FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER (YEAR B)

FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER (YEAR B)

INTRODUCTION:

Most of us have brothers and sisters. We belong to a family. The same blood of our ancestors unites us, we talk the same language at home and keep the same customs. It’s wondrous though, we all came from different families and peoples. And yet we have all become brothers and sisters in the church. Christ tells us today why we belong together. He is the vine, he says and we are the branches. His life, his blood and his spirit flow in us all, uniting us as members of one family.

GOSPEL: JOHN 15: 1-8

Jesus said to his disciples: “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine grower. He takes away every branch in me that does not bear fruit and every one that does he prunes so that it bears more fruit. You are already pruned because of the word that I spoke to you. Remain in me, as I remain in you. Just as a branch cannot bear fruit on its own unless it remains on the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in me. I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit, because without me you can do nothing. Anyone who does not remain in me will be thrown out like a branch and wither; people will gather them and throw them into a fire and they will be burned. If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask for whatever you want and it will be done for you. By this is my Father glorified, that you bear much fruit and become my disciples.”

LADYSMITH DEANERY PPC’s WORKSHOP
uQeqesho Iwemikhandlu yokwalusa

Venue: Regina Pacis Catholic Church

Date: 11 May 2024

Time: 10H00

Facilitator: Fr. Sifiso Ndlovu
Eshowe Diocese

11/05/2024 10am @ RPP
Contribution is R500 per Parish for transport and stipend.

1 MAY THE FEAST OF ST JOSEPH, THE WORKER

Mass @ RPP @ 06:00 & 10:00

FUNDRAISING RAFFLE
Crocheted Blanket 188cmx148cm

DEANERY MASS SEMINARIAN’S COLLECTION

From RPP & St Jude was R21,315. Thank you for your contribution towards the educaton of our Seminarians.
The total collection for seminarians from the Ladysmith Deanery was R111,124.20.

UPCOMING WEEKl

Next Saturday & Sunday 04 & 05 May, there will be a talk about Isivuno (thanksgiving/ fundraising).

2024 ELECTION PRAYER

The South African Catholic Bishops Council (SACBC) have issued a prayer for the 2024 elections, Catholics are encouraged to pray this daily in the period leading up to the elections.
Copies of the prayer may be found on the pillars of the church.
https://www.scross.co.za/2024/02/sacbc-pastoral-letter-for-2024-elections/

POPE’S PRAYER INTENTION FOR APRIL

For the role of women: We pray that the
dignity and immense value of women be
recognized in every culture, and for the end
of discrimination that they experience in
different parts of the world.

SICK & ELDERLY

Please pray for the sick & elderly of the parish, family & friends especially: Nokuthula Kubheka, Penny Powell, Jean Smith, Dolly Bimbrish, Simon Zulu, Alvin Govender, Siva Naidoo, Mavis Makhubo, Norman Browne, Anabela De Pontes, Benvinda Da Costa, Marjorie Govender and Pier Turconi.