12th Sunday in Ordinary Time June 23, 2024

 
        
       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

1.  RCIA Classes – Classes available for Baptism, Communion, Confirmation, Marriage and for returnees. Classes will be held weekly on Wednesdays after evening mass.
2. The office will be closed Wednesday, June 26 as the secretary will be away.
3. We pray for Fr. Uche, MSP as he marks his 28th anniversary as a priest on June 29th, may the Lord continue to guide and bless him. Mass 9:30 am, Saturday, June 29th

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.
                    

• Many of us can relate to Job: innocent, blameless, and yet still dwelling in the agony of misfortune. But God does not award or punish based on merit. God dwells with us in the midst of it all: and how fortunate are we to abide with a God who has captured the depths of chaos and wrapped it in swaddling, like a mother cares for a child? This God fears nothing, and walks with us: can our faith in that love carry us through?

·         Courage doesn’t mean “absence of fear.” In fact, the most courageous of us are doing brave things in spite of our fear. Even in our moments of greatest peril or agony, recall the God who commands even the wind and sea with authority. If this is who walks with us, how can we build faith that we will make it through the storm?
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?