Sunday Missal:  (Year C) The Most Holy Body & Blood of Christ - Page 1104.

 

Teas and Coffees available after Mass on Sunday and Thursday.

 

Corpus Christi Procession - Sunday 22 June: Archbishop Leo will lead the Archdiocesan Corpus Christi Procession from St Patrick’s Church in Kilsyth at 3:00pm on Sunday 22 June. This is a joyous occasion with the Blessed Sacrament being carried through the streets. First Holy Communicants in the Archdiocese are invited to take a special place in the procession wearing their formal clothes. Parking available at the Church. Contact St Patrick's to reserve disabled/minibus parking or to book a space on the free shuttle buses from Croy train station to the Church: priest.stpatrickskilsyth@staned.org.uk or 01236 822136.

   

 

St Vincent De Paul Afternoon Tea: Monday 14^th July, 2pm to 4pm. Food, drink and entertainment. Please add your name to the list in the porch.

 

St Serf’s Scottish Episcopal Church is celebrating the 120^th anniversary of its present church building, which has been part of the community life of Burntisland since 1905. To celebrate the anniversary a series of light hearted events have been arranged. Copies of the Programme are available on the table in the porch. We send Rev Carol Latimer and the congregation of St Serf’s our congratulations and good wishes and wish them many more years of celebrating in their church building.

 

Save the date!   The St Margaret Pilgrimage 2026 will take place in Dunfermline on Sunday 14 June. Thanks to everyone who came along to this year's event.

                        

Jubilee Year Picnic for families: Join families from across the Archdiocese for a Jubilee Year picnic on Saturday 28 June, 11:00am – 4:00pm at The Gillis Centre, 100 Strathearn Road, Edinburgh, EH9 1BB. There will be spiritual talks on the theme of Hope and talks and games for children. Includes Rosary at The Grotto and concludes with Holy Mass in St Margaret's Chapel. At 4:00pmthere is the chance to walk to the Jubilee Cross at St Mary's Cathedral (optional). Childcare provided. Register at bit.ly/archpicnic

 

Anecdote: The Eucharistic piety that converted St. Elizabeth Ann Seton: Two hundred years ago, a beautiful, young, Episcopalian woman accompanied her husband, a merchant, to Italy, leaving four of their five children at home with family members. They had sailed for Italy, hoping that the change in climate might help her husband, whose failing business had eventually affected his health adversely. Tragically, he died in Liverno. The grieving young widow was warmly received by an Italian family, business acquaintances of her deceased husband. She stayed with them for three months before she could arrange to return to America.  The young widow was very impressed by the Catholic faith of her host family, especially their devotion to the Holy Eucharist: their frequent attendance at Mass, the reverence with which they received Holy Communion, the awe they showed toward the Blessed Sacrament on feast days when the Eucharist was carried in procession. She found her broken heart healed by a hunger for this mysterious presence of the Lord, and, upon returning home, requested instruction in Catholic Faith. Soon after being received into the Church, she described her first reception of the Lord in the Eucharist as the happiest moment of her life. — It was in St. Peter’s Square on September 14, 1975, that Pope Paul VI canonized this woman, Elizabeth Ann Seton, as the first native-born saint of the Unites States. The Eucharist for her was a sign and cause of union with God and the Church.  (https://frtonyshomilies.com/)

 

St. Padre Pio’s prayer of thanksgiving after Mass.

“Stay with me, Lord, for it is necessary to have You present so that       I do not forget You.  You know how easily I abandon You.

Stay with me, Lord, because I am weak and I need Your strength, that I may not fall so often.

Stay with me, Lord, for You are my life, and without You, I am without fervour.

Stay with me, Lord, for You are my light, and without You, I am in darkness.

Stay with me, Lord, to show me Your will.

Stay with me, Lord, so that I hear Your voice and follow You.

Stay with me, Lord, for I desire to love You very much, and always be in Your company.

Stay with me, Lord, if You wish me to be faithful to You.

Stay with me, Lord, for as poor as my soul is, I want it to be a place of consolation for  You, a nest of love. Stay with me, Jesus, for it is getting late and the day is  coming to a close, and life passes; death, judgment, eternity approach. It is necessary to renew my strength.” (https://frtonyshomilies.com/)

                                                                                         

Have a good week. Take care. Fr James