Second Sunday of Lent March 16, 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, TUES, THURS & FRI
OPEN : Wednesday 10:00 am - 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 my light and my salvation.
Psalm 27 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., Mar. 17 – No mass
 
Tues., Mar. 18– 10:00 am Liturgy with Communion at the Lodge
 
Tues., Mar.18 – 6:30 pm (Our Lady of Peace Church & Facebook) - +Yolande Gratton by Louis Gratton

Wed., Mar. 19 – 6:30 pm (Our Lady of Peace Church & Facebook) - +Louis & Germaine Wilfing & Raymond Wilfing by Nick & Eileen Charney

Thurs., Mar. 20 – 9:30 am (Our Lady of Peace Church & Facebook) - +Conrad Sinclair & family by Wilfred Sinclair

Thurs., Mar. 20 – 10:00 am Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
 
Fri., Mar. 21 – 9:30 am (Our Lady of Peace Church & Facebook) - Sarah Koch & family by Theresa Rodrigue

Sat., Mar. 22 – 7:00 pm (Our Lady of Peace) - People of God

Sun., Mar. 23 – 10:00 am (Our Lady of Peace Church & Facebook) - People of God

Sun., Mar. 23 – 12:30 pm (St. Jude’s Green Lake) - People of God

THIS WEEK IN THE PARISH

1. Catechism classes every Sunday after mass.
2. Stations of the Cross this Friday, March 21 at 7:00 pm led by the Pastoral Council.
3. Pastoral Council Meeting Tuesday, Mar. 18 after evening mass.

 
Sunday Collection –  Mar. 9  Meadow Lake  $1827.40    Green Lake  $136.80   Children’s $1.50
                                                           
Sunday Church Attendance –    Mar. 9   Adults  114  Children  14    Total  128
 
 
The Pope’s Prayer Intention for March – For families in crisis  – Let us pray that broken families might discover the cure for their wounds through forgiveness, rediscovering each other’s gifts, even in their differences.
 
40 Cans for Lent – For the past number of years the Meadow Lake Knights of Columbus have sponsored 40 Cans for Lent resulting in thousands of cans of food and other food products being donated to the Door of Hope. Now with food prices increasing, more families and individuals in Meadow Lake and surrounding area need the Door of Hope to supplement their food requirements. To help meet this need, the Meadow Lake Knights of Columbus are once again asking the members of the parish to support this project. Each day of Lent one can will be placed in the cross. We are asking families to bring non-perishable food each week of Lent. Thank you.
 
Easter Cards – We invite all parishioners to write Easter cards for our shutins and seniors at the Lodge. Please bring the cards to the office and they will be distributed. If you know of someone who would benefit from this, please call Marie Mamchur at 240-6155 with their name and address. Thank you.
 
Knights of Columbus – regular meeting and initiation degree will be held Tuesday, March 25 after evening mass.
 
Lent/Easter Retreat – We will have a retreat on Thursday and Friday, March 27 and 28 beginning with mass at 6:30 pm each evening.
 
Scripture Insights – Second Sunday of Lent
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. 122.
 
 This week’s readings include Luke’s narration of the transfiguration of Jesus into his full glory. As breathtaking as this episode is, the verse that I find most striking in today’s readings contains Paul’s description of those he calls “enemies of the cross of Christ” (Phil 3:18). In the Letter to the Philippians, he claims, “Their God is their stomach” (3:19). Is there a more poignant way of illustrating the insatiability of greed in many parts of the Western twenty-first-century world? Paul urges the Philippians and us to seek our identity and destination in Christ. The apostle calls us to live like Jesus, a model of simplicity and generosity (the opposite of greed) for which he himself strives.
Luke’s Gospel blesses us with Peter, James, and John’s glimpse of the true nature of Jesus, the Christ and Son of God. He clarifies, however, that this is not where we remain. Truth may be revealed to us on the mountain, but we cannot stay there. Our vocation is with our people – humankind – who need us as we need each other. Our call is to “listen to him” (9:36) and bring this revelatory truth into the grass roots. We need the glory of God in Christ, and the Triune God asks that we listen to the One who appeared in glory.
The faithful beauty of this summons is grounded in God’s call of Abraham, our father and model of faith, to covenant relationship. We must be open to God’s plan for us at every moment of our lives. Abraham was called to leave all he knew to follow God. The generational benefits of that new relationship are only beginning to be manifested.
 

• Each of us has “wow” moments like the transfiguration – and they can be really powerful touchpoints to help ground us, but we also can’t rely on those moments to sustain us forever. It takes continuous effort and intentionality. But we can lean on memories as touchpoints when we persevere through more difficult times.

·         Peter responds to this surreal moment by leaning back on familiar actions, not yet realizing the new covenant, the new way of being in relationship with God, that Jesus represented. When God invites us, personally and as a community, to a deeper connection, do we turn back to the familiar, or embrace something new? If the Lord is our light and our salvation, why should we be afraid?

• One of the shifts that Jesus brought about was to shatter the clear, bold line between holy and unholy. In Jesus we realize that to be human is to be holy. To care for the human needs in ourselves and in our neighbor is to build the kingdom of heaven.