Tag: Maundy Thursday

Each year as we gather on Ash Wednesday, we’re reminded that Lent is a time to prepare for Easter and to renew our lives in the good news of Jesus’ paschal mystery. We’re invited to keep “a holy Lent”—and hear the suggestions that to do so, we should make time for “self-examination, penitence, prayer, fasting,…

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We celebrated the feast of the Epiphany–Jesus being made known to all the world–on Tuesday, 6 January, the day of the feast–with a eucharist in the chapel and a coffee hour downstairs. In a real way, our celebrations of the Epiphany continue this coming Sunday! In the Eastern Church, there are three stories from scripture…

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People, look east. The time is near Of the crowning of the year. Make your house fair as you are able, Trim the hearth and set the table. People, look east and sing today: Love, the guest, is on the way. Such deep thanks to all who have trimmed hearth and set table around the…

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Why rose-coloured vestments on the third Sunday of Advent? Why do some places have a rose-coloured candle in the wreath for that day? It’s a tradition that emerged hundreds of years ago: the introit (the verses from psalm and another portion of scripture which were read as the procession approached the altar) for the third Sunday of…

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Happy new year! The first Sunday of Advent (30 November, this year) marks the beginning of the Church’s new year. With that new beginning comes some changes–we’ll hear the gospel mostly from Mark on Sunday mornings–but more importantly, the start of the shortest season of the Church year. Our Advent wreath is up, and each…

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How delighted we were to join with the diocese in celebrating as Bishop Michael conferred the Order of Niagara on our own Patty on Sunday, October 19th! In the middle of a packed Cathedral, we heard Bishop Ralph read the citation, and then Michael gave Patty the medal. How wonderful to live in a diocese where we celebrate…

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For many years, Nativity has kept Harvest Thanksgiving on the weekend before National Thanksgiving. The church looks stunning, thanks to the hard work of the Decorating committee; after the ten o’clock service, we gather in the halls to share a great harvest lunch together. And then, next week, we celebrate Thanksgiving all over again it…

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Today–September 29th–is the feast of St. Michael and All Angels, sometimes called Michaelmas. On most of the days of our calendar, we remember either God or a significant person whose witness in following God inspires our own journey. Today, however, we remember and celebrate the messengers of God who bring a word that invites us…

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