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Homilies

Sunday Homily for August 12, 2018, 19th Ordinary Time, B cycle

ByRosemary August 12, 2018

Welcome, Everybody.

Readings:

1 Kings 19:4-8, Elijah went a day’s journey into the desert.

Psalm 34, Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.

Ephesians 4:30-5,2, Be kind to one another

John 6: 41-51, I am the bread of life

Emma doing her Candle Magic.

Kings: a review–

Subject: The kings of Israel. The Big 3 kings were Saul, David, & his son Solomon. The 2 Books of kings follows the 2 Books of Samuel, which describe the lives of the the kings up to the death of the Great King David, my favorite. 1 & 2 Kings takes up the life of Solomon, David's son, his building of the temple, his death, and the fate of the kingdom following his death, that is, it divides and is conquered.

Time Period: from ca. 900 – 555 before Christ, or from Solomon to Nebuchadnezzar & Cyrus.

Hue reading our Blessing of the Summer Candles.

Authors: a compilation of many sources that was put together at the end of the Babylonian Captivity, ca. 555 before Christ.

Our Selection: focus is on one man, the prophet Elijah. The kingdom has already been split. Our story takes place in the northern state, Israel. Time of severe drought. The king is Ahab; his queen, the famous Jezebel. The prophet Elijah has scolded them for turning to false gods to end the drought.

Welcome, Dear Sandra.

There has been a contest in chapter 18: Elijah vs the 450 prophets of Baal, ultimately to see which side would be more effective in bringing rain. 2 bulls were slaughtered. Naturally, Elijah wins when Yahweh answers his prayer, sends down fire, and consumes the bull Elijah has slaughtered. When he wins, he slaughters the 450 prophets of Baal.

We enter at a point where Jezebel is furious with Elijah for killing her favorite prophets and aims to kill Elijah. He is going to run away all depressed.

What a Team! It don't get no better.

Taste & See the Goodness of the Lord

I want to talk this morning about one of my favorite themes, namely that we can see, hear, and be touched by the presence of the Lord every day. As the Psalm says & I believe, we can taste and see the goodness of the Lord.

Two examples.

Our Special Ekes' Offertory Team, Cindy, Bill, & Marlene.

As you all know Rosemary with her buddy, Barbara, delivers Meals on Wheels every Thursday. They visit 15 to 20 clients every week in the general area of Spring Valley east of Coit. Among their clients, whom they love, is a elderly Vietnamese.

While the apartment complex in which he lives is somewhat worn down, he is scrupulously neat and clean. He has planted flowers and grass outside his door. In fact, he trims the grass with scissors.

Elevation time.

The man heard about rental bikes and thought it would make his trips to the grocery store much easier. A good idea until he discovered that a credit card was needed.

There must be a Vietnamese radio station in town. So he calls up to voice his disappointment.

Thursday when Rosemary & Barbara bring him his food for the day, what do they find in the living room? A new bike, complete with a lock, an air pump, and bike stuff all from some family that was listening to the radio station.

Taste and See the Goodness of the Lord.

Play Station #1.

One final story from this year’s Ragbrai. This story comes from David.

On Monday, the second day of riding, we rode from the overnight town of Dennison to Jefferson, a ride of 70 miles or so. Along the route there are always vendors, both in the lovely little towns we pass through and just on the shoulder of the road or in a big field. My favorite, of course, is the Amish site with ice cream & pie.

Another favorite, as you may imagine, is the craft beer garden. There will be 3-4 scattered along the road and the crowds are enormous. You have to be really careful riding by because of all the off going and in coming bikers.

Play Station #1 revisited.

Somewhere along the road to Jefferson David stops. He gets a beer and is talking to a couple of guys from Grinnell College, just east of Des Moines (French for monks). One of the guys is looking for a potty seat for his kid.

Why a potty seat on a bike ride of 70 miles. From David: " Both guys had their families riding. One of the families had a 2-3 year old girl who rode in a compartment on her mom's handle bar. The little girl was potty training and the parents did not want to confuse her and loose ground. They had a potty seat but it had gotten lost in their sag wagon pick up truck." (Homily by committee.)

Our Special Welcoming Committee: Jan can do it all.

So they go on down the road and end up at the Catholic Church in Jefferson, our overnight town. Guess why. Lasagna! I stopped, too, but later.

One of the Church volunteers, a guy, hears that the Grinnell guy is looking for a potty seat. He has one & it is not being used. He can go get it. “Be back in an hour & a half,” he says. He lives 35 miles away.

When did you last Taste & See the Goodness of the Lord?

Our Beloved Music Team, Shonda, Ben, & David.

Announcements

ByRosemary August 12, 2018

Rosemary’s Blessing of The Week

Lord

Enlighten what’s dark in me,

Strengthen what’s weak in me,

Mend what’s broken in me,

Bind what’s bruised in me,

Heal what’s sick in me,

And lastly,

Revive whatever peace and love

Has died in me.

Amen.

Author Unknown.

Jean reading 2 Kings

Thanks to these special people:

For the Readings: John & Jean
For The Team: Georgie & Buddy
For the Communion Bread: Alison
For the Special Communion Cups: Jan & Charlie
For the Pictures: Rick & Connie & Rosemary
For the coffee and extras: Becky & Tom & Jackie & John
For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue
For the Music: Ben & Shonda & David
For all who helped with communion

John reading from Ephesians.

Birthdays: Lynda Fleming (last Wednesday, 58), Marlene Ekes, & Carrie ( from last week)

Anniversaries:

John & Jean O’Donnell (60^th, Thursday)

Rosemary reading her Blessing of The Week.

Remember these special people

For Tom Quinn’s brother,Tim, For Hue; For John O'Donnell & Mary Ellen; For Carol's recuperation; For Joe Mazzei's sister, Nina with cancer; For Dee and her daughter, Lisa; For John Schanot's continued recuperation; For a young man who is suffering from depression; For Cliff & Jean, plus Jean's brother Terry; For Rosemary's niece, Beth and her partner, Sarah with cancer; For Laura's sister Claudia; For Dawn; For Anthony & Sabrina; For John & Jean's son John Louis; For our good friend Kay in Ontario; For Margie McKeon.

Happy Marvelous 60th Anniversary, John & Jean

For Mary Jane Stevenson's son Philip, 35, sick & don't know why; For Jackie's friend, Barbara, plus Angela & her mom; or Sr. Patricia Otillio, a nun I worked with for years in Grand Coteau; John Cade's mother in law, Kalliopi Piskiouli; for Frank’s brother with advanced Parkinsons; For Steve Barrett, Rose, & Katie;

Happy Birthday, Marlene, to a Great Hostess.

Dick Thompson's daughter, Teri Jill, and Judy's aging parents; Barb & Warren's grandbabies, Leighton Elizabeth and Warren Phillip and Ethan Michel, & their friend Chris, plus Barb's Annie & Kaitlen; 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; for our friends, sons, and daughters in the military, including Ryan McClurg and Chebino; cure for autism from Laura Chollick; for our President.

Happy Birthday, Carrie, and thanks for the delightful party last Sunday.

Your Finances, August 12, 2018

Expenses: $965.00

Outreach: $630.00

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody

This cupcake is to help you, Harper, celebrate your mom & dad's wedding anniversary, a wedding I am pretty sure I performed.

Have a Great Week, J.S.

(214-783-0443)

Our monthly donation of $2000 to Souls Harbor via Brent, their marvelous director.

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.

Another important board meeting with Sophia and Emma determining our future.

Reminders

Reminder for Sunday, August 12, 2018, 19th, Ordinary Time

ByRosemary August 8, 2018

Note: we are now meeting at Legacy Academy.

There they go for another year, having helped dozens of riders with flat tires, broken spokes, and accidents. A great inspiration.

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

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

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

It's a take over!

Readings:

1 Kings 19:4-8, Elijah went a day’s journey into the desert.

Psalm 34, Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.

Ephesians 4:30-5,2, Be kind to one another

John 6: 41-51, I am the bread of life

The Offertory Team, Claire, Teresa, Tom, & Ray

Community Activities:

ROMEO MEET: Friday, Augsut 10, Jason's Deli, Collin Creek Mall, west side of Central, 1:00. Welcome all wakos, you will fit right in.

JULIET LUNCHEON, (aka.,just us ladies into eating together), September, TBA

Judy, Come back. That cupcake is for both of us. Please.

TRUE?

The biggest lie I tell myself these days is "I don't need to write that down, I'll remember it."

Bon Voyage, Geri. Haven't you always wanted to go camping?

Anything happening in our Catholic World?

What to do about Cardinal McCarick, National Catholic Reporter, Download MCCARICK 8-9-18

"And you will not believe it, but he is taking me camping with a little pop-up trailer."

"No, I cannot believe it. I can't believe you, you are certifiable!"

A Belle Vita package of cookies to anybody who can identify the speakers of the above quotes.

See you Sunday.

J.S., 214-783-0443

Our Father.

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.

Peace, Everybody.

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Sunday Homily for August 5, 2018, 18th Ordinary Time, B cycle

ByRosemary August 6, 2018

Zoe says, "Welcome in, Everybody."

Readings:

Exodus 16, 2-4, 12-15, The whole community grumbled against Moses & Aaron

Psalm 78, The Lord gave them bread from heaven.

Ephesians 4: 17, 20-24, You must no longer live as the Gentiles do.

John 6: 24-35, It was not Moses who gave them the bread from heaven

Ragbrai (honest, no bragging) report this Sunday. Prepare yourself.

Important Board of Directors Meeting.

Exodus observations:

What:

Exodus is a fun book and a good read. It comes after Genesis & it has three main sections.

One – the struggle between stubborn old Pharoah vs Moses & Yahweh. Pharoah loses. You can imagine the Passover had a significant impact.

Every year the USAF comes to Ragbrai not just to ride, but to help, with dropped chains like me, flat tires, injuries.

Two – the time of wandering in the Sinai desert and the covenant, that is, the 10 Commandments

Three – the coming into the Promised Land.

This all took around 40 years, and so we have stories in-between. Today’s is one of these, showing Yahweh feeding his grumbling people

USAF in action, bandaging up an injured female rider.

When written:

Toward the end of the Babylonian Captivity, around 550 before Christ

Who wrote it:

Not Moses, but people who lived centuries after this mythical character. How much of this is historical is a question. The story greatly encouraged the Jewish people enslaved in Babylon.

At the final town of the week's ride, Davenport, this year the USAF riders enter in formation, as they told me. 145 strong this year, the most ever. I remember 9-10 years ago they came with 45 riders. I would be most moved to watch them enter 'in formation.'

Our selection:

An amusing account of the Jewish people grumbling against Moses. They say they would prefer to be back in Egypt than in this infernal desert where they are wandering in the heat & sand. We can sympathize with them in these days of 100’s. They did not have a/c. So Yahweh feeds them. See how.

After entering in formation, they take a group foto.

Want to get a people jolt, see their craziness, see their goodness? Ride Ragbrai

For those of you not familiar with the Ragbrai event, it is a Sunday to Saturday bike ride across Iowa from west to east, from the Missouri River to the Mississippi, a distance of ca. 500 miles. 15 thousand are registered, another 15 thousand ride unregistered. So it is crowded everywhere.

The little Iowa villages have the most beautiful, shady central squares/parks. Ideal for a nap, a snack, a mid-day break

Three highlights for me.

First of all, a lot of families ride together. Sometimes they have dad pulling two attached bikes. One time I ride up behind this woman who has a carrier on her front wheel. I suspect from behind that she probably has a little kid in the carrier. As I come up beside her I greet her and ask her if she has room for one more in her carrier. I look at the carrier again and cannot believe my eyes. She has 3 little kids in the carrier and they are having a fun time playing and talking to people like me.

Later in the afternoon I ride up on her again. She and the kids probably passed me walking through one of the achingly pretty little Iowa towns, maybe while I was taking a nap under one of the huge shade trees. This time the kids are all asleep on each other.

Every need is catered to.

Another thing I found touching and amusing was the presence of dogs in the ride. For instance, one guy had a medium sized, black maybe shepherd-lab mix. He pulled a little cart with one rear wheel. The dog, which was well trained, sat on the cart and accepted homage from everybody. Later I saw the guy climbing a high hill and the dog was trotting along side.

I think my favorite dog was a little white dog that looked like Aviana, all white, but was a little smaller. This little doggie belonged to a young woman. Where did she have the dog? On her back, front paws almost up to her shoulders, back paws splayed out on her lower back. She was wearing like a small back pack with holes in the bottom. This little dog let you know it was there. I was barking constantly, first to the left, then to the right.

University of Iowa campus, Iowa City, the yard of the medical students' fraternity house. We covered their yard. We were 55 in our group and ca. 30 tents. My tent, the green one with the towel on top.

The final story has to do with me dropping my bike chain one afternoon. I was entering a small town and had to climb over a trestle. At the top my chain jumped off when I down shifted. Trestles seem to target me. The only other time I remember having this problem was a few years ago coming in to Wichita Falls from the Hotter N Hell.

So I turn my bike over and start to replace the chain. Almost immediately two guys ride up and offer to help.

The goodness of people. These are two special guys in beautiful blue & white bike uniforms, USAF.

All this luggage came out of that bus. It is located at Davenport, the final town and will return some of this luggage and cover the roof with standing bikes. On our way home to Ames.

There were 145 USAF riders this summer, up from 45 a few years ago, guys, girls, black, white, Hispanic. They come not just to ride, but to help riders whose chains have fallen off, who have flat tires, or who have gone down & injured themselves. They are there on Air Force time to help. I saw them everywhere and was always moved and proud.

How did I get in here? How do I get out??

So, who wants to sign up for next year? David and Dana are going. Unfortunately, I cannot accompany you. I don’t have the stamina I had even last summer. It is time for me to hang up my Ragbrai medallion.

Good Morning to Iowa.

Announcements

ByRosemary August 6, 2018

Bonaventure U. in N.Y., our community has been honored to be placed in a public placard of various people and communities who have contributed to Bona Responds. Very humbling. Thanks, Jim Maher.

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

Rob reading from Exodus.

Thanks to these special people:

For the Readings: Rob & Beth
For The Team: Georgie & Buddy
For the Communion Bread: Alison
For the Special Communion Cups: Jan & Charlie
For the Pictures: Rick & Connie & Mike
For the coffee and extras: Mike & Jackie
For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue
For the Music: Ben & Shonda
For all who helped with communion

Beth reading from Ephesians.

Birthdays: Dawson Dinsmore (last Thursday), Lynda Fleming (Wednesday, 58)

Rosemary sharing her Blessing of The Week.

Anniversaries:

David & Donna Dinsmore (last Thursday, 32^nd)

Brian Bambanek & Kendal (Monday, 13^th, Harper’s mom & dad & guess whose son)

Hue & Linda Beavers (Thursday, 43^rd)

Mike & Judy (Wednesday, 54^th)

Happy 54th Anniversary, Judy & Mike.

Remember these special people

For Tom Quinn’s brother,Tim, For John O'Donnell & Mary Ellen; For Carol's recuperation; For Joe Mazzei's sister, Nina with cancer; For Dee and her daughter, Lisa; For John Schanot's continued recuperation; For a young man who is suffering from depression; For Cliff & Jean, plus Jean's brother Terry; For Rosemary's niece, Beth and her partner, Sarah with cancer; For Laura's sister Claudia; For Dawn; For Anthony & Sabrina; For John & Jean's son John Louis; For our good friend Kay in Ontario; For Rose's daughter in law Jamie; For Margie McKeon.

Happy 43rd, Hue and Linda.

For Rosemary's sister, Patty and her husband, Lou; For Mary Jane Stevenson's son Philip, 35, sick & don't know why; For Jackie's friend, Barbara, plus Angela & her mom; or Sr. Patricia Otillio, a nun I worked with for years in Grand Coteau; John Cade's mother in law, Kalliopi Piskiouli; for Frank’s brother with advanced Parkinsons; For Steve Barrett, Rose, & Katie;

Crazy Ragbrai riders, Stack, Dana and David Dinsmore. Also David & Donna's Anniversary.

Dick Thompson's daughter, Teri Jill, and Judy's aging parents; Barb & Warren's grandbabies, Leighton Elizabeth and Warren Phillip and Ethan Michel, & their friend Chris, plus Barb's Annie & Kaitlen; 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; for our friends, sons, and daughters in the military, including Ryan McClurg and Chebino; cure for autism from Laura Chollick; for our President.

Thanks, Emma, for being our Candle Lighter of the Week.

Your Finances, August 5, 2018

Expenses: $ 915.00

Outreach: $ 135.00

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody

Thanks, Buddy, for being such a faithful helper.

Have a Great Week, J.S.

(214-783-0443)

Happy Days, John, you are now a granddad.

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.

Peace, Everybody.

Please pardon our delay with the blog this week. Internet broke down in the neighborhood. Construction!

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Reminder for Sunday, August 5, 2018, 18th, Ordinary Time

ByRosemary August 1, 2018

Map

Note: we are now meeting at Legacy Academy.

Can it get any better than Emma lighting the candles?

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

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

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

Where is everybody? Well, it does look like every chair is occupied.

Readings:

Exodus 16, 2-4, 12-15, The whole community grumbled against Moses & Aaron

Psalm 78, The Lord gave them bread from heaven.

Ephesians 4: 17, 20-24, You must no longer live as the Gentiles do.

John 6: 24-35, It was not Moses who gave them the bread from heaven

Ragbrai (honest, no bragging) report this Sunday. Prepare yourself.

Offertory with Hugh, Sydney, and Mary.

Community Activities:

ROMEO MEET: Friday, August 3, Jason's Deli, Collin Creek Mall, west side of Central, 1:00. Welcome all wakos, you will fit right in.

JULIET LUNCHEON, (aka.,just us ladies into eating together), September 7, 12;00, Ocean Seafood, Spring Creek & Coit.

Looks like trouble brewing with Ben, Cody, & Olivia.

True?

Everyone should have themselves regularly overwhelmed by Nature.

George Harrison

See you Sunday.

J.S., 214-783-0443

Shonda, where is David??

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.

Could that be David & Dana?

Homilies

Sunday Homily for July 29, 2018, 17th Ordinary Time, B cycle

ByRosemary July 29, 2018

John shares his Homily.

Readings:

2 Kings 4:42-44, They shall eat and there shall be some left over.

Psalm 145, The hand of the Lord feeds us;he answers all our needs.

Ephesians 4: 1-6, One body and one Spirit.

John 6: 1-15, The miracle of the loaves and fishes.

The Consecration.

Homily:

From the prominence of the miracle stories of feeding multitudes with so little, and the importance given to the Passover meal by the Jewish followers of Jesus, it’s no surprise that they didn’t take long after he died to make a remembrance of his last Passover meal the centerpiece of their gatherings.

By 325 A.D., with Constantine as Emperor of the Roman Empire, the Eucharistic meal was recognized as a central part of Christian practice. Earlier, about 150 A.D., Justin Martyr, an early Christian apologist, wrote to explain Christianity to the Greek world, how the followers of Jesus had the practice of celebrating a remembrance of the Lord’s Supper when they gathered.

The Offertory with Hugh, Sydney and Mary.

Earlier still is the Acts, written between 80 and 90 A.D. In Ch. 2, is the statement, “They followed a daily discipline of worship in the Temple followed by meals at home, every meal a celebration, exuberant and joyful.”

Perhaps the earliest written mention of the Eucharistic meal is in First Corinthians, Ch. 11. Scripture scholars agree that the letters of Paul were written around 50 A.D., about 20 years after Jesus’ death. Paul alludes to irreverent behavior at “the Lord’s Supper.” He was criticizing the followers of Jesus in Corinth about turning the meal into “a family squabble”, instead of coming to the “Lord’s Table” with reverence and courtesy.”

The Kiss of Peace.

The Lord’s Supper, the Mass, as it evolved, has had different understandings. Is the Mass primarily a ‘sacrifice’ being remembered and somehow offered again for a people cut off from God? Or is the Mass primarily a shared ritual meal of remembrance, celebrating a people’s thankfulness for Jesus’ Good News that we are already connected with God and always have been?

What do you think?

Shonda and Ben.

Announcements

ByRosemary July 29, 2018

Our Community.

Rosemary’s Blessing of The Week

Did I offer peace today?

Did I bring a smile to someone’s face?

Did I say words of healing?

Did I let go of my anger and resentment?

Did I forgive?

Did I love?

There are the real questions.

I must trust that the little bit of love that I sow now

will bear many fruits, here in this world and the life to come.

Henri Nouwen

John reading from 2 Kings.

Thanks to these special people:

For the Readings: John & Louis
For The Team: Georgie & Buddy
For the Communion Bread: Alison
For the Special Communion Cups: Jan & Charlie
For the Pictures: Rick & Connie
For the coffee and extras: Tom & Jackie
For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue
For the Music: Shonda & Ben
For all who helped with communion

Louis reading from Ephesians.

Birthdays: Linda Beavers

Emma, the Candle Lighter.

Remember these special people

For Tom Quinn's brother, Tim with cancer; For John O'Donnell & Mary Ellen; For Carol's recuperation; For Joe Mazzei's sister, Nina with cancer; For Dee and her daughter, Lisa; For John Schanot's continued recuperation; For a young man who is suffering from depression; For Cliff & Jean, plus Jean's brother Terry; For Rosemary's niece, Beth and her partner, Sarah with cancer; For Laura's sister Claudia; For Dawn; For Anthony & Sabrina; For John & Jean's son John Louis; For our good friend Kay in Ontario; For Rose's daughter in law Jamie; For a young father of two & married, Paul Day, struggling with a heart problem.

More of the Community.

For Rosemary's sister, Patty and her husband, Lou; For Mary Jane Stevenson's son Philip, 34, sick & don't know why; For Jackie's friend, Barbara, plus Angela & her mom; For Sr. Patricia Otillio, a nun I worked with for years in Grand Coteau; John Cade's mother in law, Kalliopi Piskiouli; for Frank’s brother with advanced Parkinsons; For Steve Barrett, Rose, & Katie;

Zoe.

Dick Thompson's daughter, Teri Jill, and Judy's aging parents; Barb & Warren's grandbabies, Leighton Elizabeth and Warren Phillip and Ethan Michel, & their friend Chris, plus Barb's Annie & Kaitlen; 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; for our friends, sons, and daughters in the military, including Ryan McClurg and Chebino; cure for autism from Laura Chollick; for our President.

Linda gets a cupcake for her birthday.

Your Finances, July 29, 2018

Expenses: $ 1,038.00

Outreach: $ 325.00

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody,

Georgie and Buddy.

Have a Great Week, J.S.

(214-783-0443)

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.

Reminders

Reminder for Sunday, July 29, 2018, 17th, Ordinary Time

ByRosemary July 25, 2018

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Note: we are now meeting at Legacy Academy.

The Community listening to Mike's Homily.

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

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

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

Georgie.

Readings:

2 Kings 4:42-44, They shall eat and there shall be some left over.

Psalm 145, The hand of the Lord feeds us;he answers all our needs.

Ephesians 4: 1-6, One body and one Spirit.

John 6: 1-15, The miracle of the loaves and fishes.

Emma, the candle lighter.

Community Activities:

ROMEO MEET: Friday, June 20, Jason's Deli, Collin Creek Mall, west side of Central, 1:00. Welcome all wakos, you will fit right in.

JULIET LUNCHEON, (aka.,just us ladies into eating together), August, TBA

Zoe and…

her sister, Tori.

See you Sunday.

J.S., 214-783-0443

Ben

Great music, Ben.

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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Sunday Homily for July 22, 2018, 16th Ordinary Time, B cycle

ByRosemary July 22, 2018

Emma lighting the candles.

Readings:

Jeremiah 23, 1-6, Woe to the shepherds who mislead the flock.

Psalm 23, The Lord is my Shepherd, there is nothing I shall want. (a good one!)

Ephesians 2, 13-18, He is our peace.

Mark 6, 30-34, They were like sheep without a shepherd.

The Offertory with Cindy, Bill and Marlene.

Homily:

I was asked by my older brother’s extended family to lead them in a Memorial Service at the National Cemetery in Keokuk, Iowa this past week. It was special; binding us together from coast to coast.

John at the Consecration.

In last Sunday’s gospel reading, when Jesus gave his apostles power over unclean spirits, he sent them forth. They were to stay with those who welcomed the Good News, preaching to them to repent and receive the Holy Spirit. Those who chose to be led by the Holy Spirit were anointed with oil receiving forgiveness from their transgressions.

The Eucharistic Ministers, Patricia, Jan, Claire, Lynda, Tom and Geri.

Recall that the twelve were told to take nothing with them on their journey, except for one thing. Do you remember what it was? I propose to you that it was obviously a tradition of the Early Church which still exists. For example, if our Bishop Edward Burns would have come to our community, this morning, his purpose would have been made known to us by the fact that he carried a staff on his journey here; It signified that he came as the Good Shepherd, who would spread this table before us, with the fish and bread, the Liturgy of Word and Eucharist.

Mike sharing his Homily with us.

At the end of the celebration, he would have also anointed each of us with oil, to become Christ in the world, to be the Anointed One, who not only receives; but bestows spiritual healing, to those in need. The spiritual health we grant to one another with the anointing at the end of Mass engenders a faith to be healed not only spiritually but physically, too.

Communion.

I encourage you to take a few minutes to read and think about the very short story between last week’s reading from the Mark Gospel and this week’s reading. The story gives an example of the worldly power that made John the Baptist collateral damage.

The Our Father.