Pentecost Acts 2.1-21, Psalm 104.25-35, 37, Romans 8.22-27, John 15.26-27, 16.4b-15 The Very Rev’d Bertrand Oliver, Dean and Rector From psalm 104: ‘All of them look to you to give them their food in due season. You give it to them, they gather it; you open your hand and they are filled with good things. […]

Sermon for Jerusalem Sunday The Rev’d Dr. Patricia Kirkpatrick, Chair of the Companions of Jerusalem of the Anglican Church of Canada

The Sixth Sunday of Easter Acts 10:44-48; Ps 98 1 John 5:1-6; John 15: 9-17 The Rev. Dr. Deborah Meister   I don’t tend to think of myself as a particularly jingoistic person, but I will go to the mat for the claim that the Book of Common Prayer approved by the Episcopal Church, USA, […]

Homily preached by Father Michael Lapsley, SSM Christ Church Cathedral, Montreal Canada May, 2, 2021 The Fifth Sunday of Eastertide In the name of God who is Creator, Redeemer and Life Giver. Amen Good morning Church, members of the beloved community. May I begin by honouring the first nations who first walked the sacred lands […]

The Fourth Sunday of Easter (Good Shepherd) Psalm 23, 1 John 3:16-24, John 10:11-18 The Venerable Ralph Leavitt Honorary Associate Priest As a faithful Christian, what is it that you desire from God the most? I think that we find some answers to this question in three of our scripture readings today. An answer from […]

Maundy Thursday 2021 Exodus 12:1-14, PSALM 116:1, 10-17, 1 Corinthians 11:23-26, John 13:1-17, 31b-35 As we have been following the days of Holy Week since Palm Sunday, and what is often described as the triumphant entry of Jesus into Jerusalem, we know that the mood has been subtly changing. We already had a sense that […]

Palm Sunday Is 50:4-9a; Phil 2:5-11 Mark 11:1-11; Mark 14:32-15:39 Rev. Deborah Meister Last week, someone hung a noose beside a church near my former one. It was not the first time that church had been defaced: someone had already taken down their Black Lives Matter banner, twice. Six Asian women were killed by a […]

Lent 5 Heb 5.5-10 – Psalm 119.9-16 John 12.20-33 The Very Rev’d Bertrand Oliver, Dean and Rector of Christ Church Cathedral, Montreal ‘Sir, we wish to see Jesus’ It was obvious that something was afoot when even some strangers from Greece, who had travelled to Jerusalem for the Passover, asked to see Jesus. True, they […]

Lent 4 Numbers 21:4-9; Ps 107:1-3, 17-22 Eph 2: 1-10; John 3:14-21 The Rev. Dr. Deborah Meister As many of us know, Dean Bertrand is an accomplished runner, with a bounty of marathon medals to his name. My own career as a runner was much more ignominious.: I ran cross-country for one quarter in high […]

“Drawing Closer to God” February 28, 2021 Lent 2 Mark 8: 31-38 The Venerable Ralph Leavitt Honorary Associate Priest Good Morning. I speak to you in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen. Here we are truly in the Lent season now. It is time to get serious with our […]

Lent 1 Genesis 9:8-17 Psalm 25:1-9 1 Peter 3:18-22 Mark 1:9-15 The Rev. Dr. Deborah Meister As many of you know, a group of former inmates meets each week in Fulford (or, this year, online) to support one another in building a new life which is truly free. I learned this week that, each year, […]

Ash Wednesday Joel 2.1-2, 12-17; Psalm 103.8-18; 2 Cor 5.20b – 6.10; Matthew 6.1-6, 16-21 The Very Rev’d Bertrand Oliver, Dean and Rector of Christ Church Cathedral, Montreal ‘For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also’ It was lovely to see some of you yesterday at our Mardi Gras online gathering, to […]