in her womb.

Noah, the Candle Lighter, on his 16th.

Kayla with granddad Ray

Community Bulletin Board:

1. This Sunday: Collection for Samaritan Inn. The director will address the community. For special needs please check the handout.

2. This Sunday also: All toffee lovers, your toffee will again be at Mass. Cost: $12.50 per box. Checks can be made out to me, John Stack, going to Dallas North Rotary.

3. Advance notice: Christmas Eve Mass, 4:00 P.M.

4. DSO: For all you Dallas Symphony affianados, The Best Show of The Year is here, Friday the 14th, today to be exact, 7:30 P.M. You are all invited to The Rectory for wine & cheese on the way to the Meyerson. Welcome, 5:30 or earlier. We will depart at 6:30 & we will have maps through the best Christmas lights in Dallas, that is, The Park Cities. The map will also show you the inconspicuous entrance into underground parking lot, $10. We are almost 30 people this year.

Cupcakes of The Week, Sean (7) and Noah (16) both on Sunday

One more Cupcake, Patricia, 2 years no smoking

What's going on in our Catholic World:

1.     Another Jesuit in trouble at 92, Reuters, December 8, 475 words,   Download Jesuit 12-14-12

2.     Irish priests support Fr. Roy Bourgouis, National Catholic Reporter, December 7, 400 words,   Download Irish priests 12-14-12

Brunch with Ray, Claire, and kids

Play time

True?

20 years from now you’ll be more disappointed by what you didn’t do than what you did.

Mark Twain

Ryan with Jim, Tom, and Denni

Cara and Christine

See you Sunday, December 16, 2012

J.S., 214-783-0443

Brunch with Geri

Brunch with Alison and John

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.

Brunch with Linda, Rick, and John

Sir Charlie



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