First Sunday after Christmas Luke 2: 41-52 The Rev’d Jen Bourque YouTube recording of the service – sermon Several years ago, before I became a parent, a friend, a Roman Catholic priest, told me he was preaching on the seven sorrows of Mary and particularly this story, of Jesus being lost in the temple. […]
Christmas Day 2021 The People who walked in darkness have seen a great light. The Very Rev’d Bertrand Oliver, Dean and Rector of Christ Church Cathedral, Montreal YouTube recording of the service – sermon begins at 28:32 A study at Liverpool Cathedral in England has just been published which shows that attending Christmas services has a […]
Christmas Eve, 2021 Isaiah 9:2-7; Ps 96 Titus 2:11-14; Luke 2: 1-20 The Rev’d Dr. Deborah Meister YouTube recording of the service – sermon starts at 31:15 “And Mary gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a manger.” (Luke 2:7) This is not the Christmas we were longing […]
Do you have a crèche or Christmas crib at home? We certainly have one here at Christ Church Cathedral, and the kings haven’t even arrived at the manger yet. In my house, they are across the room. Some families move them a little closer to Baby Jesus every day… and this morning, the Kings are […]
The Rev’d Dr. Deborah Meister
The Very Rev’d Bertrand Oliver, Dean and Rector of Christ Church Cathedral, Montreal
Christmas Day sermon – Amy Hamilton
Christmas Eve sermon preached by Bishop Mary Irwin-Gibson
The Cathedral has been full of music and prayer as we retold the wonderful story of how God came to take flesh and be born as one of us, Jesus the Christ Child. Below are links to the three sermons preached at the Cathedral on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. As you enter the season […]