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St
Joseph’s Cowdenbeath Road, Burntisland, KY3 0LJ 01592 872207 Parish Priest:
Fr James G. Tracey Email :
parishpriest@stjosephsburntisland.co.uk website: www.stjosephsburntisland.co.uk 20th January
2019 2nd
Sunday of the Year (Year C) |
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Services this week: |
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Saturday 19 January |
5.00pm Vigil Mass |
People of the Parish |
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Sunday 20 January |
10.00am Mass |
Gerald McMahon |
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Monday 21 January (St Agnes) |
No Mass or Service |
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Tuesday 22 January |
7.00pm Mass |
Special Intention |
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Wednesday 23 January |
10.00am Mass |
Helen de Palette |
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Thursday 24 January (St Francis
de Sales) |
10.00am Service |
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Friday 25 January (Conversion
of St Paul) |
10.00am Mass |
Special Intention |
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Saturday 26 January (St Timothy & St Titus) |
10.00am Mass 5.00pm Vigil Mass |
Isobel Slater People of the Parish |
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Sunday 27 January |
10.00am Mass |
Ethna McLaughlin |
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Confession: Tuesday 6.30pm; on request. Thank you for your offerings last week: Offertory £390; Building Fund £395; Teas £55;
Papers £25; Hall donations £40. Attendance 191. Money Counters this week: Team 1. Teas/Coffee in the Church Hall after Masses on Sunday and Thursday.
All welcome. Grief to Grace: Father Dominic Allain, International Pastoral
Director of “Grief to Grace” (an apostolate which aims to being healing and
peace to those affected by sexual abuse) will lead an afternoon entitled:
“Grief to Grace – the Effects and Treatment of Sexual Abuse” on Saturday 16th
February 2019 at Gillis Centre, Edinburgh, 2pm-5pm. To register go to: https://grief-to-grace-tickets.eventbrite.co.uk. Entry is free. |
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Day
of Study and Reflection for Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion: 23 February 2019, Gillis Centre, Edinburgh. Registration 11am
followed by a talk plus Q&A with Father John Deighan. The day concludes
with a Holy Hour and Confessions ending at 3:30pm. To book, please contact Anne
Lamond: catecheticscommissionbooking@gmail.com.
Erskine Arts Club meets in St Joseph’s Church Hall on Monday
mornings, 10.00am-12 noon. All welcome – arts or crafts, sewing, knitting,
painting, drawing…
Charity Knit and Knatter, Fridays,
10.30am to 12.30pm in the Church Hall. All welcome.
Today’s Liturgy: This is a familiar story, rich in symbolism.
It is the first ‘sign’ recorded in John’s Gospel. These ‘signs’ in John’s
Gospel are miracle stories but John prefers to use the term ‘sign,’ as they
point to something far more than just the miracle itself. John used these signs
to encourage belief in his readers but they are also
an invitation for us to understand something more of how God operates in our
lives.
Jesus transforms the water
which would be used for the Jewish purification rite. He takes something used
to give life to people, and transforms it into something which brings joy,
celebration and new life to the party. There are many messages we can take from
this account: the ability of God to transform our lives, to transform that
which is dead and stale. The abundance of wine (approx. 700 litres!) is a
significant reminder of the abundance of God’s love for us, beyond our
comprehension.
We could also focus on the
role of Mary in this Gospel – she is the one who notices, she is attentive to
the needs of those around her and brings this concern to Jesus. We might pray
today that we too may be able to notice, to see, to intervene when we are faced
with situations that need attention. This may be a situation of injustice or it
may be a situation where something in our own lives or in our church has become
dead and stale and is in desperate need of new wine.
(Reflection by Jane Mellett)