29th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR B

29th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR B

INTRODUCTION:

Who is the greatest among us? The person who is richest? Those with the best academic qualifications? They are great but they may not be the greatest. What about a good mother at home? She cares for her family, works for her husband and children, prepares food and cares for all in the house. She makes herself a servant of all. Her children may talk of her later saying: ‘There was nobody greater than our m other.’ In our celebration today, Jesus talks about his kind of greatness which comes from unselfish love. Such a love will suffer for others and even die for them.

GOSPEL: MK 10: 35 – 45

James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to Jesus and said to him, “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you.” He replied, “What do you wish me to do for you?” They answered him, “Grant that in your glory we may sit one at your right and the other at your left.” Jesus said to them, “You do not know what you are asking. Can you drink the cup that I drink or be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?” They said to him, “We can.” Jesus said to them, “The cup that I drink, you will drink, and with the baptism with which I am baptized, you will be baptized; but to sit at my right or at my left is not mine to give but is for those for whom it has been prepared.” When the ten heard this, they became indignant at James and John. Jesus summoned them and said to them, “You know that those who are recognized as rulers over the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones make their authority over them felt. But it shall not be so among you. Rather, whoever wishes to be great among you will be your servant; whoever wishes to be first among you will be the slave of all. For the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

ISIVUNO (Harvest)
–our aim is R50 000

17 November 2024-we aim to raise R50000. Contributions will be done in groups. Each group can decide for themselves how much each person will contribute.
Groups are as follows: Education, Health, (SAPS, Traffic &
Correctional services) Social Welfare & Development, Private business owners, GEPF, Pensioners, Grantees, Unemployed, Private sector workers.
SODALITIES; Sacred heart, CWA, Young Adults, Youth, Children of Mary, Catechism children, Men & Women of the Parish.

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. So far, we have 6 people at RPP and 11 people at St Jude.

October is
Month of the Holy Rosary

Pray especially for our sick and their caregivers.

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. So far, we have 6 people at RPP and 11 people at St Jude. The closing date is on the 30th of October.

October is
MISSION MONTH

PONTIFICAL MISSION SOCIETIES

During October, the second collection is for the PMS. Each weekend there will be a second collection, each collection is for one of the societies. Please take a pamphlet, which explains these societies, from the back of the church.
The collection this weekend is for the SOCIETY OF MISSIONARY CHILDHOOD which encourages children to pray & share what they have with their peers in mission territories.
Pray especially for our sick and their caregivers.

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

FEAST DAY OF ST JUDE 27 OCTOBER

Patron Saint of St Jude
Mass will be @9am at St Jude.
NO MASS AT RPP

QUARTERLY SEMINARIANS FUND TO DIOCESE

Our quarterly contributions are R1858 short
At only R10 per parishioner per month (R120 a year) we could easily meet this target. Box on the pillar at the back of the church.
This fund is for the training of future priests.
Sal De Simone won the raffled blanket
Thank you to everyone who bought raffles

POPE’S PRAYER INTENTION FOR OCTOBER

FOR A SHARED MISSION

We pray that the Church continue to sustain in all ways a Synodal lifestyle, as a sign of co-responsibility, promoting the participation, the communion and the mission shared among priests, religious and lay people.

PARISH DIARY & MEETINGS
UPCOMING EVENTS.

02/11: All Souls’ Day Mass in Garden of Remembrance @ 3 pm
03/11: All Saints’ Day, children to speak on their favourite saint
17/11: Count your blessings/Isivuno (Harvest)
24/11: 1st Holy Communion
28/11: Liturgy meeting
30/11: Ngome Pilgrimage.

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, Audrey Vries, Sebenzile Molefe, Margarida De Franca, Joyce Chetty, Nettah Liebenberg & Mthokozisi Mthembu.

BAPTISM OF BABIES

Classes for parents to start soon:
@ RPP contact Brenda 0763796891
@ St Jude contact Bryonni 0828497841