Saturday 20	10:00am Mass 5:00pm Vigil Mass	Mary Paterson Katie Donnelly
Sunday 21 (12th Sunday of the Year)	10.00am Mass	Rosa Reinbold
Monday 22	No Mass
Tuesday 23	7:00pm Mass	Sue Peacock
Wednesday 24 (Nativity of John the Baptist)	10:00am Mass	People of the Parish
Thursday 25	9:30am Adoration 10:00am Mass	Patricia McBean
Friday 26	10:00am Mass	Melvin Jurd
Saturday 27	10:00am Mass 5:00pm Vigil Mass	Special Intention Elizabeth Small
Sunday 21 (12th Sunday of the Year)	10.00am Mass	Johnny Murray

 

 

Sunday Missal:  12^th Sunday of the Year (A) – Page 731.

 

Teas and Coffees available after Mass on Sunday and Thursday.

 

Day for Life Collection Sunday 21 June: The National Day for Life Collection is split 50/50 between the Archdiocese and the Bishops’ Conference of Scotland. The Archdiocesan share will be used to support pro-life work covering issues at the beginning and end of life: the unborn and their mothers, the disabled, the elderly and the dying. This may include support for advocacy, education, pastoral care and formation in these areas, particularly in response to current developments and needs. In recent years, the Archdiocese has supported work including opposition to assisted suicide, protection of the unborn, post-abortion support, and the formation of young pro-lifers. More details at bit.ly/dayforlife26

 

 

 

 

Consultation: Archbishop Cushley invites you to respond to consultation questions from the Bishops' Conference of Scotland regarding the structures of the Church in Scotland. The consultation questions are online at bit.ly/archconsultation26. For context, please see the BCOS statement at bit.ly/bcosstatement. Responses must be submitted by Friday 26 June. 

 

Concert at the Cathedral: A renowned Australian choir sing a special choral Mass at 12:45pm on Wednesday 1 July in St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh, with music by Widor, Sir James MacMillan, and Colin Mawby. Then at 7:30pm, the ensemble, from St Mary's Cathedral in Sydney, perform a free concert at the Cathedral featuring music by Palestrina, Poulenc, MacMillan, and a world premiere by Australian composer Brooke Shelley. Come along for a rare opportunity to hear this acclaimed Australian Catholic choir in Scotland.

 

St Margaret's Pilgrimage: “My heartfelt thanks to everyone who attended this year’s St Margaret Pilgrimage in Dunfermline. It was a joy to see so many people gather in faith to honour Scotland’s beloved patron saint and to celebrate her enduring witness of holiness, charity and service. The strong participation from across Scotland was a wonderful sign of our shared faith and devotion." - Archbishop Leo Cushley. The next St Margaret Pilgrimage is in Dunfermline on Sunday 13 June 2027.

 

Marriage and Families Newsletter: The latest edition of the Catholic Families for Life newsletter is at marriagefamilyandlife.org.uk/newsletter/

 

Justice & Peace Scotland newsletter: Available at www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk

 

Knights of St. Columba: Every Thursday night at 7.30pm the Knights of St. Columba have the Rosary by Zoom for about 30 minutes. All parishioners are invited to join us. At the moment we are praying for Vocations to the Priesthood and Religious Life. Meeting I.D:  827-5010-5561 Meeting Pass Code: 694846.

 

Archdiocesan events: Events are listed at archedinburgh.org/events

 

Anecdote - Fearless St. Teresa: St. Teresa of Avila (1515-1582) is famous as a theologian, reformer of the Carmelite Order, and spiritual advisor to the great Spanish mystic, St. John of the Cross (1542-1591). But Teresa’s ministry was not well received in her community.  Her sisters had grown lax in Faith and practice, and when she called for reform their response was to throw her out of convents that she herself had established. On one occasion, she was turned out at night in the middle of a rainstorm. Dressed only in her coarse wool habit, she climbed into a donkey cart and was riding along when the wheel of the cart hit a ditch and the cart turned over, dumping Teresa into the mud. She sat there, in mud-soaked wool, looked up to Heaven, and said, “Lord, if this is the way you treat your friends, it’s no wonder that you don’t have many!” But frustrated as she was, Teresa clung to God. In one of her meditations on the Disciplines of the Holy Spirit, Teresa talks about how we must not be deceived by the appearance that evil triumphs over good. She wrote, “God uses the Devil as a sharpening-stone for Christians.” Teresa not only taught this lesson, she lived by it. She never gave up on God, even when her sisters opposed her by going to priests and bishops to make trouble for her. She kept right on teaching what she knew to be the truth. And eventually, the Truth won out. Her desire was to be faithful, and God prospered her efforts. Today, she is known as a Doctor of the Church — an exemplary teacher and thinker — while the nuns who treated her so badly remain dead and unknown. And the Carmelite convents of Teresa’s reform continue to this very day. (https://frtonyshomilies.com/).   

 

Magnifica Humanitas: “No sin, failure, humiliation or exclusion can diminish the profound value of a human life that God has willed and called into being.” (52)

 

Have a good week. Fr James