The Twenty Second Sunday After Pentecost Job 19:23-27a; Ps 17:1-9; 2 Thess 2:1-5, 13-17; Luke 20:27-38 The Rev’d Dr. Deborah Meister Today’s collect reminds us that all scriptures were written for our learning, but some are more fun to preach than others. Today’s Gospel passage would not be one of them. Each time I encounter […]

All Saints Luke 6: 20-31 The Very Rev’d Bertrand Oliver, Dean and Rector Last weekend, a small group from the Cathedral spent some time on retreat at the Cistercian Abbey of Rougemont, in Montérégie.  Rougemont is known as the capital of apples, and we were able to enjoy the vast orchards surrounding the Abbey and […]

The Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost Jeremiah 14:7-10, 19-22; Psalm 84:1-7; 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18; Luke 18:9-14 The Rev’d Dr. Deborah Meister From today’s collect: “Lord God our redeemer, free us from the tyranny of sin and death, and by the leading of your Spirit bring us to our promised land.” There’s a certain frustration in […]

The Nineteenth Sunday After Pentecost  Vivian Lewin, Spiritual Director in the Diocese of Montreal This week, some of us met for our monthly “meditation class” on Tuesday morning, in this Cathedral in the chapel of the Reserved Sacrament.  It’s a chance to share an experience of meditation, not a lecture.  I look forward to it.  […]

The Feast of  St. Francis of Assisi The Very Rev’d Bertrand Oliver, Dean and Rector Twenty five years ago, on St Francis day, I and a group of sixteen deacons left the Southwark Diocese retreat house, in the hilly countryside of south London, England, near Gatwick airport. We had been there on retreat before our […]

The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost Vivian Lewin, Spiritual Director in the Diocese of Montreal This morning we gather to welcome Étienne as a member of Christ, in Holy Baptism. It’s the start of joyful and lifelong instruction and growth, rooted in Christ and supported not just by us here in this place, but by all […]

The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost Exodus 32:7-14 – PSALM 51:1-11– 1 Timothy 1:12-17 – Luke 15:1-10 The Very Rev’d Bertrand Oliver, Dean and Rector Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance. It is good to be here, […]

The Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost Deut 30:15-20; Psalm 1, Philemon 1:1-21; Luke 14: 25-33 The Rev’d Dr. Deborah Meister Don’t touch that stove! It’s hot. Honey, honey, no, no— that candy fell on the ground. You can’t eat it. It’s gross. It’s got germs. Sweetie, I’m not going to say it again. You have to […]

The Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost The Venerable Ralph Leavitt, Honorary Associate Priest “For all who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted” Luke 14:11 In this age of e-mails, one thing I love is to receive a hand-written invitation in the mail. I know that is old-fashioned, but some things […]

Feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary Isaiah 7:10-15; Ps 132:6-10, 13-14, Gal 4:4-7; Luke 1: 46-55 Rev. Dr. Deborah Meister, ODM In the center of Stone Town, in Zanzibar, stands a magnificent cathedral. Built between 1873 and 1880, its construction dates hint at its history. 1873 was the year in which the slave trade was […]

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 YouTube: https://youtu.be/2JU_47kjTio?t=1471 ‘All of these died in faith without having received the promises, but from a distance they saw and greeted them.’ (Heb 11.10) In the past two weeks, we have […]

Eighth Sunday after Pentecost Lections for today: Ecclesiastes 1:2, 12-14; 2:18-23; Psalm 49:1-12; Colossians 3:1-11; Luke 12:13-21 Vivian Lewin, Spiritual Director in the Diocese of Montreal “I will pull down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.” May I speak in the name of the […]