• Reminder for Sunday, August 25, 2019, 21st Ordinary Time

     

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    Under the direction of Leo, let the music begin.

     

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

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

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

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    Ready

     

    Watch out, Everybody, we are ready to begin.

     

    Readings:

    Isaiah 66, 18-21,  I come to gather nations of every language..

    Psalm :  Go out to all the world and tell the Good News

    Hebrews 12, 5-7, 11-13, Endure your trials as discipline

    Luke 13, 22-30,  Many will attempt to enter but will not be strong enough.

     

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    Who let in That Hat??  Is there no couth in this community?  Where is the sergeant of arms?

     

    Community Activities:  

    ROMEO MEET: Friday, August 23, Jason's Deli, Collin Creek Mall, west side of Central, 1:00.  Welcome all wakos, you will fit right in.   

     

    Juliets,  September, TBA

     

    Our fr 2

     

    Our Father.

     

    TRUE?

     

    In the late 1600s the finest instruments originated from three rival families whose workshops were side by side in the Italian village of Cremona. First were the Amitis, and outside their shop hung a sign: “The best violins in all Italy.” Not to be outdone, their next-door neighbors, the family Guarnerius, hung a bolder sign proclaiming: “The Best Violins In All The World!” At the end of the street was the workshop of Anton Stradivarius, and on its front door was a simple notice which read: "The best violins on the block.”

     

    Freda Bright

     

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    From Iran, Tara.

     

     

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

      Do Catholics actually believe in the "real presence…https://www.ncronline.org/news/theology/do-catholics-actually-believe-real-presence?clickSource=email

    Coffee shop

     

    Welcome, Everybody.  The Coffee Shoppe is now open.

     

    See you Sunday, J.S.

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    Happy Days!  Does it get any better than this?

     

     

    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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    Peace to you, Harper.

  • Sunday Homily, August 18, 2019, 20th Ordinary Time

     

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    Welcome, Terra, from Iran

     

    Readings:

    Jeremiah 38, 4-6, 8-10,  They took Jeremiah and threw him into the cistern.

    Psalm 40,  Lord, come to my aid. 

    Hebrews 12, 1-4,  Let us rid ourselves of every burden.

    Luke 12, 49-53,  I have come to set the world on fire.

     

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    The Candle Lighting team in action.

     

    Jeremiah Observations:

    Author:  really Jeremiah or at least his scribe.

    Date:  after the Babylonian Captivity again, say 555 years before Christ. Jeremiah sees the Babylonian catastrophe coming and says it is going to be how Yahweh punishes the people for their evil and unjust ways.

     

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    Blessed be The Lord, with David, Ben, Shonda, and Leo

     

    Subject:  Jeremiah is the classic prophet.  He does the 3 things characteristic of a prophet.  He criticizes the behavior of the people.  He promises punishment from Yahweh.  He indicates that a better day will come.    Jeremiah lives to see the punishment, that is the Captivity.  Probably not the return from captivity.

    Our selection:  Jeremiah pays the price of most real prophets.  The people are enraged, turn against him, and watch what happens.

     

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    Why I love the J (as in Jewish Community Center vs Jesuit, an older love)

    This morning I would like to talk about why I  love the J.  That is, as in the Jewish Community Center rather than my long time love, Jesuit.

    This past Thursday morning before 6:00, more of less, I was in the big gym at the J.  Monday, Wednesday, & Friday I am in another wing of the complex to beat myself up at spin class with about 20 others.  I love it.

     

     

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    Welcome back, Richard

     

    Tuesday, Thursday, & Saturday I work on ellipticals and punch a bag, all to maintain some control over the Parkinson’s.

    This past Thursday I have just finished about 15 minutes on an elliptical as I see the next customer coming along, Rita.  I have known & loved Rita for a number of years.    She comes Tuesdays & Thursdays with the DART special bus.    She is an African American hug machine.   Despite me being a Catholic  and she a Jehovah Witness, she still hugs me and continues to pray and work for my conversion.

     

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    Welcome Home, Sandra, and sorry about the loss of your brother

     

    While we are hugging on each other and I am helping Rita to get seated on the elliptical, along comes a very outgoing and friendly girl from our spin class, Lisa.  We all three get talking.  Lisa, who is somewhat new to spin class, but who knows everybody, she asks if I am still working (a compliment) and then what did I do.

     

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    Uh ho, Patricia is coming to sit with you, Sir Charlie.

                                                                

    So what should I do?  Drop the bomb in this peaceful Jewish haven?  “Oh, I’m Catholic Jesuit priest excommunicated for getting married.”  I did it.   Lisa was so responsive and positive I was touched and humbled.  Rita already knew my background.  Then we had to split.

     

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    Leo miked up and right at home.

     

    Reflecting later on the encounter, I was struck by what a precious event that was, a real God-like moment.  Here were 3 people, 2 women & one guy.  The woman who could have been our hostess was Lisa, who is Jewish.   The other woman, African American & a Jehovah Witness.  The guy, an excommunicated Catholic Jesuit.

     

     

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    Meeting people like Rita and Lisa are why I love the J

    Can we not meet and develop relationships with other people similar to Lisa & Rita?

     

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    Offertory Time with Tom & Denni & & Cheryl.

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    Tom reads from Jeremiah.

     

    Rosemary's Blessing of the Week.

    To laugh often and much;

    To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children;

    To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends;

    To appreciate beauty;

    To find the best in others;

    To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition;

    To know even one life has breathed easier because you lived.

    This is to have succeeded.

     

    Success – Ralph Waldo Emerson

     

    May you succeed!

     

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    Patricia reads from Hebrews.

     

    Our Special Thanks

    •    For  the Readings:   Tom & Patricia
    •    For The Team:   Buddy & Georgie 
    •    For the Communion Bread:   Alison & John
    •    For the Wine & Cups:  Jan & Charlie
    •    For the Pictures:    Jackie & Rick & Mike
    •    For the coffee and extras:   Becky & Tom & Jackie
    •    For the altar & sound: Jackie & Shonda & Ben & David & Leo
    •    For all who helped with communion             

     

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    Rosemary reading her Blessing of The Week.

     

    Birthdays:   Carrie Bieda (from last week)

     

    Anniversaries:

    Bernadette & Gilbert (54th Wednesday)

     

     

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    Happy 54th to you and Gilbert, Bernadette

     

     

    Please Remember these special people:

    For Sandra's brother who died recently & for Sandra;

    For Sydney, For Sir Charlie recuperating from surgery;  For Gilberto who had a gall bladder operation:  Claire Mazzei's knee replacement operation Tuesday;    For Tom Quinn's brother & Tom's shoulder recuperation;      For a friend & neighbor, Karen, with brain cancer; For Rick Turner searching for a kidney donor, Type O neg; For Meredith, cancer free;    For Hue;  For John O'Donnell;    For Dee, and for her daughter, Lisa; For John Schanot's continued health;   For a young man who is suffering from depression;  John Cade's mother in law, Kalliopi Piskiouli and Lambrini; 

     

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    Thanks for lighting the candles, Tori & Zoe

     

    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;   For Dawn;    For Anthony & Sabrina;  

     

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    Welcome the the United States, Terra.

     

    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 Pelton; 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, Harper, for being such a special girl.

     

    Your Finances, August 18, 2019

    Expenses:   $ 615.00

    Outreach:    $ 240.00  

     

    Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

     

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    Good Karma, Connie, for your eye operation tomorrow.

     

    Thanks, Everybody 

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    It is an exhausting job.

     

    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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    Peace, Everybody.

  • Reminder for Sunday, August 18, 2019, 20th Ordinary Time

     

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    A Beautiful Community.

     

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

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

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

     

    Leo sharing

     

    Leo sharing his summer camp experience

     

    Readings:

    Jeremiah 38, 4-6, 8-10,  They took Jeremiah and threw him into the cistern.

    Psalm 40,  Lord, come to my aid. 

    Hebrews 12, 1-4,  Let us rid ourselves of every burden.

    Luke 12, 49-53,  I have come to set the world on fire.

     

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    Here She Comes, Folks, let the fun begin.

     

    Community Activities:  

    ROMEO MEET: Friday, August 16, Jason's Deli, Collin Creek Mall, west side of Central, 1:00.  Welcome all wakos, you will fit right in.   

     

    Juliets,  September, TBA

     

    Healing 1

     

    Healing for Sir Charlie.

     

    TRUE?

     

    Life  brings simple pleasures to us every day.  It is up to us to make them wonderful memories.

    Cathy Allen

     

    Healing 2

     

    Healing for Mike.

     

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

    Will the Catholic Church survive or?,  https://www.ncronline.org/news/opinion/signs-times/will-catholic-church-self-destruct-or-bridge-partisan-divide

     

     

    Our Fr. 2

    Our Father.

     

    See you Sunday, J.S.

    214-783-0443

     

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    Coffee Time.

     

    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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    Peace, Harper.

  • Sunday Homily, August 11, 2019, 19th Ordinary Time

     

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    Rosemary's sister, Clare recuperating from knee replacement.

     

    Readings:

    Wisdom 18, 6-9,  You people awaited the salvation of the just.

    Psalm 33,  Blessed the people the Lord has chosen to be his own (Everybody?) 

    Hebrews 11, 1-2, 8-19,  Faith is the realization of what is hoped for.

    Luke 12, 32-48,  Do not be afraid any longer.

     

     

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    The Team says, "Welcome."

     

     

    Observations on the Readings: note how there is one positive line and a whole bunch of fear focus.

     

    Do not be afraid any longer, Little Flock

    I would like this morning to pick up on that line from Luke, Do not be afraid any longer, Little Flock.

    A week ago this past Wednesday I was coming home from working out at the Jewish Community gym.  It was about 7:00 A.M. and sunny.  It had been dark when I set out at around 5:30.  I parked in our driveway, turned off the Prius, and prepared to get out and enter our kitchen door.

     

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    So Ben goes off for summer vacation and returns 5 1/2 inches taller.   How did you do that, Ben?  Last time I measured I was 2 inches shorter.

     

    Suddenly through the left corner of the windshield I noticed something white just off the cement and in the grass.  “Nuts,” I thought.  “I have forgotten again to leave at the J my hand towel used for sweat."  But, I had not noticed it when I departed.

    As I exited the car I more or less kept my eye on the white spot when suddenly I saw a movement.  I walked over and the white towel turned out to be the prettiest little pure white cat.  It was lying on its left side, facing our back door, and its right hind leg twitched once in a while.

     

     

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    "Connie, I bet you are in the market for a mint condition red car."

     

    It had obviously had a bad night. I thought I could see tooth marks on its neck and on its left shoulder an open wound.  It had somehow walked almost to our back door (to find help), lay down exhausted, and was dying.

     

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    The welcome team, Alison and Jan.

     

    I ran inside to get Rosemary.  We decided to take her or him straight to the vet just around the corner.  We put a towel on a piece of cardboard.  Rosemary took some gloves and placed the little cat on the towel. 

     

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    Thanks, Leo, for a delightful second Homily.

     

    I confess that I was scared to pick up the cat because I thought her spinal tendon might be damaged.  There was no obvious pain, but as she was picked up the little cat, it opened the sweetest little light blue left eye and looked at Rosemary.

    At the vet’s office we all decided that the little cat needed to be euthanized out of her pain.  It had no ID and the vet said she was in bad shape.

     

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    Just in case you lose your way, Buddy's shoes will light your path.

     

    I walked out of that office with tears running down my cheeks and for a couple of days the cat was on my mind and in my heart.

    Let me now refocus.  I would propose that my heart goes out to that little cat only a tiny fraction of how God’s heart goes out to all of us.  Could we be God’s cats?

    Do not be afraid any longer, Little Flock.

     

     

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    Sophia lights the candles while Buddy reads the blessing.

     

    Could it be that all this emphasis on fear, on being caught off guard, and being punished (even forever) is partly the tribal leaders of the people trying to control the unruly tribe?

    If you are plagued by this fear, what can you do to not be afraid any longer, Little flock?

     

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    The offertory team, Louis, Cheryl, Frank, and Mary.

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    Warren reading from Wisdom.

     

    Rosemary's Blessing of the Week.

    Come, O Dancing God,

    Spirit of Life and Love,

    of  Beauty and Diversity,

    stir up my soul,

    bathe me in your light,

    and unleash my own spirit

    that I may dance with you

    and be light for those around me

    and reflect your love to all that I meet this week.

     

    Edited and adapted from a blessing by Fr. Andrew M. Greeley

     

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    Cody reading from Hebrews.

     

    Our Special Thanks

    •    For  the Readings:   Warren & Cody
    •    For The Team:   Buddy & Georgie 
    •    For the Communion Bread:   Alison & John
    •    For the Wine & Cups:  Cindy & Ken
    •    For the Pictures:    Jackie & Rick & Mike
    •    For the coffee and extras:   Mike & Jackie & Cathy
    •    For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue & Shonda & Ben
    •    For all who helped with communion
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    Rosemary reading her Blessing of the Week.

     

    Birthdays:  Lynda Fleming (last Thursday), Carrie Bieda (last Saturday),   Marlene (Friday)

     

    Anniversaries:

    John & Jean O'Donnell (61st Friday)

     

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    Thanks Dearest Sophia, for lighting our candles this morning.

     

    Please Remember these special people:

    For Sandra's brother who died this week & for Sandra;

    For Sydney, For Sir Charlie recuperating from surgery;  For Gilberto who had a gall bladder operation:  Claire Mazzei's knee replacement operation Tuesday;    For Tom Quinn's brother & Tom's shoulder recuperation;      For a friend & neighbor, Karen, with brain cancer; For Rick Turner searching for a kidney donor, Type O neg; For Meredith, cancer free;    For Hue;  For John O'Donnell;    For Dee, and for her daughter, Lisa; For John Schanot's continued health;   For a young man who is suffering from depression;  John Cade's mother in law, Kalliopi Piskiouli and Lambrini; 

     

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    Dear Cindy, Happy Birthday to your sister, Marlene.

     

    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;   For Dawn;    For Anthony & Sabrina;  

     

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    Happy 61st Anniversary, Jean & John.

     

    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 Pelton; 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, Donna & David

     

    Your Finances, August 11, 2019

    Expenses:   $1400.00  

    Outreach:    $  605.00 

     

    Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

     

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    New member of the Community??

     

    Thanks, Everybody 

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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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    Peace from Sophia & Sir Charlie.

  • Reminder for Sunday, August 11, 2019, 19th Ordinary Time

    Welcome--

     

    Welcome, Everybody, including you crazies.

     

     

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

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

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

     

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    Peace, Everybody.

     

    Readings:

    Wisdom 18, 6-9,  You people awaited the salvation of the just.

    Psalm 33,  Blessed the people the Lord has chosen to me his own (Everybody?) 

    Hebrews 11, 1-2, 8-19,  Faith is the realization of what is hoped for.

    Luke 12, 32-48,  Do not be afraid any longer.

     

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    The Look!

     

    Community Activities:  

    ROMEO MEET: Friday, August 9, Jason's Deli, Collin Creek Mall, west side of Central, 1:00.  Welcome all wakos, you will fit right in.   

     

    Juliets, August-September, TBA

     

    2 kids

     

    Two buddies (kids, really)

     

    TRUE?

    Cornbread

     

     

     

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

    Catholic Church in Germany shrinking,  http://corpus-blog.blogspot.com/2019/07/latest-statistics-show-german-church.html

                      

    Our father

     

     

    Our Father.

     

    See you Sunday, J.S.

    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 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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    The Coffee Shoppe is open, John, Rob, & Geri.

  • Sunday Homily, August 4, 2019, 18th Ordinary Time

     

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    From Jim & John, "Welcome in, Everybody." 

     

    Readings:

    Ecclesiastes, 1,2; 2, 21-23,  Pretty pessimistic.  Author having a bad day?

    Psalm 90, If today you hear his voice, harden not you hearts.  

    Colossians 3, 1-5, 9-11,  Think of what is above, not of what is on earth

    Luke 12, 13-21,  There was a rich man

     

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    So good to have you back, Dee, especially looking so good.

     

    The First reading from Ecclesiastes reminds us that when a person passes he or she can’t take any of their worldly things with them.

    Our Second reading from Paul’s Letter to the Colossians reminds us that greed is idolatry; for it is a love of wealth; rather than a love of God.

     

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    Good Morning, Patricia!

     

    Homily on the Gospel reading:

     

    Here in Chapter 12 of Luke, a nondescript man comes to Jesus seeking a favorable decision regarding some inheritance that he is hoping to receive from his older brother. Jesus used this event to address the crowd with the wisdom to be on guard against all forms of greed.

     

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    Watch out for this crazy guy, Everybody.  I knew him way back when he was a nice little high school, kid.

     

    Following Jesus’ advice the older brother has put their extended family in mind.  He will not allow himself or his younger brother to fail in their responsibility to put their extended family ahead of their desire for possessions.   The older brother had taken a course of action to enhance the harvest from their father’s land.

     

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    Three of the Candle Lighting Team, Zoe, Tori, & Georgie.

     

    Now, there is nothing more in Luke’s chapter 12 about the relationship between the younger man and his older brother; however Luke has no intention of forgetting about them!  Each of the gospels form two complementary stories.   We will encounter the brothers again in a chapter 15! There, the younger son said to his father, “give me the share of the inheritance that would come to me.  The father divided the inheritance between them…and a few days later the younger brother took his inheritance with him to a foreign land where he squandered it on riotous living.

     

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    Recall that when the prodigal son came home asking to be forgiven, the story did not end. Is there a story like this in your immediate family? Harden not your hearts.

     

     

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    Married life: carry your cross??

     

     

     

     

     

     

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    Mike reading from Ecclesiastes

     

    Rosemary's Blessing of the Week.

    But after everything, and even when the skies turn scarlet and threatening, I still believe that if we are lucky enough to be alive, we must give thanks for the miracle of every moment of every day, no matter how flawed.  And we must have faith in God, and in the Universe, and in a better tomorrow even if that faith is not always deserved.

     

    Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark Sullivan

     

     

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    Geri reading from Colossians.

     

    Our Special Thanks

    •    For  the Readings:   Mike  & Geri
    •    For The Team:   Buddy & Georgie 
    •    For the Communion Bread:   Alison & John
    •    For the Wine & Cups:   Jan
    •    For the Pictures:    Jackie & Rick & Mike
    •    For the coffee and extras:   Becky & Tom & Jackie 
    •    For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue & Shonda & Ben
    •    For all who helped with communion
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    Rosemary reading her Blessing of the Week.

     

    Birthdays:  Linda Beavers (today), Lynda Fleming (Thursday), Carrie Bieda (Saturday), Cindy Ekes (last Wednesday)

     

    Anniversaries:

    Hue & Linda, 44, Friday

    Mike & Judy, 55, Thursday

     

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    Happy 44th Anniversary, Hue & Linda.

     

     

     

    Please Remember these special people:

    For Sydney, For Sir Charlie recuperating from surgery;  For Gilberto who had a gall bladder operation:  Claire Mazzei's knee replacement operation Tuesday;   For Sandra's brother;  For Tom Quinn's brother & Tom's shoulder recuperation;      For a friend & neighbor, Karen, with brain cancer; For Rick Turner searching for a kidney donor, Type O neg; For Meredith, cancer free;    For Hue;  For John O'Donnell;    For Dee, and for her daughter, Lisa; For John Schanot's continued health;   For a young man who is suffering from depression;  John Cade's mother in law, Kalliopi Piskiouli and Lambrini; 

     

     

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    Happy 55th, Judy & Mike.

     

     

    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;   For Dawn;    For Anthony & Sabrina;  

     

     

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    Welcome home, Luciano.

     

    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 Pelton; 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 Birthday, Dear Cindy.

     

    Your Finances, August 4, 2019

    Expenses:   $875.00  

    Outreach:    $245.00  

     

    Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

     

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    Thanks for your help with the candles, Dear Tori & Zoe.

     

    Thanks, Everybody 

    (214-783-0443)

     

     

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    Hey, Leo, I'll swap you a cupcake for an ounce of that energy you got.

     

    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.

     

     

     

  • Reminder for Sunday, August 4, 2019, 18th, Ordinary Time

     

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    All ready to Start, Louis, John & Jean, Mary Jane & John.

     

     

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

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

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

     

     

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    Sister Act, Georgie, Zoe, & Tori.

     

    Readings:

    Ecclesiastes, 1,2; 2, 21-23,  Pretty pessimistic.  Author having a bad day?

    Psalm 90, If today you hear his voice, harden not you hearts.  

    Colossians 3, 1-5, 9-11,  Think of what is above, not of what is on earth

    Luke 12, 13-21,  There was a rich man

     

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    Brother Act, Buddy reading our Candle Blessing of The Week, which he almost has memorized.

     

    Community Activities:  

    ROMEO MEET: Friday, August 2, Jason's Deli, Collin Creek Mall, west side of Central, 1:00.  Welcome all wakos, you will fit right in.   

     

    Juliets, August-September, TBA

     

     

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    Mary, you go to the right, I'm going left.

     

    TRUE?

     

    Ironing boards are just surf boards that gave up their dream and got a boring job.

    Don't be an ironing board.

     

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    Communion line up.

     

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

    Wow, an old priest in D.C. delivers.  He's over  80.  No wonder so good.

    https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/24/opinion/catholic-priest-trump-racism.html?em_pos=small&ref=headline&nl_art=12&te=1&nl=opinion-today&emc=edit_ty_20190725?campaign_id=39&instance_id=11158&segment_id=15539&user_id=0acbc47a8305298c424576a49c9cd8f0&regi_id=79381194emc=edit_ty_20190725&login=email&auth=login-email                  

     

     

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    Would some charitable soul please go sit with John.

     

    See you Sunday, J.S.

    214-783-0443

     

     

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    Grateful team work.  Shoulder arthritis: you can't put on your shirt sometimes.

     

    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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    Watch out, Folks, here comes the Shropshire.   Believe it or not this guy was a great athlete and running back at Jesuit.