Grace Pritchard Burson

Goliath’s fears

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All Saints’, Dorval Proper 12 (National Indigenous Day of Prayer), Year B June 20, 2021 “Life of David,” The Morgan Leaf of the Winchester Bible, ca. 1150–80.  J. Pierpont Morgan Library, New York (Image from the Metropolitan Museum of Art website) “The Lord will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in time of trouble.” Thus begins our portion… View Post

What is discernment?

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All Saints’, Dorval Proper 11, Year B June 13, 2021 Icon of St. Ignatius of Loyola Last week, speaking about the “sin against the Holy Spirit,” I said this: But the key is discernment. We must never get so comfortable in our certainties that we forget to pay attention to where the Spirit is moving, and that we forget that… View Post

The sin against the Holy Spirit

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All Saints’, Dorval Proper 10, Year B June 6, 2021 Solar lights and children’s shoes form a memorial in front of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School. Truly I tell you, people will be forgiven for their sins and whatever blasphemies they utter; but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit can never have forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal… View Post

An announcement

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The welcoming committee last September The persistent question, ever since the COVID-19 pandemic began last March, has been, “When can we go back to church?” Being together, singing, sharing communion, having coffee hour: these are the things we miss most intensely, and which we really haven’t had, in any recognizable form, for a year and a quarter now. Last summer,… View Post

She comes sailing

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All Saints’, Dorval Trinity, Year B May 30, 2021 Last week, on Pentecost, we celebrated the coming of the Holy Spirit. This week is Trinity Sunday, when we remind ourselves that we worship one God. Someone coming into a church for the first time, with no context, might take a while to figure that out. If you were casually listening… View Post