22nd SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR B

22nd SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR B

INTRODUCTION:

All societies and nations have their own customs and traditions. It sometimes happens, however, that people maintain customary practices without understanding them. Some will keep the most unimportant customs very faithful. The really important traditions, however, are often ignored if people do not like them or find them too difficult to maintain. This problem can occur in our church community. We too have traditions and customs and in the same way, it can happen that we keep the unimportant customs very faithfully. There is also a danger that we give pride of place to the traditions of our society and not to those of God. We are reminded of this when Christ says “You put aside the commandment of God to cling to human tradition.”

GOSPEL: MARK 7: 1 – 8; 14 – 15; 21 – 23

When the Pharisees with some scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus, they observed that some of his disciples ate their meals with unclean, that is, unwashed, hands. —For the Pharisees and, in fact, all Jews, do not eat without carefully washing their hands, keeping the tradition of the elders. And on coming from the marketplace, they do not eat without purifying themselves. And there are many other things that they have traditionally observed, the purification of cups and jugs and kettles and beds. —So the Pharisees and scribes questioned him, Why do your disciples not follow the tradition of the elders but instead eat a meal with unclean hands?” He responded, “Well did Isaiah prophesy about you hypocrites, as it is written: This people honours me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me; in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines human precepts. You disregard God’s commandment but cling to human tradition.” He summoned the crowd again and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand. Nothing that enters one from outside can defile that person, but the things that come out from within are what defile. “From within people, from their hearts, come evil thoughts, unchastity, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, licentiousness, envy, blasphemy, arrogance, folly. All these evils come from within and they defile.”

ST ANTONINE’S HOME FOR THE AGED

August is the second month of the year during which our Parish contributes to the home at Amakhasi.
• 2nd collection this weekend and the next
• Box for non-perishables in the porch of the church. They are mostly in need of adult nappies.

FULL PPC MEETING ON TUESDAY!!!

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

CATHOLIC YOUTH FOR CHRIST
DUNDEE DIOCESE

JOIN IN ON THE
RAFFLE CONTEST
R30 PER TICKET

1ST PRICE: Cash Price Of R 9000
2ND PRICE: Cash Price Of R 2000
3RD PRICE: Cash Price Of R 1000

Ruffle Draw Maria Ratschiz 15 September 2024

CYC Deanery which sells the most tickets also get a price of R500

Tickets sold by CYC Members at each Parish

Tickets from Lusanda St Jude & Asanda RPP.

NGOME PILGRIMAGE

Due to late booking at Ngome, we were unable to have a full weekend pilgrimage as we did last year. We have a list on the porch for those who are interested in going on a day pilgrimage. The suggested date is 30 November 2024. If you would like to go, please put your name on the list, because only then can we arrange for transport.

PARISH WEBSITE

Is active. All groups & sodalities please send information & photos of your events to the secretary, so they can be made available on the website.

UPCOMING EVENTS

14/09 Day of Recollection for Confirmation Candidates @ RPP 10:00 – 18:30.
15/09 Day of Pilgrimage to Maria Ratchitz. No Sunday morning Mass in the Parish.
22/09 Heritage Celebrations, only one Mass that Sunday at RPP @ 9:00 am. Please bring your cultural food to share.

THANK YOU

A big thank you to everyone who assisted with the preparation for the ordination of priests.

POPE’S PRAYER INTENTION FOR SEPTEMBER

For the cry of the Earth

We pray that each one of us will hear and take to heart the cry of the Earth and of victims of natural disasters and climactic change and that all will undertake to personally care for the world in which we live.

SICK & ELDERLY

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

Nokuthula Kubheka, Penny Powell, Jean Smith, Dolly Bimbrish, Alvin Govender, Mavis Makhubo, Norman Browne, Pier Turconi, Khohli Kunene, Barbara Amod, Jackie Gilmore, Marge De Franca, Rita Patrucco, Michelle De Simone, Audrey Vries, Sebenzile Molefe, Joyce Chetty & Netta Liebenberg.