Lent 2 Gen 15:1-12, 17-18; Ps 27 Phil 3:17—4:1; Lk 13:31-35 The Rev’d Dr. Deborah Meister Two years ago this week, our community did not worship together.  A new disease had come to town and we were sheltering in place, wondering what was to come. A week later, we gathered in front of our computer screens […]

SERMON for First Sunday in Lent (March 6, 2022) Vivian Lewin, Spiritual Director in the Diocese of Montreal YouTube recording of the service The sermon begins here Temptation (and Pickles) How do we keep our balance in a world that threatens to swamp us completely?  Of course we must pay attention to the needs around […]

Last Sunday After Epiphany – February 27, 2022 Luke 9: 28-36 The Venerable Ralph Leavitt, Honorary Associate Priest YouTube recording of the service – the sermon begins at 26:10 Here we are already at the last Sunday in Epiphany. Epiphany, that wonderful season of manifestation and revelation, filled with light to get us through the doldrums […]

Epiphany 7 – February 20,  2022 Gen 45:3-11, 15; Ps 37:1-12, 41-42; 1 Cor 15:35-38, 42-50; Lk 6:27-3 The Rev’d Dr. Deborah Meister YouTube recording of the service – the sermon begins at 26:19 “And Joseph said to his brothers, ‘I am Joseph; is my father yet alive?’ But his brothers could not answer him, for […]

Epiphany 3 Vivian Lewin, Spiritual Director in the Diocese of Montreal YouTube recording of the service: https://youtu.be/u1lykscnqic The sermon begins here: https://youtu.be/u1lykscnqic?t=1508 As I first read today’s scriptures and also mulled over the fact that this is the Week of Christian Unity, the one thing that kept pushing itself to the front of my mind was a […]

Epiphany 2 Year C – 16 January 2022 Isaiah 62:1-5; Psalm 36:6-11; 1 Cor. 12:1-11; John 2:1-11 The Very Rev’d Bertrand Oliver, Dean and Rector Sermon on YouTube ‘Your Love, O Lord, reaches to the heavens, and your faithfulness to the clouds.’ We are all experiencing this time of pandemic in different ways, depending on […]

Baptism of Our Lord 9 January, 2022 Isaiah 43:1-7;  Psalm 29 Acts 8:14-17; Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 Rev. Dr. Deborah Meister, ODM My grandmother Sheba lived into her name. Like the Queen of old, she was a huge and vibrant spirit, unconstrained by convention, who loved lavishly, traveled widely, asked awkward questions, learned voraciously.  She had […]

Epiphany – January 2, 2022 The Venerable Ralph Leavitt, Honorary Associate Priest YouTube recording  When I started this sermon I wrote “Well, we made it through. The darkest day of the year is behind us now, and the light each day is increasing. Light is what Epiphany is all about. Manifestation of light.” And then suddenly […]

First Sunday after Christmas Luke 2: 41-52 The Rev’d Jen Bourque YouTube recording of the service – sermon   Several years ago, before I became a parent, a friend, a Roman Catholic priest, told me he was preaching on the seven sorrows of Mary and particularly this story, of Jesus being lost in the temple.  […]

Christmas Day 2021 The People who walked in darkness have seen a great light. The Very Rev’d Bertrand Oliver, Dean and Rector of Christ Church Cathedral, Montreal YouTube recording of the service – sermon begins at 28:32 A study at Liverpool Cathedral in England has just been published which shows that attending Christmas services has a […]

Christmas Eve, 2021 Isaiah 9:2-7; Ps 96 Titus 2:11-14; Luke 2: 1-20 The Rev’d Dr. Deborah Meister YouTube recording of the service – sermon starts at 31:15 “And Mary gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a manger.” (Luke 2:7) This is not the Christmas we were longing […]

Advent 3 Zephaniah 3:14-20; Canticle 9; Philippians 4:4-7; Luke 3:7-18 The Very Rev’d Bertrand Oliver YouTube recording of the service – the sermon begins at 26:00 Today, the third Sunday of Advent, is a day for joy.  It is in fact traditionally called in Latin Gaudete Sunday, Gaudete – or rejoice – the first word […]