Grace Pritchard Burson

Church in the time of coronavirus

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As of Wednesday, March 11, the World Health Organization has officially declared that the world is experiencing a pandemic of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19. Cases are rising, and measures are increasingly being taken to try to slow the spread of the virus via “social distancing”. It is very likely that in the near future, there will be directives from provincial,… View Post

Being born again?

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All Saints, Dorval Lent II, Year A March 8, 2020 Let’s face it, really brand-new babies are seriously weird looking. Many of you have probably watched, or at least heard of, “Call the Midwife,” the surprise hit BBC series based on the memoirs of a district midwife in London’s East End in the 1950s. In addition to being one of… View Post

O happy fault?

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All Saints, Dorval Lent I, Year A March 1, 2020 Lucas Cranach the Elder, “Adam and Eve”, 1526. The story of Adam and Eve eating the apple is simultaneously one of the best known, and most often misused, misunderstood, and hated, parts of the Bible. One could easily fill an entire semester course at the university level with different takes… View Post

Three crosses

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All Saints, Dorval Ash Wednesday, Year A February 26, 2020 But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, so that your fasting may be seen not by others but by your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you. When I visit people who are sick in the… View Post

Ministry at Ullivik

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In the Action Plan presented at the Annual Vestry, we identified strengthening ties with local organizations and particularly with indigenous communities, as one of our priorities for the coming year(s). Just a week later, I was at Stephen Maki’s induction in St.-Anne-de-Bellevue and happened to learn from Jim Pratt that he does a monthly service at Ullivik, the facility where… View Post