Solemnity of Pentecost June 8, 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  
 
   Lord, send forth your Spirit, and renew the face of the earth.
Psalm 104 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., June 9 – No mass
 
Tues., June 10 – 10:00 am  Liturgy with Communion at the Lodge
 
Tues., June 10 – 6:30 pm (Our Lady of Peace Church & Facebook) - +Janice Scherr by Rhea & Renee Scherr

Wed., June 11 – 6:30 pm (Our Lady of Peace Church & Facebook) - +George Arnault & family by Wilfred Sinclair

Thurs., June 12 – 9:30 am (Our Lady of Peace Church & Facebook) - +Louis & Germaine Wilfing & Raymond Wilfing by Nick & Eileen Charney

Thurs., June 12 – 10:00 am Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
 
Fri., June 13 – 9:30 am (Our Lady of Peace Church & Facebook) - Anonymous

Sat., June 14 – 7:00 pm (Our Lady of Peace Church) First Communion/Confirmation
People of God

Sun., June 15 – 10:00 am (Our Lady of Peace Church & Facebook) - People of God

Sun., June 15 – 12:30 pm (St. Jude’s Green Lake) - People of God

THIS WEEK IN THE PARISH

1. First Communion/confirmation will be celebrated Saturday, June 14 at 7:00 pm.

Sunday Collection –  June 1  Meadow Lake  $1854.00   Green Lake  $468.00  Children’s $2.25
                                    May CAFT  $2405.00
 
Sunday Church Attendance –    June 1   Adults  122  Children  12  Total  134
 
The Pope’s Prayer Intention for June – That the world might grow in compassion – Let us pray that each one of us might find consolation in a personal relationship with Jesus, and from his Heart, learn to have compassion on the world.

​Grad Scholarship – We are once again hoping to present graduates with a scholarship from Our Lady of Peace. If you would like to participate in this project please place your donation in an envelope marked Grad Scholarship.  Thank you.
 
Solemnity of Pentecost – Today is the Solemnity of Pentecost, when we celebrate the outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples and their sharing of the Good News of Jesus Christ with the world. This day is acknowledged as the birth of the Church since it is the day when the frightened and confused disciples emerged from the upper room, boldly proclaiming the mighty acts of God through the crucified and risen Lord.
 
Scripture Insights – Solemnity of Pentecost
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. 222.
 
 This joyous Solemnity of Pentecost brings the Easter season to a conclusion. In today’s Gospel, Jesus tells his disciples that his Father will send them the Holy Spirit, and we witness this promise brought to fulfillment in the reading from Acts. How is this Spirit manifested in Acts? It is noisy, powerful, fiery, and enabling. Those who received the Spirit were able to speak in different languages. Thus, “devout Jews from every nation under heaven” (2:5) who were staying in Jerusalem were able to understand what was proclaimed to them. This event has sometimes been understood as a reversal of the event of the Tower of Babel, a time when people challenged God through their desire for power. As a result, God confused their language and scattered them over the earth.
The power of the first reading is reinforced in the refrain from the responsorial psalm: “Lord, send out your Spirit, and renew the face of the earth.” This hymn of praise recognizes God as creator of all and understands that without God’s breath of life, we perish.
Paul’s text from the Letter to the Romans also recognizes the power of God’s life-giving Spirit. Paul reminds us that if we embrace this Spirit, if the Spirit dwells within us, we are children of God and heirs with Christ. Accepting such a gift has consequences. Like Christ, we will suffer, but we will also be glorified with him.
 
·         Consider the amazing diversity of peoples from the Jewish diaspora who were witness to this first Pentecost. The miracle of them hearing in their native dialects is significant; the miracle could just as well have been that they all understood perfectly one universal language. The Church today is even wider in its diversity of cultures and languages, yet individual Churches are often more insulated than ever from those who are different from them. How can we as Church intentionally seek out or create spaces of cultural and linguistic diversity? How can we practice appreciation for the gifts that each culture and language bring to our liturgies and customs within the Church, as well as to other institutions in our society?

• We may be disappointed for want of an impressive, majestic display of the Holy Spirit such as wind and tongues of fire in our own lives. Yet we are reassured that equally powerful are the quiet, unseen, mysterious movements of the Holy Spirit. Consider, for example, our prayer that the Holy Spirit descend “like the dewfall” upon the bread and wine at Mass. The dewfall appears gradually while we sleep, yet it leaves the scorched earth rejuvenated and refreshed.
• The first Pentecost was not limited to the twelve apostles. Mary the Mother of Jesus, Mary Magdalene, and other women were surely with them as well. The gifts of the Holy Spirit are showered on all the People of God.