15th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME. YEAR A

15th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME.
YEAR A

INTRODUCTION:

Nobody forced us to come to church today. We freely accepted the invitation of God. The inviting Word of God was sown into us like a small, seemingly powerless seed. The germination of the seed within us depends on our acceptance of the word. The fact that we are here is some sign that we are willing to let God’s seed grow in us. Sometimes we know we are not good soil for God’s Word so we have to ask for forgiveness. 

GOSPEL: MATHEW 13: 1 – 9

On that day, Jesus went out of the house and sat down by the sea. Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat down, and the whole crowd stood along the shore. And he spoke to them at length in parables, saying: “A sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seed fell on the path, and birds came and ate it up. Some fell on rocky ground, where it had little soil. It sprang up at once because the soil was not deep, and when the sun rose it was scorched, and it withered for lack of roots. Some seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it. But some seed fell on rich soil and produced fruit, a hundred or sixty or thirtyfold. Whoever has ears ought to hear.”

SEMINARIANS’ FUND

Call By God..
Supported By You

The collection for the 2nd quarter of 2023 was: RPP R1840 & St Jude R780, a total of R2620. Of that R2400 has been sent to the Diocese. The remainder goes towards the Deanery Mass collection, which is also for the Seminarians’ Fund, in August.

NEXT SUNDAY IS GRANDPARENTS’ DAY

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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036-6310651 or 0763802065  or 
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WELCOME BACK

FR MAREK!
We hope you had a good holiday.

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.

CATECHISM CLASSES

Commence on Friday 21 July at 13:30 @ RPP