Our Lady of Peace Parish Also Serving Our Lady of the Smile Parish, Waterhen Lake and St. Jude’s Parish, Green Lake Office Hours: Closed Monday Tuesday - Friday 1-4:00 pm Office Phone: 306-236-5122 Cell Phone: 306-304-7271 Parish Email: [email protected] Pastor Email: [email protected] Facebook: Catholic Church Meadow Lake Website: https://www.meadowlakecatholicchurch.com/ Address: 504-3rd Ave. East, Meadow Lake, SK S9X 1H5 Give thanks to the Lord; his steadfast love endures forever. Psalm 107 Refrain Our Vision: A Community of Disciples Our Mission We commit to form disciples who joyfully and faithfully live out the mission of Jesus Christ by enriching our relationship with God and neighbour through the intercession of Our Lady of Peace. Pastor: Fr. Uche Umechikelu, MSP Parish Secretary: Pat Bencharski Masses Intentions When there is a funeral, the daily mass will normally be cancelled. Check Facebook for the most up-to-date information. On Tuesday to Friday and on Sunday, Our Lady of Peace masses will be livestreamed on Facebook. Mon., June 24 – No mass Tues., June 25 – 10:00 am Liturgy with Communion at the Lodge Tues., June 25 – 6:30 pm (Our Lady of Peace Church & Facebook) - +Hana Johnson by Troy & Rita Johnson & Family Wed., June 26 – 6:30 pm (Our Lady of Peace Church & Facebook) - Anonymous Thurs., June 27 – 8:30 am Adoration before mass Thurs., June 27 – 9:30 am (Our Lady of Peace Church & Facebook) - Anonymous Fri., June 28 – 9:30 am (Our Lady of Peace Church & Facebook) - Anonymous Sat., June 29 – 7:00 pm (Our Lady of Peace Church) - People of God Sun., June 30 – 10:00 am (Our Lady of Peace Church & Facebook) - People of God Sun., June 30 – 11:30 am Catechism before mass (Baptism, Communion, Confirmation) (St. Jude’s Green Lake) Sun., June 30 - 12:30 pm Mass (St. Jude’s Green Lake) - People of God Sun., June 30 – 3:00 pm (Our Lady of the Smile Waterhen) - People of God THIS WEEK IN THE PARISH
Sunday Collection – June 16: Meadow Lake $786.85 Green Lake $164.20 Children’s Collection $2.30 Sunday Church Attendance – June 16- Adults 103 Children 14 Total 117 The Pope’s Prayer Intention for June – for migrants fleeing their homes – We pray that migrants fleeing from war or hunger, forced to undertake journeys full of danger and violence, find welcome and new opportunities in the countries that receive them. Saturday Evening Mass – We will be resuming Saturday evening mass (7:00 pm) at Our Lady of Peace starting June 22, 2024. Green Lake Mass has been moved back to Sundays. This Saturday evening mass is to encourage parishioners who have to work on Sundays to be able to participate in Sunday liturgy. Meadow Lake Right to Life – The Right to Life Group is being reactivated and is looking for volunteers to serve on a committee to plan a few Pro-Life events during the year. If you are interested please contact Dr. Merv Johnson 306-304-7800 or Chris Bencharski 306-240-8872. New Parish Secretary – The parish is beginning to look for a replacement for the parish secretary who is looking to retire. It is a part-time position, approximately 12 hours per week. For more details please contact the office. The secretary will work with and train anyone interested in this position. Scripture Insights – 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time Taken from Source Book for Sundays, Seasons and Weekdays 2024: The Almanac for Pastoral Liturgy, LTP Liturgy Training Publications Copyright 2023, 3949 South Racine Avenue, Chicago, IL 60609, pg. 246. In Job 38, the Lord declares his power to shut the sea’s doors and still its proud waves. In Psalm 107, he raises up a windstorm so that the sailors cry to the Lord in their distress, and when he hushes the storm to a gentle breeze, the sailors rejoice and give thanks. Compare this to Mark 4, where the disciples “were filled with great awe” (more literally, they feared with a great fear) after Jesus stills their storm. The disciples’ terror is understandable. While the waves were crashing over their boat, their Lord and master slept peacefully in the stern. This is an evocative moment, echoing both Jonah (who also slept in a boat during a storm) and the God who neither slumbers nor sleeps (Psalm 121:4). When the disciples wake Jesus, their plaintive cry is a prayer to a God who appears to be asleep in a storm: “Do you not care that we are perishing?” Jesus commands the sea to be still and then turns from rebuking the waves to gently rebuking his disciples’ lack of faith. He does not reveal his confidence that they will grow in faith. The disciples cannot yet answer the question “Who then is this?” It seems too wonderful and strange to be true that their God might have just fallen asleep in the stern of their boat. By the end of Mark’s account of the Gospel, their fear will turn to joy as they realize who has been accompanying them all this time. The apostle Paul summarizes the remarkable truth that took the disciples a little longer to grasp: whoever is in Christ is a new creation. The whole creation, wind and waves and all, has been remade by the Incarnation and Resurrection of Christ and awaits its final glorious redemption.
When are the times we have felt like God was asleep in the middles of our suffering? Perhaps we were angry with God, like Job. But looking back, when did we see the evidence that God was walking alongside us? How did we respond when we made it safely through? Who among us needs the evidence of God’s love in the midst of suffering today?
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November 2024
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