As we head down the path to a glorious Easter day we are coming to the end of the Lent study programmes. At the final study session during Sunday coffee hour we will welcome Benji Astrachan, an activist working with Divest McGill, who will speak on the campaign to get...
Starting this Sunday (March 22 in 2015), the season of Passiontide invites us to deepen our contemplation of suffering and the way God’s power is hidden from us. The veils now hanging over crosses and holy images in the Cathedral offer a visible reminder of this hiddenness. One has only to...
[Beth Adams’ talk on March 10, 2015] We recently discussed the Benedictine contemplative John Main, for whom the practice of meditation is, first of all, a way for us to become acquainted with ourselves. In his book Word into Silence, I was struck by this simple phrase: “In order to enter into...
This week Laetare Sunday reminds us to be joyful in the midst of this season in which we walk with Jesus towards death and new life. Ponder this parable from Mark 4:30-32 (français ici) comparing the Kingdom of God to a mustard seed. What is nourishing your soul this Lent?...
We are now past the mid-point of Lent. This Sunday is sometimes called Laetare Sunday from the opening words of the introit “Laetare O Jerusalem” (Rejoice O Jerusalem) and it is a day on which Lenten discipline is relaxed as we look forward to a joyful Easter. The clergy will...
Franciscan theologian Ilia Delio writes: “We belong by birth to this cosmos which is our home. If human nature is changing with technology then, in a sense, all of nature is changing or at least being affected by technology. That is, technology is evoking new patterns of relatedness which now include...
Important message to those planning to come to church on Sunday: remember that clocks spring forward one hour on Saturday night. There once was a vicar of the Cathedral who forgot to do this. Unfortunately he was supposed to be preaching. We are supposed to tuck away the alleluias during...
Robert has attended Open Door meetings every Tuesday evening since meetings started in September 2001 (except for a couple of health-related absences) – much as many of you, and I, have been at church every Sunday morning for many years. The principal likeness is that for many who attend, Open...
[Beth Adams’ talk on February 24, 2015] Some of you knew John Main OSB, who brought contemplative prayer to many people in Montreal. He was born in Ireland, and though he had wanted to become a priest, instead became a lawyer, and was posted to the Far East with the British...
If you have been around the building lately you will be well aware that we are celebrating Nuit blanche from 6pm until 2 am this Saturday Railings and chairs have been taken out of the St John of Jerusalem chapel in readiness for the art exhibition featuring paintings and photographs,...
Last week we invited you to reflect on the creative power of God, making each of us from dust. This Saturday (Feb 28 2015) Nuit Blanche at the Cathedral showcases creativity working through us individually and in community: music, liturgy, art works, poems, film, and more. The art display will be...
Take a moment to contemplate Jan Richardson’s moving essay and poem, “The Terrible, Marvellous Dust,” and connect with the start of Lent and with the Cathedral’s Lenten Carbon Fast (links here).