25th SUNDAY OF THE YEAR: CYCLE C 

25th SUNDAY OF THE YEAR: CYCLE C 

We welcome all who have come here for Holy Communion, for this sacred meal. Let us begin with a question: Is this a meal for good people or a meal for sinners? What is our communion meal today? It is a meal for sinners who are trying to run away from sin. Are we ready to sit for this meal with Jesus?

GOSPEL – Luke 16: 1 – 13

Jesus said to his disciples, “A rich man had a steward who was reported to him for squandering his property. He summoned him and said, ‘What is this I hear about you? Prepare a full account of your stewardship, because you can no longer be my steward.’ The steward said to himself, ‘What shall I do, now that my master is taking the position of steward away from me? I am not strong enough to dig and I am ashamed to beg. I know what I shall do so that, when I am removed from the stewardship, they may welcome me into their homes.’ He called in his master’s debtors one by one. To the first, he said, ‘How much do you owe my master?’ He replied, ‘One hundred measures of olive oil.’ He said to him, ‘Here is your promissory note. Sit down and quickly write one for fifty.’ Then to another the steward said, ‘And you, how much do you owe?’ He replied, ‘One hundred measures of wheat.’ The steward said to him, ‘Here is your promissory note; write one for eighty.’ And the master commended that dishonest steward for acting prudently. “For the children of this world are more prudent in dealing with their own generation than are the children of light. I tell you, make friends for yourselves with dishonest wealth, so that when it fails, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings. The person who is trustworthy in very small matters is also trustworthy in great ones; and the person who is dishonest in very small matters is also dishonest in great ones. If, therefore, you are not trustworthy with dishonest wealth, who will trust you with true wealth? If you are not trustworthy with what belongs to another, who will give you what is yours? No servant can serve two masters. He will either hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and mammon.”

CATECHISM CLASSES

The last class will be on Sunday, the 28th of September, and will resume on the 17th of October.

PUBLIC ROSARY CRUSADE

Will be held at the Limit Hill taxi rank on 11/10/2025 @ 11h30 for 12h00. All are invited. For more information, please contact or WhatsApp Barbara @0726235550.

HAPPY HERITAGE DAY -24 SEPTEMBER

The Heritage Day celebration at Church will be on 28 September. There will be one Mass at RPP @ 8 am. NO MASS at St Jude
After Mass at approx. 9 am, there will be a bring-and-share to celebrate our diverse Cultures, and there will be a jumping castle for the little ones

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

PARISH MISSION THEMES

Will take place will take place from 24 October until 2 November 2025.

Themes during the week will be as follows
Monday: The Love of God
Tuesday: God’s Mercy
Wednesday: Healing
Thursday: The Eucharist
Friday: Marriage and Family Life
The times for morning Masses and Mission Services will be shared closer to the time.

CHILDREN OF MARY

The ceremony will be on the 5th of October at St Jude. Confession will be on the 4th of October at RPP @4pm.Please join us on this beautiful occasion. For more information, contact Mpumi @ 0720257005

FUNDRAISING RAFFLE @ R20 each

It will be drawn on 5 October. If you would like to buy a ticket, contact Brenda or Fabian.

POPE’S PRAYER INTENTION FOR SEPTEMBER

For our relationship with all of creation:

Let us pray that, inspired by Saint
Francis, we might experience our interdependence with all creatures who are
loved by God and worthy of love and respect.

UPCOMING EVENTS

• 28/09: Heritage Day cultural cuisine
• 24/10 to 02/11: PARISH MISSION

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, Khohli Kunene, Barbara Amod, Sebenzile Molefe, Margarida De Franca, Joyce Chetty, Netta Liebenberg, Mthokozisi Mthembu, Avenel Aarons, Siva Naidoo and Francesca Poonsamy.

SEPTEMBER IS HERITAGE MONTH

“Future generations will never forgive us if we miss the opportunity to protect our common home. We have inherited a garden; we must not leave a desert for our children.”