14th Sunday in Ordinary Time July 6, 2025

 
        
       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 MON, TUES, THURS & FRI
OPEN : Wednesday 10:00 am - 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  
 
   Make a joyful noise to God, all the earth!
Psalm 66 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 7 - No mass       

  Tues., July 8 – 10:00 am  Liturgy with Communion at the Lodge
 
Tues., July 8 – 6:30 pm (Our Lady of Peace Church & Facebook) -  +Paul Tourand Jr. by Theresa Tourand

Wed., July 9 – 6:30 pm (Our Lady of Peace Church & Facebook) - Anonymous

Thurs., July 10 – 9:30 am (Our Lady of Peace Church & Facebook) - Joe A. Laliberte & Marie & Family

Thurs., July 10 – 10:00 am Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
 
Fri., July 11 – 9:30 am (Our Lady of Peace Church & Facebook) - Joe A. Laliberte & Marie & Family          

Sat., July 12 – 7:00 pm (Our Lady of Peace Church) - People of God

Sun., July 13 – 10:00 am (Our Lady of Peace Church & Facebook) - People of God

Sun., July 13 – 12:30 pm (St. Jude’s Green Lake) - People of God

Sun., July 13 – 3:00 pm (Our Lady of the Smile Waterhen) - People of God

THIS WEEK IN THE PARISH

1. Funeral for Eileen Jeancart will be Monday, July 7 at 2:00 pm.

 
  Sunday Collection –  June 29  Meadow Lake  $1623.20   Green Lake  $132.75  Children’s $4.75
                       
Sunday Church Attendance –    June 29   Adults  110  Children  8  Total  118
 
The Pope’s Prayer Intention for July – For formation in discernment – Let us pray that we might again learn how to discern, to know how to choose paths of life and reject everything that leads us away from Christ and the Gospel.

Please remember in your prayers Eileen Jeancart who passed away recently. Her funeral will be held Monday, July 7 at 2:00 pm in Our Lady of Peace Church.    
 
Thank You to Meadow Green Greenhouse for donating flowers to decorate Fr. Uche’s yard. Your generosity is much appreciated.
 
Pilgrimages – The diocese is encouraging the faithful to attend at least one pilgrimage during this Jubilee Year. Our Lady of Lourdes (St. Laurent) in Duck Lake has three opportunities this year – July 15/16, August 15 and September 8. Please plan to attend if possible. Information on other pilgrimages can be found on posters at the back of the church.  
 
Scripture Insights – Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Taken from Source Book for Sundays, Seasons and Weekdays 2025: The Almanac for Pastoral Liturgy, LTP Liturgy Training Publications Copyright 2024, 3949 South Racine Avenue, Chicago, IL 60609, pg. 258.
 
 Today’s reading from Isaiah is from the very last chapter of this monumental prophetic book. In some respects, the last two chapters of Isaiah might be considered a grand finale to a work that spans an extensive period of Israel’s relationship with God. This passage, addressed to the postexilic community, offers hope to the people who did not see God’s promises made to the exiles as coming to fulfillment. The message to this community is: Rejoice! God will comfort you, and you will know the Lord’s saving power.
In the concluding verses of Paul’s Letter to the Galatians, we hear that Paul takes pride in his commitment to the cross of the Lord Jesus Christ. Paul, who has been a persecutor of the followers of Jesus, now proclaims that the only important thing in life is to become a new creation in Christ.
The Gospel passage from Luke provides us with some idea of the urgency of the disciples’ mission. Nowhere else in the Gospels do we hear of this group of seventy-two followers of Jesus. Elsewhere, the Scriptures identify the twelve. This increase in the number of those preaching the news of the kingdom might be understood as a foreshadowing of what will take place in the years to come.
In some way, all of today’s readings speak of a people who know that they are of God. While the cost of discipleship is high, the people of God can only rejoice in what the Lord has done for them.
 
·         Today’s theme of rejoicing challenges us to examine the main sources of our joy. At times we rely heavily on the pride and satisfaction of having done something well, instead of simply basking in the joy of knowing that we are part of God’s beloved community.

• Compare and contrast the minimalist travel of the seventy-two disciples with the prosperity described in Isaiah. Both reveal God’s power. Both lead us away from a culture of individual wealth accumulation and toward a kingdom of communal abundance.