Category: Reflections

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Re-Membering: Rights and Relationships

Advent 4 – December 21, 2014 by Marilyn Dolmage Today’s two Bible readings involve Faith and Mystery. The Doxology in Romans tells the faithful that

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“Not in the Bible!”

This past week, I posted a short note on the Holy Trinity e-list with observations from my past weekend at Canterbury Cathedral – the ‘Mother Church’ of the worldwide Anglican Communion.

It was my first visit to Canterbury, and I was pleased to be able to sit in the quire for Evensong on Saturday afternoon and then Sung Eucharist on Sunday morning.

As you might imagine, I was especially delighted to be invited afterwards to share a glass of wine with the Archbishop of Canterbury and a couple of dozen ‘baby bishops’ who were gathered for an annual conference for bishops who had been in office for less than a year.

Since we live in the 21st century, and are as a society obsessed with the mere fabric of celebrity – let me begin with a fashion statement: The vestments worn by Archbishop Justin are without a doubt much more high end than anything here at Holy Trinity, though perhaps this is to be expected.

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Refugee Service Homily

Homily given by Sherman Hesselgrave at a service held at St James Cathedral, Toronto, on February 1st, 2015, The Eve of the Feast of the

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The Water that Connects All Life

Reflection on the Baptism of Jesus at “Keepers of the Water: A Vigil of Lament and Celebration”, January 14th, 2015 (Genesis 1:1-5 and Mark 1:1-11)