Reflection

Listening to and following the Holy Spirit

The Rev. Margo Whittaker May 23, 2025

In what the Rev. Dr. Jesse Zink, principal of Montreal Dio College, calls this time of polycrisis, we are still called to rejoice in the ...

close view of The Thinker statue by August Rodin

Qui suis-je ?

Le révérend chanoine Kevin Flynn May 23, 2025

À la fin de mon adolescence, j’ai participé à un programme d’été organisé par l’Ordre of the Holy Cross, la Society of St John the ...

Cross of Nails at Christ Church Cathedral Ottawa.

Pardon

Le révérend chanoine Kevin Flynn April 25, 2025

L’algorithme qui détermine les vidéos qui s’affichent dans mon flux YouTube me réserve parfois de très bonnes surprises. Je viens de voir cette vidéo d’une ...

Pussy willow branches in the spring sunshine.

Where does our help come from?

The Rev. Canon Stephen Silverthorne March 20, 2025

Probably the hardest part of a clergy person’s job is dealing with death. Through the many joys of ministry, we never know when death and ...

Christ on the Cross stained glass window

Reflections on the Cross

The Rev. Canon Stewart Murray February 20, 2025

For me the journey of Lent is dominated by the long shadow of the Cross. The meaning of Christ’s sacrifice and my understanding and response ...

Love yourself as your neighbour

The Rev. Rosemary Parker January 20, 2025

A few years ago, I was feeling uncertain about a sermon I wrote for the Baptism of Jesus (Matthew 3:13-17). The Gospel reading itself is ...

Le Credo de Nicée

Le révérend chanoine Kevin Flynn January 20, 2025

Quelqu’un m’a demandé il n’y a pas longtemps pourquoi nous récitons le Credo ou Symbole de Nicée lors de l’Eucharistie dominicale. Pourquoi introduire dans un ...

Le repentir : Le chemin de la vie

Le révérend chanoine Kevin Flynn December 26, 2024

English translation Tout au long des Écritures, nous entendons l’appel à la conversion par la repentance. Jean le Baptiste a appelé les gens à une ...

Nativity window from St. Bartholomew's Ottawa

Waiting for the light that shines in the darkness

The Rev. Canon Catherine Ascah November 21, 2024

Susan Wojciechowski’s book The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey is about a lonely, brooding wood carver, haunted by the loss of his wife and child. ...