Sunday Missal:  14^th Sunday, Year C. Page 1016.

Teas and Coffees available after Mass on Sunday and Thursday.

Peter’s Pence Collection will be taken up on Sunday. The Vatican encourages you to participate in this special collection to support the Holy Father in his mission at the service of the universal Church. Your contribution is an expression of support for the needs of the Catholic Church around the world and the charitable works it carries out.

200 Club:  Congratulations to the winners in the June draw - £200 David Lamond (8); £100 Tom Gibbs (219); £50 June Friend (163); £50 Margaret Mather (228); £20 Rosemary Lascelles (27); £20 Hughie Doherty (216).

Lourdes:  Fr James will be in Lourdes for the Archdiocesan Pilgrimage, which leaves on Friday, 11^th July. If you would like to have a petition placed at the Grotto, please write your intentions and place them in a sealed envelope marked ‘Petition’. Please do not enclose any cash, as the petitions are burned unopened. If you would like a candle put up for your intentions, place an offering inside an envelope and mark it ‘Candle’ and I will do that on your behalf.

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.

Burntisland and Kinghorn Foodbank: “Many thanks to all at St Joseph’s who support the Foodbank. Your support is invaluable! To be involved in the future development of the Foodbank, please consider becoming a member and coming to our annual meeting. www.bkfoodbank.org.uk for details. Elaine L. Ryder (Secretary) on behalf of Food bank Trustees”

Café Inc. Lunch Club: Free school holiday lunch club open to children and young people under 18. No need to book. Children under 10 must be accompanied by an adult. Meals only available while stocks last. Burntisland Primary School, Monday-Friday (closed 21^st July) 11:45-1:00.

World Day for Grandparents & the Elderly: To celebrate this day, the National Marriage, Family and Life Commission of the Bishops' Conference of Scotland invites everyone to St Francis Xavier’s, Carfin, for Mass with Bishop John Keenan at 3:00pm on Sunday 27 July.

Anecdote - One-man army for Christ: The story of St. Philip Neri, who earned the title “Apostle of Rome” in the 16th century, is an example of the missionary zeal demanded by this Sunday’s Gospel. Philip came down to Rome in the early 1500s as an immigrant from Florence and a layman. When he arrived, he was horrified by the physical and moral devastation of the city. Rome had been sacked in 1527 by the Germans who had left much of the city in ruins. The Gospel wasn’t being preached, and many priests and cardinals were living in open defiance of Christ’s moral teachings. Philip prayed to God to learn what he might do. He read the letters that St. Francis Xavier had sent back to Europe from India, where he had been converting tens of thousands. Philip thought that God was calling him to follow the great Basque missionary to India, to give his life in proclaiming the Gospel. When he went to his spiritual director and told him what he thought God was asking of him, the wise old priest affirmed his desire to serve and bear witness to Christ. However, he told Philip to focus his attention on re-evangelizing those around him, declaring, “Rome is to be your India!” This was quite a task for one man. But Philip, relying on God’s help, started — first as a layman, then as a priest — to convert Rome, one person at a time. He would cheerfully go to street corners and say, “Friends, when are we going to start to do good?” He developed various entertaining social and religious activities to give the people, especially the young people, better alternatives for their hearts and time than those offered by the debauched culture around them. His impact was enormous, and when he died in 1595, much of Rome had been reconverted. The same God who spoke to Philip almost five hundred years ago challenges each one of us through the Scriptures, “Your home and your family, your workplace and your parish are your mission field!” (https://frtonyshomilies.com/)

Have a good week. Take care. Fr James