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    Rosemary's Blessing:

     

    A Thanksgiving prayer from a Dear Abbey column:

      

    “Father and Mother of all:

    We give thanks for food and remember the hungry,

    We give thanks for health and remember the sick,

    We give thanks for friends and remember the friendless,

    We give thanks for freedom and remember the enslaved.

    May our giving thanks stir us to service, that our blessings may be shared with others. Amen.”

                                                                                                      

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    Mary reading from 2 Samuel.
                        

    Our Special Thanks

    •    For  the Readings:    Frank & Mary
    •    For our team: Buddy,  John  &  John  &  Mike, Ben & David & Shonda
    •    For the Communion Bread:   Alison & John
    •    For the Wine & Cups:  Mike & Judy
    •    For the Pictures:    Jackie & Rick & Mike  
    •    For the coffee and extras:   Mike & Jackie
    •    For the altar & sound: Jackie & Ben & David & Hue & Shonda
    •    For all who helped with communion         

     

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    Frank reading from Colossians.

     

    Birthdays:   Diane McMahon, Frank Esparza, Ron Ackerman, Mike Moran-70, David Grattifiori,  John Cade 85

     

    Anniversaries:

    Barb & Ron Center, 48th

    Frank & Mary Esparza, 

    John & Michelle Simari, 34th

     

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    Rosemary reading her Blessing of the Week.

     

    Please Remember these special people:

    For Bill Hammond,  For Cindy Cramer;  For Sydney, & For Sir Charlie recuperating from surgery;  For my buddy since grade school at Christ the  King, Pete Wacks & his dearest Marjie who is spoiling Pete;   For Gilberto recuperating from his gall bladder operation:  Claire Mazzei's (Rosemary's sister in Hilton Head) knee replacement last Tuesday;    For Michelle;   For a friend & neighbor & doctor, Karen, with brain cancer; For Rick Turner searching for a kidney donor, Type O neg; For Meredith, cancer free & her dad, Joe;    For Hue;  For John O'Donnell;    For Dee, and for her daughter, Lisa; For John Schanot's continued health;  For Anthony & Sabrina;    For a young man who is suffering from depression;  John Cade's mother in law, Kalliopi Piskiouli and Lambrini; 

     

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    Happy 85th Birthday, John.  Your grandson loves you!

     

    For John & Jean's son John Louis;   For our good friend Kay (at 91 years!) in Ontario;  For Jackie's friend, Lynn, plus Angela, & her mom;  for Sr. Patricia Otillio, a nun I worked with for years in Grand Coteau;    for Steve Barrett, Rose, & Katie;  Barb & Warren's grandbabies, Leighton Elizabeth and Warren Phillip and Ethan Michel, & their friend Chris, plus Barb's  Annie & Kaitlen;  For Cliff & Jean, plus Jean's brother Terry;  For Laura's sister Claudia;  

     

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    Mike, you cannot be 70 years old.  You are supposed to be my young buddy.

     

    Tom and Teresa Quinn's niece, Chawna, with cancer, their granddaughter, Mikayla;   plus Neva Flynn, Angel, and Diane Kreeitzer;   Connie Doherty's mom and her sister, plus Kevin's cousin, Peter; For a number of David McKeon's family who are having a rough time with health issues, especially Mark Terain; for our friends, sons, and daughters in the military, including Ryan McClurg and Chebino; cure for autism from Laura Chollick; for our President.

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    Happy Anniversary, Mary & Frank and thanks for excellent reading.

     

    Your Finances, November 24, 2019 

    Expenses: $1240.00 

     Outreach: $ 645.00

     

    Thanks, Everybody 

    (214-783-0443)

     

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    Happy Birthday, David.

     

    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.

     

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    Happy Birthday, Ron.

     

     

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    And to you too, Cody, Happy Birthday.

     

  • Reminder for Sunday, 2019, Christ the King

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    "Welcome in, " says Geri.

     

    Welcome this Sunday: Catholic Mass with coffee & juice, and pastries, some bought, some home-made. 

    Time: 9:30; Celebrate with the Community  & John Cade, Mike Carrell,  &  Stack  

    Place: Legacy Charter School,  601 Accent Drive, Plano, TX 75075

     

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    Healing for John.

     

    Readings:

    2 Samuel 5, 1-3, David anointed king of Israel 

    Psalm 122,  Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord

    Colossians 1, 12-20,  Let us give thanks to the Father.

    Luke 23, 35-43,  This is the king of the Jews.  

     

    Healing 1

     

    Healing for teammates.

     


    Act
    ivities:  

    ROMEO MEET: Friday, November 29, Jason's Deli, Collin Creek Mall, west side of Central, 1:00.  Welcome all wakos, you will fit right in.   

     

             Juliet’s Christmas Luncheon

    Please join us for Juliet’s Christmas Party; and afternoon of Christmas Cheer.

    Date/Time:   Friday, December 6th at 12:00 Noon.

    Place: Ye Shire Tavern,  3600 Shire Blvd.,  Richardson, TX 75082

              972-881-7570

     

    To add to the Christmas Spirit we will have an ornament exchange; $10.00 limit.  Please bring a wrapped ornament.

     

    Please let me know if you will be joining us. 

     

    Looking forward to seeing everyone on Friday, December 6th.

    Marilyn Ackerman,  972-491-7068

     

    If you have already signed up at Rosemary’s birthday party, I have you down as coming.

     

    Meyerson Christmas show, December 6, Friday, 7:30.  Let Rosemary know if you want to join the gang.  $35 per ticket.

     

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    Break Time.

     

     

    True?

    The past is beautiful because one never realizes an emotion at the time.  It expands later, & thus we don't have complete emotions about the present, only about the past.

    Virginia Wolf

     

    Our Fr. 1

     

    Our Father.

     

     

    What's up in Ye Old Catholic Church?  Like…

    How has the sex abuse crisis effected the Catholic Church:  https://www.ncronline.org/authors/thomas-p-doyle 

     

     

    Our Fr. 2

     

    Our Father.

     

     

    See you Sunday, J.S.

    214-783-0443

     

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    Peace!  Be not afraid, she is benign.

     

    JSM Mission-Faith Statement: 

     Help create a Catholic Community that welcomes all God’s People, provides for and challenges spiritual and total growth.

    Reaches out to help people who are disadvantaged and make the world we live in a better place to live.

     

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    Happy Anniversary & Congratulations, John.  39 years since you decided to quit smoking!

     

     

     

     

  • Sunday Homily, November 17, 2019, 33rd Ordinary Time

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    Two of The Best, Cindy & Dee.

     

    Readings:

    2 Malachi 3, 19-20, Lo, the day is coming that will set them on fire. 

    Psalm 98,  The Lord comes to rule the earth with justice.

    2 Thessalonians 3, 7-12,   Anyone unwilling to work should not eat.

    Luke 21, 5-19,  The days will come when there will not be left a stone upon another.

     

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    The best of Teams.

     

    Thanksgiving, 2019-11-15

    Guess what, Everybody.  Two Sundays and we celebrate my most favorite holiday, Thanksgiving.  To get us into the spirit I want to describe my three biggest blessings of the year.

     

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    The Candle Lighting Ritual.

     

    Blessing 1 is my health.  My whole life I simply assumed that I would always be healthy. 

    Trouble started last Thanksgiving when Rosemary, Aviana, & I made our annual visit to Rosemary’s sister’s in Hilton Head.  I could hardly walk, even with a cane.  My routine doctor sent me to an orthopedist.  I’ll never forget the visit.   He pointed to his computer screen, said, “I can fix this.”  He even said he had one opening before the New Year.  Did I want it? 

    Wow, did I want it!  I had lumbar stenosis, a pinched nerve in my lower back. 

     

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    Buddy reading The Blessing of the Candles (not memorized yet).

     

    While I was dealing with this my parkinson decided to get more active.  My neurologist said exercise, box, work out on ellipticals, anything to get my arms swinging.  He gave me a pill to take 3 times a day. 

    We had a May cruise in the North Atlantic & I was pretty nervous, even just with the trans-Atlantic flight.  I took a cane.  I never used it.  Everything improved.  No dizziness, better coordination of my legs and arms. 

    Which brings me to today and Thanksgiving.  I am grateful.

     

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    The Offertory with Tom & Susan & Bill.

     

    Second blessing  of the year: you people, our community.   The generous spirit of everyone, the eagerness to support & pray for our people who need special care, and the way everyone pitches in.  Buddy & Georgie, John & Mike, Ben & David & Shonda, Jackie & Connie, all plus many others who make our Sunday celebrations so touching.  I am humbled and blessed by all of you people.

     

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    The Communion Team.

     

    The final blessing of 2019: Rosemary, my blessing for 15 years & more.

    Your blessings of 2019?

       

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    Twins??  The Best.

     

     

     

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    Rosemary's Blessing:

    Blessing 111719  33rd Ordinary

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

                                                                                                           

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    Rob reading from Malachi 

                                                                                                 

    Our Special Thanks

    •    For  the Readings:    Rob & Beth
    •    For out team: Buddy & Georgie  & John  &  Mike, Ben & David
    •    For the Communion Bread:   Alison & John
    •    For the Wine & Cups:  Mike & Judy
    •    For the Pictures:    Jackie & Rick & Mike  
    •    For the coffee and extras:   Mike & Jackie
    •    For the altar & sound: Jackie & Ben & David & Hue
    •    For all who helped with communion         

     

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    Beth reading from Thessalonians.

     

    Birthdays:   Diane McMahon, Frank Esparza, Ron Ackerman, Cliff & Jean Wright, John Cade stopped smoking 39 years ago


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    Rosemary with her Blessing of The Week

     

    Please Remember these special people:

    For Bill Hammond,  For Cindy Cramer;  For Sydney, & For Sir Charlie recuperating from surgery;  For my buddy since grade school, Pete Wacks;  For Gilberto recuperating from his gall bladder operation:  Claire Mazzei's (Rosemary's sister in Hilton Head) knee replacement last Tuesday;    For Michelle;   For a friend & neighbor & doctor, Karen, with brain cancer; For Rick Turner searching for a kidney donor, Type O neg; For Meredith, cancer free & her dad, Joe;    For Hue;  For John O'Donnell;    For Dee, and for her daughter, Lisa; For John Schanot's continued health;  For Anthony & Sabrina;    For a young man who is suffering from depression;  John Cade's mother in law, Kalliopi Piskiouli and Lambrini; 

     

     

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    A cupcake for the candle lighter girls.

     

    For John & Jean's son John Louis;   For our good friend Kay (at 91 years!) in Ontario;  For Jackie's friend, Lynn, plus Angela, & her mom;  for Sr. Patricia Otillio, a nun I worked with for years in Grand Coteau;    for Steve Barrett, Rose, & Katie;  Barb & Warren's grandbabies, Leighton Elizabeth and Warren Phillip and Ethan Michel, & their friend Chris, plus Barb's  Annie & Kaitlen;  For Cliff & Jean, plus Jean's brother Terry;  For Laura's sister Claudia;  

     

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    Bill, our prayers are with you and this cupcake has been known to be good medicine for cancer

     

    Tom and Teresa Quinn's niece, Chawna, with cancer, their granddaughter, Mikayla;   plus Neva Flynn, Angel, and Diane Kreeitzer;   Connie Doherty's mom and her sister, plus Kevin's cousin, Peter; For a number of David McKeon's family who are having a rough time with health issues, especially Mark Terain; for our friends, sons, and daughters in the military, including Ryan McClurg and Chebino; cure for autism from Laura Chollick; for our President.

     

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    Bern, this cupcake is for Gilbert because it tells him we know he is getting lazy.

     

    Your Finances, November 24, 2019 

    Expenses:  $805.00

     Outreach:  $290.00 

     

    Thanks, Everybody 

    (214-783-0443)

     

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    Peace, Everybody.

     

    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.

     

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    Kansas City to our rescue.  Post tornado neighborhood clean up has been really helped with a number of these gigantic trucks which say on their doors, Kansas City Tree Care.  One of these trucks even tipped over on our street when it must have gotten overloaded.  Nevertheless, still a  terrific help.

     

  • Reminder for Sunday, November 17, 2019, 33rd Ordinary Time

     

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    It has been a rough Fall and a lot of our personally planted trees have been destroyed.   Others live on and greet us as we pass by, saying have a Peaceful remaining Fall and upcoming Thanksgiving.

     

     

    Welcome this Sunday: Catholic Mass with coffee & juice, and pastries, some bought, some home-made. 

    Time: 9:30; Celebrate with the Community  & John Cade, Mike Carrell,  &  Stack  

    Place: Legacy Charter School,  601 Accent Drive, Plano, TX 75075

     

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    How come so many people showed up Sunday?  Here is the reason.

     

    Readings:

    2 Malachi 3, 19-20, lo, the day is coming that will set them on fire. 

    Psalm 98,  The Lord comes to rule the earth with justice.

    2 Thessalonians 3, 7-12,   Anyone unwilling to work should not eat.

    Luke 21, 5-19,  The days will come when there will not be left a stone upon another.   (tough readings!)

     

     

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    Cathy in period attire reminds us of our historical roots.


    Act
    ivities:  

    ROMEO MEET: Friday, November 15, Jason's Deli, Collin Creek Mall, west side of Central, 1:00.  Welcome all wakos, you will fit right in.   

     

    JULIETS,  December TBA

             Juliet’s Christmas Luncheon

    Please join us for Juliet’s Christmas Party; and afternoon of Christmas Cheer.

    Date/Time:   Friday, December 6th at 12:00 Noon.

     

    Place: Ye Shire Tavern,  3600 Shire Blvd.,  Richardson, TX 75082

              972-881-7570

     

    To add to the Christmas Spirit we will have an ornament exchange; $10.00 limit.  Please bring a wrapped ornament.

     

    Please let me know if you will be joining us. 

     

    Looking forward to seeing everyone on Friday, December 6th.

     

    Marilyn Ackerman,  972-491-7068

     

    If you have already signed up at Rosemary’s birthday party, I have you down as coming.

     

    Meyerson Christmas show, December 6, Friday, 7:30.  Let Rosemary know if you want to join the gang.  $35 per ticket.

     

     

    Team 1

     

    What a Team!

     

    True?

    We make a living by what we get.   We make a life by what we give.

    Winston Churchill

     

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    Communion 1.

     

    What's up in Ye Old Catholic Church?  Like…

    What ideas came out of the Amazon Synod: https://www.ncronline.org/news/opinion/signs-times/what-us-bishops-can-learn-amazon-synod

     

     

    Com 2

    Communion 2.

     

    See you Sunday, J.S.

    214-783-0443

     

    Team 1

     

    What a team!

     

    JSM Mission-Faith Statement: 

     Help create a Catholic Community that welcomes all God’s People, provides for and challenges spiritual and total growth.

    Reaches out to help people who are disadvantaged and make the world we live in a better place to live.

     

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    Friday Romeos, the Real Party.

     

     

     

     

  • Sunday Homily, November 10, 2019, 31st Ordinary Time

     

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    Karen reading from 2 Maccabees.

     

    Readings:

    2 Maccabees 7, 1-2, 9-14,   It happened that 7 brothers with their their mother were arrested

    Psalm 17,  Lord, when your glory appears, my joy will be full.

    2 Thessalonians 2, 16-3, 5  May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God

    Luke 20, 27-38,  If someones brother dies leaving a wife but no child…

     

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    Connie reading from Thessalonians.

     

     

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    Our homily for today, Cathy and her presentation of The Mayflower Compact. complete with period attire.

     

     

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    Cathy's helper and granddaughter, Harper.

     

     

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    A great lesson in Democracy, The Mayflower Compact.  Excellent.

     

     

  • Announcements

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    75??!!  You got to be kidding    

     

     

    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!

     

    Taken from IN FLANDERS FIELDS
    By Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae

     

    Composed at the battlefront on May 3, 1915 
    during the second battle of Ypres, Belgium

     

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    Juliets know how to party!!

     

     

    Our Special Thanks

    •    For  the Readings:    Karen  &  Connie
    •    For out team: Buddy & Georgie  & John  &  Mike
    •    For the Communion Bread:   Alison & John
    •    For the Wine & Cups:  Mike & Judy
    •    For the Pictures:    Jackie & Rick & Mike & Connie & others
    •    For the coffee and extras:   Mike & Jackie
    •    For the altar & sound: Jackie & Ben & David & Hue
    •    For all who helped with communion         

     

     

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    This is how you celebrate 75!!

     

    Birthdays:   Rosemary (75!) & John Anderlick, 

     

    Anniversaries:

    John & Connie Bresson, 33rd

     

     

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    Happy 33rd, John & Connie

     

    Please Remember these special people:

    For Bill Hammond,  For Cindy Cramer;  For Sydney, & For Sir Charlie recuperating from surgery;  For my buddy since grade school, Pete Wacks;  For Gilberto recuperating from his gall bladder operation:  Claire Mazzei's (Rosemary's sister in Hilton Head) knee replacement last Tuesday;    For Michelle;   For a friend & neighbor & doctor, Karen, with brain cancer; For Rick Turner searching for a kidney donor, Type O neg; For Meredith, cancer free & her dad, Joe;    For Hue;  For John O'Donnell;    For Dee, and for her daughter, Lisa; For John Schanot's continued health;  For Anthony & Sabrina;    For a young man who is suffering from depression;  John Cade's mother in law, Kalliopi Piskiouli and Lambrini; 

     

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    Happy Birthday, John.

     

     

    For John & Jean's son John Louis;   For our good friend Kay (at 91 years!) in Ontario;  For Jackie's friend, Lynn, plus Angela, & her mom;  for Sr. Patricia Otillio, a nun I worked with for years in Grand Coteau;    for Steve Barrett, Rose, & Katie;  Barb & Warren's grandbabies, Leighton Elizabeth and Warren Phillip and Ethan Michel, & their friend Chris, plus Barb's  Annie & Kaitlen;  For Cliff & Jean, plus Jean's brother Terry;  For Laura's sister Claudia;  

     

     

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    The Team.

     

    Tom and Teresa Quinn's niece, Chawna, with cancer, their granddaughter, Mikayla;   plus Neva Flynn, Angel, and Diane Kreeitzer;   Connie Doherty's mom and her sister, plus Kevin's cousin, Peter; For a number of David McKeon's family who are having a rough time with health issues, especially Mark Terain; for our friends, sons, and daughters in the military, including Ryan McClurg and Chebino; cure for autism from Laura Chollick; for our President.

     

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    Thanks, Tori & Zoe, for today's candles.

     

     

    Your Finances, November 3, 2019 

    Expenses:   $ 770.00

    Outreach:    $ 375.00

     

    Thanks, Everybody 

    (214-783-0443)

     

    House 2

     

    6107 Tulip Lane with a cleaner yard.

     

    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.

     

    House 1

     

    For sale.  Notice Rosemary's wreath on the door.   The bay window just to the left was blown in, but the wreath was only turned around on its cord.

     

  • Reminder for Sunday, November 10, 2019, 32nd Ordinary Time

     

    YIPPEE, WE GOT THE INTERNET!

     

    Welcome this Sunday: Catholic Mass with coffee & juice, and pastries, some bought, some home-made. 

    Time: 9:30; Celebrate with the Community  & John Cade  &  Stack  

    Place: Legacy Charter School,  601 Accent Drive, Plano, TX 75075

     

     

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    6107 Tulip Lane & helpers.  Early morning.

     

     

    Readings:

    2 Maccabees 7, 1-2, 9-14,   It happened that 7 brothers with their mother were arrested

    Psalm 17,  Lord, when your glory appears, my joy will be full.

    2 Thessalonians 2, 16-3, 5  May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God

    Luke 20, 27-38,  If someone's brother dies leaving a wife but no child…

     

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    Act
    ivities:  

    ROMEO MEET: Friday, November 8, Jason's Deli, Collin Creek Mall, west side of Central, 1:00.  Welcome all wakos, you will fit right in.   

     

    JULIETS,  November 8, 12;30,  Amoretto's Italian, Suite 734, 101 W. Spring Creek Pkwy, (& Central). 

    Reserve with Marilyn, 972-809-6049

     

     

    Meyerson Christmas show, December 6, Friday, 7:30.  Let Rosemary know if you want to join the gang.  $35 per ticket.

     

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    True?

     

    An appeaser  is one who feeds the crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.

    Winston Churchill

     

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    What's up in Ye Old Catholic Church?  Like…

    Catholic Money https://www.ncronline.org/news/accountability/editorial-money-shapes-us-catholic-narrative!, NCR, 

     

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    Like a war zone.

     

    See you Sunday, J.S.

    214-783-0443

     

     

     

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    Tom, Mike, & John, our community to the rescue

     

    JSM Mission-Faith Statement: 

     Help create a Catholic Community that welcomes all God’s People, provides for and challenges spiritual and total growth.

    Reaches out to help people who are disadvantaged and make the world we live in a better place to live.

     

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    Mike, the tree surgeon.

     

    Mike Carrell's Homily.

     

    Readings: Our first reading from Sirach includes the social doctrine of the Church; however, it is yet to be put into practice: ‘The Lord is a God of justice who has no favorites!’   In our reading from Second Timothy Paul gives glory to God for allowing him to bring Christ to the Gentiles.

     

    Homily: Our Mass began today with the lighting of the candles by Tori and Zoe [maybe Leo, too]. It was accompanied with a reading given by Buddy from Matthew, who reminds each of us to become a Light of the World; like a city built on a hill top.

     

    We then joined together, in a penitential rite, following the example of the humble man in the gospel who asks the Lord to shown him mercy.

     

    Recall that the Liturgy of the Word today placed us in a synagogue with two men; the one who was arrogant spent his time bragging to God about how holy he was. This Pharisee journeyed home empty.

     

    The humble tax collector chose to open his heart to receive the power of the Holy Spirit; he left the synagogue filled with grace.

     

    As we begin our Liturgy of the Eucharist, we celebrate another tradition.  It is an anointing with blessed oil for the sick and the elderly and for those, filled with grace, who prayerfully, journey with them.

     

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    John's brief description of The Sunday Night.

     

    It started at 15 minutes before 10:00 P.M. Sunday night.  Aviana & I were already asleep.  Ro woke us up, saying a big storm was coming , and,  in fact, that the wind had already smashed in the bay window in the living room.

    We put on our bike helmets, Ro & Aviana scooted into the hall closet.  I was standing with my right hand on the closet door handle, planning to squeeze in, when suddenly CRASH!  Then, quiet.

     

     

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    Neighboring House.

     

    People began coming out of their houses & checking on their neighbors.  Rosemary especially went yelling for Joyce Scott, our 91 year old neighbor just across the street.  Her daughter from San Antonio was in the house with her, along with the daughter’s husband, just out of the hospital.

    Joyce’s house was almost demolished and no response was coming out.  The cops were all over, so she told one.  He found them alive and shaken in their hall closet.   They could not get out, so the cop got them out.

     

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    It began to pour, a neighbor couple begged a place to spend the night, and we all went to sleep after putting out about 20 containers to catch ceiling drips.

    Then began one of the most touching & humbling days I’ve had in a while.

     

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    Our friend Chris Phipps was walking Tulip Lane toward our house when two young dads about 35, plus their 3 sons each yelled to Chris, “Know anybody who really needs help?”  “Yes, that house on the corner,” said Chris.

    Those dads & their sons, along with others who just walked up, pitched in and worked like beavers. Into the afternoon.  All our trophy trees were stripped of their branches.   They ended up  piled all around the house.

    About 9:00 John Bresson & Doug LeBlanc with two of his buddies all showed up with a chain saw.  And did they go to work!  Slowly the branches got pulled away from the house, cut up, and piled on the edge of the property. 

     

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    Gym, St. Mark's Boys School

     

    All of our trophies have been stripped of their branches and look naked.  They will all have to come down.  The house now is covered with a few enormous blue tarps held down with 1 by 4’s nailed down.

    People continue to come looking to help.  Kids walk the streets handing out water, sandwiches, and cookies.  Central Market, which got hammered, has supplied free breakfasts, lunches, and dinners for all workers and home owners from food wagons. 

    The goodness & generosity of people has again touched my spirit. 

     

     

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    Tons of branches, trees, & refuse created tunnels.

     

     

  • Sunday Homily, November 3, 2019 31st Sunday and All Saints

    We are sorry that the Blog has not been published these past 2 weeks.  We had a tornado and lost our internet connection among other things (we still don't have internet).  I am down at a neighbor's house who has internet.  Thanks Jane for letting us use your internet.

     

    Homily:

     

    All Saints, 2019-11-02

    I want to talk about saints I’ve known, not from years ago, not from this year, but from last October 21, The Morning After.  For me a saint is anybody trying to dance a good dance.

    First, a couple of young dads with their young sons.  Yes, I’ve already mentioned them last Sunday.

    These guys just walked up and started moving tree branches from around the house to the curbs.  The house was battered and our trophy trees were stripped of their branches.  These guys worked all day.  These dads & their sons are saints for me.

    Next, the St. Marks boys.  They started roaming the Preston Hollow neighborhood with water.  As the week progressed they began distributing food.  You realize that I say this as a former Jesuit student & teacher.  St. Marks was always our opponent in sports & debating, everything.

    Some of the food the boys were distributing came from a corporate saint.  Central Market, which is just around the corner from us, a ten minute walk.  The store was devastated.  So what did they do?  They set up a large white canopy tent in the parking lot and they distributed breakfast, lunch, and dinner for four days, free! 

    On Saturday Rosemary got 6-8 lunches which she shared with the truck drivers and chain saw workers who were cleaning up our debris.  And let me confirm, the meals were not just cold cuts and energy bars.

    Then, of course, I saw 8-10 saints from our community, Tom Goode, Tom Froelich, Grace & Doug with his chain saw, John & Connie, Loretta who fed us enchiladas, Andy & Mike (Mike Moran??!!,  a saint?  Maybe I need to clean my lens a bit.)

    Finally, another group of saints, the Dallas police, in particular the guys who spent their nights in the cars all lit up with red & white lights.  They were all night and day right at our corner of Royal & Camellia.  The guys’ flashing lights were a comfort, knowing we were safe.  I offered them coffee, but they always declined.

    These are some of the saints I have been privileged to meet just these past 2 weeks.

    Your saints?

     

     

  • Reminder for Sunday, October 27, 2019, 30th Ordinary Time (C)

     

    Sorry we have no more pix.  Tornado problems.

     

    Welcome this Sunday: Catholic Mass with coffee & juice, and pastries, some bought, some home-made. 

    Time: 9:30; Celebrate with the Community  & John Cade  &  Stack  

    Place: Legacy Charter School,  601 Accent Drive, Plano, TX 75075

     

     

     

    Readings:

    Sirach 35,   12-14, 16-18, He hears the cry of the oppressed.

    Psalm 34,  The Lord hears the cry of the poor

    2 Timothy 4, 6-8, 16-18  I have competed well; I have finished the race.

    Luke 18, 9-14,  Two people went up to the temple to pray

     

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    Randolph the juice man.

     


    Act
    ivities:  

    ROMEO MEET: Friday, November 1, Jason's Deli, Collin Creek Mall, west side of Central, 1:00.  Welcome all wakos, you will fit right in.   

    JULIETS,  November, TBA

     

    Meyerson Christmas show, December 6, Friday, 7:30.  Let Rosemary know if you want to join the gang.  $35 per ticket.

     

    Catherine

     

    They are ganging up on my Spin Class buddy.

     

    True?

     

    If you answer the phone with, "Hello, you are on the air," most telemarketers will quickly hang up.

     

     

     

    What's up in Ye Old Catholic Church?  Like…

    Our Founding documents are our best hope, NCR,  https://www.ncronline.org/news/opinion/editorial-founding-documents-arent-perfect-theyre-our-best-hope  

     

     

     

     

    See you Sunday, J.S.

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