Grace Pritchard Burson

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

Spirit and flesh

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All Saints’, Dorval Proper 20, Year B August 18, 2024 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live forever, and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh. If you noticed that this is the exact same verse with which I began last week’s… View Post

Being the bread of life

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All Saints’, Dorval Proper 19, Year B August 11, 2024 Making hot cross buns at the Holy Week youth retreat. I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live forever, and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh. Once again, I’m looking back six… View Post