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 Taste and see that the Lord is good. Psalm 34 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., Aug. 19 – No mass Tues., Aug. 20 – 10:00 am Liturgy with Communion at the Lodge Tues., Aug. 20 – 6:30 pm (Our Lady of Peace Church & Facebook) -Anonymous Wed., Aug. 21 – 6:30 pm (Our Lady of Peace Church & Facebook)-Anonymous Thurs., Aug. 22 – 8:30 am Adoration before mass Thurs., Aug. 22 – 9:30 am (Our Lady of Peace Church & Facebook) - Anonymous Fri., Aug. 23 – 9:30 am (Our Lady of Peace Church & Facebook) - Anonymous Sat., Aug. 24 – 7:00 pm (Our Lady of Peace Church) - People of God Sun., Aug. 25 – 10:00 am (Our Lady of Peace Church & Facebook) - People of God Sun., Aug. 25 – 12:30 pm (St. Jude’s Green Lake) - People of God Sun., Aug. 25 – 3:00 pm (Our Lady of the Smile Waterhen) - People of God THIS WEEK IN THE PARISH
Sunday Collection – August 11: Meadow Lake $1778.00 Green Lake $305.20 Children’s Collection $4.50 Sunday Church Attendance – August 11 - Adults 177 Children 16 Total 193 The Pope’s Prayer Intention for August – for political leaders – We pray that political leaders be at the service of their own people, working for integral human development and for the common good, especially caring for the poor and those who have lost their jobs Please pray for Wayne Bettcher who passed away on August 11. Prayers were held Friday evening, Aug. 16 at 7:00 pm and his funeral took place Saturday, August 17 at 11:00 am in our church. Please remember Wayne and his family in your prayers. Please pray for Abbot Peter Novecosky who passed away August 15. His funeral will be held in Humboldt at St. Augustine’s Parish on Tuesday, August 20 at 11:00 am. May he rest in peace. Parish Garage Sale – Our parish will be holding a garage sale on Saturday, September 21 in the Parish Hall. Donated items for the sale can be dropped off at the hall on Thursday and Friday, Sept. 19th and 20th. Season of Creation - The 2024 Season of Creation will take place from September 1st to October 4th with the theme “To hope and act with Creation”. Scripture Insights – 20th 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. 302. During these weeks when we hear the bread-of-life discourse from the sixth chapter of John’s Gospel, the first readings bring us passages from the Old Testament that highlight the importance of feasting, eating, and drinking in good times and in bad. The first reading today is from the Book of Proverbs, a collection of sayings written over the course of centuries that praise Wisdom in its many divine manifestations. The Book of Proverbs portrays Wisdom as a woman preparing food and drink to nourish those who come to her. Wisdom has prepared a table, and she calls our her invitation through the entire city: “Come, eat of my food, and drink of the wine I have mixed!” While the first reading and the Gospel bring out the importance of wine in tradition – at Wisdom’s table and in Jesus’ words to the crowd – the second reading explicitly warns against drinking wine in excess. St. Paul cautions the Ephesians to think about their daily lives: They should behave moderately and make the best use of their time and abilities. In order to live as Paul encourages, we need wisdom, a gift of the Spirit, to teach us God’s ways. We also need to know our own gifts along with our lacks. But even as St. Paul cautions against “debauchery,” and other Scripture texts occasionally recommend abstinence from wine, in today’s liturgy Proverbs and John encourage consumption – presumably in moderation and for a far better purpose than debauchery! The beautiful passage from John is a continuation of the Eucharistic theology we have been hearing for a few weeks. The Gospel’s concentration on the “flesh and blood” of Christ in the bread and wine is, according to biblical scholars, a kind of sacramental realism. Outside of its religious context, this very specific encouragement to “eat flesh” and “drink blood” would sound strange indeed.
“You are what you eat.” Essentially, Christ is asking us to become more Christ-like by eating his Body and Blood. Everything that nourishes and sustains our body, the fuel that gives us energy to rise in the morning, to propel our organs, the lifeblood that invigorates our mind and heart should be the very stuff of divinity itself. With our beings fixed on this heavenly food, we consume our inheritance of everlasting life.
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February 2025
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