Easter 2 Vivian Lewin, Spiritual Director in the Diocese of Montreal YouTube recording of Sermon On Easter morning, just one week ago, I rose early not to pray, or to visit any tomb, but to peel ten pounds of potatoes and slice them. Alice Njoki who had been sharing my flat for a year and […]
5 April 2026 – Easter Jeremiah 31:1-6; Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24; Hebrews 10:16-25, 13-17; Matthew 28:1-10 The Very Rev’d Bertrand Oliver, Dean and Rector A few weeks ago, I spoke over Zoom with a Ukrainian priest, Father Ihor, serving about fifty kilometres from the front line in the war with Russia. “It’s a dangerous place to […]
Second Sunday of Easter Acts 5:27-32; Ps 118:14-29 Rev 1:4-8; John 20:19-31 The Rev’d Dr. Deborah Meister When I was a little girl, the corner of my classroom was occupied by a diaphanous white net, formed into a large cylinder which descended from the ceiling to the floor. Within it were caterpillars, green and black […]
Easter Day Isaiah 65:17-25; Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24; Acts 10:34-43; Luke 24:1-12 The Rev’d Dr. Deborah Meister I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year: “Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown”. And he replied: “Go out into the darkness and put your hand into the […]
Easter Vigil Luke 19.28-40; Philippians 2:5-11; Psalm 31.9-16; Romans 6.3-11; Luke 24.1-12 The Very Rev’d Bertrand Oliver, Dean and Rector Alleluia, Christ is Risen! Christ is Risen indeed, Alleluia ‘On the sabbath they rested according to the commandment.’ – Luke 23.56 I don’t know about you, but for me the liturgy of Good Friday, which […]
Easter 3 Acts 3:12-19; Ps 4; I John 1:3-7; Luke 24:36b-48 The Rev’d Dr. Deborah Meister, ODM “Why are you frightened, and why do doubts rise in your hearts?” (Luke 24:38) Today, we all know why. My sister, who reacts strongly to things, texted me last night, fearing that we were entering World War III. […]
Great Vigil of Easter Rev. Dr. Deborah Meister, ODM We have heard so many stories tonight that it seems a bit foolish to offer you one more, but I’d like to share with you some words from the writer Loren Eisely. Eisely writes that one day, when he was hiking, he stopped to rest in […]
Easter Day Jer 31:1-6; Ps 118: 1-2, 14-24, Acts 10:34-43; Matt 28:1-10 The Rev’d Dr. Deborah Meister Christos anesti! He is risen! We gather here at the dawn of a miraculous day. Life has returned to the dead and hope to a troubled world. The order we thought we knew has been upended; the power of […]
Alleluia, Christ is Risen. The Lord is risen indeed, Alleluia. Well, what a week. After the joyful procession of Palm Sunday from Phillips Square on Sunday, it felt like Montreal embraced the spirit of despair of Holy Week as freezing rain turned the early indications of the arrival of spring into a week of darkness […]
Easter 4 Acts 9.36-43 – Psalm 23 – Rev 7.9-17 – John 10:22-30 The Very Rev’d Bertrand Oliver, Dean and Rector I have had the privilege and joy to attend the North American Deans conference in Sacramento, California, last weekend, the first time my colleagues and I were able to meet together since our last […]
Easter 17 April 2022 Isaiah 65:17-25 – Psalm 118:1-2, 19-24 – Acts 10: 34-43 – John 20:1-18 “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him.” Alleluia, Christ is risen! He is risen indeed, Alleluia. Is it not surprising that the passage in St John’s […]
Good Friday, 2022 The Rev’d Dr. Deborah Meister Early in Lent, I went on retreat to my favorite monastery, a spiritual home I have visited for more than twenty years. In their stark white chapel, there are two immense crucifixes. Above the altar, there hangs an icon cross, about seven feet tall. In the center, […]