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Our Lady of Peace Parish Also Serving Our Lady of the Smile parish, Waterhen Lake and
St. Jude’s Parish, Green Lake Office Hours For Parish Secretary: Monday - Friday: 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm Office Hours For Fr. Doug: Tuesday - Friday 10:00 am - 4:00 pm Office Phone: 306-236-5122 Cell Phone: 306-304-7271 Parish Email: [email protected] Pastor Email: [email protected] Address: 504-3rd Ave. East, Meadow Lake, SK S9X 1H5 “Sing praises to the Lord who heals the broken hearted.” Psalm 147 Responsorial Psalm Refrain February 7, 2021 - 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time 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. Doug Jeffrey, OMI Parish Secretary: Lorraine Thibeault Pastoral Council Chair: Doris Beaubien Finance Council Chair: Mass Attendance: If you would like to attend mass on Saturday night or Sunday morning in Meadow Lake, please call the Parish Office 306-236-5122 BEFORE FRIDAY NOON and leave a message. Reservations are necessary as we have limited capacity (30 people) and we do not want to turn someone away from the door. Donation envelopes and Income Tax receipts may be picked up from the Parish Office Monday to Friday 2:00 to 4:30 p.m. Masses Intentions Mon., Feb. 8 Personal Intention Tues., Feb. 9 - 6:30 am (Our Lady of Peace Church, Meadow Lake & Facebook) +Lorraine Senger by Norman and Francis Steier Wed., Feb. 10 - 6:30 pm (Facebook) +Lillian and Ed Mourre by Norman and Francis Steier Thurs., Feb. 11 - 6:30 pm (Facebook) +Souls in Purgatory by Carmelita Cameron Fri., Feb. 12 - 6:30 pm (Facebook) +Evelyn Lajeunesse by Bernice Murray Sat., Feb. 13 - 9:00 am (Facebook) Personal Intention Sat. Feb. 13 - 7:00 pm (Our Lady of Peace Parish Hall) People of God in the Meadow Lake Cluster Sun. Feb. 14 - 10 am (Our Lady of Peace Church, Meadow Lake & Facebook) People of God in the Meadow Lake Cluster Sun. Feb. 14 - 12:30 pm (St Jude’s Church, Green Lake) People of God in the Meadow Lake Cluster Sun. Feb. 14 – 3;00 pm (Our Lady of the Smile, Waterhen) People of God in the Meadow Lake Cluster THIS WEEK IN THE PARISH:
CWL Membership Fees – The membership fees of $30.00 are now past due. If you have not paid your 2021 membership fee, please drop your payment off at the Parish Office between 2:00-4:30 pm or contact Peggy Calvert at (306) 304-8180 First Reconciliation – A few folks have asked me for information regarding sacramental preparation. This year it is my plan to help parents prepare their children for the celebration of reconciliation. If your child is ready to begin preparation for the celebration of this sacrament, please contact me (Fr. Doug) at the Parish Office (306) 236 5122. I will arrange to meet with you, we will complete the registration information, I will share the resource books with you, and I will give you some tips re: how to use the books. When your child is ready, we will celebrate the sacrament of reconciliation. Because of Covid-19 this work which is often done in groups will be done individually to keep everyone as safe as possible. Please join us in prayer for our Seminarian Tai Le, currently on his Pastoral internship in our diocese. On Sunday, February 7, Tai will be receiving the ministry of Acolyte, the last step in preparation for his Diaconate, later this year. You are welcome to join us via livestream on the Diocese Facebook page. LIVING WORKS FAITH TRAINING: Suicide is a serious issue in our time and in our communities. Anne Duriez is the Roots of Hope Community Coordinator (Mental Health and Addiction Services) for Meadow Lake. She is offering an online workshop to give people skills to help those who are struggling with suicidal thoughts and actions. If you would like to take part in this online training and become a resource person for people who are struggling, please contact Anne at 306 236 1542, identify your parish community and sign up. The cost for the program is being covered by Saskatchewan Health. SaskHealth/Diocesan Covid-19 Guidelines – The province announced on Tuesday, January 26 that the current COVID-19 restrictions will be extended again until at least February 19, 2021. Please remember that our region currently has the highest case rate per capita in the province. We are asked to wear masks when in public, limit home gatherings and travel. In order to protect one another, our Church gatherings are limited to 30 people. We are asked to sanitize our hands, wear our masks (except when we receive communion), and maintain appropriate social distance. Let us continue to keep one another safe by following the Provincial guidelines. Let us express our love for one another by putting our sisters and brothers first. A Prayer as we Wait for a New Bishop Heavenly Father, we give you thanks for sending us your Son, Jesus Christ, to be our shepherd. We ask you to send your Holy Spirit upon us during this time of discernment. We pray that the one you have chosen will respond to your call. May your Spirit give him the wisdom for this calling and the love to continue to gather Your people in faith, joy, peace and hope. We ask this prayer through your Son and Mary, mother of the Church. Amen What’s your Catholic IQ? Last bulletin’s question and answer: The great leader of the chosen people who received the Ten Commandments from God was (c) Moses. Moses was born in Egypt and adopted by Pharaoh’s daughter. God called him to lead the chosen people out of Egypt to the promised land. Abraham and King David are familiar names, but there actually was a Zerubbabel. See if you can find his name in the family history of Jesus in Matthew 1:1-17. This week’s question: Jesus taught his disciples by telling short stories called (a) parables (b) riddles (c) fables (d) parentheses. PRINCE ALBERT DIOCESAN ANNOUNCEMENTS WORLD DAY OF THE SICK – FEBRUARY 11 - “You have but one teacher and you are all brothers” (Mt 23:8). A trust-based relationship to guide care for the sick – This year on the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes we celebrate the World Day of Prayer for the Sick. Pope Francis writes: “The theme of this Day is drawn from the Gospel passage in which Jesus criticizes the hypocrisy of those who fail to practice what they preach (cf. Mt 23:1-12). When our faith is reduced to empty words, unconcerned with the lives and needs of others, the creed we profess proves inconsistent with the life we lead. The danger is real. That is why Jesus uses strong language about the peril of falling into self-idolatry. He tells us: “You have but one teacher and you are all brothers” (v. 8). Jesus’ criticism of those who “preach but do not practice” (v. 3) is helpful always and everywhere, since none of us is immune to the grave evil of hypocrisy, which prevents us from flourishing as children of the one Father, called to live universal fraternity. Before the needs of our brothers and sisters, Jesus asks us to respond in a way completely contrary to such hypocrisy. He asks us to stop and listen, to establish a direct and personal relationship with others, to feel empathy and compassion, and to let their suffering become our own as we seek to serve them (cf. Lk 10:30-35).” Pope Francis reminds us that when we are sick larger, deeper questions emerge: “Sickness raises the question of life’s meaning, which we bring before God in faith. In seeking a new and deeper direction in our lives, we may not find an immediate answer. Nor are our relatives and friends always able to help us in this demanding quest. The biblical figure of Job is emblematic in this regard. Job’s wife and friends do not accompany him in his misfortune; instead, they blame him and only aggravate his solitude and distress. Job feels forlorn and misunderstood. Yet for all his extreme frailty, he rejects hypocrisy and chooses the path of honesty towards God and others. He cries out to God so insistently that God finally answers him and allows him to glimpse a new horizon. He confirms that Job’s suffering is not a punishment or a state of separation from God, much less as sign of God’s indifference. Job’s heart, wounded and healed, then makes this vibrant and touching confession to the Lord: “I had heard of you by word of mouth, but now my eye has seen you” (42:5).” Pope Francis invites us to share with others our own experience of encountering God. He invites us to be close to those who are sick: “United to Christ by the working of the Holy Spirit, we are called to be merciful like the Father and to love, in particular, our frail, infirm and suffering brothers and sisters (cf. Jn 13:34-35). We experience this closeness not only as individuals but also as a community. Indeed, fraternal love in Christ generates a community of healing, a community that leaves no one behind, a community that is inclusive and welcoming, especially to those most in need.” Being an inclusive and welcoming community is not just words, it requires something of each of us. Pope Francis writes: ““Serving means caring … for the vulnerable of our families, our society, our people” (Homily in Havana, 20 September 2015). In this outreach, all are “called to set aside their own wishes and desires, their pursuit of power, before the concrete gaze of those who are most vulnerable… Service always looks to their faces, touches their flesh, senses their closeness and even, in some cases, ‘suffers’ that closeness and tries to help them. Service is never ideological, for we do not serve ideas, we serve people” (ibid.).” Pope Francis concludes his remarks by reminding us to leave no one behind – especially the most vulnerable. While it is a growing tendency in our society to rid ourselves of the weak, Pope Francis reminds us that we as Church, followers of Jesus, must behave differently. “Dear brothers and sisters, the commandment of love that Jesus left to his disciples is also kept in our relationship with the sick. A society is all the more human to the degree that it cares effectively for its most frail and suffering members, in a spirit of fraternal love. Let us strive to achieve this goal, so that no one will feel alone, excluded or abandoned.” To register for the following opportunities, please be in touch with Christine Taylor at the Office for Evangelization and Catechesis (306) 922 4747 (Ext 227) A Virtual Lenten Bible Study with Christine Taylor and other members of the Evangelization and Catechesis Commission will be offered Thursdays during Lent from Feb 18 - Mar 25 from 7:00-8:30 p.m. A Virtual Lenten Retreat with Deacon Mike Hardwicke The Great Story of Jesus in Nine Acts March 6, 2021 from 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. There is a $10 cost for the booklet for this retreat.
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