Ash Wednesday Isaiah 58.1-12 – PSALM 103.8-18 – 2 Cor 5.20b-6.10 – Mathieu 6.1-6, 16-21 The Very Rev’d Bertrand Oliver, Dean and Rector ‘Why do we fast, but you do not see? Why humble ourselves, but you do not notice?’ We come from many places and backgrounds, some of us were born in Montreal, others […]

240107 Epiphany 3 Genesis 9:8-17– Ps 25.1-9 – 1 Peter 3:18-22– Marc 1:9-15 “This (rainbow) is the sign of the covenant that I have established between me and all flesh that is on the earth.” (Gen 9.17) Rainbows have a powerful effect on us. Even though we know that they result from the diffraction of […]

3 April 2022 – Lent 5 Isaiah 43.16-21 – Ps 126 – Philippians 3.4b-14 – John 12.1-8 The Very Rev’d Bertrand Oliver, Dean and Rector of Christ Church Cathedral, Montreal ‘You always have the poor with you, but you do not always have me’. The world has continued to provide its share of depressing news, […]

Try to find out what is pleasing to the Lord. Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them. 22 March 2020 – Lent 4 – Year A Eph 5: 8-14 – Ps 23 – John 9: 1-41 Good morning everyone. It is good to see of all you today in […]

A few years ago, I went on pilgrimage to the Holy Land, where – with a group of 16 pilgrims – we travelled in the footsteps of Jesus, visiting places where he was born, grew up, lived and exercised his earthly ministry.  In the course of our journey, we followed his path towards his passion, […]