13th Sunday in Ordinary Time June 30, 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  
 
  I will extol you, Lord, for you have raised me up.
Psalm 30 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., July 1 – No mass
 
Tues., July 2 – 10:00 am Liturgy with Communion at the Lodge
 
Tues., July 2 – 1:00 pm Mass at Flying Dust Lodge
 
Tues., July 2 – 6:30 pm (Our Lady of Peace Church & Facebook) - Anonymous

Wed., July 3 – 6:30 pm (Our Lady of Peace Church & Facebook) - Anonymous

Thurs., July 4 – 8:30 am Adoration before mass
 
Thurs., July 4 – 9:30 am (Our Lady of Peace Church & Facebook) - Anonymous

Fri., July 5 – 9:30 am (Our Lady of Peace Church & Facebook) - Anonymous

Sat., July 6 – 7:00 pm (Our Lady of Peace Church) - People of God

Sun., July 7 – 10:00 am (Our Lady of Peace Church & Facebook) - People of God

 Sun., July 7 - 12:30 pm Mass  (St. Jude’s Green Lake) - People of God

THIS WEEK IN THE PARISH

1.  RCIA Classes – Classes will resume in October at Our Lady of Peace, Meadow Lake.
2. Catechism Classes in Green Lake – will resume in October.
3. Fr. Uche is celebrating 28 years as a priest on June 29th. More blessings on him.

 Sunday Collection – June 23:  Meadow Lake $986.00   Green Lake $130.30   Children’s Collection $2.25
                                                           
Sunday Church Attendance – June 23- Adults 117  Children  10   Total  127
 
The Pope’s Prayer Intention for July – for the pastoral care of the sick – We pray that the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick confer to those who receive it and their loved ones the power of the Lord and become ever more a visible sign of compassion and hope for all.

​Canada Day – July 1 – July 1 is celebrated as Canada’s birthday. Canadians should seek to be witnesses to Christ in Canada and the world, and to continue working to influence those in government to act from Christian principles and attitudes. Christians, realizing they do not have a lasting home here, should pray and work for justice and peace in Canada and throughout the world, so that all God’s people may share in the goods of this earth. God’s kingdom will come only when all people are ready to let Christ’s teaching guide and rule their lives and actions.
 
Congratulations – to Alison Boudreau whose name was drawn for the $500 scholarship at Carpenter and to Joshua Kirilenko whose name was drawn for the $630 scholarship from those who registered at the church office.
 
Fr. Uche 28th Anniversary – Fr. Uche is celebrating his 28th anniversary to the priesthood on June 29th. Fr Uche, as you mark another year as a priest, we celebrate your commitment to our spiritual well-being. May your ministry continue to flourish. Congratulations on 28 years of priesthood.
 
Scripture Insights – 13th 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. 254.
 
 In the Gospel reading, the account of one miraculous healing interrupts another. Many details link the synagogue ruler Jairus and the unnamed woman: Twelve years is both the length of her affliction and the age of Jairus’ daughter. They both – Jairus and the woman – fall down at Jesus’ feet, and they both believe that if Jesus simply touches the unwell body it will be healed. Jesus praises the woman for her faith and exhorts Jairus not to fear but to have faith. Other details separate them: Jairus is a powerful man, an official of the synagogue, and the woman who hemorrhages is a powerless woman who likely has been excluded from the synagogue because her affliction has made her ritually unclean. By healing both, Jesus symbolically heals all of Israel (if the number twelve is meant to resonate beyond itself), from the greatest to the least. The “raising” of Jairus’ daughter also hints at the resurrection: as Wisdom reminds us, “God did not make death, not does he rejoice in the destruction of the living.”
The second reading turns to Christian communities, with their mix of Jairuses and unnamed women. Paul urges his audience toward generosity for their impoverished brothers and sisters in Jerusalem: just as they abound in all other things, shouldn’t they also abound in giving? Christ was rich but became poor so that they might become rich. Paul stops just short of instructing them to imitate this pattern fully, suggesting that their abundance could overflow enough to create equality.
                    

• If God is good, if God loves us, then why do we suffer? Why do we die? These are questions that humans have been asking themselves across the span of generations, and the questions that we all wrestle with today. The first reading reminds us that suffering and death are not of God, but are the result of evil in the world. Most importantly, we must remember that though we do suffer and die, God never leaves us. God is there, alongside us, suffering with us, ready to see us through.

·         Equality and generosity are major themes of the second reading. When coupled with the message of our first reading, how does our lack of generosity or effort to ensure equality participate in that envious work of evil? How might we do better, taking up that work of undying justice?
Two stories in one Gospel reading in today’s long form: both speak of faith and miraculous healing. This can be especially hard to hear for those whose desperate pleas for God’s healing were not answered. Hear these stories, and hold these expectations with love and care. Notice that God’s healing came in a way that no one believed was possible: may we, too, be open to the God of Surprises, who grieves with us in the meantime.