Romans 8:22-26, 35, 37-39 – John 14:16-20, 25-27 Thank you Frank for this beautiful testimony, which reminds us that, while most of us here live in freedom and relative safety, there are many who still suffer for who they are – whether that is in countries far away or even still here in Québec and […]

Third Sunday after Pentecost Exodus 19:2-8a; Psalm 100; Romans 5:1-8; Matthew 9:35–10:23  The Very Rev’d Bertrand Oliver, Dean and Rector We gather this morning in a building of stone and stained glass, a place where history is etched into the mortar and silence is held in the rafters. It is easy to look around and […]

Trinity Sunday Genesis 1:1 – 2:4a ; Psalm 8; 2 Corinthians 13:11-13; Matthew 28:16-20  The Very Rev’d Bertrand Oliver, Dean and Rector On this Trinity Sunday, we gather to celebrate a mystery that has puzzled theologians and comforted saints for centuries: the One God who is Three. It is a doctrine that defies simple logic, […]

24 May 2026 – Pentecost Acts 2:1-21; Psalm 104:24-34, 35b; 1 Corinthians 12:3b-13; John 7:37-39 The Very Rev’d Bertrand Oliver, Dean and Rector I was privileged this past week to attend a conference entitled Shared Way, Shared Witness, which brought together over 60 delegates from the Anglican and United Churches of Canada to consider the […]

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 […]

3 April 2026 – Good Friday Isaiah 52:13-53:12; Psalm 22; Hebrews 10:16-25, 13-17; Jn 18:1–19:42 The Very Rev’d Bertrand Oliver, Dean and Rector ‘My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?’ The World in which Jesus lived was full of crosses. This was how Roman imperial power executed those who had no rights—non-citizens who […]

Baptism of the Lord Isaiah 42.1-9 – Psalm 29 – Acts 10:34–43- Matthew 3:13-17 The Very Rev’d Bertrand Oliver, Dean and Rector The season after Epiphany can feel a little like a liturgical time-machine. We only have fifty-two Sundays in the year to tell the truth of Jesus’ life, so the calendar occasionally “fast-forwards” to […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

with baptisms, confirmations and reception into the Anglican Church of Canada Genesis 11.1-9 – Psalm 104: 25-35, 37b – Acts 2.1-21 – John 14: 8-17, 25-27 The Very Rev’d Bertrand Oliver, Dean and Rector I am sure that many of us have known the story of the Tower of Babel for a long time, and […]

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 […]