Third Sunday of Easter – April 23, 2023

Third Sunday of Easter – April 23, 2023

Luke 24:13-35This is one of my favourite stories from Scripture. It contains St. Luke’s great promise aboutChristian worship.Think about the four-part movement of the narrative: 1) the two travelers are met on the road,2) have the scriptures opened, 3) share in a meal...
Easter Sunday, April 9, 2023

Easter Sunday, April 9, 2023

The American anthropologist Richard Leakey has argued that ourremote hominid ancestors made four things portable, which in turn madesocial life as we know it possible: food, fire, water and word. Fire for lightand warmth; food for strength; speech and song – that is...
Passion Sunday, April 2, 2023

Passion Sunday, April 2, 2023

It is helpful at certain seasons of the year to recall what we are about when we gather for our weekly celebration. Passion Sunday is such a day. We gather to pray. We do not come to prove anything in particular to God or ourselves nor to establish our virtue but to...
Fifth Sunday in Lent, March 26, 2023

Fifth Sunday in Lent, March 26, 2023

“I have promised and I will do it,” says the Lord (Ezekiel 37:14). What has he promised and whathas he by now done? A restoration of the people Israel under the figure of the resurrection ofthe dead; that is what he has accomplished. But the vision of the dry bones is...