Malachi 3: But for you who fear my name, there will arise the sun of justice with its healing rays. 2 Thessalonians 3: Rather, we wanted to present ourselves as a model for you, so that you might imitate us. Luke 21: Remember, you are not to prepare your defense beforehand, for I myself shall give you a wisdom in speaking that all your adversaries will be powerless to resist or refute.
To live is to venture beyond our fears to taste the sweetness of the unknown. The Monastic Way, Sister Joan Chittister
Another Reminder for the 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, November 16, 2025 Here are the links for Sunday:
John Stack Ministries meets on Sunday for Mass at 9:30 at
The ArtCentre of Plano,
902 E. 16th St, Plano, Texas.
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.
Ezekiel 47: This water flows into the eastern district down upon the Arabah, and empties into the sea, the salt waters, which it makes fresh. Wherever the river flows, every sort of living creature that can multiply shall live, and there shall be abundant fish, for wherever this water comes the sea shall be made fresh. 1 Corinthians 3: Do you not know that you are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? John 2: He made a whip out of cords and drove them all out of the temple area, with the sheep and oxen, and spilled the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables, and to those who sold doves he said, “Take these out of here, and stop making my Father’s house a marketplace.”
The Kiss of Peace
Thanks…
Music, Shonda & Ben Readers, Pat & Fred Homily, John Cade Eucharistic Prayer A & B, John Stack & John Cade The Magic Zoom makers, Hue & Kevin The Organization man, Richard Final Blessing, Rosemary
Richard distributing Communion
Remember these special people:
For all the people affected by natural disasters like floods, earthquakes etc; For the Ukraine and the Holy Land; For our new Pope, Leo XIV; For John Stack; For Adam, that the doctors may find a remedy for his seizures; For Meredith ; For Tom Quinn; For Warren Wittek; For Tom Good; For Lambrini, John Cade’s wife, who is dealing with cancer ; For Allen Stryker; For Mike and Judy Carrell ; For Hue; For Jackie; For Ron
Jackie’s sister, & friend, Lynn; For Rick Turner searching for a kidney donor, Type O neg.; For Jean & Cliff Wright; from Barbara, a little baby boy named Ford ; for the medical staffs, teachers, and coaches in our public & private schools.
John and Connie get a cookie for their anniversary
Birthdays: John Anderlick 11/14 Anniversaries: Connie & John Bresson 11/14
Expenses: $ 890.00 Outreach: $ 105.00
Thanks again, Folks, for doing what you can.
Rosemary gets a cake for her birthday
Brent gets a check for Soul’s Harbor
Rosemary’s Blessing:
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place: and in the sky
The larks still bravely singing fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the dead: Short days ago,
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved: and now we lie
In Flanders fields!
Take up our quarrel with the foe!
To you from falling hands we throw
The torch, Be yours to bear it high!
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep tho’ poppies blow
In Flanders Field.
IN FLANDERS FIELDS By Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae Composed at the battlefront on May 3, 1915
during the second battle of Ypres, Belgium
The Answer (One of many poems written in response to In Flanders Fields)
In Flanders Field the cannon boom
And fitful flashes light the gloom;
While up above, like Eagles, fly
The fierce destroyers of the sky;
With stains the earth wherein you lie
Is redder than the poppy bloom
In Flanders Field.
Sleep on ye brave! The shrieking shell,
The quaking trench, the startling yell,
The fury of the battle hell
Shall wake you not; for all is well.
Sleep peacefully, for all is well.
Your flaming torch aloft we bear,
With burning heart an oath we swear
To keep the faith to fight it through
To crush the foe, or sleep with you
In Flanders Field
The Answer, by Lt. J. A. Armstrong of Beloit.Wisconsin.
John Stack Ministries meets on Sunday for Mass at
9:30 at the ArtCentre of Plano,
902 E. 16th St, Plano, Texas.
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.
Ezekiel 47: This water flows into the eastern district down upon the Arabah, and empties into the sea, the salt waters, which it makes fresh. Wherever the river flows, every sort of living creature that can multiply shall live, and there shall be abundant fish, for wherever this water comes the sea shall be made fresh. 1 Corinthians 3: Do you not know that you are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? John 2: He made a whip out of cords and drove them all out of the temple area, with the sheep and oxen, and spilled the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables,and to those who sold doves he said, “Take these out of here, and stop making my Father’s house a marketplace.”
Every one who looks bad isn’t, and everyone who looks suave isn’t. “Always check to see,” the Irish say, “that there’s bread under the butter.” The Monastic Way, Sister Joan Chittister
Another Reminder for Dedication of the Lateran Basilica, November 9, 2025 Here are the links for Sunday:
John Stack Ministries meets on Sunday for Mass at 9:30 at
The ArtCentre of Plano,
902 E. 16th St, Plano, Texas.
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.
Revelation 7: These are those who come from the great tribulation. And they’ve washed their robes, scrubbed them clean in the blood of the Lamb. That’s why they’re standing before God’s Throne. 1 John 3: For this is the original message we heard: We should love each other. Let’s not just talk about love. Let’s practice real love. Matthew 5: When Jesus saw his ministry drawing huge crowds, he climbed a hillside. Those who were apprenticed to him, the committed ones, climbed with him. Arriving at a quiet place, he sat down and taught his climbing companions.
Connie reading from the Book of Revelation
Thanks…
Music, Shonda & Ben Readers, Connie & John Homily, John Stack Eucharistic Prayer A & B, John Stack & John Cade The Magic Zoom makers, Hue & Kevin The Organization man, Richard Final Blessing, Rosemary
John reading from I John
Remember these special people:
For all the people affected by natural disasters like floods, earthquakes etc; For the Ukraine and the Holy Land; For our new Pope, Leo XIV; For John Stack; For Adam, that the doctors may find a remedy for his seizures; For Meredith ; For Tom Quinn; For Warren Wittek; For Tom Good; For Lambrini, John Cade’s wife, who is dealing with cancer ; For Allen Stryker; For Mike and Judy Carrell ; For Hue; For Jackie; For Ron
Jackie’s sister, & friend, Lynn; For Rick Turner searching for a kidney donor, Type O neg.; For Jean & Cliff Wright; from Barbara, a little baby boy named Ford ; for the medical staffs, teachers, and coaches in our public & private schools.
The Kiss of Peace
Birthdays: Ed Kless 11/2, Karen Anderlick 11/4 Anniversaries:
Expenses: $ 1,465.00 Outreach: $ 500.00
Thanks again, Folks, for doing what you can.
Shonda and Ben, the music team
Rosemary’s Blessing:
Gracious God inspire us with the hope in the gift of shalom, the gift of wholeness and the promise of your presence.
Give wisdom to seek nonviolence as an answer to the violence of our lives and world.
Give us courage to seek wholeness in a fractured and divided world, to find reconciliation rather than revenge, to abandon the instruments of violence and death and entrust our lives, our homes and our families to you.
May your presence fill us and others with the thirst for unity, wholeness, and the desire to see all people valued as created in your image.
May we and others receive your shalom, that we might be faithful instruments of your love.
Blessed be your name forever,
Amen.
Rabbi Andrew M. Paley, senior rabbi with Temple Shalom, Dallas. He emailed this letter to his congregation in 2018 after a gunman shot members of the Tree of Life Synagogue.
John Stack Ministries meets on Sunday for Mass at 9:30 at the
ArtCentre of Plano, 902 E. 16th St, Plano, Texas.
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.
Revelation 7: These are those who come from the great tribulation. And they’ve washed their robes, scrubbed them clean in the blood of the Lamb. That’s why they’re standing before God’s Throne. 1 John 3: For this is the original message we heard: We should love each other. Let’s not just talk about love. Let’s practice real love. Matthew 5: When Jesus saw his ministry drawing huge crowds, he climbed a hillside. Those who were apprenticed to him, the committed ones, climbed with him. Arriving at a quiet place, he sat down and taught his climbing companions.
Good food is the hallmark of every season: fresh fruit in summer, roasted chestnuts in the fall, warm bread in winter, oyster stew in the spring. Leslie Newman says of it, “As the days grow short, some faces grow long. But not mine. Every autumn, when the wind turns cold and darkness comes early, I am suddenly happy. It’s time to start making soup again.”
The Monastic Way, Sister Joan Chittister
Another Reminder for All Saints Sunday, November 2, 2025 Here are the links for Sunday:
John Stack Ministries meets on Sunday for Mass at 9:30 at The ArtCentre of Plano, 902 E. 16th St, Plano, Texas.
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.
Sirach 35: The LORD is a God of justice, who knows no favorites. 2 Timothy 4: The Lord will rescue me from every evil threat and will bring me safe to his heavenly kingdom. Luke 18: But the tax collector stood off at a distance and would not even raise his eyes to heaven but beat his breast and prayed, ‘O God, be merciful to me a sinner.’
Lynda reading from the Book of Sirach
Thanks…
Music, Ben Readers, Lynda & Tom Homily, John Cade Eucharistic Prayer A & B, John Stack & John Cade The Magic Zoom makers, Richard & Tom Final Blessing, Lynda
Tom reading from St. Paul’s Second Letter to Timothy
Remember these special people:
For all the people affected by the floods; For the Ukraine and the Holy Land; For our new Pope, Leo XIV; For the Beaver’s grandson in ICU; For John Stack; For Adam, that the doctors may find a remedy for his seizures; For Meredith ; For Tom Quinn; For Warren Wittek; For Tom Good; For Lambrini, John Cade’s wife, who is dealing with cancer ; For Allen Stryker; For Mike and Judy Carrell ; For Hue; For Jackie; For Mary Hall’s family and friend Cadence still suffering from a serious medical condition; For Sir Charlie; For Ron ; For Teresa Quinn’s niece, Maddie who has a brain tumor;
Jackie’s sister, & friend, Lynn; For Rick Turner searching for a kidney donor, Type O neg.; For Jean & Cliff Wright; from Barbara, a little baby boy named Ford recuperating from an operation, the families of Annie and Michael and her neighbor, Marie and the family; for the medical staffs, teachers, and coaches in our public & private schools.
John Cade reading from the Gospel of Luke
Birthdays: Rob Robinson 10/29 Anniversaries: Mary Jane Stevenson & John Schanot 10/26
Expenses: $ 215.00 Outreach: $ 30.00
Thanks again, Folks, for doing what you can.
The Kiss of Peace
Rosemary’s Blessing:
Be the One
Jesus, thank you for loving me so much.
Help me to love others as you do.
When someone is lonely, help me to be the one to be kind.
When others are left out, help me to be the one to include them.
When someone is sad, help me be the one to bring joy.
Show me your face in every person I meet.
Let me be the one to console You and my neighbor,
with kindness, a smile, prayers and love.
Give me courage to “be the one”
who builds up the body of Christ today. Amen.
by Sister Mary Ann Zuberbueler
John Stack Ministries meets on Sunday for Mass at 9:30 at the
ArtCentre of Plano, 902 E. 16th St, Plano, Texas.
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.
Sirach 35: The LORD is a God of justice, who knows no favorites. 2 Timothy 4: The Lord will rescue me from every evil threat and will bring me safe to his heavenly kingdom. Luke 18: But the tax collector stood off at a distance and would not even raise his eyes to heaven but beat his breast and prayed, ‘O God, be merciful to me a sinner.’
I have a friend who follows the sun around her back yard in a deck chair with a glass of fresh fruit juice in one hand and a book in the other. Here’s the question: Is she “wasting” time or “celebrating” time? Think carefully before you answer. It can get to be a very important question as life goes by. The Monastic Way, Sister Joan Chittister
Another Reminder for the 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 26, 2025 Here are the links for Sunday: For Zoom ( the video conference)
John Stack Ministries meets on Sunday for Mass at 9:30 at The ArtCentre of Plano, 902 E. 16th St, Plano, Texas.
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.
Exodus 17: Moses’ hands, however, grew tired; so they put a rock in place for him to sit on. Meanwhile Aaron and Hur supported his hands, one on one side and one on the other, so that his hands remained steady till sunset.
2 Timothy 3: Remain faithful to what you have learned and believed, because you know from whom you learned it, . . .
Luke 18: For a long time the judge was unwilling, but eventually he thought, ‘While it is true that I neither fear God nor respect any human being, because this widow keeps bothering me I shall deliver a just decision for her lest she finally come and strike me.’”
Buddy reading the prayer for the lighting of the candles
Thanks…
Music, Shonda Readers, Mary & Frank Homily, John Stack Eucharistic Prayer A & B, John Stack & John Cade The Magic Zoom makers, Hue & Kevin Setup, Richard Final Blessing, Rosemary
Shonda sings solo this week
Remember these special people:
For all the people affected by natural disasters; For the Ukraine and the Holy Land; For our new Pope, Leo XIV; For John Stack; For Adam, that the doctors may find a remedy for his seizures; For Meredith ; For Tom Quinn; For Warren Wittek; For Tom Good; For Lambrini, John Cade’s wife, who is dealing with cancer ; For Allen Stryker; For Mike and Judy Carrell ; For Hue; For Jackie; For Ron ;
Jackie’s sister, & friend, Lynn; For Rick Turner searching for a kidney donor, Type O neg.; For Jean & Cliff Wright; from Barbara, a little baby boy named Ford recuperating from an operation, the families of Annie and Michael and her neighbor, Marie and the family; for the medical staffs, teachers, and coaches in our public & private schools.
Zoe gets a cookie for her birthday
Birthdays: Zoe Brown 10/25 Anniversaries:
Expenses: $ 910.00 Outreach: $ 125.00
Thanks again, Folks, for doing what you can.
The Browns except for Randolph and Geordie
Rosemary’s Blessing:
Autumn Months
O God of Creation, you have blessed us with the changing of the seasons.
As we welcome the autumn months,
may the earlier setting of the sun
remind us to take time to rest.
May the brilliant colors of the leaves
remind us of the wonder of your creation.
May the steam of our breath in the cool air
remind us that it is you who give us the breath of life.
May the harvest from the fields remind us of the abundance we have been given and bounty we are to share with others.
May the dying of summer’s spirit remind us of your great promise that death is temporary and life is eternal.
We praise you for your goodness forever and ever.
– Author Unknown, found on jesuitresource.org
John Stack Ministries meets on Sunday for Mass at 9:30 at the
ArtCentre of Plano,
902 E. 16th St, Plano, Texas.
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.
Exodus 17: Moses’ hands, however, grew tired; so they put a rock in place for him to sit on. Meanwhile Aaron and Hur supported his hands, one on one side and one on the other, so that his hands remained steady till sunset. 2 Timothy 3: Remain faithful to what you have learned and believed, because you know from whom you learned it, . . . Luke 18: For a long time the judge was unwilling, but eventually he thought, ‘While it is true that I neither fear God nor respect any human being, because this widow keeps bothering me I shall deliver a just decision for her lest she finally come and strike me.'”
A message from Cody: Thank you all for doing what you did and for those of you who made it to the service for sure. It was a very heartfelt event to say the least.
One purpose of feasting is to get back in touch with the earth that sustains us, to glorify the God that made it and to pledge ourselves to save the land that grows our food.
The Monastic Way, Sister Joan Chittister
Another Reminder for the 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 19, 2025
John Stack Ministries meets on Sunday for Mass at 9:30 at The ArtCentre of Plano, 902 E. 16th St, Plano, Texas.
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.
2 Kings 5: Naaman went down and plunged into the Jordan seven times at the word of Elisha, the man of God. His flesh became again like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean of his leprosy. 2 Timothy 2: Therefore, I bear with everything for the sake of those who are chosen, so that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, together with eternal glory. Luke 17: “Ten were cleansed, were they not? Where are the other nine? Has none but this foreigner returned to give thanks to God?”
Mary reading from the 2nd Book of Kings
Thanks…
Music, Shonda & Ben Readers, Mary & John Homily, John Cade Eucharistic Prayer A & B, John Stack & John Cade The Magic Zoom makers, Richard & Kevin Final Blessing, Rosemary
John reading from the 2nd Letter of St. Paul to Timothy
Remember these special people:
For all the people affected by natural disasters; For the Ukraine and the Holy Land; For our new Pope, Leo XIV; For John Stack; For Adam, that the doctors may find a remedy for his seizures; For Meredith ; For Tom Quinn; For Warren Wittek; For Tom Good; For Lambrini, John Cade’s wife, who is dealing with cancer ; For Allen Stryker; For Mike and Judy Carrell ; For Hue; For Jackie; For Ron ;
Jackie’s sister, & friend, Lynn; For Rick Turner searching for a kidney donor, Type O neg.; For Jean & Cliff Wright; from Barbara, a little baby boy named Ford recuperating from an operation, the families of Annie and Michael and her neighbor, Marie and the family; for the medical staffs, teachers, and coaches in our public & private schools.
Richard gets a cookie for his birthday
Birthdays: Richard Eshelbrenner 10/15, Donna Dinsmore 10/18 Anniversaries: Ben & Candace Porter 25th 10/18, Annette & Roger 10/18
Expenses: $ 795.00 Outreach: $ 315.00
Thanks again, Folks, for doing what you can.
Ben gets a cookie for his anniversaryAnnette & Roger get a cookie for their anniversary
Rosemary’s Blessing:
Christ has no body now on earth but yours,
no hands but yours,
no feet but yours,
Yours are the eyes through which Christ’s
compassion is to look out to the world,
Yours are the feet with which Christ is to
go about doing good,
Yours are the hands, with which Christ is to
bless all people now.
From a prayer by Teresa of Avila (1515–1582)
John Stack Ministries meets on Sunday for Mass at 9:30 at the
ArtCentre of Plano,
902 E. 16th St, Plano, Texas.
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.
