As we make our way through Holy Week – that time of such wondrous love, when for my sake and that of all the world Christ gave himself to death, there are two moments when I am invariably ‘undone’.
Consider this statistic: 45 million people worldwide are captive in modern-day slavery. Two million of them are children.
Coming into February, the church celebrates one of the loveliest of all festivals, The Presentation of the Lord in the Temple (Luke 2:22-40).
The history of humanity is marked by many walls of empires risen and fallen.
At the heart of Christmasis The Child, that “holy infant, so tender and mild,” the Son of God, cradled in the loving arms of Mary and guarded by the loving watch of Joseph.
Many are the stories of parishes throughout our beloved church that have welcomed hundreds of refugees and helped them settle into a new life in Canada.
My desire of many years to visit Rome is finally being realized. This month, I will attend the celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of the Anglican Centre in Rome.
Two months past General Synod 2016, we are called more than ever to bear with one another in love.
On Sunday, April 10, I had the great joy of baptizing our granddaughter, Leah Madeline, at Grace Church on-the-Hill in Toronto. I, of course, was very excited and a little nervous, too.
Wes Frensdorff, the one-time bishop of Nevada (now deceased) wrote a piece called “The Dream.
Like many of you, I have a little ceramic bowl full of lapel pins. They represent the Anglican Church of Canada and all of our dioceses, The Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund, the Anglican Foundation of Canada, the Anglican Council of Indigenous Peoples, and Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission. I try to wear one of these pins appropriate to the context in which I find myself through my travels.
Among the grand features of the Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Christ in Canterbury, England—its columns and arches, its quire and its crypt, its exquisite stained glass—are its many steps.
She met us as we arrived in Terra Firme, a very poor neighbourhood in the city of Belém in Brazil, where the diocese of Amazonia has had a steadfast witness to the gospel for many years.
This month, at the invitation of the Archbishop of Canterbury, the primates and moderators of the member churches of the Anglican Communion will meet in Canterbury.
A couple of weeks ago I made room for the Advent wreath on our dining room table. Soon I will make room for a crèche in my study and then for the Christmas tree. Those tasks are a sign of the Advent call to make room in our hearts for Christ, and all those for whom he would have us show his boundless compassion.
I have always looked forward to the festival of All Saints. It is a culmination of all those days when we remember, with thanksgiving, the
“Most gracious God, we give thee hearty thanks for this good land of Canada in which we live, and for the freedom we enjoy. Keep us mindful of our duties and faithful to our trust; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.”
History recorded that when Constantine ordered the building of a great church in Jerusalem, the labourers, in the course of digging to lay its foundation, found a large beam of wood. Said to have been from the cross on which Christ died, it was enshrined near the altar of the new church, which was dedicated on September 14 in the year 335. Ever since then, Christians have kept this date as Holy Cross Day.
Is there any more wonderful sound than the bells of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, or those of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, Christ Church Cathedral in Canterbury, St. Paul’s Cathedral in London or the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in old Quebec City?
As our church observes Jerusalem Sunday on May 17 (the Seventh Sunday of Easter), we will give special thanks to God for the ministry of Major the Rev. Canon John Organ, who has served as chaplain for Archbishop Suheil Dawani in Jerusalem for the past three years.
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