Our Lady of the Lake 

24832 US 12 East
Edwardsburg, MI 49112
(269) 699-5870

Pastor:
Father Bob Flickinger
Ext 124
 

Visitors are always welcome
at

Our Lady of the Lake
Parish Community

♦Mass Times♦ 
 
Saturday: 4:00 PM
Sunday: 8:00 AM and 11:00 AM

 Weekday Schedule
 Tue, Wed and Fri, 9:30 AM
(On Funeral Mass days, there will be no regular
weekday Mass)

♦Confession ♦
Saturday: 3:00 - 3:30 PM 

Monday through Friday 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM.  Appointments available anytime by calling
                         269-699-5870 

 The Welcome Center is open after all weekend Masses. You may register with our parish, request Mass intentions, add a loved one to the prayer list or ask questions about our parish community.  You will find a volunteer host at the Welcome Center located in the Narthex to assist you. For your convenience you may download the parishioner registration form below:
Parish Registration Form

You may also sign up for FlockNote, (click on highlighted link) our text & email communication system. Never miss an important parish event, Flocknote will remind you with an email, text or both.

The Edwardsburg Food Pantry, supported by many local churches, is open on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM.  Please call 269-699-6133, for more information.  Check out the Edwardsburg Food Pantry FaceBook page!

On this special day, we join with our brothers and sisters from all over the Americas to praise our heavenly Father and to give thanks to his Son Jesus for the gift of his mother, who was sent to us on the hill of Tepeyac in Mexico City nearly 500 years ago. Our Lady of Guadalupe is especially honored as the Mother of the Americas and the Mother of all peoples.
Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared in Mexico a few decades after the voyages of Christopher Columbus. She appeared as a young “mestiza” with the facial features of both an Aztec Indian and an “Espanola.” In this way she was revealing that she is the spiritual mother of all peoples and especially the Mother of the New World.
We are all sons and daughters of God. This is the beautiful truth of Advent and Christmas. This is the powerful message of the Virgin of Tepeyac.
During this time of Advent, we are called to be like Saint Juan Diego when he received the message from our Lady of Guadalupe. Juan Diego was a simple man who quietly carried out his daily tasks. He was not powerful or influential in society. Mary called him “the smallest of my children.” Nevertheless, God had a plan for him and he was to be an instrument in God’s plan. He became the first great evangelist of the New World.
Each one of us is a small child of Mary just like Juan Diego. God wants each one of us to carry his message of forgiveness and love to the world.
We need justice and compassion for our brothers and sisters who live in fear these days. We need hearts and attitudes that will make us more welcoming to our immigrants and undocumented brothers and sisters. We need to see them as sons and daughters of God and celebrate the many contributions they bring economically, culturally and spiritually to our great nation. Our Lady of Guadalupe knows the worries and fears of her children. She accompanies us on our daily journeys. What she once promised to Juan Diego, she promises to us today: “Do not let your hearts be troubled. Am I not here now and am I not your mother? Are you not under my shadow and resting in my lap?”

Word on Fire by Bishop Robert Barron