A sermon guest preached by Gretchen Wolff Pritchard, April 7, 2024 (Easter II, Year B) The Pritchard family coming out of church on Easter Sunday, 1983. Today’s story is commonly known as “Doubting Thomas.” And oh how easily we identify with Thomas. He missed the party. He didn’t see the angel at the empty tomb. He wasn’t there when Jesus… View Post
Fear and faith at the empty tomb
All Saints’, Dorval Easter Sunday, Year B March 31, 2024 So they went out and fled from the tomb, for terror and amazement had seized them; and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid. That’s the end of the Gospel of Mark. Some later manuscripts have a few more verses tacked on, but those are pretty clearly additions… View Post
God’s time
All Saints’, Dorval Great Vigil of Easter, Year B March 30, 2024 The altar of repose in the chapel, Maundy Thursday 2024 Two nights ago, in the chapel where we began this service, a group of about fifteen youth and young adults from half a dozen parishes on the island of Montreal, along with their many adult supporters, kept watch… View Post
Meeting Christ in the senses
All Saints, Dorval Palm Sunday, Year B March 24, 2024 The snack counter at Palm Saturday. One of the funny things about making Holy Week happen is that, alongside all the usual writing and meetings and email and paperwork that typically constitute my job, I also suddenly find myself making long lists of things. Pastry brushes. Candles. Towels. Speaker. Hard-boiled… View Post
Irene Lambert, 1925-2024
All Saints, Dorval Anne Irene Glen Lambert March 9, 2024 Irene Lambert was a bright light. From the first time I met her in 2018 in the house on Sainte-Marie, to when I said the prayers for the dying at her bedside in the Pavillon Camille-Lefebvre, to be in her presence was to be in the presence of joy and… View Post
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