Saturday 3	10:00am Mass 5:00pm Vigil Mass	Lettie Cook Thomas Gallacher (Jun)
Sunday 4 (27th Sunday of the Year)	10.00am Mass	Lynn Young
Monday 5	No Mass
Tuesday 6	7:00pm Mass	People of the Parish
Wednesday 7 (Our Lady of the Rosary)	10:00am Mass	Alex Burns
Thursday 8	9:30am Adoration 10:00am Mass	Patricia Murphy
Friday 9	10:00am Mass	Special Intention
Saturday 10	10:00am Mass 5:00pm Vigil Mass	Ellen Fortune Joe Walker
Sunday 11 (28th Sunday of the Year)	10:00am Mass	William Stirling

 

Sunday Missal:  27^th Sunday of the Year (A) – Page 786.

 

Teas and Coffees available after Mass on Sunday and Thursday.

 

Annual Safeguarding Statement from Archbishop Leo will be read at Masses this weekend.

 

Thank You: The collection last weekend for The Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers) raised £817.95. Thank you for your generosity.

 

200 Club: Congratulations to the winners in the September draw - £200 Joe McIntyre (142); £100 Louise Tonner (224); £50 Mary Laidlaw (240); £50 Zack Carter (253); £20 Janette McRae (63); £20 Rory Gibbs (234).

 

Attention M Duncan and Pamela McGuire: You were winners in the July 200 Club draw, and we don’t have any contact contact details – please contact Fr James.

 

 

Legacy:  I was contacted last year by a Solicitor informing me that St Joseph’s parish had been remembered in someone’s will. A couple of weeks ago we received the sum of £121,840.67. Prayers for that exceptionally generous benefactor. RIP.

 

Cancer Research UK:  Thank you to all who gave their support in different ways to the recent Coffee Morning in our Church Hall. A fantastic sum of £1100 was raised.

 

Consultation on Diocesan Structures: The Bishops’ Conference of Scotland has announced the latest phase of its consultation on the future structure of dioceses in Scotland. The proposals include possible changes affecting the Archdiocese of St Andrews & Edinburgh. This is a consultation process and no decisions have been made. Read more at archedinburgh.org/news/

 

Burntisland Community Suppers: Volunteers required Kitchen assistant (needs hygiene qualification) and front of house roles. This will enable the group to be ready for a full winter season of Saturday suppers. See poster in porch.

 

Catholic Conversations for Women on the Rosary: In October, the month of the Rosary, all women are invited to join ‘Catholic Conversations’ on Saturday 17 October, 3:45pm-4:45pm in St Andrew’s Parish rooms at 77 Belford Road, Edinburgh, EH4 3DS to look at how the mysteries of the Rosary are rooted in Scripture. Optional Holy Hour at the adjacent convent with Adoration, Rosary and Vespers from 5:10pm. To register email edinburgh@almamercy.org or call 0131 343 3380.

 

Pro-Life Candlelight Procession: SPUC Scotland’s annual Candlelight Procession takes place in Glasgow on Thursday 29 October to pray for the protection of unborn life. The evening begins with the Rosary at the Mercat Building, Glasgow Cross, at 6:30pm, followed by the Candlelight Procession at 7:00pm and Mass at St Andrew’s Cathedral at 7:30pm. All are welcome.

 

Archdiocesan events are listed at archedinburgh.org/events

 

Anecdote - Unconditional Love: In 1978 a man travelled to Cincinnati to attend the funeral of Max Ellerbusch. Max had been like a father to this man for twenty years. Nothing unusual, except that as a 15-year-old this man had taken his mother’s car and struck and killed Max’s 5-year-old son. This was a week before Christmas in 1958. Soon after the accident, a surprised court heard Max ask that charges be dropped. Instead, he wanted to give the death-car driver a job and help toward his education. Max did all that and more, virtually adopting the 15-year-old boy into his family. Max shared his home, time and understanding with the troubled youth. We might wonder, “How could Max do that? I could never befriend a wild teenager who had just killed my 5-year-old son. Max must have been a little crazy to go out of his way that much to become like a father for that boy.” But if Max Ellerbusch was a little crazy, so is God. — The parable in Sunday’s Gospel describes God as a Landowner Who prepared a beautiful vineyard and gave it to His people to tend. However, His people wanted not just their share of the harvest, but the whole thing. They abused and killed the prophets God sent to help them. Finally, in a desperate attempt to save His vineyard and His people, God sent His own Son, hoping they would respect and honour Him. Nonetheless, they even abused and killed Him too in an effort to seize His inheritance. “What a silly story,” we might say. “No landowner in his right mind would risk sending his own son among rebels who had already murdered his messengers. How crazy can you get? Who can believe in a God so dumb?”– But that is precisely the point of the parable. Where we would cry for vengeance on the tenants, God chose an alternative – the alternative of unconditional love. (Albert Cylwicki in His Word Resounds; quoted by Fr. Botelho). (https://frtonyshomilies.com/)