POPE’S GENERAL AUDIENCE: Matthew, Chapter 25 – A Key Criterion of Christian Authenticity  AUGUST 19, 2020 

Taken from 

https://zenit.org/2020/08/19/popes-general-audience-matthew-chapter-25-a-key-criterion-of-christian-authenticity-full-text-2/

 The pandemic has exposed the plight of the poor and the great inequality that reigns in the world. And the virus, while it does not distinguish between people, has found, in its devastating path, great inequalities and discrimination. And it has exacerbated them! The response to the pandemic is therefore dual. On the one hand, it is essential to find a cure for this small but terrible virus, which has brought the whole world to its knees. On the other, we must also cure a larger virus, that of social injustice, inequality of opportunity, marginalisation, and the lack of protection for the weakest. In this dual response for healing there is a choice that, according to the Gospel, cannot be lacking: the preferential option for the poor (see Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii gaudium [EG], 195). And this is not a political option; nor is it an ideological option, a party option… no. The preferential option for the poor is at the centre of the Gospel. And the first to do this was Jesus; we heard this in the reading from the Letter to the Corinthians which was read at the beginning. Since He was rich, He made Himself poor to enrich us. He made Himself one of us and for this reason, at the centre of the Gospel, there is this option, at the centre of Jesus’ proclamation. …………….

“Each individual Christian and every community is called to be an instrument of God for the liberation and promotion of the poor society” (EG, 187).

Faith, hope and love necessarily push us towards this preference for those most in need, 1[1] which goes beyond necessary assistance (cf. EG, 198). Indeed it implies walking together, letting ourselves be evangelised by them, who know the suffering Christ well, letting ourselves be “infected” by their experience of salvation, by their wisdom and by their creativity (see ibid). Sharing with the poor means mutual enrichment. ……………….

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Maryvale Parish Notices

Opening of Maryvale Catholic Church.  Mass will be celebrated in the hall (50 people) and sound projected in the car park.

^{WE WILL OPEN ON WEDNESDAY 02 SEPTEMBER 2020.  ATTENDEES COME TO MASS ENTIRELY AT THEIR OWN RISK AND NEED TO FOLLOW REQUIRED PROTOCOLS:}

• ^{Wear a face mask to and throughout mass}
• ^{Sanitize hands at the entrance to the hall}
• ^{Fill in personal details list}
• ^{Observe/keep social distance at all times (2m all round)}

^{WEEKDAY AND WEEKEND MASSES WILL BE CELEBRATED AT THESE TIMES:}

               ^{Weekday Morning Mass – Mon to Sat 07h00 / 7am}

               ^{Weekday Evening Mass – Mon, Wed, Thu, Fri       18h00 / 6pm}

                    ^{Weekend Mass             –         Sat 17h30 / 5:30pm}

^{Sun 08h00 / 10h00 / 17h30}

^CONFESSION

^{Public confession with public absolution at ALL weekend masses}

^{NOTE:  OPENING DATE WEDNESDAY 02 SEPTEMBER 2020}

Should you need to contact Fr Tony use the office phone number – 011 640 3154

 Beatrice is continuing RCIA classes online.  Anyone who would like to join the class should message or phone her on  082 450 4798

We appeal to our parishioners to continue donating to the parish and we suggest that your contributions be paid directly into the Parish Bank Account.  The Parish banking details are as follows:  Bank – Standard Bank     Acc Name – Maryvale Catholic Church     Acc Number – 001832670     Branch = 004105

https://www.catholicjhb.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/AD-News-Aug-2020.pdf  for the August 2020 AdNews

https://www.scross.co.za/2020/03/read-the-southern-cross-free-during-the-crisis/