11th Sunday in Ordinary Time June 14, 2026

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, WED, FRI
OPEN : Tuesday & Thursday   9:00 AM – Noon
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  

We are his people: the sheep of his pasture.  Psalm 100 Refrain

June 14, 2026
11th  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. Uche Umechikelu, MSP
Parish Secretary:
Myra Briscoe

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., Jun. 15  – No mass

Tues., Jun. 16 – 10:00 am Liturgy with Communion at the Lodge

Tues., Jun. 16 – 6:30 pm (Our Lady of Peace Church & Facebook) - +For Louis & Germaine Wilfing & Raymond Wilfing by Nick & Eileen Charney

Wed., Jun. 17 – 6:30 pm (Our Lady of Peace Church & Facebook) - For the Frey family by Geoff Frey

Thurs., Jun. 18 – 9:30 am (Our Lady of Peace Church & Facebook) - For Kristen Schwanke by Geoff Frey

Thurs., Jun. 18 - 10:00 am – 11:00 am Eucharistic Adoration

Fri.,  Jun. 19 – 6:30 pm (Our Lady of Peace Church & Facebook) - For the Frey family by Geoff Frey

Sat., Jun. 20 –  7:00 pm (Our Lady of Peace) - People of God

Sun., Jun. 21 – 10:00 am (Our Lady of Peace Church & Facebook) - People of God

Sun., Jun. 21 – 12:30 pm (St. Jude’s Green Lake) - People of God

THIS WEEK IN THE PARISH

1. MSP Priestly Anniversaries will be celebrated here in our Parish on Monday, June 29.  Come celebrate Father’s 30th anniversary with him!  Starting with mass at 11:00 am, followed by lunch and a short program.  Please let the office know how many will be attending by June 15 so enough food can be prepared.
2. On Friday, June 19 the mass time has been changed to 6:30pm.
3. There is a MAiD petition at the back of the church on the bulletin board.  Please read below if you need more information on the petition.  The petition will be at the back of the church until June 18 if you would like to sign it.

Sunday Collection –  June 7, 2026  Meadow Lake  $1,727.10  Green Lake  $50.00  Children’s  $0.00
Sunday Church Attendance –    June 7, 2026   Adults 133  Children  21   Total  154
 
The Pope’s Prayer Intention for June – For the values of sports – Let us pray that sports be an instrument of peace, encounter, and dialogue among cultures and nations, and that they promote values such as respect, solidarity, and personal growth.

Within the Church – MSP Priestly Anniversaries will be celebrated here in our Parish on Monday, June 29.  Come celebrate Father’s 30th anniversary with him!  Starting with mass at 11:00 am, followed by lunch and a short program.  Please let the office know how many will be attending by June 15 so enough food can be prepared.
MAiD Safeguards Petition - Until Thursday, June 18, the MAiD Safeguards petition will be available at the back of the Church. The petition asks the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan to implement two safeguards, similar to those already in place in other Canadian provinces. On the Diocesan website, using the same link to access the petition, you will find the recording of the ‘MAiD for You?’ presentation on the Diocesan Pastoral Care Page. It outlines the expansion of MAiD in Canada and explains why we should be concerned.

• First - Prohibit unsolicited offers of MAiD to any patient. (If the patient does not bring up MAiD, healthcare professionals would not be allowed to offer or ask the patient about MAiD, or the possibility of choosing MAiD.)
• Second - Protect healthcare providers who choose not to aid in the provision of MAiD from professional or legal repercussions.

​Scripture Insights – 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Taken from Source Book for Sundays, Seasons and Weekdays 2026: The Almanac for Pastoral Liturgy, LTP Liturgy Training Publications Copyright 2025, 3949 South Racine Avenue, Chicago, IL 60609, pg. 242.
 
 “The LORD is good: / his kindness endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations.”  This verse, from today’s responsorial psalm, functioned as a mini-creed in Jesus’ day.  These words acknowledged that, although disasters had happened to Israel, the nation had always recovered whenever it recommitted to faith in God.
The primary example of this was the exodus from Egypt, the setting of the first reading.  In earlier days, the Israelites had taken refuge in Egypt.  Over time, the Egyptians had reduced Israel to slavery.  God did not forget the promise made to Israel’s ancestors to provide their descendants freedom and security.  God exceeded that promise, in fact, by not only winning Israel’s freedom but in making of Israel a priestly people, God’s friend and representative to the world.
In Jesus’ day, another disaster had struck Israel: Roman conquest.  After the Romans had conquered Israel, Roman government and economic policies led to an increase in poverty and its problems: illness, malnutrition, crime, fear, and untimely death.  It was among those so afflicted that Jesus found his special possession.  Just as God dreamt of Israel teaching holiness to the world, so Jesus sent out his closest associates to establish a kingdom that would share the Good News with the world.  They cured the sick, fed the poor, forgave sinners, drove out demons, and raised the dead.
Decades later, Paul could see a larger picture.  God desired humanity to share divine life, but so many were unable to receive the gift or rejected it.  The sacrifice of the cross changed human nature by revealing the resurrection and sharing the Holy Spirit.  Christ’s work overcame the fear and confusion that had led so many astray.  In this way, Christ fulfilled God’s dream of making all humanity a special possession and divine friend.
 

• In today’s Gospel, we find Jesus after a staggering run of healings.  He has cast out demons.  He has healed people suffering with blindness, muteness, paralysis, leprosy, fever, hemorrhages – he has even saved a little girl everyone thought was dead!
• Jesus was surely tired.  He could have said, “I’ve done enough.”  But still he looks with compassion on the people who approach him, likening them to sheep wandering without the guidance and care of a shepherd.  They are like an abundant harvest of mercy just waiting to be gathered for the Father -  and so Jesus asks the Father to send more harvesters.
• As Jesus names the harvesters, the twelve apostles, he empowers each of them to do the very work he has been doing: proclaim the kingdom, drive out demons, heal sickness.  They are to seek first the lost sheep, the ones who should be close but who have grown distant from the Lord.  And they are to do it all as Jesus does it: not for fame, money, or power, but given freely, out of gratitude for the mercy the twelve have already experienced.