Grace Pritchard Burson

Blessed are those who have not seen

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All Saints’, Dorval Easter V, Year A May 7, 2023 Putney High School (the right hand picture was probably taken around the time my mother was there). Unfortunately, we couldn’t find any pictures of Aunty Gwen herself. For some reason, I’ve found myself thinking and talking a lot recently about my godmother. Her name was Miss Gwendolyn Date, and she… View Post

God in the mess

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All Saints’, Dorval Easter III, Year A April 23, 2023 Léon Augustin Lhermitte, “Friend of the humble (Supper at Emmaus)”, 1892.  From Art in the Christian Tradition. Three years ago, preaching on Zoom during the first COVID lockdown, I said this: “Cleophas and his companion, after all, did not invite Jesus to a solemn High Mass, or even a dinner… View Post

Expecting resurrection

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All Saints’, Dorval Easter Sunday, Year A April 9, 2023 The hydro trucks in the parking lot on Saturday morning! After the sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. Why did they go to see the tomb? This might seem like a question with a very… View Post

Carrying the light

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All Saints’, Dorval Great Vigil, Year A April 8, 2023 Brian as Jesus washing a child’s feet, April 1 A week ago, a cluster of small children waited at the bottom of the stairs by the back door. They had just been the story of Jesus’ betrayal and death (at an age-appropriate level, of course) and then they had descended… View Post

Nothing to lose

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All Saints’, Dorval Good Friday, Year A April 7, 2023 I read a lot of young adult fantasy, a genre which has been exploding in popularity, creativity, and variety over the past couple of decades. Some of it is lighthearted and funny, but some of it falls into the subgenre called “grimdark” – which is exactly as it’s described: unrelentingly… View Post