27th Sunday in Ordinary Time October 6, 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  
 
 May the Lord bless us all the days of our lives.
Psalm 128 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., Oct. 7 – No mass
 
Tues., Oct. 8 – 10:00 am Liturgy with Communion at the Lodge
 
Tues., Oct. 8 – 6:30 pm (Our Lady of Peace Church & Facebook) - For all who are suffering with their mental health by Sandra Senga

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

Thurs., Oct. 10 – 8:30 am  Adoration before mass
 
Thurs., Oct. 10 – 9:30 am (Our Lady of Peace Church & Facebook) - For all who are suffering with their mental health by Sandra Senga

Fri., Oct. 11 – 9:30 am (Our Lady of Peace Church & Facebook) - Anonymous

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

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

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

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

THIS WEEK IN THE PARISH

1. Children’s catechism – Classes will begin next Sunday, October 13 after mass.

 
Sunday Collection – Sept. 29:  Meadow Lake $1269.05  Green Lake $32.80  Children’s Collection
                                         Sept. CAFT  $2280.00
 
Sunday Church Attendance – Sept. 29 – Adults  116   Children  12  Total  128
 
The Pope’s Prayer Intention for October – for a shared mission – We pray that the Church continue to sustain in all ways a Synodal lifestyle, as a sign of co-responsibility, promoting the participation, the communion and the mission shared among priests, religious and lay people.
 
October Rosary – we will pray the rosary before mass on Sundays in October. Pope Francis has asked that we pray for peace in the Middle East and around the world.
 
Save the Date – Our Lady of Peace Fall Supper will be held on Sunday, October 20 from 4:30 – 7:00 pm.
 
Fall Workshop – Goodsoil Ladies are inviting anyone interested to a fall workshop on Saturday, October 19 from 9:00 am to 2:30 pm in the Goodsoil Community Hall.  Speakers are Pat Hankey and Donna Aldous. Please register by October 11 with Gloria foley 306-821-6222 or Sylvia Bender-Rongve 306-230-4848. There is a $10 fee which includes lunch.
 
Diocesan Pastoral Council Meeting – The fall DPC Meeting will be held in Prince Albert on Saturday, October 26, 2024 from 9:00 am – 3:00 pm. Fr. Uche is looking for volunteers to attend this meeting with him. If you are able to attend please let the secretary know by October 16 as we have to register with the diocese by October 18.
 
Scripture Insights – 27th 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. 348.
 
 The Gospel offers a difficult and countercultural teaching about marriage. The Pharisees, who are experts in God’s law, test Jesus on a contested element of the law. Jewish teachers at the time agreed that the law made provisions for divorce but disagreed over what constituted appropriate grounds for divorce. Jesus concedes that the law does indeed allow for divorce under certain circumstances, but he suggests that this commandment was given not as a reflection of God’s ultimate purpose but to make accommodations for human weakness. Jesus appeals to a more foundational principle. He points to what God originally intended for his created beings: that, as male and female, they would be joined in permanent union. Jesus quotes first from Genesis I (“God made them make and female”), the verse that also reveals the profound truth that both men and women are created in God’s image (see Gn 1:27).
 Jesus then quotes a verse from the second chapter of Genesis, in which husband and wife unite to become one flesh (see Gn 2:24). If the first chapter of Genesis concentrates on humanity’s dignity and place within creation, the second chapter focuses on the harmonious suitability of the man and the woman, created to be in relation to one another. For Jesus, the creation accounts suggest that God’s original intention was for the permanence of marriage.
The second reading focuses on a different kind of family relationship. The Letter from Hebrews states that Jesus was made “lower than the angels” – that is, he became human. But it was this very act that enabled him to lead all humanity into salvation, from death to glory. By taking on the mortal flesh of a human being, Jesus becomes a brother to all other human beings, both men and women. We are saved by a sibling.
 

• The idea that Adam was created first, and Eve created to be his “helper” often leads preaching into the trap of subordinating woman to man. Rather, lean into the idea that God created women literally out of the same “stuff” of Adam: that there is a basic commonality of substance across genders, and that we need each other to be whole. How might we help one another understand and respect the necessity – not the subordination - of one another?

·         Note that these readings fall in the month of October – the month of pregnancy and infant loss awareness month. The Gospel’s invitation to let the children come to the Lord can mean something quite profound for those whose little ones are already home in heaven, long before the dreams of their lives could be realized. Hold these families with care, especially this month.
Take care, too, not to isolate divorced and remarried Catholics who hear a pretty stern accusation in this Gospel. The idea here is not to shame people for whom the decision to divorce was necessary to live their best version of themselves. It is an invitation for us to continue to see one another as the fullest picture of the image and likeness of God; so we must treat each other as such, rather than discard or offend those with whom we share a relationship.