Exaltation of the Holy Cross September 14, 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, WED, & FRI
OPEN : Tuesday and Thursday 9:00 am – 12:00 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  
 
   Do not forget the works of the Lord!
Psalm 78 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:
Myra Briscoe
 
  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. 15 – No mass
 
Tues., Sept. 16 – 10:00 am Liturgy with Communion at the Lodge
 
Tues., Sept. 16 - 1:00 pm mass at Elders lodge on Flying Dust
 
Tues., Sept. 16 – 6:30 pm (Our Lady of Peace Church & Facebook) - +Paul & Theresa Tourand by Wayne Tourand

Wed., Sept. 17 – 6:30 pm (Our Lady of Peace Church & Facebook) -  For the health and safe delivery of all unborn babies by the Rodrigue family

Thurs., Sept. 18 – 9:30 am (Our Lady of Peace Church & Facebook) - For Annie with cancer by the Rodrigue family

Thurs., Sept. 18 – 10:00 am Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
 
Fri., Sept. 19 – 9:30 am (Our Lady of Peace Church & Facebook) - For M.T Abraham by Swapna and Bijo

Sat., Sept. 20 – 7:00 pm (Our Lady of Peace Church & Facebook) - People of God

Sun., Sept. 21 – 10:00 am (Our Lady of Peace Church & Facebook) - People of God

Sun., Sept. 21 – 12:30 pm (St. Jude’s Green Lake) - People of God

THIS WEEK IN THE PARISH

1. Parish Ministry Workshop today Sunday, Sept. 14 after mass.
2. Jubilee Year Cross Icon will be coming to our parish for a week starting today Sunday, Sept. 14.

 
  Sunday Collection –  September 7  Meadow Lake  $ 1,388.70  Green Lake  $ 330.40 Children’s $ 4.40
                       
Sunday Church Attendance –    September 7   Adults  138  Children  16  Total  154
 
The Pope’s Prayer Intention for September – For our relationship with all of creation – Let us pray that, inspired by Saint Francis, we might experience our interdependence with all creatures who are loved by God and worthy of love and respect.
 
Baptism Preparation Classes – will be held on Wednesdays after evening mass on September 17 and 24.
 
Pilgrimages – The diocese is encouraging the faithful to attend at least one pilgrimage during this Jubilee Year. Monsignor Maurice Fiolleau is going on a faith pilgrimage in France September 29 – October 9, 2026. Information on this pilgrimage can be found on posters at the back of the church.  
 
Scripture Insights – Exaltation of the Holy Cross
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. 322.
 
 The author of Numbers records the grumbling of the Israelites who experience hunger and thirst on their journey out of Egypt.  A plague of snakes is their punishment, and they beg Moses to speak to the Lord on their behalf.  The Lord instructs Moses to make a bronze serpent and place it on a pole; all who look at it will live.
The second reading offers a succinct and profound Christology from the early Church.  Christ is presented as both human in appearance and divine in his mission.  He is the one who empties himself – in other words, gives all that he is – in obedience to the Father.  This faithful obedience leads to his death on the cross.  His death on the cross leads to his exaltation by the Father and the salvation of every one who confesses Jesus Christ as Lord.
The Gospel text weaves together the threads in the first two readings as Jesus speaks about himself as Son of Man.  Jesus places his life, and by implication his impending passion and death, in the context of the Father’s love for the whole world.
 
·         In Jesus’ time, the cross was a barbaric instrument of torture.  Yet it has been transformed into the ultimate symbol of hope springing from Jesus’ victory over death.  The cross serves as a never-ending source of hope for us today in the face of so many seemingly hopeless situations of violence, separation, and injustice.

• We continue to witness Christ crucified in the world through various mechanisms of oppression and torture – perhaps none more salient than the lynching of African Americans in the United States as recently as the 1960’s.  James Cone challenges Christians to see how “the cross placed alongside the lynching tree can help us to see Jesus in America in a new light, and thereby empower people who claim to follow him to take a stand against white supremacy and every kind of injustice” (The Cross and the Lynching Tree, pg. xix).