EIGHTH SUNDAY OF THE YEAR CYCLE C

EIGHTH SUNDAY OF THE YEAR CYCLE C

INTRODUCTION:

To what can we compare our assembly as we come together today for our Sunday celebration? Today’s reading compares us to a field from which good fruit is expected. God has planted this field. We are glad to be God’s field, and we have come together to give thanks to God for having made us his people, his field.

GOSPEL: LUKE 6: 39 – 45

Jesus told his disciples a parable, “Can a blind person guide a blind person? Will not both fall into a pit? No disciple is superior to the teacher; but when fully trained, every disciple will be like his teacher. Why do you notice the splinter in your brother’s eye, but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own? How can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me remove that splinter in your eye,’ when you do not even notice the wooden beam in your own eye? You hypocrite! Remove the wooden beam from your eye first; then you will see clearly to remove the splinter in your brother’s eye. “A good tree does not bear rotten fruit, nor does a rotten tree bear good fruit. For every tree is known by its own fruit. For people do not pick figs from thorn bushes, nor do they gather grapes from brambles. A good person out of the store of goodness in his heart produces good, but an evil person out of a store of evil produces evil; for from the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.”

SHROVE TUESDAY – 04 MARCH 2025

The Youth of our Parish will serve pancakes from 5 pm to 8 pm.
There will be some competitions and music.
Please bring some fillings for pancakes, to share.

ASH WEDNESDAY – 05 MARCH 2025

Masses at:
06:00 @ RPP
17:30 @ St Jude and
18:30 @ RPP

CATECHISM REGISTRATION AND CLASSES

Registration is still open. Both Friday and Sunday classes have started.
Registration fees: R180 per child
Please contact Sandra at 079 922 5566 if you have any questions.

THIS IS THE LAST WEEK OF THE 2ND COLLECTION FOR THE DEANERY SEMINARIANS.

This collection will be handed to the Bishop at the Deanery Mass.
These funds are used for the Diocesan seminary students. It costs R105 000 per student per year.

Our Parish’s target is R15000. Collected to date R3512. The collection will resume after Lent.
Our Diocese is blessed with 5 students in Pretoria at St John Vianney and 3 in Cape Town.

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

TRIANING

All Eucharist Ministers are requested to attend training this coming Saturday, the 8th of March @ 3 pm for a hour.

THE HOLY DOOR: A POWERFUL JUBILEE TRADITION

One of the most significant moments of any jubilee year is the opening of the Holy Door.  The most famous and significant Holy Door is the one at St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican.

The Holy Door is opened only during jubilee years to symbolize Christ as the sole gateway to salvation. Pilgrims who pass through the door with the proper disposition can receive a plenary indulgence.

HOLY DOOR IN THE LADYSMITH DEANERY

Was officially opened on Saturday, 1 March @ 10 am. See banner for plenary indulgence information at the entrance to the church.

RETREAT DAY FOR PARENTS WITH
THEIR CHILDREN
(WHO ATTEND CATECHISM)

Join us for a special retreat:
“Growing Together in Faith. Families Rooted in Christ “.

When:8 March 2025
Where: RPP Hall
Time: 10:00 am
Who: All Parents and children from Catechism classes (Fridays & Sundays) and St Jude’s.
What to bring: Jars, faith messages to swap and refreshments to share and your Bible.
Enjoy interactive activities, crafts, prayer and family bonding. Let’s grow in faith together

THANK YOU

Men of the Parish would like to thank all sponsors and everyone who supported their fundraising. Profit from it was R13,970. From this amount R5000 will be donated to RPP and R2000 to St Jude. Also, a portable speaker will be bought for the Parish.

LENTEN APPEAL COLLECTION

Will start from next Sunday. Envelopes available in the porch.

POPE’S PRAYER INTENTION FOR FEBRUARY:

For families in crisis:

Let us pray that broken families might discover the cure for their wounds through forgiveness, rediscovering each other’s gifts, even in their differences.

UPCOMING EVENTS

15/03: Training for ALL Proclaimers @ 3pm
28/03 & 29/03: Lenten Retreat @ RPP

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, and Avenel Aarons.

“If you judge people, you have no time to love them.”

St Teresa of Calcutta