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Feed the sheep

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All Saints’, Dorval Easter III, Year C May 4, 2025 Teresa’s selfie with Victor-David and Deborah from Saturday I apologize in advance if this sermon makes no sense. It was written barely twelve hours before the early service, after an already very long day. That long day was, of course, the electoral synod of the diocese of Montreal, which chose… View Post

Newsletter article for May

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I don’t know when the May “Anchor” will come out, but here’s my column! Making hot cross buns in the renovated kitchen on Maundy Thursday! All Saints’ has been talking about a capital campaign for a long time, and events keep overtaking us, from the pandemic to the current world economic situation. Closer to home, we have repeatedly reevaluated what… View Post

Let’s follow him and see where he’s going

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All Saints’, Dorval Easter Sunday, Year C April 20, 2025 Palm Saturday, 2024 A week ago yesterday, All Saints’ held our fourth annual “Palm Saturday,” an event for children at which we reenact the story of Holy Week and Easter, bake bread, make crafts, and sing together. To tell the story, we begin in the chapel, where we welcome Jesus… View Post

Petty Cheating Jesus vs. the Enemy

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All Saints’, Dorval Great Vigil of Easter, Year C April 19, 2025 Satan being super cranky about being stomped on by Jesus as he harrows Hell This past Wednesday, I was trying to get ready for the Holy Week services and activities and the following things all happened within the space of a couple hours: Google Forms kept eating the… View Post

The word we don’t say

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All Saints’, Dorval Good Friday, Year C April 18, 2025 Photo: Angela Recine-Estima The dripping blood our only drink, The bloody flesh our only food: In spite of which we like to think That we are sound, substantial flesh and blood – Again, in spite of that, we call this Friday good. (T. S. Eliot, of course.) I find myself… View Post