Grace Pritchard Burson

Morning Prayer: the hows and whys

in Blog on

At the most recent gathering of the Worship Committee, as we made the decision to return to Morning Prayer for our regular Sunday morning worship service as long as the church is ordered to be closed, there was some discussion of how we landed on the version of Morning Prayer that we have been doing, on and off, since March… View Post

The lost years

in Sermons on

All Saints’, Dorval/St. Mary’s, Kerrisdale Epiphany II, Year C January 16, 2022 Scene from the “Infancy Gospel of Thomas,” Klosterneuburger Evangelienwerk, fol. 28r (Stadtsbibliothek Schaffhausen, Gen. 8) When the wine gave out, the mother of Jesus said to him, ‘They have no wine.’ And Jesus said to her, ‘Woman, what concern is that to you and to me? My hour has… View Post

The communion of the beloved

in Sermons on

All Saints’, Dorval Baptism of the Lord, Year C January 9, 2022 Brian Kershisnik, “Nativity,” 2006 One of the few advantages (for me) of doing church on Zoom from home, rather than as hybrid worship from the church, is that I can see everyone’s faces throughout the service, rather than only at the very end. When I’m in the church… View Post

Guest sermon from the Rev’d Terry Hidichuk

in Sermons on

  God Never Forgets (a sermon preached on January 2, via Zoom at All Saints by the Lake, Dorval, Quebec) The Rev’d Dr. Terry Hidichuk) Incipit (opening sentences) of the Gospel of St. John in the “Coronation Gospels”, 10th c. (British Library Cotton MS. Tiberius A. II, f. 162r). Text: John 1: 1-18 When John tells the Christmas story there… View Post

The mystery in darkness

in Sermons on

All Saints’, Dorval Christmas Eve, Year C December 24, 2021 The aurora borealis in Alaska Before the current situation necessitated a pivot back to worship online for Christmas Eve, we had to think about how to handle the candlelit singing of “Silent Night” that is traditional during this service. A room full of people taking their masks off to blow… View Post