4th Sunday in Lent Year C

WEEKDAY MASSES: 

Mon-Thu at 8.00 am, Fri 7.40am and Saturday 8.00am 

Weekday Public Holidays at 9.00am

WEEKEND MASSES:   

Saturday 5.30pm and Sunday 7.30am, 10.00am and 3.00pm

CONFESSIONS: Saturday: 8.30–9.00am, 4.30pm-5.15pm, & on request.

READINGS: Sunday: pg. 276 in the Daily Missal and pg. 818 in the Sunday Missal.

MARRIAGES:  6 months’ notice is required. The marriage preparation course is available both in person or online. Couples must make an appointment to see Fr Joe.

BAPTISMS: Parents and Godparents are required to attend the online preparation before the Sacrament is administered.  Please contact the Parish Office to book. Baptisms take place on first and third Sunday of the month.

SECOND COLLECTION: Bishop’s Lenten Appeal (Sacrificium)

Wednesday 02 April

8.00am  Mass followed by Holy Hour with Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, prayers and meditation 

Friday 04 April

10.00am Stations of the Cross

5.00pm Exposition of The Blessed Sacrament with Benediction

6.00pm Mass on First Friday

6.30pm Stations of The Cross 

PALM CROSSES

Come and join making palm crosses for Palm Sunday.

Parish Centre – Saturday 5 April

8.45am to 1.00pm

Alpha Week 9:

Does God heal today?

Wed 2 April @ 7pm

in the Emmaus Centre.

email alphabryanstoncc@gmail.com

Paschal Meal Sunday 13^th April 2025 12h00 – 15h00 – Emmaus Hall

You are invited to come and journey through a modern Christian Passover Meal.

Meal Tickets R240.00 for adults, R130.00 for children up to 12 years old

1. Please bring your own wine and/or grape juice. Tickets are on sale after all Masses this weekend and from the Parish Office during the week. 

We are appealing for marshmallow Easter eggs for distribution to the underprivileged. These can be brought to the Church or the Parish office.

LADIES HIGH TEA

The CWL will be hosting its annual Ladies High Tea in the Parish Hall on Saturday 10 May 2025 For more details kindly see CWL ladies after all Masses.

DEDICATED GIVING

Grateful thanks and appreciation to all our parishioners who completed the Dedicated Giving pledges last weekend. Envelopes for those who requested are available in the foyer. 

St Vincent de Paul Sale 5/6 April

The crochet ladies group from Diepsloot X12 have created some delightful items for Easter. This is an ongoing project to help these innovative women become more self-sufficient. The Bryanston parishioners have always shown generosity in their support over the years. We look forward to your continued support this weekend.

VOCATION REFLECTION

Like the father in the Gospel, God welcomes us home in spite of our sinfulness, and calls us to a life of holiness. Where are you at Home? Are you being called to life as a priest or religious? (Luke 15:1-3,11-32).

PRAYER FOR LENT

Loving God, during the sacred season of Lent, bring us closer to you.

Prepare a place in our parish and in our hearts for silence and solitude, so that we may rediscover the grace of a prayerful life.

Help us to fast from those things

that threaten the well-being of our bodies and souls; remind us of the grace of simplicity.

Grant us generous hearts

so that we can give to those in need and, in so doing, rediscover the grace of gratitude and generosity.

May this season be a grace-filled time to rekindle a love for you.

We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.

POPE’S PRAYER INTENTIONS

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.