First Sunday after Christmas Isaiah 63:7-9 – Psalm 148 – Hebrews 2:10-18 – Matthew 2:13-23 The Very Rev’d Bertrand Oliver, Dean and Rector There is something almost shocking about the way the lectionary carries us from Christmas Eve to the Sunday after Christmas. We go from shepherds and angels, warmth and candlelight, to the terror […]
Advent 2 Isaiah 11:1-10; Ps. 72; Rom 15:4-13; Matt 3:1-1 The Rev’d Dr. Deborah Meister A shoot shall come out from the stump of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots. The spirit of the Lord shall rest on him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, […]
Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost The Venerable Ralph Leavitt, Honorary Associate Priest Oh my. Sometimes life can be such a struggle. You know how it goes. Things are fine, but then, in a wink an eye, things are not so good, and you find yourself struggling. Struggling with personal fear, or darkness, loneliness, vulnerability or just […]
Feast of St. Francis Jer 22:13-16; Ps 148:7-14; Gal 6: 14-18; Matt 11:25-30 Rev. Dr. Deborah Meister, ODM On Friday evening, we consecrated a Bishop here in this sanctuary. It was a glorious service: twelve bishops, dozens of clergy and lay readers, hundreds of people, wonderful music offered by our choir and that of l’Église […]
Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost Vivian Lewin, Spiritual Director in the Diocese of Montreal “Against you only have I sinned…” [1] Our gospel this morning is pretty strong stuff, isn’t it? The story is only found in Luke. “Between you and us, a great chasm has been fixed. No one can cross from there to here,” […]
Holy Cross Day The Venerable Ralph Leavitt, Honorary Associate Priest In the book For All the Saints we read of the origin of Holy Cross Day. The emperor Constantine, who made Christianity the state religion, ordered that a grand church be built on the site of Christ’s death, on Gol’gotha, the hill outside Jerusalem. In […]
Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost Deuteronomy 30: 15-20; Ps 1; Phil 1-21; Luke 14: 25-33 Rev’d Dr Deborah Meister One hundred years ago, in 1925, John Scopes, a young math and science teacher in the state of Tennessee, volunteered for a hazardous undertaking. The state of Tennessee had just made it a crime to teach “any […]
Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost Isaiah 58:9b-14; Psalm 103.1-8; Hebrews 12.18-29; Luke 13.10-17 Very Rev’d Bertrand Olivier If you refrain from trampling the sabbath, from pursuing your own interests on my holy day; if you call the sabbath a delight and the holy day of the Lord honourable; … then you shall take delight in the […]
Tenth Sunday after Pentecost Jer 23:23-29; Psalm 82; Hebrews 11:29-12:2; Luke 12:49-56 Rev’d Dr Deborah Meister Jesus said, “I came to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled.” (Luke 12:49) This week, I was speaking with a friend who is a non-believer. She said to me, “It must […]
Ninth Sunday after Pentecost Genesis 15.1-6; Psalm 33.12-22; Hebrews 11.1-3, 8-16; Luke 12.32-40 The Very Rev’d Bertrand Oliver, Dean and Rector ‘For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also’ (Luke 12:34) In the Name of God, Creator, Redeemer and Sustainer. Amen This week, the world’s contrasts feel almost unbearable. On one hand, […]
Sixth Sunday after Pentecost Vivian Lewin, Spiritual Director in the Diocese of Montreal “Lord, I want to sit at your feet like Mary, but can you send Martha over to clean my house?” I saw those words on the web image of a fridge magnet. Immediately after the Parable of the Good Samaritan, and just […]
Fifth Sunday after Pentecost Deut 30: 9-14; Ps 25: 1-9; Col 1:1-14; Luke 10:35-37 Rev’d Dr. Deborah Meister, ODM The apartment in which I live is two blocks from a so-called “safer injection center,” a place where those who live in addiction can take their drugs with some confidence that if the drugs are contaminated, […]