Grace Pritchard Burson

The saints across time and space

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All Saints by the Lake, Dorval All Saints’ Sunday, Year C November 6, 2022 Almost three years ago now, as the world shut down in the face of COVID-19, a small group of people began to meet every day on Zoom at 5:00 PM to pray the service of Evening Prayer out of the Book of Alternative Services. In the… View Post

The persistent (and cranky) widow

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All Saints by the Lake, Dorval Proper 29, Year C October 16, 2022   I confess: I’m feeling cranky these days. It’s not just having finally come down with COVID after avoiding it for almost three years – though that certainly hasn’t improved my mood over the past couple of weeks! It’s that everything just seems so hard these days…. View Post

Jeremiah in Canada

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All Saints by the Lake, Dorval Proper 25, Year C September 18, 2022 The prophet Jeremiah, from the Sistine Chapel My joy is gone, grief is upon me, my heart is sick. … O that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears, so that I might weep day and night for the slain… View Post

The Strategic Plan is dead, long live the Strategic Plan

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Newsletter, Autumn 2022 Can you spot the difference in this photo of the nave? Happy Fall, everybody! It was a joy to welcome everyone back to the Blessing of the Backpacks and the annual BBQ on September 11. And as I type this, the electricians are in the nave raising the light fixtures, which will not only improve our sightlines… View Post

Who are the lost?

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All Saints by the Lake, Dorval Proper 24, Year C September 11, 2022 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II with Archbishop of Canterbury the Most Rev’d Justin Welby Who are the lost ones? Are they the tax collectors and sinners, the ones coming near to listen to Jesus because he was the only one who didn’t tell them they were beyond… View Post