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All called to be servants

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CHS, Plymouth Proper 20, Year B September 22, 2024 Verna Dozier in the Washington National Cathedral pulpit, 1985 But they were silent, for on the way they had argued with one another who was the greatest. He sat down, called the twelve, and said to them, “Whoever wants to be first must be last of all and servant of all.”… View Post

Report to the Parish Meeting, September 2024

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Incumbent’s Report, September 22, 2024 With Eloïse Lekx at the Christ Church Beaurepaire centenary service September is always an active month, but this one has been particularly busy, for both happy and sad reasons. We’ve begun our new 2024-25 schedule and kicked off our new “Bible Learning Time” twice a month at 8:45 AM (on the second and fourth Sundays)…. View Post

Funeral sermon for Bert Larocque

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All Saints’, Dorval Winston Franklin “Bert” Larocque September 19, 2024 Icon of the Holy Family in Joseph’s workshop It’s surprisingly difficult to describe simple, ordinary goodness without sounding insipid or boring. But we must try, because to do anything else does not do justice to our friend Bert. Unfortunately, the story of how someone christened “Winston Franklin” came to be… View Post

Jesus in the lunchroom

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All Saints’, Dorval Proper 18, Year B September 8, 2024 Peter and me with Adam and his family in Montreal, 2019 On the first day of eighth grade, my friend Dale and I were sitting at a table in our homeroom when a new girl appeared in the doorway. Dale and I, and our two other close friends, Melanie and… View Post

Loving each other and Creation

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All Saints’, Dorval Proper 22, Year B September 1, 2024 “Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away; for now the winter is past, the rain is over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth; the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.”   This is perhaps the only… View Post