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Announcements

Announcements
ByRosemary August 1, 2011
Rosemary's Blessing:

As Jesus touched people’s hearts …

so that they could trust and share,

Please touch our hearts, oh God,

so that we also may trust and share.

J & R Creations

Special Thanks:
- For Reading: Grace LaBlanc & Mike Moran
- For Serving: Kevin
- For the Communion Bread: Cindy & Kim
- For the Wine Cups: John & Alison
- For the Music: Ray & Sienna
- For the Pictures & Video: Jan & Beth & Alexandra
- For the altar & sound: Margie & Hue
- For the coffee and specials: Sir Charlie & Jan & Jackie & Joan & Jenny Holcolm
Birthdays: Linda Beavers, Curtis (82), and Cindy (today)

Happy Anniversary: Brian Bambanek (Cathy's son) & Kendall (6th)

Please Remember:

Jackie Ritter's great niece, Katie, with severe eating disorder; Marilyn Ackerman's brother, Dick, facing a serious back operation; Richard Kearley in the hospital since April with severe staff infection; Doug Read's Mom, Valdene, with stage 4; Grace LeBlanc's niece Carlin, 13, with hodgkins; Warren & Barb's friend, Mike, fighting cancer & Barb's dad with hip surgery; Charlie Sawtelle's buddy, Moe, with cancer; Mike & Dee's daughter; Bonnie Roger's brother & sister, both seriously sick; Jack Carlson's brother, Bob, with a stroke; Tom & Teresa Quinn's niece, Chawna, with cancer, plus Neva Flynn, Angel, & Diane Kreeitzer; Gilberto Delgado's mom; Connie Doherty's mom & her sister, plus Kevin's cousin, Peter, & John's dad moving into assisted living; Jean Wright's daughter, Mary; Angie Carroll's mom, Mary Lou Kendrick, with cancer; Kerry's sister Maura with her second cancer; Theresa McClure's dad; Theresa Quinn's dad; Rita Dore; Hugh Bivona's sick friends Bob & Bonnie; Rick Urbanczyk’s mom, Irene; Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, & Jim; our friends, sons, & daughters in the military, including Trey Bailey, 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; Fred's friend John with cancer; Casey & Rob plus Cameron & Reid, Trey and Brady; for our President that he have great success and someday hold his grandchildren in his lap.


Picture 1:   Grace LeBlanc reading

Picture 2:   Mike Moran reading

Picture 3:   Turkey Creek campsite with turkeys, Ray, Tom, Mike, Rose, Stack, Chris, on the first night

Picture 4:   Continental Divide

Picture 5:   Snow at about 12,000 feet, Bill, Ray, & Chris

   Video:   Sienna joins the Choir for finale

Finances: July 24, 2011.

Expenses: $1430.00

Outreach: $ 580.00

Finances: July 31, 2011

Expenses: $1919.00

Outreach: $ 970.00

Thanks for the Generosity

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

Reminder for Sunday July 31, 2011, 18th Ordinary Time
ByRosemary July 28, 2011

Mass: Coffee, pastries, & specials on the House.

Time: 9:30; Stack Celebrating

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

Readings: Isaiah 55, 1-3; Psalm 145, The hand of the Lord feeds us; he answers all our needs; Romans 8, 35, 37-39; Matthew 14, 13-21. Excellent readings this week.










Picture 1: Bernadette

Picture 2: Mark

Picture 3: Mark and Loretta

Picture 4: Mike, Kevin, John, Connie, Tony, Jerry & Fred

Community Bulletin Board:

1. Thanks again to all of you for the excellent community survey. We are organizing it and will verbally present it the first or second Sunday of September, when most summer travel is done. At the same time I'll post it on the blog.

2. We are looking at updating the community directory. More in September.

True:

Believe those who are seeking truth.

Doubt those who find it.

ANDRÉ GIDE

See you Sunday, 7-31-11

J.S. (214-783-0443)

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Homilies

Sunday Homily 7-24-11, 17th Ordinary Time
ByRosemary July 24, 2011

Readings: Wisdom 3,1-9; Responsorial Psalm 23; 1 Cor 15, 20-23; John 14, 1-8

Intro to the Readings

The readings today have been chosen for our funeral Mass for Ray Williams. The first reading is from the Book of Wisdom. The main theme of this reading is in the very first sentence, namely that God takes care of his own.

The second reading is from Paul’s letter to the Corinthians and it really focuses on the one thing we as Christians have to keep us going, namely that because we believe that God raised Jesus from the dead, that we too, in time will also be raised from the dead. Death is not the end but merely the entrance to a whole different existence.

John’s Gospel again takes up the theme of a life hereafter and talks about the fact that God is preparing a place for each one of us.

In the midst of all of these readings, our responsorial psalm is Psalm 23, “The Lord is my Shepherd”

Homily

Elizabeth Kubler-Ross has studied death and dying probably as much as anyone. She was a Swiss doctor, and I remember many year ago attending one of her seminars on the subject in Sacramento CA. During the session she showed a very brief film, which I will always remember. She was discussing how we grieve, and the film showed a herd of elephants gathered around an elephant that had just died. The elephants had formed a circle and they each had their trunk resting on the dead elephant. They were grieving. Today, we too are really not that different. One of our community, Ray Williams, has died. Our faith at a time like this offers us hope, hope that there is a life beyond this one, a place where “every tear will be wiped away”, a place where we will all meet again. That is our faith, and it keeps us going at a time like this.

But a death is also a time for each one of us to reflect on our own mortality! Its one of those things where you can run but you can’t hide from!! And today I would like us to focus on our own lives. How should we be living? Ray Williams was a man I knew only slightly. For a long time I would meet him when I went around with the sacrament of the sick during our mass. He stood back there and quietly received the sacrament. I met him once at his home when Gayle and I brought communion to him. But last Tuesday I learned a great deal more about him and would like to hold him up as an example of someone who seemed to live out his faith in everyday quietness. During the eulogies two people stood up and shared their memories of Ray. One was an elderly gentleman from Taiwan whom Ray had gotten to know through a Plano city project to twin Plano with a city in Taiwan. But it was what the man said which will stay with me for a while. I don’t know how long he has been living in the US but he said that Ray was the first American home he had ever been invited into. Ray lived hospitality! The second person was a young Mexican man who told us how Ray had made such a huge difference in his life and in the lives of many poor Mexican kids by coaching them in various soccer leagues. Some of these young kids went on the win soccer scholarships to college. Ray made a difference in these kids’ lives.

During this time when we mourn Ray, let’s also take his example of living life to it’s fullest by seeing God in those around him. St. Irenaeus is reported to have said, “the glory of God is man fully alive”. From listening to the different people share their memories about Ray Williams it is no stretch to say that Ray was one of those people. Our community is a little less by his absence; heaven is a bit better by his presence.

Sorry, no pictures this week.

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Announcements

Announcements
ByRosemary July 24, 2011
Special Thanks:
- For Reading: Bernadette Delgado & Mark Williams
- For Serving: Kevin
- For the Communion Bread: Cindy & Kim
- For the Wine Cups:
- For the Music: Ray & Shonda & Jon
- For the Pictures & Video: Jan
- For the altar & sound: Margie & Hue
- For the coffee and specials: Sir Charlie & Jan & Jackie & Joan
Please Remember:

Richard Kearley in the hospital since April with severe staff infection; Doug Read's Mom, Valdene, with stage 4; Grace LeBlanc's niece Carlin, 13, with hodgkins; Marilyn Ackerman's mom who broke some vertebrae in her back; Warren & Barb's friend, Mike, fighting cancer & Barb's dad with hip surgery; Charlie Sawtelle's buddy, Moe, with cancer; Mike & Dee's daughter; Bonnie Roger's brother & sister, both seriously sick; Jack Carlson's brother, Bob, with a stroke; Tom & Teresa Quinn's niece, Chawna, with cancer, plus Neva Flynn, Angel, & Diane Kreeitzer; Gilberto Delgado's mom; Connie Doherty's mom & her sister, plus Kevin's cousin, Peter, & John's dad moving into assisted living; Jean Wright's daughter, Mary; Angie Carroll's mom, Mary Lou Kendrick, with cancer; Kerry's sister Maura with her second cancer; Theresa McClure's dad; Theresa Quinn's dad; Rita Dore; Hugh Bivona's sick friends Bob & Bonnie; Rick Urbanczyk’s mom, Irene; Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, & Jim; our friends, sons, & daughters in the military, including Trey Bailey, 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; Fred's friend John with cancer; Casey & Rob plus Cameron & Reid, Trey and Brady; for our President that he have great success and someday hold his grandchildren in his lap.

Finances: July 24, 2011. Finances will be reported next week.

Expenses: $

Outreach: $

Thanks for the Generosity

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

Reminder for Sunday 7-24-11, 17th Ordinary Time
ByRosemary July 21, 2011

Mass: Coffee, pastries, & specials on the House.

Time: 9:30; Tony Celebrating

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

Readings: 1 Kings 3, 5-12; Psalm 119, Lord, I love your Commands; Romans 8, 28-30; Matthew 13, 44-52

Picture 1: Leo with Bernadette

Picture 2: Christina, Ray, & Jon

Picture 3: Barb

Picture 4: Jo

Picture 5: The Wedding

Community Bulletin Board:

1. Thanks again to all of you for the excellent community survey. We are organizing it and will verbally present it the first or second Sunday of September, when most summer travel is done. At the same time I'll post it on the blog.

2. We are looking at updating the community directory. More in September.

Picture 6: Kelli & Mickey

Picture 7: departing

Picture 8: Kay Lynn

Church Happenings:

1. Excellent articles on contemporary Catholic Church by a top Catholic theologian, long but insightful, National Catholic Reporter, 6-30-11, 7-7-11:

A. Download Kennedy A, 7-22-11

B. Download Kennedy B, 7-22-11

True?

There is something that can be found in one place. It is a great treasure which may be called the fulfillment of existence. The place where this treasure can be found is the place where one stands.

MARTIN BUBER

Closing Song:

See you Sunday, 7-24-11

J.S. (214-783-0443)

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Sunday Homily 7-17-11, 16th Ordinary Time
ByRosemary July 17, 2011
Readings: Wisdom 12, 13-19; Psalm 86, Lord, You are good and forgiving; Romans 8, 26-27; Matthew 13, 24-43

Wisdom:
- Author: not Solomon, but an unknown Jew from Alexandria
- Original Language: Greek
- Time: 1-2 centuries B.C.
- Message: Yahweh rewards those faithful to him.
- Means: Greek Philosophy common in Alexandria (Platonism & Stoicism) and Jewish traditional teachings (wisdom of Solomon).
- Uniqueness: one of the ca. 11 deutero-canonical books (not originally part of the Jewish bible).
- Today's reading from chapter 12 emphasizes a God who cares for all, is merciful, and kind, perhaps as a balance to the parable of the wheat & weeds in Matthew
How We Help Each Other Along the Way

    Last Friday morning Rosemary & I, Gilberto & Bernadette were riding around White Rock Lake. It was about 7:00. We had started at Royal Lane and had passed through the marvelously dense forest along the White Rock Creek Trail. We had crossed Mockingbird & Northwest Hwy, and were going around the stunningly beautiful lake in a clockwise direction. We had split up, each going at their comfortable speed until we meet up at the boat house on the south end of the lake near the dam, the half way point.



    I’m ahead and see a lady on the left side of the road with her bike down. I ask if she needs help, hoping, I confess, that she will say no. She says yes. Ugh, oh. So I slow down, turn around, and get off next to her. Shortly after that Gilberto rides up.

     She says her rear tire is real low, she has an air pump, but she has never used it, and cannot get it to work. The problem was she had her pump set for one type of inner tube valve and she had the other.   For bikers, she had a schraeder valve, and her pump was set for presta, the skinny tire..

     So we showed her the problem, helped her pump up her tire, and she took off with a hundred thank you’s.

     Meanwhile, my phone is ringing non-stop. I usually do not answer when riding. An 18 year old riding with us once fell down when he answered a call from his mom.

     On the phone is Rosemary. You guessed it, she has a front flat. She is behind us at the Bath House. So I return and we start a pump and run strategy to help her get back to a good pick up point, which turned out to be the Dart station on Northwest. Hwy.

     Twice as we return we encounter the lady. The first time she even says to Rosemary, “You are a lucky lady!” Yahoo! The second time she is taking a break at the same place Rosemary has stopped to pump up her tire again.

     After Rosemary departed on her run, she says again how grateful she is and she adds, “I really learned something special about myself this morning. I normally hate to ask for help and when I did it today it was okay. From now on I will always ask others on the side of the road if they need help. But I will also let myself ask for help.”

     We have here a metaphor for community, folks. We are not alone. We help and accept help. It is how I would like to handle the three parables, one of which could scare you. Actually, it was intended by Matthew to scare his young Christian community, because he thought some members were not always doing good.

     I see two community symbols in what happened on the shore of White Rock Lake. First, what we did. Secondly, what took place in the lady.

     The first thing, normal for community, we stopped to help someone. Simple. What about people who are unemployed or sick? We help them, too. What about fear? You hear the parable of the wheat & weeds and immediately see yourself heading for the furnace.

     Naturally, we all see the weeds in ourselves. Everybody does because we all see our weeds. In a caring community we hear that we are both, not either/or, wheat or weeds. You might even hear that one old priest doubts that there is a furnace. After all, it has been admitted that limbo was imaginary. What about purgatory? Enough with fear of me going to hell.

     Secondly, what happened inside the lady is symbolic. One little community event has touched her into new sensitivity and acceptance. Even deeper peace. Can you see the mustard seed growing, the yeast expanding in her spirit?

     Can you give me one way you are richer because of community and one way you make community richer for another?

Picture 1:   Mass

Picture 2:   Georgie with Buddy & her dad, Randolph

Picture 3:   Zoe with her mom, Michelle

Picture 4:   Hugh & Sydney Bivona

Picture 5:   The Girls, Gayle, Jackie, & Mary Ellen
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Announcements

Announcements
ByRosemary July 17, 2011
Rosemary's Blessing

May God continue to bless us in our community

and help us to be more caring people.

May the mustard seed of our service

grow and grow and grow.

J & R Creations

Special Thanks:
- For Reading: Patricia & Scott
- For Serving: Kevin on leave
- For the Communion Bread: Cindy Cramer
- For the Wine Cups: Beth & Rob
- For the Music: Ray & Christina & Jon
- For the Pictures & Video: Jan & Beth & Rich
- For the altar & sound: Margie & Hue
- For the coffee and specials: Sir Charlie & Jan & Jackie & Joan
Happy Birthday:  Bonnie Rogers, & Beth

Happy Anniversary: Mickey Matusik & Kelli Doyle (Day 1)



Please Remember:

   Our Ray Williams died last evening, for Loretta & the family; Richard Kearley in the hospital since April with severe staff infection;  Doug Read's Mom, Valdene, with stage 4; Grace LeBlanc's niece Carlin, 13, with hodgkins;   Marilyn Ackerman's mom who broke some vertebrae in her back; Warren & Barb's friend, Mike, fighting cancer & Barb's dad with hip surgery;    Charlie Sawtelle's buddy, Moe, with cancer;   Mike & Dee's daughter;  Bonnie Roger's brother & sister, both seriously sick;    Jack Carlson's brother, Bob, with a stroke;   Tom & Teresa Quinn's niece, Chawna, with cancer, plus Neva Flynn, Angel, & Diane Kreeitzer;    Gilberto Delgado's mom; Connie Doherty's mom & her sister, plus Kevin's cousin, Peter, & John's dad moving into assisted living;  Jean Wright's daughter, Mary;   Angie Carroll's mom, Mary Lou Kendrick, with cancer;   Kerry's sister Maura with her second cancer; Theresa McClure's dad; Theresa Quinn's dad;     Rita Dore;   Hugh Bivona's sick friends Bob & Bonnie; Rick Urbanczyk’s mom, Irene;     Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, & Jim;    our friends, sons, & daughters in the military, including Trey Bailey, 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;   Fred's friend John with cancer; Casey & Rob plus Cameron  & Reid, Trey and Brady; for our President that he have great success and someday hold his grandchildren in his lap.




  Picture 1:   Patricia

  Picture 2:   Tom giving the financial report

Picture 3:   Beth & her sister Katie at 60

Picture 4:   Wedding of Kelli Doyle & Micky Matusik

  Financial Report for last quarter:  Download Q2 Financial Report

Video:   Sing a New Song unto the Lord





Finances: July 17, 2011

Expenses:   $820.00

Outreach:   $855.00

Thanks for the Generosity

Have a Great Week, J.S    (214-783-0443)
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Reminder for Sunday 7-17-11, 16th Ordinary Time
ByRosemary July 14, 2011

Mass:   Coffee, pastries, & specials on the House.

Time: 9:30;  Stack Celebrating

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

Readings:   Wisdom 12, 13-19; Psalm 86, Lord, You are good and forgiving; Romans 8, 26-27; Matthew 13, 24-43

Picture 1:   Chloe with her mom Claire, Matthew, & her grandmother, Denni

Picture 2:   Would you trust your kid to these guys? Jerry, Mike, & Tony with Dillon

Picture 3:   Sienna with her little sister, Brooklyn

Picture 4:   The Delgado Clan, some of….

Picture 5:   Zoe with her mom, Michelle

Community Bulletin Board:

    1.    Thanks to all of you for the excellent community survey. We are organizing it and will verbally present it the first or second Sunday of September, when most summer travel is done. At the same time I'll post it on the blog.

    2.    We are looking at updating the community directory. More in September.



Picture 6:   Baptism

Picture 7:   Georgie

Picture 8:   Baptism tree, one cypress tree for each child baptised

Picture 9:   Final Blessing


Church Happenings:

  1.   Fr. McBrien,  National Catholic Reporter, 7-11-11,  Download Old Jesuit Acquaintance 7-15-11

2.  Immigration Reform, National Catholic Reporter, 6-27-11, Download Immigration Reform 7-1-11

3. Legionary Status today, National Catholic Reporter, 7-13-11, Download Legio Christi Status 7-15-11



  True?

I never saw an ugly thing in my life.

JOHN CONSTABLE



Closing Song:

See you Sunday, 7-17-11

J.S.   (214-783-0443)



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Sunday Homily 7-10-11, 15th Ordinary Time
ByRosemary July 10, 2011

Readings:   Isaiah 55, 10-11; Psalm 65, The seed that falls on good ground will yield a fruitful harvest; Romans 8, 18-23; Matthew 13, 1-23.

Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Intro to the Readings

Our readings today are from very familiar sources, Isaiah, Paul to the Romans and Matthew, and since we will not be having a homily, due to the baptisms, I wanted to take this time to say a few words about the readings and how they apply to our lives, especially because we are going to celebrate the baptisms in this liturgy.

A common theme in both Isaiah and Matthew is the notion of God’s Word being like a seed. Today, the three kids who will be baptized will have that Word, that seed, watered by the waters of Baptism. Now if we continue with the notion of the seed as being God’s word in our lives, or as being our faith response to God’s Word, then like any seed we plant, it needs care and attention if it is to grow and thrive. This care and attention we do by coming here each week and listening to God’s word and by our participation in the liturgy. But as a community we are there to help each other. Our relationship with God is one in community.

God, for whatever reason, seems to want relationship with us thru community. That is the clear message, which comes throughout the Old Testament: I will be your God and you will be my people. This idea continues with the Christian community as they celebrated their identity by coming together for the “breaking of the bread”. So many folks feel that sitting at home just reading their bible and accepting Jesus as their personal Lord and Savior is what God wants. There is nowhere in any of the scriptures this notion of a “personal God”. God relates with us in community.

So today, as we welcome Tori, Buddy and Zoe into our community, reflect on what it means to be part of a community. With all of the wonderful advances brought about by technology, there are also fearful risks of isolation with that same technology.

Picture 1:   Mass begins

Picture 2:   Some of the Delgados, Georgie, Hannah & David, Bernadette

Picture 3:   Leo with his grandmother, Ruth

Picture 4:   Dillon with his grandmother, Jo

Picture 5:   Sienna

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Announcements

Announcements
ByRosemary July 10, 2011
Rosemary's Blessing

Today we celebrate the baptisms of Zoe, Tori, and Buddy.

We welcome them into our community and

into the greater community of God’s love.

May we rejoice of the gifts and reflect on the responsibilities

that this membership brings

J & R Creations

Special Thanks:
- For Reading: Sabrina & Jackie
- For Serving: Kevin
- For the Communion Bread: Cindy Cramer
- For the Wine Cups: John & Alison
- For the Music: Ray & Wendy & Jon
- For the Pictures & Video: Jan & Mike Moran
- For the altar & sound: Margie & Hue
- For the coffee and specials: Sir Charlie & Jan & Jackie & Joan
Happy Birthday:  John Schanot & Mike Miller

Happy Anniversary:

Ron & Marilyn Ackermen (48th)

Please Remember:

   Richard Kearley in the hospital since April with severe staff infection; Loretta Garcia Williams' husband, Ray, needing a bone marrow transplant;  Doug Read's Mom, Valdene, with stage 4; Grace LeBlanc's niece Carlin, 13, with hodgkins;   Marilyn Ackerman's mom who broke some vertebrae in her back; Warren & Barb's friend, Mike, fighting cancer & Barb's dad with hip surgery;    Charlie Sawtelle's buddy, Moe, with cancer;   Mike & Dee's daughter;  Bonnie Roger's brother & sister, both seriously sick;    Jack Carlson's brother, Bob, with a stroke;   Tom & Teresa Quinn's niece, Chawna, with cancer, plus Neva Flynn, Angel, & Diane Kreeitzer;    Gilberto Delgado's mom; Connie Doherty's mom & her sister, plus Kevin's cousin, Peter, & John's dad moving into assisted living;  Jean Wright's daughter, Mary;   Angie Carroll's mom, Mary Lou Kendrick, with cancer;   Kerry's sister Maura with her second cancer; Theresa McClure's dad; Theresa Quinn's dad;     Rita Dore;   Hugh Bivona's sick friends Bob & Bonnie; Rick Urbanczyk’s mom, Irene;     Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, & Jim;    our friends, sons, & daughters in the military, including Trey Bailey, 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;   Fred's friend John with cancer; Casey & Rob plus Cameron  & Reid, Trey and Brady; for our President that he have great success and someday hold his grandchildren in his lap.




  Picture 1:   Sabrina

  Picture 2:   Jackie

Picture 3:   Baptism of  Zoe, Buddy, & Torri

Picture 4:   Special blessing of the family



     Video:   Morning has Broken



     Video: Baptism of Buddy



Finances: July 10, 2011

Expenses:   $790.00

Outreach:   $900.00

Thanks for the Generosity

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