Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time July 20, 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  
 
   O Lord, who may abide in your tent?
Psalm 15 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., July 21 – No mass
 
Tues., July 22 – 10:00 am  Liturgy with Communion at the Lodge
 
Tues., July 22 – 6:30 pm (Our Lady of Peace Church & Facebook) -  +Wayne & Betty Bettcher by Chris & Pat Bencharski

Wed., July 23 – 6:30 pm (Our Lady of Peace Church & Facebook) - Anonymous

Thurs., July 24 – 9:30 am (Our Lady of Peace Church & Facebook) - Anonymous

Thurs., July 24 – 10:00 am Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
 
Fri., July 25 – 9:30 am (Our Lady of Peace Church & Facebook) - Anonymous
 
Sat., July 26 – 7:00 pm (Our Lady of Peace Church) - People of God

Sun., July 27 – 10:00 am (Our Lady of Peace Church & Facebook) - People of God

Sun., July 27 – 12:30 pm (St. Jude’s Green Lake) - People of God

THIS WEEK IN THE PARISH
 
  Sunday Collection –  July 13  Meadow Lake  $4582.37   Green Lake  $323.05  Children’s $9.05
                       
Sunday Church Attendance –    July 13   Adults  99  Children  11  Total  110
 
The Pope’s Prayer Intention for July – For formation in discernment – Let us pray that we might again learn how to discern, to know how to choose paths of life and reject everything that leads us away from Christ and the Gospel.
 
Pilgrimages – The diocese is encouraging the faithful to attend at least one pilgrimage during this Jubilee Year. Our Lady of Lourdes (St. Laurent) in Duck Lake has three opportunities this year – July 15/16, August 15 and September 8. Please plan to attend if possible. Information on other pilgrimages can be found on posters at the back of the church.  
 
St. Rose de Lima Parish in Cochin is having a special celebration on Monday, August 25 for St. Rose de Lima Day. The celebration will start with mass at 11:00 am followed by a catered lunch. Everyone is invited to attend this celebration. There is a sign up sheet at the back of the church as they need to know numbers for the meal.
 
Scripture Insights – Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
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. 270.
 
 In the reading from Genesis, Abraham has some unusual guests.  The story continues in the Bible for nearly another five verses after today’s passage.  Those verses include Abraham’s wife, Sarah, overhearing and laughing at the announcement that she would have a son within the year.  Only we, the readers, know from the opening verse that “the Lord appeared to Abraham” in this sequence (although verse 13 makes this clear, stating, “But the Lord said to Abraham”).  Three chapters later, in Genesis 21, Isaac is born to Sarah and Abraham.
The Gospel passage is both familiar and challenging.  While the Gospel of John recounts two stories involving the sisters Martha and Mary (see Jn 11, “the raising of Lazarus,” and Jn 12, “the anointing at Bethany”), only Luke tells of this particular incident.  The event recorded here, as in our first reading, is about hospitality.  It is Martha’s home, and it is she who welcomes Jesus.  Mary sits at his feet.
 
·         As coworkers in the Church, we may look at one another’s vocations with envy or resentment, especially when we feel stressed and overwhelmed in our own lives.  We may begin to feel abandoned – not only by others but also by God.  Let us take a cue from Martha and take these feelings to Jesus, letting him remind us with tenderness of the call we are all given: to love.
 

• We would all move through the world a bit differently if we recognized Jesus’ reflection in every person we met.  We would likely have to loosen the tight grip on our plans and make room for spontaneity.  We would have to reorient our attachment to possessions and consider them at the service of all.   We would have to step out of the comfort of anonymity to be seen and known by others.