Sunday Missal:  28^th Sunday, Year C. Page 1076.

Teas and Coffees available after Mass on Sunday and Thursday.

This Sunday is World Day of Prayer for the Missions (Mission Sunday). The theme this year is Missionaries of Hope Among All Peoples. In this Jubilee Year of Hope, let us show solidarity with our Catholic brothers and sisters in those parts of the Church where it is small, young and poor, such as the Church in Bolivia. Our prayers and generous financial support, given through Missio Scotland, will enable them to be a source of God’s love for the communities of which they are a part. Your prayers and financial support will support missionary priests, religious sisters and brothers, and lay catechists.

Parish Quiz Night: Friday 7 November, 7:00pm. £1 per adult. Children free. 6 rounds of 10 questions, children’s round included. Tea, coffee, juice and biscuits after the questions and prize for the best team.  40 people max. Please add your name to the sheet in the porch.

A FRESH LOOK AT PRAYER – Spiritual Intelligence – Wise living in an age of disconnection: What if wisdom went deeper than logic and emotion? What if the way we pray, notice beauty, and make meaning are all part of a deeper intelligence—spiritual intelligence? How are scientists exploring prayer and its effects on our body?

A short course facilitated by Jenny Williams using material complied by the Guild of Health and St Raphael in conjunction with scientists in this emerging field looking at the most effective ways of praying and meditating. 

More details on leaflet and/or for more information contact jennywilliams@gmx.co.uk  07935 723 968

Fife Education Mass:  For all who are, or have been, involved in Catholic Education in Fife. Mass will be celebrated by Canon Brian Gowans in St Marie’s RC Church, Kirkcaldy, on Wednesday 19 November at 7:00pm. Tea and coffee after Mass.

Newman Association talk: A talk titled May spirituality help in mental ill-health? with Anthony Kramers, drawing on experiences of spiritual care in L’Arche communities and in healthcare. Monday 10 November, 7:15pm-8:30pm at Mayfield Salisbury Church, 18 West Mayfield, Edinburgh, EH9 1TQ. All welcome. Suggested donation £5.    

Venerable Margaret Sinclair event: Commemorate the centenary of the death of Venerable Margaret Sinclair on Saturday 22 November 2025 by meeting at her former grave in Mount Vernon Cemetery, Edinburgh, at 9:00am to pray the Rosary. This will be followed by a walk to her tomb at St Patrick's in the Cowgate. Benediction at 12:15pm followed by Holy Mass at 12:30pm. A Centenary Mass will be offered at the Sacred Heart Altar, in St Patrick's on Monday 24 November at 5:45pm.

Anecdote: “Knock, and it shall be opened:” The book of Job is perhaps the best place in Scripture to study “knocking prayer.” There, the righteous Job is devastated. He loses his children, his friends, his property, and his health. Satan has horribly afflicted him. His wife urges him to curse God and die. But instead, Job begins a knocking prayer. “Oh, that today I might find Him that I might come to His judgment seat! I would set out my cause before Him, and fill my mouth with arguments; I would learn the words with which He would answer, and understand what He would reply to me.”  (Job 23:3-5). Thus, Job begins to knock in prayer. He blindly gropes for God. He patiently, and sometimes impatiently, yearns for deliverance. Again, and again, Job reaches for God in prayer. Though his body is wasting away, though all seems lost, though he cannot understand, Job has Faith in God. His heart is filled with hope and he says: “But as for me, I know that my Vindicator lives, and that He will at last stand forth upon the dust; And from my flesh I shall see God; my inmost being is consumed with longing.“ (Job 19:25-26). Thus, with Hope, Faith, and persistence Job continues to knock in prayer. Finally, God comes to him. — Though the Lord does not explain the affliction, He does heal Job. He restores his fortune and gives him ten more children. As Jesus promised, His door will be opened to those that knock. And Job triumphantly says to God, “I know that You can do all things, and that no purpose of Yours can be hindered. I have dealt with great things that I do not understand; things too wonderful for me, which I cannot know. I had heard of You by word of mouth, but now my eye has seen You. (Job 42: 5). (Music from Another Room, Rev. Stephen M. Crotts). (https://frtonyshomilies.com/)

Have a good week. Take care. Fr James