4TH SUNDAY OF LENT YEAR B
INTRODUCTION:
The Sundays of Lent help us to prepare ourselves for celebrating Easter with deeper understanding. Today for instance we hear the message of God’s boundless generosity. We listen to the conversation between Jesus and Nicodemus. We hear the words: ‘God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son.’ What we shall experience at Easter is exactly that: God loves the world so much that he gave his only Son. Even if we crucify him. Christ will keep on loving us.
GOSPEL: JOHN 3: 14-21
Jesus said to Nicodemus: “Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.” For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him will not be condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. And this is the verdict, that the light came into the world, but people preferred darkness to light, because their works were evil. For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come toward the light, so that his works might not be exposed. But whoever lives the truth comes to the light, so that his works may be clearly seen as done in God.
ALTAR SERVERS’ TRAINING @ RPP
It will continue on Fridays @ 3:00 pm, after Catechism classes.
SEMINARIAN’S FUND
Please support the seminarian’s fund. R10 per parishioner per month will easily reach our target of R2400 per quarter. Collection box on the pillar at the back of the church. Quarter 1 is due on 31 March 2024.
ISIVUNO/FUNDRAISING
Talk which was to take place this Sunday, has been postponed until further notice.
CATECHISM CLASSES
Will close on 15 /03 for Friday classes and 17/03 for Sunday classes. They will open again on 05/04.
LENTEN DIARY
WAY OF THE CROSS
Every Friday during lent
StJude @ 17:00
RPP @ 18:00.
Groups leading:
15/03 Catechism
22/03 Youth/young adults.
LENTEN FAITH FORMATION PROGRAMME
A half-hour session every Friday during Lent, after the Way of the Cross in the hall at RPP.
Topics:
08/03 Confession
15/03 Retreat (see below)
23/03 Why Do Some People Suffer More than
Others?
Retreat master: Fr Msizi Msimango 15 & 16 March
Friday 15 March 2024
18:30 Adoration & Benediction with Taize & Healing Service
Saturday 16 March 2024
09:00 Spiritual talks
11:00 Mass
12:00 Confession
POPE’S PRAYER INTENTION FOR MARCH
For the new martyrs: We pray that those who risk their lives for the Gospel in various parts of the world inflame the Church with their courage and missionary enthusiasm.
SICK & ELDERLY
Please pray for the sick & elderly of the parish, family & friends especially: Fr John–Allen Green OFM, Nokuthula Kubheka, Penny Powell, Jean Smith, Dolly Bimbrish, Simon Zulu, Alvin Govender, Siva Naidoo, Mavis Makhubo, Noel Hoffman, Norman Brown, Anabela De Pontes and Benvinda Da Costa.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Sun 17/03 Mental Health Talk after the Children’s Mass.
Tue 19/03 Bereavement Group after Mass in Fr’s office.
