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ByRosemary March 11, 2018
Rosemary's Blessing of The Week:

God,

Bless anyone who has asked me to pray for them

    and anyone that I have promised to pray for.

Bless anyone that I cannot get along with

    and anyone that cannot get along with me.

Bless the person who has hurt me deeply

    and anyone that I have hurt.

Bless the person that I cannot forgive

    and anyone that cannot forgive me.

Grant me the grace to live as a person of peace today

    and to treat all I meet today with dignity.

Unknown

Mary Jane & John who read our first two readings

Thanks to these special people:
- For the Readings: John & Mary Jane
- For The Team: Buddy & Georgie
- For the Communion Bread: Alison
- For the Special Communion Cups: Jan
- For the Pictures: Rick & Mike
- For the coffee and extras: John & Jackie
- For the altar & sound: Jackie
- For the Music: Ben & David & Shonda
- For all who helped with Communion
Two of The Best, Connie & John

Birthdays: Ben (13, Sunday)

Anniversary:

Fred and Martha (9^th, Thursday)

Happy 13th Birthday, Ben & welcome into your teens, a great time of life.

Remember these special people

For Ray & Beth & John O'Donnell; For Carol's recuperation; For Tom Good & his ope recuperation; 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

Rosemary doing her Blessing of The Week.

For Rosemary's sister, Patty and her husband, Lou; For Cathy's uncle, Jim Wright at 93; For Connie's nephew, Fred; 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;

Thanks, My Dearest Zoe, for being our Candle Lighter of The Week.

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 Mary Ellen; 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.

A Cupcake to you, Bill, for being such an inspiration and challenge to me and to our whole Community. You are constantly reaching for more. You and members of the Community are just back from Dickinsen and already you have up the sign up sheet for the spring Love for Kids picnic.

Your Finances, March11, 2018

Expenses: $895.00

Outreach: $295.00

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

John & Jean, You are in dangerous company there. Do you think they will let her into Dublin next week?

Have a Great Week, J.S.

(214-783-0443)

Just a small portion of the food collected for today's Food Drive.

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.

I'll Miss you, My Dearest Harper, while your grandmother is over there bugging the poor people in Dublin.
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Reminder for Sunday, March 11, 2018, 4th Lent
ByRosemary March 7, 2018

What is THAT? Who let it in here?

Beware: Clock change this week, Daylight Savings Time returns.

Food Drive this Sunday.

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

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

Place: Sigler Elementary, 1400 Janwood Drive, Plano, TX 75075

Homily this week by the Dickinson gang, plus Penitential Rite.

Is it edible or does it eat? Like US?

Readings:

2 Chronicles 36, 14-16, 19-23, Cyrus, king of Persia, builds a temple in Jerusalem.

Psalm 137, Let my tongue be silenced if I ever forget you.

Ephesians 2, 4-10, God raised us up.

John 3, 14-21, Jesus and Nicodemus converse

Welcome to Dickinson, TX, a Houston suburb hit hard by Harvey and still recuperating. We joined members of our community with Bona Responds, Prof. Jim Mahar's marvelous group of students and alumni who came here from St. Bonaventure U. near Buffalo, NY

Community Activities:

ROMEO MEET: Friday, March 9, 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), April Luncheon, TBA

Where to sleep? Grab a cot.

What is going on in Our Catholic World:

1 Franci at 5 years, Crux, 2/28/18 Download FRANCIS FIVE YEARS 3-8-18

Jim addresses the group.

True?

Energizer bunny arrested. Charged with battery.

The King and Queen of Bona Responds, John & Connie.

See you Sunday.

J.S., 214-783-0443

Bona Responds kids. Many flew to Houston on their own.

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.

It must be homily time!

Okay, Everybody, Up! It is time for morning calisthenics.

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Sunday Homily, March 4, 2018, 3rd Lent, B cycle
ByRosemary March 4, 2018
Note: Because of popular demand and because I am still congested, no spin class for me at the J Monday morning. John

Hi, Dearest Emma, Welcome in.

Readings:

Exodus 20, 1-17, Yahweh gives the 10 Commandments to Moses

Psalm 19, Lord, you have the words of everlasting life.

1 Corinthians 1, 22-25, God is stronger

John 2, 13-25, Jesus cleans out the temple.

Tori & Zoe at work lighting our candles.

Exodus: 2nd book of the Bible & of the Torah, the first 5 books of the Bible.

Date of Composition: put together ca 450-400 BCE, though elements come from 1000 BCE at least.

Author(s): Moses, no. At least 3 sources, maybe 4, e.g., the Yahweh (J) source, the Elohim (E) source, the Priestly (P) source, and even the Deuteronomy Source.

While Zoe & Tori light the candles, Georgie reads the Candle Blessing.

Subject: The 10 Commandments–observations:
1. Academics see 3 maybe 4 versions of the 10 commandments, Exodus 34 (the oldest), Exodus 20 (our selection), Deuteronomy 5 (the last)
2. The versions come from the sources composing at different times, for example these 4
- The Yahweh Source, 10th Century BCE, therefore, Exodus 34
- The Elohim Source, 9th Century BCE, therefore Exodus 20
- The Deuteronomy Source, 7th Century BCE, therefore Deuteronomy 5
- The Priestly Source, edited all the sources in 6th Century BCE (450-400 BCE, at the end of the Babylonian Captivity). The 7 Day Creation Story comes from this source at this time.
Source: Bishop (Episcopal) John Shelby Spong (Excellent Biblical Scholar)

Side Note: it is interesting to realize that the 10 Commandments are not considered the first set of laws. For instance, the famous Code of Hamurabi . Hamurabi was the ruler of Babylon (good old Babylon again) 18-20 centuries even before the Christ event.

Good Morning to the Kerns, Michael, Candy, Ben, and Holly around here somewhere.

The Week's Blessings (3)

Two Sundays before Ash Wednesday we had a first reading from the Book of Job. Job was the man over whom Yahweh and Satan had a little wager.

Job was a prosperous man. So Satan bet that Job would curse Yahweh if Yahweh allowed Satan to send into his life a whole lot of afflictions.

And Good Morning to you, also, Vanessa and Stella.

The line that Job is famous for comes after Job has been flattened. He says to his tormentors, “The Lord gives. The Lord takes away. Blessed be the Lord.”

This has been one of those rare Job weeks in my life. Things started going down Thursday about 2:00. I felt a slight whisper in my chest.    I know my physical system well enough to spot when something different is happening.

The Team, Georgie & Buddy.

Rosemary & I had just spent Monday to Thursday with Kay Reddick in the small Ontario town of Lindsay. We were just departing to drive into Toronto to share dinner with Renee, one of the Reddick kids.

When we arrived at Renee’s house, I knew I was coming down with something. It turned out to be Influenza Type B. I struggled with that all the way home and through Saturday & Sunday until I saw my favorite internist Monday. Initially, he thought I had severe chest congestion. Only on a just to be sure did he do an influenza test. In ten minutes my doctor said, “You got it.”

Ladies' Luncheon, Friday.

I felt immediate improvement once I got on Tamaflu. What a gift.   But, as far as I was concerned this diagnosis complicated my life. I had hoped to join the Dickinson team. I never made it. “The Lord gives. The Lord takes away. Blessed be the Lord.”

I truly have no significant reason to be anything other than grateful—for my health.

Who let these people out on the streets?

I had a five day menu of Tamaflu and every morning I felt better until Saturday morning I woke up and knew I was healed. I am grateful for my health. I am disappointed I did not get to take part in Dickinson, but I am touched and proud of our community which contributed so much.

What are you grateful for this third Sunday of Lent?

This could be dangerous.
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ByRosemary March 4, 2018
Rosemary's Blessing of The Week:

Lord, Thou knowest better than I myself that I am growing older and will someday be old. Keep me from the fatal habit of thinking I must say something on every subject and on every occasion.

Release me from craving to straighten out everybody's affairs. Make me thoughtful but not moody; helpful but not bossy. With my vast store of wisdom, it seems a pity not to use it all; but Thou knowest, Lord, that I want a few friends at the end. Keep my mind free from the recital of endless details; give me wings to get to the point. Seal my lips on my aches and pains; they are increasing, and love of rehearsing them is becoming sweeter as the years go by.

I dare not ask for improved memory, but for a growing humility and a lessening cock-sureness when my memory seems to clash with the memories of others. Teach me the glorious lesson that occasionally I may be mistaken.

Keep me reasonably sweet, for a sour old person is one of the crowning works of the devil. Give me the ability to see good things in unexpected places and talents in unexpected people; and give, O Lord, the grace to tell them so.

Amen.

17^th Century Nun’s Prayer

John reading from Exodus.

Thanks to these special people:
- For the Readings: John & Connie
- For The Team: Buddy & Georgie
- For the Communion Bread: Alison
- For the Special Communion Cups: Jan
- For the Pictures: Rick & Connie & Mike
- For the coffee and extras: John & Jackie
- For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue
- For the Music: Ben & David & Shonda
- For all who helped with Communion
Connie reading from 1 Corinthians.

Birthdays: Dee (80, Saturday), Ben (11, Saturday)

Rosemary reading her Blessing of The Week.

Remember these special people

For Ray & Beth & Barb & Bill & John O'Donnell; For Carol's recuperation; For Tom Good & his operation recuperation; 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

Anybody claim to know this character?

For Rosemary's sister, Patty and her husband, Lou; For Cathy's uncle, Jim Wright at 93; For Connie's nephew, Fred; 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;

Happy Birthday, Diane.

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 Mary Ellen; 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, Ben. We've been saving this cupcake for you for weeks. (not really)

Your Finances, March 4, 2018

Expenses: $870.00

Outreach: $565.00

This week we donated $2,000 to Soul's Harbor.

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

Hi, Tori, Thanks to you and Zoe for bering our Candle Lighters of The Week.

Have a Great Week, J.S.

(214-783-0443)

Happy Birthday, Dee, and thanks for inviting us to celebrate your 80 years.

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.

Sorry, Brent, no more cupcakes for you. Just this little check for Souls Harbor.
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Reminder for Sunday, March 4, 2018, 3rd Lent
ByRosemary March 1, 2018

Mike at work with the Dickinson team. Did I say work?

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

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

Place: Sigler Elementary, 1400 Janwood Drive, Plano, TX 75075

I am proud to present our Community Marathon Team, Paul & Carrie, Lynda & Tom.

Readings:

Exodus 20, 1-17, Yahweh gives the 10 Commandments to Moses

Psalm 19, Lord, you have the words of everlasting life.

1 Corinthians 1, 22-25, God is stronger

John 2, 13-25, Jesus cleans out the temple.

There is one of my most favorite funkie streets in whole world, Queen Street in Toronto. It even has old streetcars, running east & west above the edge of Lake Ontario. There is even a Mexican restaurant run by a couple from Mexico City. Renee Reddick & her older son, Julien, (graduating from college this spring), often take Rosemary & me to celebrate our visit. This homey little restaurant has like six tables max.

Community Activities:

ROMEO MEET: Friday, March 2, Jason's Deli, Collin Creek Mall, west side of Central, 1:00. Welcome all wakos, you will fit right in. Bill & Jim & I will not make it, John

JULIET LUNCHEON, (aka.,just us ladies into eating together), March Luncheon, March 2nd at 12:30. Ocean Seafood and Grill, 3829 W. Spring Creek Pkwy. See you there.

Best buddies: Buddy and Mike.

What is going on in Our Catholic World:

1 Nothing special this week.

True?

I used to be indecisive, but now I'm not so sure.

4 of our nicest ladies and one turkey?

See you Sunday.

J.S., 214-783-0443

My Dearest Ben, you are The Best.

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, February 25, 2018, 2nd Letn
ByRosemary February 25, 2018

Thanks so much John & Mike & Buddy for helping me out when I could not come in this morning. It's been a long time since I came down with a chest cold like this one I picked up.

Readings:

Genesis 22, 1-2, 9, 10-18, Yahweh tells Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac.

Psalm 116, I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living.

Romans 8, 31-34-22, If God is for us, who can be against us?

Mark 9, 2-10, The Transfiguration.

Good Morning, My Dearest Tori.

Our First Reading is about Abraham from the Book of Genesis. I will share something about it later.

Our Second Reading contains my favorite verse from Romans

Thanks, Emma, for always being ready to light our candles.

Homily:

In our Liturgical Calendar, the gospel on the second Sunday of Lent is always that of the Transfiguration. In our three year calendar today’s gospel is according to Mark. Last year it was from Matthew, and next year it will be from Luke. The Church also chose, at some time in the past, to have similiar texts about Abraham as the First Reading on the Second Sunday of Lent

Today we listened to the messenger from heaven telling Abraham, ‘Since you did not withhold from God your beloved son, He will bless you with descendants as countless as the stars of the sky.’

Mike homilizing.

With regard to this myth about Abraham’s relationship with God in the Book of Genesis, it touches not only upon Jews, but today’s Muslims and Christians as well. One of our favorite VBS hymns is ‘Father Abraham.’

In today’s gospel reading, Elijah and Moses represent the expectation of the Prophets and the Law for the coming of the Messiah; His words fulfill theirs.

Thanks, Mike.

Today’s visually brilliant presentation of the Father’s beloved Son, reminds us of the many times in the Gospel where not only Jesus is called the Light of the World, we too have been given that name when the Spirit transforms us to be the Body of Christ in the world. We are God’s sons and daughters.

Think about the story of Elijah where the bowl of flour and the jar of oil never run dry, it is fulfilled by the Bread blessed and broken who has come down from heaven, celebrated in our liturgy of the Eucharist for all time.

No wonder you are such a neat kid, Buddy. You are a Longhorn.

The prophecy of Moses, is that God will send to us the New Prophet, who will speak the words of God. It is fulfilled by his beloved Son, with this command to us, ‘Listen to him.’

This week when and where will we find a secret place to listen to him to transform us?

Sorry, Ben, I could not help you this morning. I was totally in bed, a strange place for me in the daytime.

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ByRosemary February 25, 2018
Rosemary's Blessing of The Week:

May today there be peace within. May you trust that you

are exactly where you are meant to be.

May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born

of faith in yourself and others.

May you use the gifts that you have received, and pass on

the love that has been given to you.

May you be content with yourself just the way you are.

Let this knowledge settle into your bones, and allow your

soul the freedom to sing, dance, praise and love.

It is there for each and every one of us.

Saint Therese of Liseaux

Denni reading from Genesis.

Thanks to these special people:
- For the Readings: Denni & Tom
- For The Team: Buddy
- For the Communion Bread: Alison
- For the Special Communion Cups: Jan
- For the Pictures: Rick & Connie
- For the coffee and extras: John & Jackie
- For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue
- For the Music: Ben
- For all who helped with Communion
Tom reading from Romans.

Birthdays: Anthony D’Genova (18, Monday), Diane McClurg, Michelle Brown

Remember these special people

For Ray & Beth & Barb & Bill & John O'Donnell; For Carol's recuperation; For Tom Good & his operation recuperation; 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

Rosemary reading her Blessing of The Week.

For Rosemary's sister, Patty and her husband, Lou; For Cathy's uncle, Jim Wright at 93; For Connie's nephew, Fred; 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;

Happy Birthday, Michelle. And you, Zoe, are such a good girl, helping your mom with this.

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 Mary Ellen; 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.

Rosemary with Kay Reddick, the Grande Dame of the Reddick family, which includes Harold, the dad, and 6 kids, Rick, Ron, Randy, Robyn, Renee, and Roslyn. The town is Lindsay, Ontario, about 2 hours north east of Toronto. The little white dog is not Aviana, but Rose. The snow has mostly melted because of rain and slightly warmer temps.

Your Finances, February 25, 2018

Expenses: $545.00

Outreach: $355.00

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

High water in Dallas Folks. Is that your home in the picture, Beth.

Have a Great Week, J.S.

(214-783-0443)

A rare sight of the Trinity River. Thanks, Beth.

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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Reminder for Sunday, February 25, 2018, 2nd lent
ByRosemary February 21, 2018

Welcome, Allen & Bill, Betty Jean & Aggie.

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

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

Place: Sigler Elementary, 1400 Janwood Drive, Plano, TX 75075

Ray, what did you put down Beth's back??

Readings:

Genesis 22, 1-2, 9, 10-18, Yahweh tells Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac.

Psalm 116, I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living.

Romans 8, 31-34-22, If God is for us, who can be against us?

Mark 9, 2-10, The Transfiguration.

First you take a step to the left, then a step to the right, and then you turn yourself around–Dance lessons from Hue. This is a Full Service Community.

Community Activities:

ROMEO MEET: Friday, February 23, Jason's Deli, Collin Creek Mall, west side of Central, 1:00. Welcome all wakos, you will fit right in. Bill & I will not make it.

JULIET LUNCHEON, (aka.,just us ladies into eating together), March Luncheon, March 2nd at 12:30. Ocean Seafood and Grill, 3829 W. Spring Creek Pkwy. See you there.

Dickenson Trip: February 23- March 3

Wake up, Richard, the homily is over.

What is going on in Our Catholic World:

1 Nothing special this week.

Buddy, you bored too? I'm going to have a complex.

True?

You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice.

Healing for Mary Ellen.

See you Sunday.

J.S., 214-783-0443

Yep, 21 years non smoking. Terrific!

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. Well, on second thought, maybe not you, Sir Charlie.

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Homily for February 18, 2018, 1st Lent
ByRosemary February 18, 2018
Welcome in, Everybody. Abrasos for todos.

Readings:

Genesis 9, 8-15, Never again shall all creatures be destroyed by the waters of a flood.

Psalm 147, Your way, Lord, are love and truth to those who keep your covenant.

1 Peter 3, 18-22, God patiently waited in the days of Noah.

Mark 1, 12-15, The Spirit drove Jesus out into the desert.

Hi, Harper. How many Girl Scout cookies you going to sell us today? (Lots!)

Genesis: observations–

What: First book of the Bible, starts with creation & ends with the Patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, & Jacob (Israel). Any reading from this book should start with Once upon a time. Why? Because we have here a literary genre that is like myth or a fairy tale in our language.

Thanks for bringing up the bread & grape juice, Joe & Brent & Cheryl.

Author: Not Moses as was thought for centuries before people began to study the work. At least 3 sources:
- a Y (or J) source for the group that addressed God as Yahweh;
- an E for the group who addressed God as Elohim (Like two historians calling NYC The Big Apple or New York City, or Denver by its name or Mile High City);
- and a P group that focused on the priestly class, activities, & customs, the Levite tribe.
Time: compiled and put together from 950 to 500 BCE.

Today's Selection: the flood has just receded and Noah is receiving a promise (called covenant) from Yahweh that never again will people be wiped out by a flood. Guess what the sign of the promise is.

Hey, You People, did not your mommas tell you not to go out on a cold and rainy morning?!

A Happy Lent

I want to talk this morning about having a happy Lent. Why? Because God created us to be happy.

I admit again that this is my least favorite season of the year. I always look for something positive to do and am never really satisfied with what I come up with.

Getting bored? Join the kids in the playroom.

Some years ago Diane McMahon recommended to me a facebook article by a lady named Karen Ehrman. She says, “For this Lent don’t give something up, take something up.” She has 4 positive suggestions for taking something up. I add a 5^th. I like her suggestions.

Get your Wednesday ashes at Marlene's comfy house.

1.       Take up note writing to people with whom you don’t communicate that often, but who are friends. She says she buys 40 cards, envelopes, and stamps. Each morning she sends one out to a friend, just saying that she likes the person.

2.       Take up the phone and call someone every day or once a week and tell them you are calling just to tell them thanks for being a good friend.

People come from the north.

3.       Take up a simple gift for a friend or family member. Like bring flowers to someone, bring a Starbucks, offer to wash the dishes, or clean or dust the house, mow the grass (welcome to Tulip Lane). Invite someone to lunch. This is a once a week or occasional take up.

People come from the South.

4.       Take up a simple gift for a stranger. Like the recycle men, the garbage men, the checkers at the grocery. Compliment the checker on her finger nails, give $10 to each of the garbage men (watch out for their over the top gratitude).

5.       Take up visiting someone in retirement or in a hospital. (This is my addition, not Karen’s) We got lots of people you may choose from.

Ashes for Debbie & Bobby.

As you can see, some of these suggestions are occasional or once a week ideas. Plus, what we have here are only seeds. Even while you were listening to the five I put forward, you may be been thinking about other possibilities.

How can you have a happy Lent?

Source: Karen Ehman, on line.

Ashes for Cindy. A good Ash Wednesday gathering.
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ByRosemary February 18, 2018
Rosemary's Blessing of The Week:

Do you want to fast this Lent?
- Fast from hurting words and say kind words
- Fast from sadness and be filled with gratitude
- Fast from anger and be filled with patience
- Fast from pessimism and be filled with hope
- Fast from worries and trust in God
- Fast from complaints and contemplate simplicity
- Fast from pressures and be prayerful
- Fast from bitterness and fill your heart with joy
- Fast from selfishness and be compassionate to others
- Fast from grudges and be reconciled
- Fast from words and be silent so you can listen
Attributed to Pope Francis

John reading from Genesis.

Thanks to these special people:
- For the Readings: John & Mary
- For The Team: Georgie & Buddy
- For the Communion Bread: Alison
- For the Special Communion Cups: Jan
- For the Pictures: Rick & Mike
- For the coffee and extras: Mike & Jackie
- For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue
- For the Music: Ben & David
- For all who helped with Communion
Mary reading from 1 Peter.

Birthdays: Leighton Elizabeth Wittek (5, Saturday), Rosemary (21 years no smoking, Thursday)

Anniversaries:

John & Lambrini (24^th today, Sunday)

Rosemary reading her Blessing of The Week.

Remember these special people

For Ray & Beth & Barb & Bill & John O'Donnell; For Carol's recuperation; For Tom Good & his operation recuperation; 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

Thanks, Emma, for being our dear Candle Lighter of The Week.

For Rosemary's sister, Patty and her husband, Lou; For Cathy's uncle, Jim Wright at 93; For Connie's nephew, Fred; 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;

Happy Birthday, Tom, a few weeks late. We saved that cupcake just for you.

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 Mary Ellen; 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 24th Anniversary, John, to you and Lambrini.

Your Finances, February 18, 2018

Expenses: $1005.00

Outreach: $ 570.00

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

21 Years without smoking! Congratulations, Rosemary.

Have a Great Week, J.S.

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