Second Sunday of Easter Acts 5:27-32; Ps 118:14-29 Rev 1:4-8; John 20:19-31 The Rev’d Dr. Deborah Meister When I was a little girl, the corner of my classroom was occupied by a diaphanous white net, formed into a large cylinder which descended from the ceiling to the floor. Within it were caterpillars, green and black […]

Easter Day Isaiah 65:17-25; Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24; Acts 10:34-43; Luke 24:1-12 The Rev’d Dr. Deborah Meister I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year: “Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown”. And he replied: “Go out into the darkness and put your hand into the […]

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 […]

Good Friday The Rev’d Jen Bourque

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 […]

250413 Palm Sunday EN Luke 19.28-40; Philippians 2:5-11; Psalm 31.9-16; Philippians 3:17—4:1; Luke 13:31-35 The question comes every year, as Holy Week approaches. Are we going to process outside for our Palm Sunday celebration – or is the Montreal weather going to force us to stay indoors? And would that be a bad thing or […]

Lent 5 Isaiah 43:16-21; Ps 126; Phil 3: 4b-14; John 12:1-8 Rev’d Dr. Deborah Meister It’s been another difficult week. I have the feeling we’re going to be tired of difficult weeks long before we run out of them. The headlines were a bit apocalyptic: depending which newspaper you looked at, you saw something like […]

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

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 […]

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 […]

Epiphany 6 Jeremiah 17.5-10 – PSALM 1 – 1 Cor 15.12-20 – Luke 6.17-26 The Very Rev’d Bertrand Oliver, Dean and Rector Sometime ago, I read the Barchester Chronicles, a six book series written by English author Anthony Trollope. The story line depicts life in the fictional Cathedral town of Barchester in the mid 19th […]

Fifth Sunday after Epiphany Isaiah 6:1-8; Ps 138; I Cor 15:1-11; Luke 5: 1-11 Rev’d Dr. Deborah Meister, ODM Good morning. It’s been a long year since last Sunday, hasn’t it? How are you? I mean really: how are you?  Take a moment; breathe; feel what is in your heart. All this week, the people […]