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 Praise the Lord, O my soul! Psalm 146 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., Sept. 9 – No mass Tues., Sept. 10 – 10:00 am Liturgy with Communion at the Lodge Tues., Sept. 10 – 1:00 pm Mass at Elders Lodge on Flying Dust Tues., Sept. 10 – 6:30 pm (Our Lady of Peace Church & Facebook) - Thanksgiving by Swapna Abraham & Bijo Augustine Wed., Sept. 11 – 6:30 pm (Our Lady of Peace Church & Facebook) - +Wayne Bettcher by Ken & Margaret Alger Thurs., Sept. 12 – 8:30 am Adoration before mass Thurs., Sept. 12 – 9:30 am (Our Lady of Peace Church & Facebook) - +Hana Johnson by Troy & Rita Johnson & Family Fri., Sept. 13 – 9:30 am (Our Lady of Peace Church & Facebook) - +Don Sinclair by Wilfred Sinclair Sat., Sept. 14 – 7:00 pm (Our Lady of Peace Church) - People of God Sun., Sept. 15 – 10:00 am (Our Lady of Peace Church & Facebook) - People of God Sun., Sept. 15 – 12:30 pm (St. Jude’s Green Lake) - People of God THIS WEEK IN THE PARISH
Sunday Collection – September 1: Meadow Lake $1953.50 Green Lake $383.00 Children’s Collection $2.00 August CAFT $2375.00 Sunday Church Attendance – September 1 – Adults 111 Children 13 Total 124 The Pope’s Prayer Intention for September – for the cry of the earth – We pray that each one of us will hear and take to heart the cry of the Earth and of victims of natural disasters and climactic change, and that all will undertake to personally care for the world in which we live. Please pray for Robert Chaillee whose funeral took place September 7 at 11:00 am in our church. Please remember Robert and his family in your prayers. 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. Parish Secretary – We are still looking for a new parish secretary. The current secretary will be retiring by the end of the year at the latest. The secretary is willing to work with/train anyone interested. Please contact the office for any further information. Scripture Insights – 23rd 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. 320. In the Gospel reading, people marvel when Jesus heals a man who can neither hear nor speak, opening his ears and loosing his tongue. Their astonishment is appropriate, since Jesus is fulfilling what the prophet Isaiah foretold: “Then will . . . the ears of the deaf be cleared . . . then the tongue of the mute will sing” (Isaiah 35:5, 6). The key to understanding the amazement in the Gospel is in Isaiah’s word then. When will these things happen? When God comes with vindication and divine recompense to save his people Israel. When they see those signs – the blind see, the deaf hear, the mute speak – they will know, “Here is your God!” Mark’s Gospel shows Jesus performing these signs and declares, “Here is your God!” Mark places Jesus in the role of Yahweh, the Savior if Israel. But there’s more. The healing occurs in the region known as the Decapolis – ten Roman cities originally settled by Greeks. It’s unclear whether the man that Jesus healed is a Jew or a Greek, but Jesus’ healing ministry in the Decapolis region hints at his mission to save not only Israel but the world.
Take care to not equate physical limitations with sin, or with a need to be “cured”. Those who navigate the world with differently-abled bodies are no less loved by God, and are certainly no more sinful than any one of us. Rather, focus on the need for all of us to be spiritually opened, freed from all that gets in the way of the flow of communication between God and his people. What limits our access to spirituality?
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November 2024
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