19th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR B

19th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR B

INTRODUCTION:

Our lives are rather like a long, long journey over mountains and hills. Sometimes the road is easy and sometimes the road is difficult. On every journey, we need food, bread and drink. Without food and water, we would die on the way, so if we are going on a long journey, we prepare our provisions. In our celebration today, Christ offers us his provision for our journey through life. He tells us, “I am the living bread”. Christ gives us hope when we have lost hope, Christ strengthens us when we are weak. Christ shows us the aim of our journey when we walk through darkness and despair. Therefore, he says: “I am the living bread.”

GOSPEL: JOHN 6: 41 – 51

The Jews murmured about Jesus because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven, “and they said, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph? Do we not know his father and mother? Then how can he say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?” Jesus answered and said to them, “Stop murmuring among yourselves. No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draw him, and I will raise him on the last day. It is written in the prophets: They shall all be taught by God. Everyone who listens to my Father and learns from him comes to me. Not that anyone has seen the Father except the one who is from God; he has seen the Father. Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever believes has eternal life. I am the bread of life. Your ancestors ate the manna in the desert, but they died; this is the bread that comes down from heaven so that one may eat it and not die. I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world.”

UPCOMING EVENTS

27/08
Bereavement group after Mass @ Fr Marek’s Office.
27/08
PPC meeting @ 18:30 in the Parish Hall.
The previous meeting was postponed due to a lack of attendance. All groups & sodalites, please send a representative to the meeting.

Disability Parking

Please be mindful of the designated parking for persons with disabilities. Even if you are late for Mass, please leave the spaces FREE for persons with genuine disabilities

SAVE THE DATE!

WOMEN’S DAY BREAKFAST 31 August 2024

10 am – 12 pm
Parish fundraiser
Tickets are on sale after weekend Masses @ R100 each.
You can help sell tickets, for every 20 tickets you sell, you get one free.
Lucky draw prizes.
Please support
THE WHOLE FAMILY IS WELCOME

POTJIEKOS COMPETITION

SVDP Fundraiser @RPP
17 August
Cooking: 10 am Judging: 2 pm
Serving after that
R50 adults
R20 children

Entry is FREE
You donate your pot of food to enter.
Entrance fee as a spectator
(& you will be served a plate of food):
Adults R50
Children: R20
Braai facilities, wood, rice & pap will be available.
To enter:
WhatsApp Melissa at 0766733642
or Judy at 0744498598

CHILDREN OF MARY

On 25 August 2024, during the Children’s Mass, there will be a short presentation about the Children of Mary & the Baby Jesus Sodality. After Mass, a meeting will be held with children & parents interested in joining the sodality.

POPE’S PRAYER INTENTION FOR AUGUST

For political leaders:

We pray that political leaders be at the service of their own people, working for integral human development and for the common good, especially caring for the poor and those who have lost their jobs.

SICK & ELDERLY

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

Nokuthula Kubheka, Penny Powell, Jean Smith, Dolly Bimbrish, Alvin Govender, Siva Naidoo, Mavis Makhubo, Norman Browne, Anabela De Pontes, Benvinda Da Costa, Pier Turconi, Khohli Kunene, Barbara Amod, Jackie Gilmore and Henri De Franca.

HAPPY WOMEN’S MONTH