The Ascension of the Lord Vivian Lewin, Spiritual Director in the Diocese of Montreal Why are you standing there looking up?” [Here’s a link to a live recording of this morning’s service; the sermon starts just after 26 minutes) This Sunday, just to make sure we don’t miss it, we are given two different lessons […]
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 […]
Fourth Sunday in Lent Vivian Lewin, Spiritual Director in the Diocese of Montreal Gospel John 9:1-41 Well, whose fault was it? When somebody becomes ill, or is disabled, or simply takes a tumble, this question pops up. Not just for Christians, either. My osteopath said that her clients, as secular as they often are, characteristically […]
Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany Isaiah 58:1-12, Psalm 112, 1 Corinthians 2:1-16, 5:13-20, Matthew 5:13-20 Vivian Lewin, Spiritual Director in the Diocese of Montreal (You can listen to this sermon here.) “For who has known the mind of the Lord so as to [be instructed]?” But we have the mind of Christ. (I Corinthians 16) And […]
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,” […]
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 […]
Second Sunday of Easter Vivian Lewin, Spiritual Director in the Diocese of Montreal Speaking of belief: On the way to the metro this morning, I realized I had to say something else entirely, and, by God’s grace, I will. [This is a transcription from the oral sermon delivered here.] You could write a whole sermon […]
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, […]
Fifth Sunday after Pentecost Vivian Lewin, Spiritual Director in the Diocese of Montreal “O God our Defender, storms rage around us and cause us to be afraid. Rescue thy people from despair, deliver thy sons and daughters from fear and preserve us from unbelief; through Jesus Christ our Lord.” [from the Collect of the Day] […]
Trinity Sunday Vivian Lewin, Spiritual Director in the Diocese of Montreal The pivots on the thresholds shook …. and the house filled with smoke and I said “Woe to me, I am lost.” (Isaiah 6:4) On Wednesday evening just after dark, I was facing the glowing computer screen at my desk at home when the […]
Fifth Sunday of Easter A few days ago I described the Christian life as a “come as you are” party. It occurred to me that I have never actually been to a come as you are party, and the two (younger) people I asked were not even sure what that was. [You can listen to […]
The Second Sunday after Epiphany Vivian Lewin, Spiritual Director in the Diocese of Montreal “Time to get real. ” Last Sunday, Dean Bertrand pointed out the dizzying pace of our readings as we swooped from Epiphany–when the wise ones were led by a star to visit and give gifts to the baby Jesus, to Jesus’ […]