Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost The Venerable Ralph Leavitt, Honorary Associate Priest In my experience I have noticed that often it is hard to take the reading appointed for Sunday and tie them together into one cohesive message. Luckily, today is not that case, today I feel the readings all come together into one important message […]

Fourth Sunday of Easter Vocations Day Gospel: John 10:1-10 The Venerable Ralph Leavitt, Honorary Associate Priest Today I want to speak to you about two topics, about Jesus, our Good Shepherd and also of how Jesus, our Good Shepherd always brings us new life, of how Jesus helps us find the best possible path in […]

Palm Sunday The Venerable Ralph Leavitt, Honorary Associate Priest Palm Sunday is such an emotional roller coaster. As the introduction to this service (in the Book of Alternative Services) says: “The people welcomed Jesus with alms and shouts of praise, but the path before him led to self-giving, suffering and death.” Today we start by […]

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 […]

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 […]

Maundy Thursday 2025 Christ Church Cathedral Prayer: Lord Jesus Christ, we thank you this night for the institution of the new covenant, for the Last Supper at which you shared your body and your blood. Just as you hungered and thirsted to bring about your kingdom, help us as we share communion together to hunger […]

Lent 1 Deuteronomy 26:1-11; Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16;Romans 10:8b-13; Luke 4:1-13 The Venerable Ralph Leavitt, Honorary Associate Priest

Epiphany 7 Gen 45:3-11; Ps 37:1-12, 41-42; 1 Cor 15:35-38, 42-50; Lk 6:27-38 The Venerable Ralph Leavitt, Honorary Associate Priest Imagine, if you will, a small circular stained glass piece about 6 inches across, the type that you attach to a wall or a window with a small sticker on the back. We have one […]

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 […]

The Tenth Sunday after Pentecost John 6: 1-21 The Venerable Ralph Leavitt, Honorary Associate Priest What an excellent week it has been. For a lot of reasons. One of my disciplines is to read the Sunday’s scriptures on Monday before, I choose one to concentrate on, and then have it in my mind throughout the […]

Palm Sunday The Venerable Ralph Leavitt, Honorary Associate Priest – do you get excited by Palm Sunday? Why? – is it the joy of the procession of palms with shouts of praise?                            Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord                            Hosanna in the highest – is it the thrill of […]

The Second Sunday of Lent Genesis 17:1-7,15-16; Psalm 22:23-31; Romans 4:13-25; Mark 8:31-38 The Venerable Ralph Leavitt, Honorary Associate Priest Isn’t it amazing how life can change in an instant! It seems to me that this week’s readings speak loudly not only of how peoples’ lives can change dramatically, but also of how people, in […]