32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time November 10, 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  
 
   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., Nov. 11 – No mass
 
Tues., Nov. 12 – 10:00 am Liturgy with Communion at the Lodge
 
Tues., Nov. 12 – 6:30 pm (Our Lady of Peace Church & Facebook) - For all who have no one else to pray for them by Theresa Rodrigue

Wed., Nov. 13 – 6:30 pm (Our Lady of Peace Church & Facebook) - For all who died alone with no one to pray for them by Theresa Rodrigue

Thurs., Nov. 14 – 9:30 am (Our Lady of Peace Church & Facebook) - +Cecile DeBray by Barbie Levesque

Thurs., Nov. 14 – 10:00 – 11:00 am (Adoration after mass)
 
Fri., Nov. 15 – 9:30 am (Our Lady of Peace Church & Facebook) - +Tanya Fillion by Barbie Levesque

Sat., Nov. 16 – 7:00 pm (Our Lady of Peace Church) - People of God

Sun., Nov. 17 – 10:00 am (Our Lady of Peace Church & Facebook) - People of God

Sun., Nov. 17 – 12:30 pm (St. Jude’s Green Lake) - People of God

THIS WEEK IN THE PARISH

1. Children’s catechism – Classes will be held weekly after Sunday mass.
2. Knights of Columbus Pancake Breakfast today, Nov. 10 after mass. Everyone welcome.

 
Sunday Collection – Nov. 3:  Meadow Lake $2532.35  Green Lake $174.55  Children’s Collection $8.80
                                         October CAFT    $2385.00
Sunday Church Attendance – Nov. 3 – Adults 137    Children 13  Total  150
 
The Pope’s Prayer Intention for November – for anyone who has lost a child – We pray that all parents who mourn the loss of a son or daughter find support in their community and receive peace and consolation from the Holy Spirit.
 
Bishop’s Annual Appeal:
“Bring Your Gifts to the Altar”
October 27, 2024 – December 31, 2024
Every gift is greatly appreciated!

 Bishop’s Annual Appeal – The ministries of the Bishop’s Annual Appeal continue their work in support of Faith formation, Family Life, Catholic Family Services, Indigenous Ministries, Evangelization and Catechesis. Will you help to keep these ministries strong?
            The Annual Appeal goal for Our Lady of Peace is $16,392.00 and for St. Jude’s Parish is $1823.00.
            As of Nov. 6 our parish has 8 pledges for $2420.00. The diocese has received 197 pledges for $139,468.48.
 
Remembrance Day – Canadians pause today in silence to remember those who died in war and to pray for victims of aggression and inhumanity throughout the world. This is a day to pray for peace, to consider what we are doing as individuals, as a community and as a nation to bring God’s peace into the world. This is a day when a believing community should rededicate itself by prayer and action to the ideals Jesus gives us in the Beatitudes.
 
Christmas Shoebox – The main reason to pack a shoebox is to ensure that children from the poorest families of the world know that someone cares, which is demonstrated be receiving a shoebox that is filled with toys, school supplies and personal care items. Shoeboxes can be picked up at the back of the church. More boxes have been ordered (also an ordinary shoebox can be used). All shoeboxes must be at the church on or before November 17th. For gift suggestions and information Google SamaritansPurse.ca/OCC.
 
Scripture Insights – 32nd 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. 384.
 
 Hebrews reminds us that the high priests in Israel enacted a ritual that echoed a heavenly one. Every year, they entered into a “copy” of heaven (that is, the inner sanctum of the Jerusalem temple) to make atonement for sins. Jesus perfects and completes this ritual. He enters into the true sanctuary – heaven itself – and “once for all” makes atonement for sins by his sacrifice, bearing not the blood of others but his own blood. When Christ appears to us again, it will be for the final salvation that we eagerly await, when “the Lord shall reign forever” (Ps 146:10) in the new creation.
 The Gospel reading contains a double-edged sword. Jesus observes people putting money into the temple treasury. Wealthy people put in a lot, but Jesus does not comment on that. A poor widow puts in two coins, and Jesus gathers his disciples to proclaim that the woman has contributed more than everyone else put together, because she gave out of her poverty.
On the one hand, this is a praiseworthy story of costly generosity. The woman in the Gospel is like the widow of Zarephath, who gave her last scrap of flour and oil to the prophet Elijah. That widow’s flour and oil never ran out; as the psalmist writes, “The widow [God] sustains.”
Just before Jesus observes the widow, he warns against the scribes, who “devour the houses of widows.” Suddenly Jesus’ observation that she gave “her whole livelihood” takes on a sharper note. Have the scribes, who were associated with the temple leadership, devoured her house? Jesus’ story challenges us not only to admire the widow but to condemn those who failed to care for her in her poverty.
 

• Even the smallest, simplest of gestures can give us more life than we may ever have imagined. Like the widow using what she believed to be her last little bit of sustenance to feed Elijah, a stranger. What is an example of a time you gave what little you had and received much more in return?

·         Scriptures often speak about widows, especially showing Christ’s love and care for them, and the charge for others to do the same. During the life of Jesus, widows were among the most vulnerable of society: with no husband attached to their name, they had no status. Who are those with the lowest social status in our communities today? Are they among us, sitting in our pews? Do we notice them, name them?

• For the wealthy, giving a few dollars to a charity a few times a year doesn’t really “cost” them anything. They don’t really feel the pinch, they do not go without. But for the poor, like the widow in today’s Gospel, giving the little that she had required true sacrifice – financial, emotional, mental. She definitely would feel the loss, and yet she decides to give anyway. She decides that this loss is worth it. What is worth it to us? What are we willing to sacrifice for?