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!

My Dear Sisters and Brothers,
Liturgically, we return to ordinary time on the Church’s calendar. The beautiful and colorful decorations for the Christmas season have been taken down and put away. The priest’s vestments are green and the banners alongside the tabernacle are also green.
With the exception of today’s Gospel from St. John, the Gospels leading up to Lent will concentrate on the early ministry of Jesus as narrated by Saint Luke. Next week Luke takes us to Galilee where in the synagogue at Nazareth Jesus gives us his mission statement as he quotes from the prophet Isaiah: “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring glad tidings to the poor.” After saying this, he proclaims: “Today, this scripture passage is fulfilled in your hearing.” (Luke 1: 1-4, 4: 14-21)
The following week, the same people who were amazed at the gracious words that came from the mouth of Jesus, were the same people who were filled with fury and wanted to lead him to the brow of a hill and to hurl him down headlong. (Luke 4: 21-30)
Luke then takes us to the side of Lake Gennesaret where he encounters some fishermen and eventually invites them to leave their nets and follow him and they “left everything and followed him.” (Luke 5: 1-11)
Luke takes us to another place that is level and where a large group of people are waiting to hear his teaching. Jesus comes down from a high place after prayer and proclaims the Beatitudes and warns those who live the opposite values. This “Discourse on the Plain” continues leading us to the beginning of the Lenten season. (Luke 6:17, 20-26, Luke 6: 27-38, Luke 6: 39-45.)
Even though we call this ordinary time liturgically, I would suggest we look at these weeks as an extraordinary journey with Jesus through the words and inspiration of Saint Luke. As we walk with Jesus to the Synagogue, along the lakeside and sit and hear his teachings on the plain – may we follow him and answer his call: “come, follow me.” 
            Have a blessed week and God bless you and your families.
                                                      Padre
 

Word on Fire by Bishop Robert Barron