March 28, 2021
Fifth Sunday in Lent
Backgrounder: March 23, 2021
God’s final answer to the chaos of our world is seen on the Cross of Jesus. Isaiah prophesies about a suffering servant, who will offer his pain for us. His rejection is our redemption. (Isaiah 50) The depth of Jesus’s pain is in the refrain for Psalm 22, “My God, my God, why have you […]
March 21, 2021
Fifth Sunday in Lent
In Memoriam: Mary Ann Grubb
Link to her obituary
Backgrounder: March 16, 2021
Why does God promise his chosen people a “new covenant” (Jeremiah 31)? After generations of God’s gracious offers of covenant, chaos continually overcomes covenant. People continue to turn away from God and his ways. The mystery of evil is deeper and broader than we can fathom. God will bring about the new covenant in his […]
March 14, 2021
Fourth Sunday in Lent
Backgrounder: March 10, 2021
Backgrounder: The Covenant Restored The low point of the overwhelming chaos which threatens continually Israel is the destruction of Jerusalem, including the temple of Solomon, the house of God. Worst of all, Israel “kept mocking the messengers of God, despising his words, and scoffing at his Prophets.” (2 Chronicles 36) Exile in Babylon follows. Chaos […]
March 7, 2021
Second Sunday in Lent
Conscience Rights: A message from Bishop Crosby
Click the link below for a letter from Bishop Crosby dated March 5, 2021, regarding conscience rights in Ontario. 2021 CONSCIENCE RIGHTS IN ONTARIO Letter to all Priests and Parishes March 5
Backgrounder: March 3, 2021
Don’t forget to join us for Thursday Nite Appetizer on YouTube, Thursday nights at 8pm! COVENANT AND COMMANDMENT The third covenant we encounter this Lent is the covenant given through Moses, the Lawgiver. The Ten Commandments of the first reading (Exodus 20:1-17) describe the shape of a new relationship. Israel becomes a people who is […]