This afternoon again, we hear the whole story of Jesus’s Passion. If you were there on Sunday, you have already heard Matthew’s version, and today we hear John’s version. If you remember, we talked about how the Passion narrative is such a large portion of the Gospel, it’s true in Matthew, Mark and Luke’s, it’s…

So tonight we are here to remember Jesus’s last supper with his disciples. For me, it’s sort of another thing that always takes me by surprise during this Holy Week, because I am so used to having a celebration the Holy Eucharist every Sunday, it’s hard to wrap my head around the fact that this…

Palm Sunday always brings some sort of a shock, doesn’t it? We come to church for the joyful procession, the hosannas, the palms we keep year round to decorate and bless our houses, some may come here to see the donkey, and it’s all good and happy, and then we enter into the building and…

Lent 4A: Seeing God’s glory (John 9: 1-41)Rev Fanny Belanger This morning we continue our journey in Lent with John’s Gospel, and we find ourselves looking at Jesus’ third encounter. Last Sunday, we heard about the Samaritan woman and the Sunday before that, Nicodemus. Today, Jesus meets a blind man at the entrance of the…

During this Lent, we hear several stories from John’s Gospel about Jesus meeting with people. Of course, there are plenty of stories in the Gospel about Jesus meeting people, but John’s stories are different because these people, although not always named, are very distinctive and they engage in long conversations with Jesus. Actually you may…

Good morning…and welcome to Lent! This is the first Sunday out of six, and one thing I like about Lent is that it sets the tone, right? There are liturgical seasons where we may be a bit unsure of what it’s about, or how to feel about it, like Advent or even the season of…

Well, it’s great to finally be here after quite a bit of snow and ice, and it looks like we’re going to have some rain later, so I am glad to have this window of opportunity to be with you all, on this last Sunday of Epiphany! And thank you so much for this invitation….

This week again during Advent we continue to hear about John’s ministry, but you have probably noticed that the setting is not quite the same. Our lectionary takes us from the sunny banks of the Jordan where the crowd gathered to hear John’s powerful predication and receive their baptism (Advent 2 – Matthew 3:1-12) to…

I found it amusing, and then a little sad, when I heard once a priest say that: Among all the saints, John the Baptist is not one to be imitated. Well, indeed, I am not sure about wearing camel’s hair and eating locusts, but I don’t think it was about that. I think what that…

So I guess one could say that our liturgical year starts with a bang! Although we may have come to expect it, we know that our season of Advent is about preparing for the return of the Lord, those texts we read from the Gospel about the end of times are always unsettling and difficult…