13th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME. YEAR A

13th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME. YEAR A

INTRODUCTION:

Who are we, now assembled in this holy place we are the disciples of Christ. To be a disciple of Christ means to be with him, learn from him, to be sent out by him. All this we tried during this past week. Now we have assembled to show our unity with Jesus and with each other. Christ says, “Who welcomes you, welcomes me.” He is one with us. Have we always been aware that Jesus is with us?

GOSPEL: MATHEW 10: 37 – 42

Jesus said to his apostles: “Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever does not take up his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me. Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. “Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me. Whoever receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and whoever receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man will receive a righteous man’s reward. And whoever gives only a cup of cold water to one of these little ones to drink because the little one is a disciple— amen, I say to you, he will surely not lose his reward.”

PRAYING OF THE ROSARY BEFORE MASS

On Sundays praying of the Rosary will be from 7:00 am until 7:30 and will be followed by practising of hymns for Mass.
There will be ten minutes of silence before Mass.

DONATIONS FOR ALTAR FLOWERS

Donations are requested for altar flowers – box at the back of the church.

SEMINARIANS’ FUND

The collection for the 2nd quarter of 2023 was: RPP R1840 and St Jude R780, a total of R2620. R2400 has been sent to the Diocese. The remainder goes towards the Deanery mass collection in August.

SOUTHERN CROSS MAGAZINE

The July issue is now available at the Parish Office.

This is a lovely picture of the St John Vianney Seminary where our future priests are trained. The nun in the photo lost her life while saving patients at the Maria Ratschitz Hospice.

BULLETIN

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SECOND COLLECTION THIS WEEKEND

Peter’s PenceCollection

POPE’S PRAYER INTENTION FOR JULY

FOR A EUCHARISTIC LIFE:

We pray that Catholics may place the celebration of the Eucharist at the heart of their lives, transforming human relationships in a very deep way and opening to the encounter with God and all their brothers and sisters.

SICK & ELDERLY

Please pray for the sick & elderly of the parish, family & friends especially

Fr John–Allen Green OFM, Nokuthula Kubheka, Penny Powell, Jean Smith,  Dolly  Bimbrish,  Simon  Zulu,  Alvin Govender, Siva Naidoo, Mavis Makhubo and Fidelma Hanlon.