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Sunday Reminder 7-5-09, 14th Ordinary Time
ByRosemary July 2, 2009

Mass: Coffee & Donuts, Juice & Home Made Muffins on the house.



Place: Vines High School on 15th between Custer & Independence. Time: 9:30

Readings:  Ezekiel 2, 2-5; Psalm 123, Our eyes are fixed on the Lord, pleading for his Mercy; 2 Corinthians 12, 7-10; Mark 6, 1-6.

Community Bulletin Board:

Tony O'Donovan: will homilize this Sunday and will concelebrate the Mass. Welcome all to a special event.

Blessings: if anyone would like to follow the example of Jackie & Rick last week in sharing your special blessing, just let us know and you are welcome to the mike.

True?   You owe it to everyone (including yourself) to find pockets of tranquility in your busy world.

Georges Bernanos

Picture 1: Choir, Wendy, Ben, & Ben's son Jack

Picture 2: Jack with Fred & Maureen

Picture 3:  Ray & Ginny

Picture 4: Rick & Jackie doing their blessing for the community

Picture 5:  Ackermans, Lacee, Lorynne, & Mark, & and old geezer



See you Sunday, July 5

J.S.   (214-783-0443)

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Sunday Homily 6-28-09, 13th Ordinary Time
ByRosemary June 28, 2009

Readings:  Wisdom 1, 13-15, 2, 23-24; Psalm 30, I will Praise You, Lord, for You have rescued Me; 2 Corinthians 8, 7-15; Mark 5, 21-43.



Wisdom: One of the 14-15 books of the deutero-canonical books of the bible. Not part of the orginal Jewish bible, not part of the OT nor the NT, but in between and the subject of controvercy over the centuries. Were they really part of the bible or not? How do you know? Catholic church accepts the books.

Author: not Solomon, but a Jew living in Alexandria, Egypt, who spoke and wrote excellent Greek.

Date: ca. 100-200 BCE. How do we know these facts? Because of text analysis. For example, while the author wrote in Greek, he uses phrases and expressions that have a Hebrew flavor. Also, he mentions rulers and places that reveal date and locale.

Sources: Catholic Encyclopedia on line

This is Radical

There is a novel going around called Shanghai Girls, by Lisa See. I recommend it. The novel tracks the lives of two middle class, educated sisters who are born in Shanghai in the 1920's or early '30's.   It follows them through a time in 1937 when the Japanese invaded China to the time when they end up in California as arranged brides. The novel has good character development and provides a view into a time just before & after the Second World War from the perspective of Chinese middle class women.

What struck me in a unique way was the mother of the two girls. She was, according to the girls, an old fashioned mother. That is, she bound her feet so they would not grow. From the novel I discovered what a barbaric & painful experience this was for women, young & old. Imagine the pain of wearing shoes too tight or new. Why? Beauty? I discovered in researching for our homily that another reason was to limit the mobility of women. So they cannot run away or even run. The reason for the demand was to limit mobility; the side effect was beauty, all because of male bias against women.

I remembered this novel when I read about Jesus healing two females. Do you realize how radical this was, especially with the woman bleeding? Leviticus, the third book of the Bible, has a lot to say about women who bleed.  For instance, a woman giving birth to a boy is ritually unclean for 7 days; a girl baby, 14 days (chapter12).

In Lev. 15 it says that during menstration, women were ritually unclean, which meant they were considered socially dead, not allowed in the temple, not allowed in the community, could not touch anyone and no one was allowed to touch them or their clothes or they, too, were ritually unclean.  So what does the lady in Mark do?   What does Jesus do?

Do you realize today how historic and universal this bias was against women? Plato in The Republic says that Socrates asked, Do you know of any thing done by humans which is not done better by the male.

Hindus teach that a woman must immolate herself after her husband's death. Buddhists consider it bad karma to be reincarnated as a woman. Jewish men are taught to pray, Blessed be God who has not created me a heathen, a slave, or a woman. Our Bible in Genesis blames a woman for the origin of evil in our world.

In 1873 in Illinois a case was decided against a woman. She had passed the bar exam to be a lawyer, and the court would not grant her appeal to receive a law license. A judge said that the place of a woman was in the home and that women did not have the fortitude to deal with such issues as the law.

The church fathers, as they are called, had their own bias. St. Jerome says that when a woman wishes to serve God more that the world, then she will cease to be a woman and will be called a man. You do not want to know what St. Augustine thinks about women.

So why this historic and universal bias against women by men (& women)? One reason, from my research, blood. Another is the male nervousness & weakness around women, beginning in adolescence.

So here comes Jesus along. The woman touches him. He could have had her killed by the crowd. What was she doing in the crowd anyway? And what does he do? He calls her "Daughter," and heals her. This is revolutionary. He moves from bias to inclusion & acceptance.

In Galatians (Chapter 3) it says there is no male or female. Just folks. We are being called to get rid of the bias. Women do not deserve to have their feet bound.

How is your bias barometer? Any bias against women, men, a particular race, political party, a part of town, a school?

Sources: The Sins of Scritpture, Bishop (Anglican) John Shelby Spong; Catholic Encyclopedia on line.

Audio on vacation this week & next, sorry.

Picture 1: Mass with Kevin & Noah helping

Picture 2: Kevin & Noah

Picture 3: Birthdays & Anniversaries, Sue Tomas, Rick & Jackie, Sandra & Chuck Pratt

Picture 4: Birthdays & Anniversaries, Nina Waldron, Barb & Warren Wittek

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Announcements 6-28-09
ByRosemary June 28, 2009
Rick & Jackie Urbanczyk's Blessing:

May you be blessed with all things good.
May your joys, like the stars at night, be too numerous to count.
May your victories be more abundant than all the grains of sand
on all the beaches on all the oceans in all the world.
May lack and struggle only serve to make you stronger
and may beauty, order and abundance be your constant companions.
May every pathway you choose lead to
that which is pure and good and lovely.
May every doubt and fear be replaced by a deep abiding trust
as you behold evidence of a Higher Power all around you.
And when there is only darkness and the storms of life are closing in…
May the light at the core of your being illuminate the world.
May you always be aware you are loved beyond measure
and may you be willing to love unconditionally in return.
May you always feel protected and cradled in the arms of God,
like the cherished child you are.
And when you are tempted to judge,
may you be reminded that we are all one
and that every thought you think reverberates across the universe,
touching everyone and everything.
And when you are tempted to hold back,
may you remember that love flows best when it flows freely…
and it is in giving that we receive the greatest gift.
May you always have music and laughter
and may a rainbow follow every storm.
May gladness wash away every disappointment,
may joy dissolve every sorrow…and may love ease every pain.
May every wound bring wisdom and every trial bring triumph
and with each passing day may you live more abundantly
than the day before.
May you be blessed.
And may others be blessed by you.
This is my heartfelt wish for you.
May you be blessed.

Copyright Simple Truths, LLC.

Special Thanks:
- For Reading: Scott & Patricia
- For the Communion Bread: Alison, Sabrina & Anthony
- For Serving: Noah & Kevin
- For the Books & Wine Cups & Cross: Roy & Carol & Jackie
- For the Music: Ben & Wendy
- For the Pictures: Jan & Beth
- For the altar & sound: Margie & Leon Campise
- For the donuts & coffee: Jackie & the Baack Family
Happy Birthday:     Jessica Bresson, Sue Tomas, Nina Waldron, & Rick Urbanczyk (today)

Happy Anniversary:

Barb & Warren Wittek (30th)

Rick & Jackie Urbanczyk (34th, today)

Chuck & Sandra Pratt (48th)

Please Remember:  Sabrina on her trip to France, Italy, and Greece; Rosemary's brother Peter with amyloidosis; Jack Carlson's friend Tommy Ketchum, 37, in the hospital with emergency brain surgery after a stroke; Rita at home & recuperating; Jackie's sisters Sandy & Sue Scott and friend Jack Brown with various cancers & Keith Beasley who fell off the 7th floor of a parking garage & is still living; Julie Johnston who is dealing with a return of her cancer; Cathy Lynn's mom, Catherine, 93, who just had hip surgery; Margie Weynant whose lung cancer has returned; Hugh Bivona's sick friends Bob & Bonnie; Rick Urbanczyk’s mom, Irene, who is declining; Richard Froebe's dad who had a stroke; Maureen's good friend Sharon Haskew; Mary's son John; 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; Diane's dad Butch Uderman & cousin Judy;  Margie's mom ; Donna & Cathy Goode's mom; our friends, sons, & daughters in the military, including Trey Bailey, Ryan McClurg, Matt Gardner, Chebino, Roy's son Chris, Lisa's nephew Kristopher on his 2nd Iraq trip; David Hoover & his brother Hugh in the hospital; George & Marianne's sons & Linda's son and Marianne's mom Marguerite; 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:  Patricia reading 2 Corinthians

Picture 2: Final blessing on their Anniversary, Rick & Jackie Urbanczyk

Picture 3:  The Reads, Doug, Teresa, & Zack

Picture 4:  Ron making our monthly donation to CCAC, $3000 this month because of everyone's generosity, Ray & Clair Occhipinti & Jackie McGrath

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

Your Finances:

June 28:
- Income for Running Expenses: $ 1,288.00
- Income for Outreach Expenses: $ 585.00
Thanks for your Generosity!

Have a Great Week, J.S (214-783-0443)
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Sunday Reminder 6-28-09, 13th Ordinary Time
ByRosemary June 25, 2009

Mass: Coffee & Donuts, Juice & Home Made Muffins on the house.



Place: Vines High School on 15th between Custer & Independence. Time: 9:30

Readings:  Wisdom 1, 13-15, 2, 23-24; Psalm 30, I will Praise You, Lord, for You have rescued Me; 2 Corinthians 8, 7-15; Mark 5, 21-43.

Community Bulletin Board:

True?   The pursuit of truth & beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.

Albert Einstein

Frank & Laura Reyes' new play:  attached is the press release and poster for our next play, Noises Off. The dates will be July 10,11,12, 17, 18, 19, 24, 25 and 26. We should have tickets this week or they can be purchsed through our web site http://noisesoff.net/ either way for $12 each. We also have a few two for one coupons on a first come first serve basis that can be used at the door. We are curently working on either package deals or specials with some of the resturants downtown, you can make a whole night of it. If you're interested please let us know. Download Reyes 6-25-09

We hope you can come.

Animal Rescue: RSPCA – Free and Quick – please do it



Hi, all you animal lovers!

The Animal Rescue Site is having trouble getting enough people to click on it daily so they can meet their quota of getting FREE FOOD donated every day to abused and neglected animals. It takes less than a minute (about 15 seconds) to go to their site and click on the purple box 'fund food for animals for free'. This doesn't cost you a thing.

Their corporate sponsors/advertisers use the number of daily visits to donate food to abandoned/neglected animals in exchange for advertising.

Here's the web site! Please pass it along to people you know.
http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/

Rita Dore is returning home and needs help in getting around the house & cleaning up the place. Visitors welcome! Come in work clothes. Two months she's been in the hospital.

Casey, who does not have enough to do with The Quads, has a new line of clothes & accessories for kids (especially multiples): Download Casey 6-25-09

Picture 1: Dads John Doherty, Tony O'Donovan, & Tom Quinn

Picture 2: Ryan

Picture 3:  Kathleen

Picture 4: Doherties: John, Connie, & Kevin

Picture 5: Celebration Time



See you Sunday, June 28

J.S.   (214-783-0443)

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Sunday Homily 6-21-09, 12th Ordinary Time
ByRosemary June 21, 2009

Readings: Job 38, 1-11; Psalm 107, Give Thanks to the Lord, his Love is Everlasting; 2 Corinthians 5, 14-17; Mark 4, 35-41

Job:

Today: You see the story in the papers about Jake Fleming? 20 year old UCLA student & tennis player, in town to visit best friend at SMU, part of group going to a concert at Fair Park, after the concert another group of white kids argue & one kid sucker punches Jake, he falls & hits his head on the street, is in an induced coma now because of bleeding inside his skull. This kid bad? He was planning on teaching little kids tennis during the summer. Why do bad things happen? Why suffering?  This is why the story of Job got put together.

The Story: Job is a good man, pious, married, affluent, 7 boys, 3 girls, obeys the Lord & his laws. Satan makes a bet with Yahweh: you take away Job's goodies, he will curse you. "Deal," says Yahweh.

Shortly after that, one day servants come to tell Job: 1. rustlers have taken his cattle & killed his servants; 2. lightning has killed his sheep & shepherds; 3. more rustlers took his camels & killed their caretakers; 4. a storm has killed his 10 kids. Job does not curse. In fact, he makes the famous statement: "Naked I entered the world, naked I leave. Blessed be the name of the Lord."

Satan then proposes another bet with Yahweh: let me afflict him bodily, he will curse you. "Deal," says Yahweh. Job is struck with leprosy and is expelled to the trash heap outside the town.    Job does not curse Yahweh, but he does say, "God, put a curse on the day I was born."

Then Job's wife and three friends all attack him, basically telling him to just die, because he is obviously a bad man. Job says, "No, I've done nothing wrong." Eventually he is rewarded by Yahweh, lives 140 more years and has 7 more sons and 3 daughters, plus more wealth.

How many questions do you have? How does a person's badness or goodness effect the bad things in his life? Bad things don't happen to good folks? That is the main proposition of Job, they do. How about Yahweh making bets with Satan? What about a Satan?

Author: not Moses. A compilation of sources.

Structure: a central poetic section with a prose entry and a prose exit. Perhaps the happy ending was also added.  Again, a parable, a fable, a myth, not history.

Date:  the present form was probably put together after the famous Babylonian Exile, i.e., ca. 550 BCE.

Our Selection: after Job complains, Yahweh responds rather critically, saying, "Who do you think you are," and, "Do you forget who I am?"

Sources: Fr. William Most on line, Good News Bible, Wikipedia

All Pro Dad

Being dads' day I have one story about my dad and 3 ideas about how to be an all pro dad.

I do not know how we all survive adolescence, folks. When I was a bratty teen-ager, my dad knew that anything he would say I would discount. One of my best friends was pretty much the same way, my friend Pete, who was at the wedding, the FBI guy.

So my dad and Pete's dad made an arrangement where the four of us went out to eat at a restaurant once in a while. I would talk with his dad while Pete would talk with my dad.

I admired his dad because he had worked in the FBI and was an exec at the local Chance Vought Air Plane company. I still remember him telling me, "You can't fight city hall, John." I guess I was, at school and in the neighborhood.

    Suggestion 1: take the kid out for the special meal, just the two of you or with his/her pal & dad. How often? Maybe seasonally. Then ask normal questions, how you doing, how is school, how is life at home? What do you like best, your best friend? Listen & converse.

    Suggestion 2: family meal, ideally 6-7 days a week, at least 3-4. Again, ask normal questions, listen & converse.

    Suggestion 3: be a fun person by creating fun things to do, go camping, go to the beach, go canoing (down the Trinity), do a late night Baskin Robbins trip, bike (around White Rock or the Dallas & Plano trails), cook (like my dad used to make a cake every Saturday afternoon & he saved the bowls for me to lick clean).

So, how are you going to be an all pro dad? All Pro Person?

Source (which I edited considerably): All Pro Dad (a helpful weekly service for dads), http://www.allprodad.com/playbook/viewarticle.php?art=5

AUDIO: http://mysite.verizon.net/reso7rjy/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/2009-06-21.mp3

Picture 1: Dads Tony & Jerry, plus other suspects

Picture 2: Dads Mike, Tom, & Ray

Picture 3: Dads Charlie, Ray, & Tom

Picture 4: Julie & Doug at 23 years

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Announcements
ByRosemary June 21, 2009
Rosemary's Blessing:

No blessing today, Fathers' Day. Big Blesssing.

Special Thanks:
- For Reading: Alexandra & her dad, David
- For the Communion Bread: Alison, Sabrina & Anthony
- For Serving: Kevin
- For the Books & Wine Cups & Cross: Roy & Carol & Jackie
- For the Music: Ray & Celeste & Roy
- For the Pictures: Jan & Penny
- For the altar & sound: Margie & Hue
- For the donuts & coffee: Mary Ellen & the Baack Family
Happy Birthday:     Jessica Bresson, Sue Tomas, Susie Dilon

Happy Anniversary:

Doug & Julie Kite (23rd)

Barb & Warren Wittek (30th)

Lou & Lorraine Federico (39th)

Jeff & Penny Morrow (39th)

Chuck & Sandra Pratt (48th)

Please Remember:  Gayle O'Donovan's mom who died Wednesday; Sabrina on her trip to France, Italy, and Greece; Rosemary's brother Peter with amyloidosis; Jack Carlson's friend Tommy Ketchum, 37, in the hospital with emergency brain surgery after a stroke; Rita in the hospital starting to walk again & hoping to return home; Tyler Hayden Reed born last week prematurely at less than 2 lbs.; Jackie's sisters Sandy & Sue and friend Jack Brown with various cancers & Keith Beasley who fell off the 7th floor of a parking garage & is still living; Julie Johnston who is dealing with a return of her cancer; Cathy Lynn's mom, Catherine, 93, who just had hip surgery; Margie Weynant whose lung cancer has returned; Hugh Bivona's sick friends Bob & Bonnie; Rick Urbanczyk’s mom, Irene, who is declining; Richard Froebe's dad who had a stroke; Maureen's good friend Sharon Haskew; Mary's son John; 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; Diane's dad Butch Uderman & cousin Judy;  Margie's mom ; Donna & Cathy Goode's mom; our friends, sons, & daughters in the military, including Trey Bailey, Ryan McClurg, Matt Gardner, Chebino, Roy's son Chris, Lisa's nephew Kristopher on his 2nd Iraq trip; David Hoover & his brother Hugh in the hospital; George & Marianne's sons & Linda's son and Marianne's mom Marguerite; 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:  Alexandra Hoover (of Arts Magnate) & Dad reading Job & 2 Corinthians

Picture 2: Choir, Roy, Celeste, & Ray

Picture 3:  Nick's Baptism

Picture 4:  Nicholas with Dad, Mom, & Sister, Eric, Amy, & Riley (Jeff & Penny Morrow's daughter)

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

Your Finances:

June 21:
- Income for Running Expenses: $ 1,729.00
- Income for Outreach Expenses: $ 435.00
Thanks for your Generosity!

Have a Great Week, J.S (214-783-0443)
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Sunday Reminder 6-21-09, 12 Ordinary Time
ByRosemary June 18, 2009

Mass: Coffee & Donuts, Juice & Home Made Muffins on the house.



Place: Vines High School on 15th between Custer & Independence. Time: 9:30

Readings: Job 38, 1-11; Psalm 107, Give Thanks to the Lord, his Love is Everlasting; 2 Corinthians 5, 14-17; Mark 4, 35-41

Community Bulletin Board:

True?   Rings & jewels are not gifts, but apologies for gifts. The only true gift is a portion of thyself.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Rita Dore is returning home and needs help in getting around the house & cleaning up the place. Visitors welcome! Come in work clothes. Two months she's been in the hospital.

A legend, the Old Geezer? Download Bradshaw 6-18-09; Download TX Trees Foundation 6-18-09

Notice new summer color for blog heading, plus mountains!

North TX Food Bank needing Help: Download North TX Food Bank 6-18-09

Picture 1: Lisa with Cole Ryan

Picture 2: Carson

Picture 3:  Gavin

Picture 4: Campisi & The Winner

Picture 5: Rest stop on Collin County Classic



See you Sunday, June 21

J.S.   (214-783-0443)

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Sunday Homily 6-14-09, Eucharist
ByRosemary June 14, 2009

Readings: Exodus 24, 3-8; Psalm 116, I will take the cup of Salvation, and call on the Name of the Lord; Hebrews 9, 11-15; Mark 14, 12-26

Exodus: 8 points on the readings, including Exodus–(2 on Exodus, 4 on points from the other readings, 2 more on Exodus

    1. This is the 2nd book of the Torah/Pentateuch, the first section of the Old Testament. Deuteronomy, which we visited last week, is the 5th & last book.

    2. Story: This is a fabulous and edifying fable that tells how the Israelites got out of slavery in Egypt with the leadership of Moses.

    3. Passover: the night the angel passed over the first born male children of the Jews because they had smeared lamb blood on their door posts. But the angel killed all the Egyptian first born sons to make Pharaoh let the people go. Remember, this is not history, rather like a fable, like Aesop's Fables. The Last Supper was a Passover meal.

    4. Covenant vs Contract: in a contract two parties agree to do something. If one fails, the contract is often null. In a covenant two people agree, and even if one party fails, the other party honors the covenant. The Covenant between Yahweh & the People: the people will honor Yahweh as their only god; Yahweh will protect and care for them as his chosen, and bring them into a new land.

    5. Sacrifice & holocaust: ancient tribal belief that I must offer to my god (s) things precious to me to appease the god's anger or win his favor, for example, animals, prisoners, and the most beautiful girl in the community. Jesus was seen as this sacrifice to appease the god, and also as the high priest who usually performed the sacrifice. Thus the emphasis on blood & death.

    6. 12 tribes: the 12 sons of the patriarch Jacob (or Israel; the 3 patiarchs were Abraham, Isaac, & Jacob-Israel).

    7. Author & Date of Exodus: not Moses. Rather a compilation of material from different centuries, that was mostly put together after the Babylonian Captivity, e.g., ca. 550 BCE.

    8. Our Selection from Exodus: the people have been wandering in the desert and are now being given laws and customs they must observe. The Covenant is being sealed.

The Special Meal

As usual, last Thursday & Friday I am preparing thoughts and ideas for our homily today. I tell Rosemary that I want to talk about the theme of special meals in connection with Eucharist and that I am going to take a big risk and put it together after the Collin County Classic Bike Rally. Why? Because I am anticipating that the meal they serve to the riders after the ride will be special, a meal from heaven.

After the race yesterday, however, I totally was not hungry. My stomach is not sick, just tight from so much exercise.    In fact, if I want anything it is half of a cold watermellon. I even pass up some tremendous food at the Eshelbrenners where they were celebrating Gloria's visit from Seattle. She is getting married this Labor Day and guess who is doing it.

So I head home and tell Rosemary please get the watermellon ready. She opens it and, ugh, it is over ripe. So I go to Tom Thumb and finally about 3:30 I have the first bite of watermellon. Folks, it was watermellon from heaven. I did not have a big feast, but I had a special meal of watermellon & a salad.

What is your special meal? Your favorite? Your favorite restaurant? Favorite meal of the year? Thanksgiving? I talk about this because special meals are the form on which the Eucharist was originally built. I see 3 characteristics about a special meal that are common with good Eucharistic celebration.

    First, camaraderie and conviviality. I expected that we would have a bunch of our people at the McKinney North High School dining room for lunch. It would have been an electric ambiance with everyone just finished the run. It did not turn out that way. Thanksgiving can have this characteristic. Our Vines celebrations have it.

    Second, quality food and drink and often special food. Thanksgiving we have turkey, birthdays have ice cream & cake with candles, weddings have special cakes. In Tanzania a goat was roasted over a spit to celebrate a wedding. It lasted all day long. Which brings up time. Special meals take an hour or more when it is really working. We at Vines spend an hour, maybe a little more. We have good wine and good bread, home made bread.

    Thirdly, rituals. At Thanksgiving we often say a prayer of thanks. At weddings, cake cuttings. At special events, blessings can be mentioned. At Vines we have our rituals, the sign of peace, the music, the readings and great homilies. Next week we have a special blessing for the old dads.

I would propose that special meals are the foundation for Eucharistic celebration.

What meals are special to you? How do you initiate them?

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Picture 1: Cole Ryan Webster welcoming the community with Kevin & T.J.

Picture 2: Cole's baptism with his mom Erin & dad Chuck, Lisa & Brandon

Picture 3: Lynda with Kayla

Picture 4: Peyton & Madison with their mommy Ashley

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Announcements
ByRosemary June 14, 2009
Rosemary's Blessing:

We end this meal with grace

For the joy and nourishment of food,

The slowed time away from the world

To come into presence with each other

We pray the wise spirit who keeps us

To change the structures that make others hunger

And that after such grace we might go forth

And impart dignity wherever we partake.

John O’Donohue To Bless the Space Between Us

Special Thanks:
- For Reading: Lou Federico & Megan Dulenti
- For the Communion Bread: Alison, Sabrina & Anthony
- For Serving: Kevin & T.J.
- For the Books & Wine Cups & Cross: Roy & Carol & Beth & Rob
- For the Music: Ben & Wendy & Celeste
- For the Pictures: Jan & Beth
- For the altar & sound: Margie & Hue
- For the donuts & coffee: Jackie & the Baack Family
Happy Birthday:    Alison Degenova, Jessica Bresson, Sue Tomas, Bernadette Delgado, Joey Cade (John's daughter)

Happy Anniversary:

Diane & Kent McClurg (37th)

Ray & Loretta Garcia Williams (41st)

George & Marianne Elwell (14th)

Doug & Julie Kite (23rd)

Lou & Lorraine Federico (39th)

2 anniversaries of ordination: Tony O'Donovan (36th), The Old Geezer (38th)

Please Remember:  Gayle O'Donovan's mom; Sabrina on her trip to France, Italy, and Greece; Rosemary's brother Peter with amyloidosis; Jack Carlson's friend Tommy Ketchum, 37, in the hospital with emergency brain surgery after a stroke; Rita in the hospital starting to walk again & hoping to return home; Tyler Hayden Reed born last week prematurely at less than 2 lbs.; Jackie's sisters Sandy & Sue and friend Jack Brown with various cancers & Keith Beasley who fell off the 7th floor of a parking garage & is still living; Julie Johnston who is dealing with a return of her cancer; Margie Weynant whose lung cancer has returned; Hugh Bivona's sick friends Bob & Bonnie; Rick Urbanczyk’s mom, Irene, who is declining; Richard Froebe's dad who had a stroke; Maureen's good friend Sharon Haskew; Mary's son John; 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 Teri Knapke with cancer & Teresa's niece Angel; Diane's dad Butch Uderman & cousin Judy;  Margie's mom ; Donna & Cathy Goode's mom; our friends, sons, & daughters in the military, including Trey Bailey, Ryan McClurg, Matt Gardner, Chebino, Roy's son Chris, Lisa's nephew Kristopher on his 2nd Iraq trip; David Hoover & his brother Hugh in the hospital; George & Marianne's sons & Linda's son and Marianne's mom Marguerite; 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:  Lou, alias "Federico" reading Exodus

Picture 2:  Megan reading Hebrews

Picture 3:  Kayla with her mommy Christi & Alison: birthdays

Picture 4:  Bill Hammond with some Old Geezer, Collin Co. Classic (55 mi.)

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

Your Finances:

June 14:
- Income for Running Expenses: $ 1,818.00
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Sunday Reminder 6-14-09, Eucharist
ByRosemary June 11, 2009

Mass: Coffee & Donuts, Juice & Home Made Muffins on the house.



Place: Vines High School on 15th between Custer & Independence. Time: 9:30

Readings: Exodus 24, 3-8; Psalm 116, I will take the cup of Salvation, and call on the Name of the Lord; Hebrews 9, 11-15; Mark 14, 12-26



Community Bulletin Board:

Food drive: Congratulations, everyone, the community donated over 140 lbs. of food.

Baptism this Sunday after Mass: Cole Ryan Webster, son of Erin & Chuck, grandson of Diane & Kent McClurg. Check picture below.

True?   Have no fear of perfection. You'll never reach it.

Salvador Dali

Picture 1: Wendy, Shonda, Ray, & Celeste

Picture 2: Happiness is Audry

Picture 3:  Ryan with his dad, Jim

Picture 4: Happiness is Chloe

Picture 5: Cole Ryan with Chuck & Erin, courtesy of Betsy@betsymariephotography.com



See you Sunday, June 14

J.S.   (214-783-0443)

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