23rd SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR B

23rd SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR B

INTRODUCTION:

Today is the Second Sunday of the 2024 Season of Creation. This season is a time of prayer and action celebrating God as Creator of the vast cosmic universe, God’s revelation in Creation, and our calling to care for Creation. It invites us to protect its rich diversity and to address the urgent, destructive crises threatening its health and future – including our own.
This year’s theme calls on the Christian community to address the discouragement growing as the climate crisis, biodiversity loss, and pollution worsen, the global human response is falling short, and the urgency is growing. On this 2nd Sunday of the Season of Creation, the scriptures urge us not to lose hope in the face of the urgent and complex climate crisis facing us. They remind us to trust in God Who is faithful and is even now working to save us. They challenge us to confront the false values of wealth and consumption that are so common and destructive and to pray for Christ to open our eyes, our ears, and our hearts.

GOSPEL: MARK 7: 31 – 37

Then he returned from the region of Tyre, and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, through the region of the Decapolis. And they brought to him a man who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech; and they besought him to lay his hand upon him. And taking him aside from the multitude privately, he put his fingers into his ears, and he spat and touched his tongue; and looking up to heaven, he sighed, and said to him, “Ephphatha,” that is, “Be opened.” And his ears were opened, his tongue was released, and he spoke plainly. And he charged them to tell no one; but the more he charged them, the more zealously they proclaimed it. And they were astonished beyond measure, saying, “He has done all things well; he even makes the deaf hear and the dumb speak.”

FEAST OF EXALTATION OF THE CROSS – ADORATION

Next Saturday 14/09 after evening Mass for about 40 minutes.

SVDP DINNER & DANCE – HELP US HELP OTHERS

28/09/2024 @ 18:00 @ Limit Hill Community Hall. R150.00 per person. Cooler Box R50. Prizes to be won – lucky Draws. Tickets: Judy 0744498598 or Melissa @ 0766733642

SEMINARIANS’ FUND

Our next quarterly contribution of R2400 to seminarians is due on the 30th of September.

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 – 30/11/2024

One-day pilgrimage. If you are interested, please put your name on the list, only then can we arrange for transport and calculate the cost per person.

MARIA RATSCHTIZ PILGRIMAGE TRANSPORT

Transport on Sunday morning @ R100 pp from St Jude. Bookings: Marjorie 0744232686.

SEASON OF CREATION
1 SEPTEMBER – 4 OCTOBER

This annual celebration invites the world’s 2.6 billion Christians to prayer and action to protect Earth, our common home and to discern the guidance it offers us for bringing about the New Creation of which Jesus spoke. It is a liturgical season dedicated to prayer, reflection, and celebration of God as Creator.

UPCOMING EVENTS

17/09 Bereavement Group after Mass.
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 Women’s Day Breakfast. Well-done fund-raising team!

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, Rita Patrucco, Michelle De Simone, Audrey Vries, Sebenzile Molefe, Joyce Chetty & Netta Liebenberg