Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe November 24, 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  
 
  The Lord is king; he is robed in majesty.
Psalm 93 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. 25 – No mass
 
Tues., Nov. 26 – 10:00 am Liturgy with Communion at the Lodge
 
Tues., Nov. 26 – 6:30 pm (Our Lady of Peace Church & Facebook) - Special Intention by Louis Gratton

Wed., Nov. 27 – 6:30 pm (Our Lady of Peace Church & Facebook) - Special Intention by Louis Gratton

Thurs., Nov. 28 – 9:30 am (Our Lady of Peace Church & Facebook) - Special Intention by Louis Gratton

Thurs., Nov. 28 – 10:00 – 11:00 am (Adoration after mass)
 
Fri., Nov. 29 – 9:30 am (Our Lady of Peace Church & Facebook) - +Therese Christensen by Darcy, Dustin & Jim Thomas & Kelty Esau

Sat., Nov. 30 – 7:00 pm (Our Lady of Peace Church) - People of God

Sun., Dec. 1 – 10:00 am (Our Lady of Peace Church & Facebook) - People of God

Sun., Dec. 1 – 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.

 
Sunday Collection – Nov. 17:  Meadow Lake $1100.05  Green Lake $110.35  Children’s Collection $3.00
 
Sunday Church Attendance – Nov. 17 – Adults 120    Children 8  Total  128
 
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 –  Thank you for supporting the bishop’s Annual Appeal. You can bring your donation to the office during the postal strike. We will arrange for it to get to Prince Albert.
            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. 18 our parish has 20 pledges for $5780.00. The diocese has received 485 pledges for $231533.48.
 
Christmas Cards for the Lodge – Parishioners are invited to prepare 5 – 10 Christmas cards which will be distributed randomly. Please drop them off at the office on or before December 17. Thank you!
 
World Day of Youth – Instituted in 1985 at the conclusion of the International Year of Youth and in conjunction with Saint John Paul II’s World Youth Day gatherings, this observance has taken place on Palm Sunday. In 2020 Pope Francis transferred the date to the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe. “Young people must say to the world: It is good to follow Jesus! You bring us the joy of faith and tell us that we must live the faith always with a young heart.”    Pope Francis               Taken from Ordo  page 253
 
Reverse Collection – Once again we will have the Reverse Collection. Please pick a few slips of paper, purchase the items and bring them to the church. The food will be taken to the Door of Hope just before Christmas. Thank you for your participation in this project for the needy of our community.
 
Old Hall Tables – We are selling about 15 of the old brown hall tables for $25 each. If you are interested in purchasing any of these tables please contact the office.
 
Scripture Insights – Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe
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. 398.
 
 “Are you the King of the Jews?” Pilate wants to know. If Jesus declares himself to be king of the Jews, then Pilate can execute him for sedition, for threatening Caesar’s authority. Jesus’ roundabout answer must have puzzled Pilate. Jesus, of course, is a king – not only of the Jews, but over the whole universe, even over Caesar. Pilate has simply misunderstood the nature of Jesus’ kingship. He is not a king among other kings. Instead, Jesus is a king the way God is a king: “in splendor robed,” the psalmist declares. Emperors and presidents come and go; Jesus’ throne endures forever.
 When the visionary John writes to the Christians of Asia Minor (Caesar’s domain, remember), he tells them that Christ “has made us into a kingdom” – in other words, Jesus’ kingdom consists of every person who “listens to [his] voice” (Jn 18:37). Revelation names the universal scope of Jesus’ rule by identifying him as the exalted Son of Man in Daniel’s vision who was given everlasting “dominion, glory, and kingship” over all the peoples and nations of the earth (Dn 7:14; Rev 1:6 – 7). When the author of Revelation declares that “all the peoples of the earth will lament him” or wail over him, he is borrowing from the prophet Zechariah, who prophesied that God would “pour out a spirit of compassion” on his people so that they would mourn for the one they had pierced as if weeping over a firstborn son or an only child (see Rv 12:10).
In this way, Revelation suggests that the nations might do what Pilate and the high priests could not: recognize Jesus as the true king, the one who was and is and is to come, and bow before him in repentance.
 

• Alpha and Omega, first and last, beginning and end. God was there, in the beginning, with the Word. God has been with us throughout all time, as we have heard again and again in the retelling of our stories through the prophets and the Acts of the Apostles. God will be there at the end, the final moments of the final days. No matter what trials will come as we approach the end of days, take comfort in knowing that God will be there, too. God will not leave us alone.

·         Even though we use the language of royalty to speak of our God, Christ himself reminds us that our earthly understanding of authority and its various labels means nothing to him, because his kingdom is not of this world, not like anything we know. Let us not get caught up in the labels, but let us lean into the great mystery of Love beyond our comprehension.

• The end of the world and the beginning of new life come one right after the other in this transition from one liturgical year to the next. The language of the end of days does not disappear as we enter Advent next weekend: consider ways to point out these connections in your preaching, so that the wheel of God’s time continues to flow and ignite our imagination to keep the mystery alive and active.