John Stack Ministries Announcements & Reminders – Page 227 – Stay connected with our Catholic community through weekly Mass announcements and recaps, fostering faith and fellowship in every gathering.

Announcements

Announcements
ByRosemary February 21, 2010

Rosemary's Blessing:

Loving Father,

Often we forget your gifts to us,

letting them pass unnoticed through each day.

Show us how to look again,

to see through your eyes

and give freely in response to what we see.

www.christianaid.org.uk/images/count-your-blessings-2010.pdf




Special Thanks:

·     For Reading: John Simari & Jim McCabe

·     For the Communion Bread: Jan

·     For Serving: Kevin

·     For the Wine Cups & Cross:

·     For the Music: Ray & Shonda

·     For the Pictures: Charlie

·     For the altar & sound: Margie & Hue

·     For the coffee & cake: Fred & Maureen & Joan

Happy Birthday:   Diane McClurg, Anthony DeGenova (11), & Ray Winkler

The Status of The Hips:

2 more days of freedom until Feb. 24, when the right hip gets recycled. I cannot wait! Then a final month of being home bound.



Please Remember: Geri & Mike Moran's 2 month old grand nephew, Cormac, recieving a liver replacement; Jean Wright's daughter, Mary; David Hoover; Margie Dugan's grand kids Emma & Finn & their parents, having some rough times; Jackie Ritter's friends Bob Minarik with cancer & Todd Fred with leukemia; Roy & Carol Strom's daughter Kelly with cervical cancer; Angie Carroll's mom, Mary Lou Kendrick, with cancer; Mark Leutkemeyer's friend, Guy Knight, down with terminal cancer; Wally Banzhaf's sister Chris with cancer; Kerry's sister Maura with her second cancer; Theresa McClure's dad; Theresa Quinn's dad; for the recuperation of Jerry's right knee; Celeste's niece, Lexi Colmenero;  Matt Baggert & his family & parents; Christine Drescher's Grandmother; Rita Dore;  Julie Johnston;  Margie Weynant; Hugh Bivona's sick friends Bob & Bonnie; Rick Urbanczyk’s mom, Irene; Richard Froebe's dad; Warren & Barb's friends Jerry & and Mark, and a little baby, Reese who has tuberous sclerosis complex;   Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, & Jim;  Tom & Teresa's friend Neva Flynn with cancer & Teresa's niece, Angel & friend, Diane Kreitzer;   Margie's mom; Donna & Cathy Goode's mom; our friends, sons, & daughters in the military, including Trey Bailey, Ryan McClurg, Matt Gardner, Chebino, Lisa's nephew Kristopher;  George & Marianne's sons & Linda's son and Marianne's mom Marguerite, plus Stacie & Ben White & their niece with leukemia; a cure for autism from Laura Chollick; Dawn's friend Jessica & Aunt Ann & Hector; 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: John Simari reading

Picture 2:   Jim McCabe reading

Picture 3:   Mike & Geri Moran

Picture 4:   Mr. A.&M., Daniel with his mom, Lynda, and Leah

Check out the Quads: http://gerwerbabies.blogspot.com

Your Finances: February 21:

Income for Running   Expenses: $ 2,150.00

Income for Outreach Expenses: $ 1,115.00

Thanks for your Generosity!

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

Read More Announcements
Reminders

Sunday Reminder for 2-21-10, Lent 1
ByRosemary February 18, 2010

Mass:   Coffee, donuts, and Specials on the House. Welcome!

Place: Vines High School, Plano, 15th between Custer & Independence, west of Central Expressway.

Time: 9:30, Fr. Tony celebrating.  The Old Geezer homilizing.

Readings: Deuteronomy 26, 4-10; Psalm 91, Be with Me, Lord, when I am in trouble; Romans 10, 8-13; Luke 4, 1-13

Community Bulletin Board:

Golf Sponsorship for Collin Co. Adult Clinic:

Download Pledge Form 2-12-10; Phone donations to Diane's number, 972-519-1191

Heritage Farm renovation: Next work date, March 6. Get ready.

True?

What is life?

It is the flash of the firefly in the night.
It is the breath of the buffalo in the wintertime.
It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset.

— Crowfoot

Picture 1:   Sacrament of the Sick

Picture 2:  The Chili Special with chefs Greg & Bonnie

Picture 3:  Cara on Valentine's Day

Picture 4:   Mike into The Brunch

Picture 5:   Ash Wednesday Mass at Beth & Rob Robinson's house

See you Sunday, February 21

J.S.   (214-783-0443)

Read More Sunday Reminder for 2-21-10, Lent 1
Homilies

Sunday Homily 2-14-10, 6th Ordinary Time & Valentine’s Day
ByRosemary February 14, 2010

Readings: Jeremiah 17, 5-8; Psalm 1, Blessed are They who hope in the Lord; 1 Corinthians 15, 12-20; Luke 6, 17-26.

Jeremiah:

Who: one of the Big 3 Prophets with Isaiah & Ezekiel, mostly because of the size of their works (52 chapters in Jeremiah). Born 2-3 miles north of Jerusalem to a landed family where he had a happy childhood. Despite this, Jeremiah is called the “Weeping Prophet,” because so much of his work is woeful & sad.



Unlike Isaiah who embraced his call from God, Jeremiah resisted. He did not want to say what he saw needed to be said. Namely, the people’s behavior in Jerusalem was bad after ca. 400 years of not being invaded. Because of his statements he was rejected by the people and the leaders, beaten, put in the stocks, thrown in a well to die, and ultimately put in prison by the Babylonians.



They eventually released him and he went to Egypt and most likely died there.



Date: 600. Easy to remember. Jeremiah lived before & during the Babylonian captivity with Nebuchadnezzar, the leader. The Captivity took place mostly 600-550 before Christ.



Message Today: classic line, “Cursed is the one who trusts in human beings.” Instead you trust in God.



Sources: John Shelby Spong, Origins of the Bible, XIV; Wikipedia, Liturgy, St. Louis U.

St. Valentine:

Time: ca. 250 C.E. Actually 3 named Valentinius, 1 bishop, 1 priest, 1 who knows. All martyrs. Note this is before Constantine officialized Christianity, 313.

2 Legends:

1. Rome did not allow soldiers to marry because the authorities thought single soldiers fought better. Valentinius criticized the policy. He was put in jail & killed.

2. He or another was killed because of being a Christian. He or another fell in love with the jailer's daughter & before he died left her a note, "from your Valentine."

Note: Feb. 15 was a pagan feast of fertility and and a celebration of the beginning of spring, Lupercalia. Pope Galasius in 496 established a St. Valentine day one day earlier, i.e., Feb. 14 (as a way of moving attention away from the pagan feast?).

Custom about wedding rings? Wearing a wedding ring on the 4th finger, left hand, dates back to Ancient Egypt. It was believed that the vein of love ran from this finger directly to the heart.

Sources: Huffinton Post & KHTS News, Jerome McDaniel, Santa Clarita, LA, CA.

St. Valentine Day Massacre: 1929, Lincoln Park section of Chicago. Al Capone’s Southside Italian Gang vs. Bugsie Moran’s Northside Irish Gang, bootlegging during Prohibition. Capone’s Italian gang lured 7 of the Irish Gang to a garage on the morning of Valentine’s Day and shot them with 70 rounds from 2 Thompson machine guns.   Source: Wikipedia

70 Years & Valentine's Day

On this Valentine’s Day I would like to talk about what it is like to be 70. I am told by my seniors that once you hit these stratospheric age levels you start reflecting upon the past, and especially on what life would have been like if only.

If only I had accepted that invitation to work in Brazil for a couple of years. If only I had gotten my graduate degree. If only I had not worked so hard so I could have played with my kids & family. If I had taken care of my health. And so on.

So I have been reflecting on my past. You all know me and I am always looking back focusing on the gifts and blessings of my day, my week, my years. I am basically grateful for lots of elements in my life. It has been and is an adventure.



I see one thing I wish I had done differently, but I see a handful of things that I would have been disappointed had I not chosen to do them. I got four of them and you have probably heard me mention them.



I would really be disappointed had I not chosen to join the Jesuits in ’58 and become a priest. This took place even though my parents were put out with my decision. I was all booked in to going to Notre Dame. I also was motivated a lot by fear of going to hell if I rejected God's invitation to be a priest.

I would likewise be disappointed if I had not accepted the Jesuit invitation in the 70’s to go work in East Africa. I was lonely there on occasion, but it was an adventure that I would grieve over if I had missed it.



My marriage with Rosemary is an event I cannot imagine myself doing without. The transition was rocky when I got suspended by the diocese and kicked out of the Jesuits, but it has given my so much new life. Moreover, I might have no life if I had not married Rosemary.



Finally, I do not know what I would have done if I had not responded to the request from you people to continue celebrating our Sunday Masses. I remember thinking to myself before we finally took the step. This could get rather confrontational. And it hasn’t.



The once thing I regret is something I learned while I was recuperating from recycling my left hip. I was humbled by the care and affirmation of so many people. I have not cared for and affirmed more positively the people whom I love. I have not shown it. On this Valentine’s Day I pledge to you folks that I will show this from now on.

And you? What might you regret when you reach 70?



Picture 1: Mass begins



Picture 2: Our Father



Picture 3: Maggie



Picture 4: Rosemary with Cole (guess who was Jesus in the Nativity Drama)

Read More Sunday Homily 2-14-10, 6th Ordinary Time & Valentine’s Day
Announcements

Announcements
ByRosemary February 14, 2010

Rosemary's Blessing:

We, unaccustomed to courage
exiles from delight
live coiled in shells of loneliness
until love leaves its high holy temple
and comes into our sight
to liberate us into life.

Love arrives
and in its train come ecstasies
old memories of pleasure
ancient histories of pain.
Yet if we are bold,
love strikes away the chains of fear
from our souls.

We are weaned from our timidity
In the flush of love's light
we dare be brave
And suddenly we see
that love costs all we are
and will ever be.
Yet it is only love
which sets us free.

Touched By An Angel, Maya Angelou



Special Thanks:

·     For Reading: Hue & Ken

·     For the Communion Bread: Jan

·     For Serving: Kevin

·     For the Wine Cups & Cross: Rob & Beth

·     For the Music: Ray & Shonda & Wendy

·     For the Pictures: Jan & Beth & Richard

·     For the altar & sound: Margie & Hue

·     For the coffee: Fred & Maureen

Special Thanks to All of You who contributed to the Terrific Brunch & Party!

Ash Wednesday: 7:00 P.M., home of Beth & Rob Robinson, 1808 Dublin Road, Plano 75094. Welcome!

Happy Birthday:   Bruce Bickhaus (65, yeah, Medicaire)

Happy Anniversary:

John & Lambrini (16th)

John & Alison (today, 16th)

The Status of The Hips:

1. Thanks, Everyone, for making our celebration terrific. It is so good to be home with you again.

2.  10 more days of freedom until Feb. 24, when the right hip gets recycled. I cannot wait! Can you believe this. First I was home bound a month; then my first day of freedom, snow bound.





Please Remember: David Hoover; Margie Dugan's grand kids Emma & Finn & their parents, having some rough times; Jackie Ritter's friend Bob Minarik with cancer; Roy & Carol Strom's daughter Kelly with cervical cancer; Angie Carroll's mom, Mary Lou Kendrick, with cancer; Mark Leutkemeyer's friend, Guy Knight, down with terminal cancer; Wally Banzhaf's sister Chris with cancer; Kerry's sister Maura with her second cancer; Theresa McClure's dad; Theresa Quinn's dad; for the recuperation of Jerry's right knee; Celeste's niece, Lexi Colmenero;  Matt Baggert & his family & parents; Christine Drescher's Grandmother; Rita Dore;  Julie Johnston;  Margie Weynant; Hugh Bivona's sick friends Bob & Bonnie; Rick Urbanczyk’s mom, Irene; Richard Froebe's dad; Warren & Barb's friends Jerry & and Mark, and a little baby, Reese who has tuberous sclerosis complex;   Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, & Jim;  Tom & Teresa's friend Neva Flynn with cancer & Teresa's niece Angel;   Margie's mom; Donna & Cathy Goode's mom; our friends, sons, & daughters in the military, including Trey Bailey, Ryan McClurg, Matt Gardner, Chebino, Lisa's nephew Kristopher;  George & Marianne's sons & Linda's son and Marianne's mom Marguerite, plus Stacie & Ben White & their niece with leukemia; a cure for autism from Laura Chollick; Dawn's friend Jessica & Aunt Ann & Hector; 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:  Hugh Bivona reading

Picture 2: Ken Cramer reading

Picture 3:   Colleen, Quinn, Theresa, & Tom first in line for….

Picture 4:  The Brunch!

Video: The Beginning of the Mass:

Check out the Quads: http://gerwerbabies.blogspot.com

Your Finances: February 14:

Income for Running   Expenses: $ 1070.00

Income for Outreach Expenses: $  495.00

Thanks for your Generosity!

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

Read More Announcements
Reminders

Sunday Reminder for 2-14-10, 6th Ordinary Time & Valentine’s Day
ByRosemary February 11, 2010

Mass:   Special Brunch this Sunday. Welcome!

Place: Vines High School, Plano, 15th between Custer & Independence, west of Central Expressway.

Time: 9:30, Fr. Tony celebrating, The Old Geezer homilizing

Readings: Jeremiah 17, 5-8; Psalm 1, Blessed are They who hope in the Lord; 1 Corinthians 15, 12-20; Luke 6, 17-26.

Word from the Old Geezer:

"Welcome, Everyone, to the Old now Bionic Geezer's 70th Birthday bash. It is also Valentine's Day, Mardi Gras, and Chinese New Year. Welcome Sunday!" Covered Dish: A-O hot food, P-Z dessert.

Community Bulletin Board:

Ash Wednesday: 7:00 P.M., home of Beth & Rob Robinson, 1808 Dublin Road, Plano 75094. Welcome!

Heritage Farm renovation: Next work date, March 6. Get ready.

Golf Tournament for CCAC sponsored by Diane's hospital:

Download Pledge Form 2-12-10

True?

When we come to it,

We must confess that we are the possible…

We are the miraculous, the true wonders of this world,

Free to choose our ends and our new beginnings.

That is when and only when…

We come to it.

Maya Angelou

Picture 1:   Winter campers John & Anthony

Picture 2:  Zoe in her sister Georgie's lap with grandmother Bernadette

Picture 3:   Richard & Monica

Picture 4:   Carol & Clare

Picture 5: The Parsonage in Winter

See you Sunday, February 14

J.S.   (214-783-0443)

Thursday Morning, North Dallas??

Read More Sunday Reminder for 2-14-10, 6th Ordinary Time & Valentine’s Day
Homilies

Sunday Homily 2-7-10, 5th Ordinary Time
ByRosemary February 7, 2010

Readings: Isaiah 6, 1-8; Psalm 138, In the Sight of the Angels I will Sing Your Praises, Lord; 1 Corinthians 15,1-11; Luke 5, 1-11.

Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Reflections on the Readings

A brief few words about our first reading from Chapter 6 of Isaiah. This reading could in fact easily begin the book of Isaiah. It gives us the call of Isaiah. King Uzziah has died after reigning for over 40 years, 40 years of great security and prosperity.



We are told of a vision, which the prophet sees of God, and notice the threefold repeating of the word Holy. Only God is holy, all holiness. The prophet proclaims that he is doomed because mere humans cannot look at God.

In our second reading, from Paul, he reminds us that he too saw the Risen Lord, and his response, like Peter’s in our gospel reading, it is the same, unworthiness.



The readings all show up the same response from humans when faced with God. And in each case God is able to reach thru the response and draw the person into a relationship of discipleship.

Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Homily



What happens when we come face to face with God? In each of our three readings today this is what we hear about. For Isaiah it is a vision of God who is Holy, holy holy! And Isaiah’s reaction is similar to Peter’s and later to Paul’s, one of unworthiness in the face of God’s goodness. But God is able to reach thru that tendency to turn away and invite all three into a relationship of discipleship.

Our presence here today also comes from some kind of encounter with God, maybe not as Isaiah’s vision of God surrounded with angels, or Peter’s encounter thru the miraculous catch of fish, or Paul’s vision of Light, but in some way God has reached into our lives, whether thru the action of our parents having us baptized, or thru an encounter with someone as an adult, which caused us to want to be here, we each got up this morning and among all of the options available to us, we chose to be here!



And as we celebrate our Liturgy together we too will acknowledge our own unworthiness, several times. We start with our penitential rite, in the Our Father we ask God to forgive us, in the Lamb of God we sing “Have mercy on us” and before communion we say “I am not worthy”. But God has managed to reach thru to us, which is why we are here.

But now the question we need to start answering is “what does it mean to be a disciple?” God enters my life, so what?



Let’s take a simple example. When two people become friends, their lives are different as a result, and depending on the kind of friendship, so too the effect on their lives. When Gayle and I met, I was single and living in an apartment in Carrollton, and she was single and living in her home in Highland Village. When we decided to be married, we both left the comfort of our previous lives and set off for California. This had a big impact not just on our lives but also on the lives of our kids!! I am sure each one of you can tell stories of how your lives were changed as a result of different relationships you entered into.

So too with our relationship with God. What is the change? What does God want in a relationship? For Isaiah, it was to be a prophet to the people of Judah, for Peter it was to become a “fisher of men” and for Paul, it was to tell the whole world, or as much of it as he could get to in those days, about God.

Our instructions are equally clear, Love God and love one another. How am I doing in that area?



In every relationship, one thing that has to happen is that we have to get to know each other. Anna in the musical “The King and I” sings that lovely song “getting to know you”, and we too need to continue to ‘get to know God’. We do so thru our presence here, by listening to his Word. In any relationship, we will also go out for a meal. And thru sharing food, we get to know each other better.



And so we are here today celebrating a Memorial Meal with God. We are reminded during the Eucharistic Prayer to “Do this in Memory of me”. It is another way of our staying in touch with God. As a people, we have heard the Church Bell, and responded by coming together as a People, to Listen to God’s Word and to “remember Jesus’ Last Meal with His disciples.



What does all this mean for us today We are called to be a people of Hope, of Love and Forgiveness, a kind of light of Joy to the World.

In the words of St Francis:

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
and where there is sadness, joy.

O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console;
to be understood as to understand;
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive;
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Amen

Picture 1: Mass beginning with Tony & Kevin

Picture 2: Sean

Picture 3: Gilbert with Georgie & Zoe in his lap

Picture 4: Jo with Hunter, Audrey, and Dillon

Read More Sunday Homily 2-7-10, 5th Ordinary Time
Announcements

Announcements
ByRosemary February 7, 2010

Rosemary's Blessing:

May God’s love and mercy encircle you today

With living laughter that renews and saves

May bright hope lead you further on your way

And in your life may you celebrate his word

And be a witness to a gentle and gracious Lord.

A Book of Irish American Blessings & Prayers    Andrew Greeley

Special Thanks:

·     For Reading: John & Alison

·     For the Communion Bread: Jan

·     For Serving: Kevin

·     For the Wine Cups & Cross: Rob & Beth

·     For the Music: Ray & Shonda

·     For the Pictures: Jan & Doug

·     For the altar & sound: Margie & Hue

·     For the coffee & donuts: Fred & Maureen & Jackie & Diane

Happy Birthday:   Geri Moran, Ron Kovatis, Becky & Christine plus dad, Scott Shaw; Hue Beavers, John Bresson, & Duffy

Happy Anniversary:

Nikki & Keith (3rd)

Bobby & Debbie (25th)

The Status of The Hip:

1. Looking forward to Sunday, Feb. 14. Welcome, Everyone, to the Old Bionic Geezer's Birthday 70. Covered dish, A-O, hors d'oeurves & main courses; P-Z deserts. We celebrate also Valentines Day, Mardi Gras, and Chinese New Year. Welcome!!

2.  This Wednesday is the last day of being home bound. It has not been bad. The gray weather did not invite me outside and all the windows in the house bring the outdoors in.

3. The physical therapist discharged me today, Saturday. Lots of positive strokes and affirmation. We will team up again on the Feb. 24 operation.

4. Thanks for all the care. Who Dat Won Dat Superbowl! Can't believe it!   See you Next Sunday!



Please Remember: Mark Leutkemeyer gives thanks for finding a job!; David Hoover who will have his gall bladder removed Monday; Margie Dugan's grand kids Emma & Finn & their parents, having some rough times; Roy & Carol Strom's daughter Kelly with cervical cancer; Angie Carroll's mom, Mary Lou Kendrick, with cancer; Mark Leutkemeyer's friend, Guy Knight, down with terminal cancer; Wally Banzhaf's sister Chris with cancer; Kerry's sister Maura with her second cancer; Theresa McClure's dad; Theresa Quinn's dad; for the recuperation of Jerry's right knee; Celeste's niece, Lexi Colmenero;  Matt Baggert & his family & parents; Christine Drescher's Grandmother; Rita Dore;  Julie Johnston;  Margie Weynant; Hugh Bivona's sick friends Bob & Bonnie; Rick Urbanczyk’s mom, Irene; Richard Froebe's dad; Warren & Barb's friends Jerry & and Mark, and a little baby, Reese who has tuberous sclerosis complex;   Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, & Jim;  Tom & Teresa's friend Neva Flynn with cancer & Teresa's niece Angel;   Margie's mom; Donna & Cathy Goode's mom; our friends, sons, & daughters in the military, including Trey Bailey, Ryan McClurg, Matt Gardner, Chebino, Lisa's nephew Kristopher;  George & Marianne's sons & Linda's son and Marianne's mom Marguerite, plus Stacie & Ben White & their niece with leukemia; a cure for autism from Laura Chollick; Dawn's friend Jessica & Aunt Ann & Hector; 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:   John Degenova reading

Picture 2:    Alison Degenova reading

Picture 3:   Madeleine

Picture 4:   Beautiful

Final Blessing of Mass:

Check out the Quads: http://gerwerbabies.blogspot.com

Your Finances: February 7:

Income for Running   Expenses: $   995.00

Income for Outreach Expenses: $ 1,106.00

Thanks for your Generosity!

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

Read More Announcements
Reminders

Sunday Reminder for 2-7-10, 5th Ordinary Time
ByRosemary February 4, 2010

Mass:  Plus coffee & donuts & specials on the house. Welcome!

Place: Vines High School, Plano, 15th between Custer & Independence, west of Central Expressway.

Time: 9:30, Fr. Tony celebrating

Readings: Isaiah 6, 1-8; Psalm 138, In the Sight of the Angels I will Sing Your Praises, Lord; 1 Corinthians 15,1-11; Luke 5, 1-11.

Word from the Old Geezer:

"One more week until the end of being house bound; 3 more weeks until the next hip."

Community Bulletin Board:

Next Party & Brunch: Feb. 14. An Old Bionic Geezer will make a debut and invites all to his Big 70 Birthday.  So we celebrate birthdays, Valentine's Day, Chinese New Year, and Mardi Gras.   Welcome! Covered dish as usual. A-O hot food, P-Z dessert.

Heritage Farm renovation: Next work date, March 6. Get ready.

Excellent seminar on marriage, Harville Hendrix, Friday morning:

Download HarvilleHendrix 2-5-10

True?

In a gentle way you
can shake the world.

One of Cesar Chavez's favorite quotes from Gandhi







Picture 1:  Georgie & Zoe, sisters

Picture 2:  Coach Class

Picture 3:   Business Class

Picture 4:   Zoe with Alison

See you Sunday, February 7

J.S.   (214-783-0443)

Read More Sunday Reminder for 2-7-10, 5th Ordinary Time
Homilies

Sunday Homily 1-31-10, 4th Ordinary Time
ByRosemary January 31, 2010

Readings: Jeremiah 1, 4-19; Psalm 71, I will Sing of Your Salvation; 1 Corinthians 12, 31-13,13; Luke 4, 21-30

The Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Reflection on Readings



Jeremiah. One of the great prophets. Spent almost 50 years active as a prophet. at least from 627 to 585. So we know, time wise we are back before and during the fall of Jerusalem. I guess, when you are in the middle of a very busy road, you are going to get run over, and if we look at a map of where the kingdom of Judah was, back then, we see that to the north and north east were the Assyrians and Babylonians and to the south west were the Egyptians, and as each army marched to do battle with the Egyptians or the Egyptians marched north, they had to pass thru Judah. And an army does not pass thru without leaving its mark!



By the way, if you ever visit the Sistine Chapel, Jeremiah is part of Michael Angelo’s ceiling.

Jeremiah was at a very difficult time. The last of the kings of Judah were weak and didn’t have good foreign policies. Plus, internally there were strong pro-war groups, which caused the kings to not pick their battles wisely. Our reading today is from the very beginning of Jeremiah’s time and we hear God promising Jeremiah that God will take care of him.

For additional information on Jeremiah visit this site:

http://www.catholic.org/encyclopedia/view.php?id=6299

Our second reading from Paul’s letter to the Corinthians is a favorite of Weddings! But it is also a very powerful reminder to us of how we should be with one another.

The Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Homily

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you.” An amazing statement! Poor Jeremiah! He hadn’t a chance! Our first reading picks up right after God has told Jeremiah that he is to be His prophet and Jeremiah had answered that he thought he was too young. “"Ah, Lord GOD!" I said, "I know not how to speak; I am too young." were Jeremiahs words, and then we hear God’ answer, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you.”



And this can be said about each one of us! Think about that for a moment. Before we were even formed in our mother’s womb, God knew us!

A mother knows a baby before it is born, and this is important. Remember how a mother sees her child. The smartest, most beautiful, wisest etc.!!

How often do we think we know others? Jesus in Nazareth was the carpenter’s son, nothing else. Plus there was a bit of jealousy because the locals had heard about some of his miracles elsewhere, but they could only see him as the carpenters son.

Humans are funny the way we look at things and other people. We have a tendency to see with prejudiced eyes.

I remember the North of Ireland Tribunal the BBC held years ago, the three old judges could barely sit up, yet their minds were razor sharp. I had been prejudging them because they looked old.

Before I formed you I knew you.

Paul’s Love is…not jealous, rude, etc. God knows each one of us, and loves us. We need to get past our poor vision of others by remembering that our eyesight could be off. Could we be seeing others thru a set of values, which we need to reexamine? How would we fare if God had our eyesight?

Mike Miller handing over our check to CCAC:

Picture 1:  Our Father with Maggie McGrath  on her birthday, her grandmother Jackie, Tony, and Kevin

Picture 2: Sacrament of the Sick with Joanne Languell

Picture 3: Emily Kite with her mom, Julie

Picture 4: CCAC check for $2000, given by Mike Miller, with Claire & Ray & Frank

Read More Sunday Homily 1-31-10, 4th Ordinary Time
Announcements

Announcements
ByRosemary January 31, 2010

Rosemary's Blessing:

May the blessing of light be upon you,

Light on the outside, Light on the inside.
With God's sunlight shining on you,
May your heart glow with warmth,
Like a turf fire that welcomes friends and strangers alike.

Taken from a work of music By Phil Coulter

Special Thanks:

·     For Reading: Jackie & Sabrina

·     For the Communion Bread: Claire Occhipinti

·     For Serving: Kevin

·     For the Wine Cups & Cross: Rob & Beth

·     For the Music: Ray & Celeste

·     For the Pictures: Jan & Sabrina

·     For the altar & sound: Margie & Hue

·     For the coffee & donuts: Lynda & Tom & Jackie & Joan & Jean

Happy Birthday:   Kevin Doherty (14) & his dad, John; Dillon (9); Kevin Bresson at Nebraska; Candy Kern; Natalie Gorman (8), Bernadette & Gilberto's grandbaby, plus Gilberto; Kayla Reidel (1), Ray & Claire Occhipinti's grandbaby; Reed Vansura (1), Jackie Ritter's grandbaby; & Maggie McGrath (7), Bob & Jackie's granddaughter



The Status of The Hip:

1. Wednesday the P.T. sez as I take my first steps with a cane, "Don't lean on the cane, you can walk." And she's right! Two weeks from the operation, walking!

2. No pain & no walker.

3. Wednesday is end of week 3; one more week & the end of being house bound, which has not been so bad

4. Thanks for all the affirmation.

Please Remember: David Hoover who has been in the hospital all week; Roy & Carol Strom's daughter Kelly with cervical cancer; Bob McGrath's cut foot; Angie Carroll's mom, Mary Lou Kendrick, with cancer; Mark Leutkemeyer's friend, Guy Knight, down with terminal cancer; Wally Banzhaf's sister Chris with cancer; Kerry's sister Maura with her second cancer; Theresa McClure's dad; Theresa Quinn's dad; for the recuperation of Jerry's right knee; Celeste's niece, Lexi Colmenero;  Matt Baggert & his family & parents; Christine Drescher's Grandmother; Rita Dore;  Julie Johnston;  Margie Weynant; Hugh Bivona's sick friends Bob & Bonnie; Rick Urbanczyk’s mom, Irene; Richard Froebe's dad; Warren & Barb's friends Jerry & and Mark, and a little baby, Reese who has tuberous sclerosis complex;   Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, & Jim;  Tom & Teresa's friend Neva Flynn with cancer & Teresa's niece Angel;   Margie's mom; Donna & Cathy Goode's mom; our friends, sons, & daughters in the military, including Trey Bailey, Ryan McClurg, Matt Gardner, Chebino, Lisa's nephew Kristopher;  George & Marianne's sons & Linda's son and Marianne's mom Marguerite, plus Stacie & Ben White & their niece with leukemia; a cure for autism from Laura Chollick; Dawn's friend Jessica & Aunt Ann & Hector; 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:   Jackie Ritter reading

Picture 2:    Sabrina reading

Picture 3:   The Donut Shoppe with Zack

Picture 4:   The Donut Shoppe with Kevin & his mom, Connie

Check out the Quads: http://gerwerbabies.blogspot.com

Your Finances: January 24:

Income for Running   Expenses: $ 1,115.00

Income for Outreach Expenses: $    380.00

Thanks for your Generosity!

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

Read More Announcements