The Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost Jos 24:1-2a, 14-18; Ps 34:15-22 Eph 6:10-20; Jn 6:56-69 Choose you this day whom you will serve. (Josh 24:15) The Rev’d Dr. Deborah Meister Today’s reading from Joshua is one of my all-time favorites; it’s one of the great scenes in Scripture.  It takes place at the very end of […]

Saint Mary The Virgin The Magnificat (Luke 1:46-55) The Rev’d Jen Bourque In the name of God, the holy and eternal one, Amen. The spring my family and I lived in Bordeaux, my son – who was just 4 – and I settled into a predictable pattern of half day kindergarten, followed by school pick up, […]

Pentecost 11 1 Kings 19.4-8; Ps 34.1-8; Ephesians 4.25—5:2, John 6.35, 41-51 ‘I am the Bread of Life’ The Very Rev’d Bertrand Oliver, Dean and Rector of Christ Church Cathedral, Montreal I have had the privilege of doing a number of amazing and quirky things in the course of my ministry, and one of those […]

Tenth Sunday after Pentecost John 6: 24-35 The Venerable Ralph Leavitt Honorary Associate Priest I think most people would agree that the very basic necessities for a human body to survive are water, food and shelter. These are the physical necessities for survival. And, because we have our mind, as a religious person I would […]

Eighth Sunday after Pentecost Vivian Lewin, Spiritual Director in the Diocese of Montreal Well, Jeremiah, if shepherds can be so iffy, who needs them anyway? I was not quite thirty when I made my first trip to the UK. We were backpackers, staying in youth hostels and bed & breakfasts chosen from the Ramblers guidebook, […]

Pentecost 7 Amos 7:7-15; Ps 85:8-13; Ephesians 1:3-14—5:1, Mark 3:20-35 The Very Rev’d Bertrand Oliver, Dean and Rector of Christ Church Cathedral, Montreal Summer is gently unfolding, and the sun seems to be returning to this part of Canada. And after an unexpected year of continuing uncertainty and change, improvements in the overall Covid situation […]

Pentecost 6 Mark 6: 1- 13 The Venerable Ralph Leavitt I speak to you in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen. “Well”, I thought to myself, “This is not at all what I expected. Not at all”. I am sure you can relate to this expression. Whatever the circumstance, you had […]

Pentecost 5 Lam 3:22-33; Ps 30 2 Cor 8:7-15; Mark 5:21-43 Rev. Dr. Deborah Meister “There was a woman who had had a discharge of blood for twelve years. She had suffered much under many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was no better but rather grew worse.” (Mark 5:25-26) You gotta […]

Pentecost 4 The Rev’d Jen Bourque

Pentecost 3 Readings for Pentecost 3 The Venerable Ralph Leavitt I speak to you in the Name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen. First of all, I want to tell you something that confronts every preacher. And that of course is the scripture! Every Sunday we have three readings and the […]

Pentecost 2 40th anniversary of Bishop Mary’s ordination to the Diaconate Gen 3:8-15; Ps 130; 2 Cor 4:13—5:1, Mark 3:20-35 The Very Rev’d Bertrand Oliver, Dean and Rector of Christ Church Cathedral, Montreal ‘If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. And if a house is divided against itself, that house will […]

Trinity Sunday Isaiah 6:1-8; Psalm 29; Romans 8:12-17; John 3:1-17 The Rev’d Dr. Deborah Meister During my time in seminary, I had the opportunity to join a seminarians’ trip to England. The itinerary was idiosyncratic: the student who organized it made sure that, in addition to visiting cathedrals and meeting dignitaries, we would visit every single […]