Christmas 2024 Isaiah 9:2-7; Ps 96 Titus 2:11-14; Luke 2:1-20 The Rev’d Dr. Deborah Meister, ODM “And Mary gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a manger.” (Luke 2:7) And after all that, does it matter? Is what we have heard something real, something to […]
Advent 1 Jer 33: 14-16; Ps 25:1-9; 1 Thess 3:9-13; Luke 21: 25-36 The Rev’d Dr Deborah Meister, ODM “Almighty God, give us grace to cast away the works of darkness and put on the armor of light, now in the time of this mortal life, in which your Son Jesus Christ came to us […]
Christ the King The Rev’d Jen Bourque
26th Sunday after Pentecost Vivian Lewin, Spiritual Director in the Diocese of Montreal “When you hear of wars, and rumours of wars, do not be alarmed.” This morning’s Gospel passage, in Mark 13, is the beginning of what’s sometimes referred to as the Little Apocalypse. [This sermon was preached at 8 a.m. on November 18, […]
Remembrance Day Ps 116:1-9; I Peter 1:3-9; John 11: 21-27 Rev’d Dr. Deborah Meister, ODM Officiers et cadets de les of the Gardes Grenadiers, c’est bon de vous accueillir ce matin à cette Cathédrale qui est votre chapelle régimentaire. Nous sommes ici pour souvenir ensemble la tragédie de la guerre et pour nous consacrer à […]
All Saints Sunday Wisdom 3:1-9; Psalm 24; Rev 21:1-6a; John 11:32-34 The Rev’d Dr. Deborah Meister, ODM In 1941, a young Dutchwoman named Etty Hillesum began to write a journal, probably at the prompting of her therapist. During the next two years, Etty’s interior life became increasingly deep and rich, even as her external life […]
St Michael and All Angels Genèse 28.10-17 – Psaume 103.19-22 – Apocalypse 12.7-12- Jean 1.47-51 The Very Rev’d Bertrand Oliver, Dean and Rector ‘How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven!’ Bishop Francis Fulford, the first Anglican Bishop of Montreal, loved angels. […]
Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost Proverbs 31:10-31, James 3:13-4:3,7-8a, Mark 9:30-37 The Venerable Ralph Leavitt, Honorary Associate Priest Today I feel that two of our readings are wonderfully linked together. In James we are given an explanation of what wisdom is, and in our Gospel, Jesus’ actions show us wisdom at work. Then there is the […]
240908 Pentecost 16 year B – Welcome Sunday Proverbs 22:1-2, 8-9, 22-23 – PSALM 125 – James 2:1-17 – Mark 7:24-37 (check against delivery) Students are back in town for a new year of learning, children have gone back to school. Some people have got new jobs and have just moved to Montreal. For others, […]
The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost Song of Songs 2:8-13; Ps 45:1-2, 7-10; James 1:17-27; Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 The Rev’d Dr. Deborah Meister, ODM When I was studying to be a priest, my roommate was the daughter, grand-daughter, and great-grand-daughter of pastors in the Evangelical Free Church, a conservative denomination prevalent in the American West. […]
Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost 2 Sam 18:5-9, 15, 31-33; Ps 130; Eph 4:25–5:2; Jn 6:35, 41-51 Rev. Dr. Deborah Meister I spent most of the 1990s living unhappily in Los Angeles, slogging away at a dissertation. LA is a city known for its nightlife, but I’m a morning person, so what used to fascinate me […]
Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost Readings: 2 Samuel 11:26 – 12:13 • Psalm 51:1-12 • Ephesians 4:1-16 • John 6:24-35 Michel Gagnon, Lay Reader “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country”. This is a phrase that the former U.S. President John F. Kennedy used in his […]