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# Christ Church

(Anglican) Windsor, Nova Scotia

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## Posts

- [Month at a Glance, August 2026](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/08/09/month-at-a-glance-august-2026-2/) - Sunday, August 16th, Eleventh Sunday after Trinity 8:00am Holy Communion 10:30am Holy Communion Sunday, August 23rd, Twelfth Sunday after Trinity 8:00am Holy Communion 10:30am Holy Communion Sunday, August 30th, Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity 8:00am Holy Communion 10:30am Holy Communion Fr. Curry will be away on vacation for August 9th, 16th & 23rd and on September
- [Jeremy Taylor, Bishop](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/08/13/jeremy-taylor-bishop-13/) - The collect for today, the commemoration of Jeremy Taylor (1613-67), Bishop of Down and Connor, Teacher of the Faith (source): O holy and loving God, who dwellest in the human heart and makest us partakers of the divine nature in Christ our great high priest: grant that we, having in remembrance thy servant Jeremy Taylor,
- [Hippolytus, Doctor and Bishop](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/08/13/hippolytus-doctor-and-bishop-13/) - The collect for today, the commemoration of Hippolytus (d. c. 235), Doctor, Bishop in Rome, Martyr (source): O God, who hast enlightened thy Church by the teaching of thy servant Hippolytus: Enrich us evermore, we beseech thee, with thy heavenly grace, and raise up faithful witnesses who by their life and doctrine will set forth the truth
- [Charles Inglis, Bishop](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/08/12/charles-inglis-bishop-14/) - The collect for a Bishop or Archbishop, in commemoration of The Right Rev. Charles Inglis (1734-1816), first Church of England bishop of Nova Scotia, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD, our heavenly Father, who didst raise up thy faithful servant Charles Inglis to be a Bishop in thy Church and to
- [Laurence, Archdeacon and Martyr](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/08/10/laurence-archdeacon-and-martyr-13/) - The collect for today, the Feast of St. Laurence (c. 225 - 258), Archdeacon of Rome, Martyr (source): Almighty God, who didst make Laurence a loving servant of thy people and a wise steward of the treasures of thy Church: inflame us, by his example, to love as he loved and to walk in the
- [The Tenth Sunday After Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/08/09/the-tenth-sunday-after-trinity-18/) - The collect for today, the Tenth Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): LET thy merciful ears, O Lord, be open to the prayers of thy humble servants; and that they may obtain their petitions make them to ask such things as shall please thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
- [The Name of Jesus](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/08/07/the-name-of-jesus-15/) - The collect for today, the Feast of the Name of Jesus, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): ALMIGHTY God, who by thy blessed Apostle hast taught us that there is none other name given among men whereby we must be saved, but only the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ: Grant, we beseech
- [The Transfiguration of Our Lord](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/08/06/the-transfiguration-of-our-lord-15/) - The Collect for today, the Holy Day of the Transfiguration of Our Lord, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD, who on the holy mount didst reveal to chosen witnesses thy well-beloved Son wonderfully transfigured: Mercifully grant unto us such a vision of his divine majesty, that we, being purified and strengthened
- [Sermon for the Ninth Sunday after Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/08/02/sermon-for-the-ninth-sunday-after-trinity-9/) - “His master praised the unrighteous steward” Parables are a powerful heuristic devices, ways of teaching about ethical and spiritual matters. They appeal to our imaginations and convict our hearts so that we may learn to see ourselves in them but they are by no means simple. They require our serious attention. In the course of
- [Sermon for SSC service, St. John Maria Vianney branch](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/08/03/sermon-for-ssc-service-st-john-maria-vianney-branch/) - Fr. David Curry preached this homily to the St. John Vianney branch of the Societas Sanctae Crucis (SSC, Society of the Holy Cross) on 30 July, Feast of St John Vianney transferred. “How readest thou?” We commemorate St. John Maria Vianney, patron saint of parish priests, of all priests, of all confessors, and of every
- [Month at a Glance, August 2026](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/08/02/month-at-a-glance-august-2026/) - Sunday, August 9th, Tenth Sunday after Trinity 8:00am Holy Communion 10:30am Holy Communion Sunday, August 16th, Eleventh Sunday after Trinity 8:00am Holy Communion 10:30am Holy Communion Sunday, August 23rd, Twelfth Sunday after Trinity 8:00am Holy Communion 10:30am Holy Communion Sunday, August 30th, Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity 8:00am Holy Communion 10:30am Holy Communion Fr. Curry will
- [Oswald, King and Martyr](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/08/05/oswald-king-and-martyr-14/) - The collect for today, the Feast of St. Oswald (d. 642), King of Northumbria, Martyr (source): O Lord God almighty, who didst so kindle the faith of thy servant King Oswald with thy Spirit that he set up the sign of the cross in his kingdom and turned his people to the light of Christ:
- [The Ninth Sunday After Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/08/02/the-ninth-sunday-after-trinity-18/) - The collect for today, the Ninth Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): GRANT to us, Lord, we beseech thee, the spirit to think and do always such things as be rightful; that we, who cannot do any thing that is good without thee, may by thee be enabled to live
- [The Maccabean Martyrs](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/08/01/the-maccabean-martyrs-16/) - The collect for a Martyr, in commemoration of the Maccabean Martyrs (d. 166 B.C.), from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): Almighty God, by whose grace and power thy Martyrs the Holy Maccabees were enabled to witness to the truth and to be faithful unto death: Grant that we, who now remember them before
- [Olaf, King and Martyr](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/07/29/olaf-king-and-martyr-13/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Olaf (c. 995-1030), Patron Saint of Norway (source): Almighty God, Who didst enable Thy faithful soldier and servant Olaf to play the man and upon sea and land to endure hardness and to fight the good fight of the faith: Grant unto us whom Thou hast called
- [William Wilberforce](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/07/29/william-wilberforce-16/) - The collect for today, the commemoration of William Wilberforce (1759-1833), English MP, Social Reformer, Abolitionist (source): Let thy continual mercy, O Lord, enkindle in thy Church the never-failing gift of charity, that, following the example of thy servant William Wilberforce, we may have grace to defend the children of the poor, and maintain the cause
- [Sermon for the Eighth Sunday after Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/07/26/sermon-for-the-eighth-sunday-after-trinity-11/) - “You have received a spirit of sonship” The year was 524. The place was Pavia, a northern Italian town. The person, a scholar and public official, named Boethius, languishing in prison falsely accused of treason against the Arian king, Theodoric the Ostrogoth. He would be brutally killed. But not before writing one of the great
- [Month at a Glance, July – August 2026](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/07/26/month-at-a-glance-july-august-2026-2/) - Thursday, July 30th, Comm. of St. John Vianney (transf.) 9:00am Holy Communion, SSC Chapter Meeting - Parish Hall Saturday, August 1st 5:00pm Holy Matrimony (Eric Dufour & Abigail Chisholm) Sunday, August 2nd, Ninth Sunday after Trinity 8:00am Holy Communion 10:30am Holy Communion Sunday, August 9th, Tenth Sunday after Trinity 8:00am Holy Communion 10:30am Holy Communion
- [The Eighth Sunday After Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/07/26/the-eighth-sunday-after-trinity-18/) - The collect for today, the Eighth Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O God, whose never-failing providence ordereth all things both in heaven and earth: We humbly beseech thee to put away from us all hurtful things, and to give us those things which be profitable for us; through Jesus
- [Sermon for the Seventh Sunday after Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/07/19/sermon-for-the-seventh-sunday-after-trinity-11/) - “I am the vine, ye are the branches … Abide in my love” The Collect, Epistle and Gospel for today offer an extended commentary on the last of the so-called “I Am” sayings of Jesus in John’s Gospel; hence my text for this morning. “I am the vine,” Jesus says, “ye are the branches …
- [St. James the Apostle](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/07/25/st-james-the-apostle-12/) - The collect for today, the Feast of St. James the Apostle, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): GRANT, O merciful God, that as thine holy Apostle Saint James, leaving his father and all that he had, without delay was obedient unto the calling of thy Son Jesus Christ, and followed him; so we,
- [Month at a Glance, July – August 2026](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/07/19/month-at-a-glance-july-august-2026/) - Tuesday, July 21st, Eve of the Feast of St. Mary Magdalene 7:00pm Holy Communion Sunday, July 26th, Eighth Sunday after Trinity 8:00am Holy Communion 10:30am Holy Communion Thursday, July 30th, Comm. of St. John Vianney (transf.) 9:00am Holy Communion, SSC Chapter Meeting -Parish Hall Saturday, August 1st 5:00pm Holy Matrimony (Eric Dufour & Abigail Chisholm)
- [Margaret of Antioch, Virgin and Martyr](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/07/20/margaret-of-antioch-virgin-and-martyr-13/) - The collect for a Virgin or Matron, on the Feast of Saint Margaret of Antioch (c. 289-304), Virgin and Martyr, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD Most High, the creator of all mankind, we bless thy holy Name for the virtue and grace which thou hast given unto holy women in
- [St. Mary Magdalene](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/07/22/st-mary-magdalene-14/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Mary Magdalene, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): ALMIGHTY God, whose blessed Son did sanctify Mary Magdalene, and call her to be a witness to his resurrection: Mercifully grant that by thy grace we may be healed of all our infirmities, and always serve thee
- [Sermon for the Sixth Sunday after Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/07/12/sermon-for-the-sixth-sunday-after-trinity-13/) - “Love your enemies, do good to them that hate you” How utterly impossible, perhaps, utterly unimaginable. Yet the Collect notes, “God has prepared for them that love [him] such good things as pass man’s understanding.” And so we pray God to “pour into our hearts such love toward [him], that we, loving [him] above all
- [Month at a Glance, July 2026](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/07/12/month-at-a-glance-july-2026-2/) - Sunday, July 12th, Sixth Sunday after Trinity 8:00am Holy Communion 10:30am Holy Communion Sunday, July 19th, Seventh Sunday after Trinity 8:00am Holy Communion 10:30am Holy Communion Tuesday, July 21st, Eve of the Feast of St. Mary Magdalene 7:00pm Holy Communion Sunday, July 26th, Eighth Sunday after Trinity 8:00am Holy Communion 10:30am Holy Communion Thursday, July
- [The Seventh Sunday After Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/07/19/the-seventh-sunday-after-trinity-18/) - The collect for today, The Seventh Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): LORD of all power and might, who art the author and giver of all good things: Graft in our hearts the love of thy Name, increase in us true religion, nourish us with all goodness, and of thy
- [Swithun, Bishop](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/07/15/swithun-bishop-13/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Swithun (d. 862), Bishop of Winchester (source): Almighty God, by whose grace we celebrate again the feast of thy servant Swithun: grant that, as he governed with gentleness the people committed to his care, so we, rejoicing in our inheritance in Christ, may ever seek to build
- [The Sixth Sunday After Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/07/12/the-sixth-sunday-after-trinity-18/) - The collect for today, the Sixth Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O God, who hast preparest for them that love thee such good things as pass man's understanding: Pour into our hearts such love toward thee, that we, loving thee above all things, may obtain thy promises, which exceed
- [Audio file of 8:00am Holy Communion service, Fifth Sunday after Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/07/05/audio-file-of-800am-holy-communion-service-fifth-sunday-after-trinity-4/)
- [Stephen Langton, Archbishop](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/07/09/stephen-langton-archbishop-13/) - The collect for a Bishop or Archbishop, on the Commemoration of Stephen Langton (c. 1150-1228), Archbishop of Canterbury from 1207, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD, our heavenly Father, who didst raise up thy faithful servant Stephen Langton to be a Bishop in thy Church and to feed thy flock: We beseech
- [Month at a Glance, July 2026](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/07/05/month-at-a-glance-july-2026/) - Sunday, July 5th, Fifth Sunday after Trinity (In the Octave of SS. Peter & Paul) 8:00am Holy Communion 10:30am Holy Communion Sunday, July 12th, Sixth Sunday after Trinity 8:00am Holy Communion 10:30am Holy Communion Sunday, July 19th, Seventh Sunday after Trinity 8:00am Holy Communion 10:30am Holy Communion Sunday, July 26th, Eighth Sunday after Trinity 8:00am
- [Sermon for the Fifth Sunday after Trinity (in the Octave of St. Peter and St. Paul)](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/07/05/sermon-for-the-fifth-sunday-after-trinity-in-the-octave-of-st-peter-and-st-paul-3/) - “The people pressed upon him to hear the word of God” Today’s Gospel illustrates wonderfully the Epistle reading from 1st Peter. Both readings complement rather providentially the significance of this Sunday as falling within The Octave of the Feast of St. Peter and St. Paul. They are the twin pillars and princes of the Apostolic
- [Thomas More, Martyr](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/07/06/thomas-more-martyr-13/) - The collect for today, the commemoration of Sir Thomas More (1478-1535), Lord Chancellor of England, Scholar, Reformation Martyr (source): Almighty God, who strengthened Thomas More to be in office a king’s good servant but in conscience your servant first, grant us in all our doubts and uncertainties to feel the grasp of your holy hand
- [The Fifth Sunday After Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/07/05/the-fifth-sunday-after-trinity-18/) - The collect for today, The Fifth Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): GRANT, O Lord, we beseech thee, that the course of this world may be so peaceably ordered by thy governance, that thy Church may joyfully serve thee in all godly quietness; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle:
- [Sermon for the Feast of St. Peter & St. Paul](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/06/29/sermon-for-the-feast-of-st-peter-st-paul-2/) - “Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God” There is no greater contrast than between Peter and Paul, the one a poor fisherman, the other, a proud scholar. And yet, as Augustine argues, “they were as one”. What unites them? Christ Jesus. What does that mean? It means that Christ Jesus has overcome
- [Audio file of 8:00am Holy Communion service, Fourth Sunday after Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/06/28/audio-file-of-800am-holy-communion-service-fourth-sunday-after-trinity-4/)
- [The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Elizabeth](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/07/02/the-visitation-of-the-blessed-virgin-mary-to-elizabeth-15/) - The collect for today, the Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Elizabeth (source): Almighty God, by whose grace Elizabeth rejoiced with Mary and greeted her as the mother of the Lord: look with favour, we beseech thee, on thy lowly servants, that, with Mary, we may magnify thy holy name and
- [Sermon for the Fourth Sunday after Trinity (in the Octave of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist)](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/06/28/sermon-for-the-fourth-sunday-after-trinity-in-the-octave-of-the-nativity-of-st-john-the-baptist-2/) - “Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful” Suffering and glory. Mercy and justice. They seem to stand in opposition one to the other yet our readings suggest otherwise and illuminate the nature of the Christian pilgrimage of the soul. It is nothing less than our participation in what has been fully and
- [Confederation of Canada, 1867: Dominion Day](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/07/01/confederation-of-canada-1867-dominion-day-15/) - The collect for today, Dominion Day, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD, who providest for thy people by thy power, and rulest over them in love: Vouchsafe so to bless thy servant our King, and his Government in this Dominion of Canada, that thy people may dwell in peace and safety,
- [Month at a Glance, June - July 2026](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/06/28/month-at-a-glance-june-july-2026/) - Sunday, June 28th, Fourth Sunday after Trinity 8:00am Holy Communion 10:30am Holy Communion (Followed by a time of fellowship & refreshment – Parish Hall) Monday, June 29th, St. Peter & St. Paul 10:00am Holy Communion Sunday, July 5th, Fifth Sunday after Trinity (In the Octave of SS. Peter & Paul) 8:00am Holy Communion 10:30am Holy
- [St. Peter and St. Paul the Apostles](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/06/29/st-peter-and-st-paul-the-apostles-15/) - The collects for today, the Feast of Saint Peter and Saint Paul the Apostles, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O almighty God, who by thy Son Jesus Christ didst give to thy Apostle Saint Peter many excellent gifts, and commandedst him earnestly to feed thy flock: Make, we beseech thee, all Bishops
- [The Fourth Sunday After Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/06/28/the-fourth-sunday-after-trinity-18/) - The collect for today, the Fourth Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD, the protector of all that trust in thee, without whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy: Increase and multiply upon us thy mercy; that, thou being our ruler and guide, we may so pass through things
- [Audio file of 8:00am Holy Communion service, Third Sunday after Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/06/21/audio-file-of-800am-holy-communion-service-third-sunday-after-trinity-4/)
- [Sermon for the Third Sunday after Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/06/21/sermon-for-the-third-sunday-after-trinity-11/) - “Rejoice with me” Humility and rejoicing are intimately connected. The one, humility, is the condition for the other, our true rejoicing in the absolute goodness of God’s love imaged in Luke 15 by the shepherd’s care, the woman’s diligence, and the father’s love. The humility of God’s charity calls us to humility against our pride.
- [Month at a Glance, June - July 2026](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/06/21/month-at-a-glance-june-2026-4/) - Wednesday, June 24th, Nativity of John the Baptist 10:00am Holy Communion (celebrant: Fr. Todd Meaker) Fr. David & Marilyn away at the Atlantic Theological Conference, Charlottetown, PEI, ‘The Sublime Sermons of Anglican Poet-Preachers’, Tues., June 23rd to Fri., June 26th (giving a paper on ‘The Poetic Theology of Lancelot Andrewes’, Wednesday, June 24th). Sunday, June
- [The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/06/24/the-nativity-of-saint-john-the-baptist-17/) - The collect for today, the Feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): ALMIGHTY God, by whose providence thy servant John Baptist was wonderfully born, and sent to prepare the way of thy Son our Saviour, by preaching of repentance: Make us so to follow his
- [Alban, Martyr](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/06/22/alban-martyr-13/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Alban, First Martyr of Britain, d. c. 250 (source): Almighty God, by whose grace and power thy holy martyr Alban triumphed over suffering and was faithful even unto death: Grant to us, who now remember him with thanksgiving, to be so faithful in our witness to thee
- [Audio file of 8:00am Holy Communion service, Second Sunday after Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/06/14/audio-file-of-800am-holy-communion-service-second-sunday-after-trinity-4/)
- [The Third Sunday After Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/06/21/the-third-sunday-after-trinity-18/) - The collect for today, the Third Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O LORD, we beseech thee mercifully to hear us; and grant that we, to whom thou hast given an hearty desire to pray, may by thy mighty aid be defended and comforted in all dangers and adversities; through
- [Sermon for the Second Sunday after Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/06/14/sermon-for-the-second-sunday-after-trinity-15/) - “If our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts” The Collect, Epistle and Gospel for each Sunday provide the critical matrix for our understanding week in and week out. It is no less so for this Sunday. The Gospel is Christ’s parable which likens the kingdom of heaven to a great supper to
- [Sermon for Encaenia 2026](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/06/13/sermon-for-encaenia-2026/) - “For both we and our words are in his hand, as are all understanding and skill in crafts.” My congratulations to the grads! I commend you not only on your achievements but for your respect and commitment to the significance of the Encaenia service in the history and life of the King’s-Edgehill School. I thank
- [Month at a Glance, June 2026](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/06/14/month-at-a-glance-june-2026-3/) - Sunday, June 21st, Third Sunday after Trinity 8:00am Holy Communion 10:30am Holy Communion Wednesday, June 24th, Nativity of John the Baptist 10:00am Holy Communion (celebrant: Fr. Todd Meaker) Fr. David & Marilyn away at the Atlantic Theological Conference, Charlottetown, PEI, ‘The Sublime Sermons of Anglican Poet-Preachers’, Tues., June 23rd to Fri., June 26th (giving a
- [Audio file of 8:00am Holy Communion service, First Sunday after Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/06/07/audio-file-of-800am-holy-communion-service-first-sunday-after-trinity-4/)
- [Sermon for the First Sunday after Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/06/07/sermon-for-the-first-sunday-after-trinity-14/) - “He who loveth God love his brother also” The Epistle and Gospel complement one another and illustrate the ethical understanding of God as Trinity. Last Sunday celebrated what God reveals about himself and about our humanity in Christ. It is not some abstract speculation or a mathematical puzzle, a kind of mystical Rubik’s cube, as
- [Month at a Glance, June 2026](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/06/07/month-at-a-glance-june-2026-2/) - Tuesday, June 9th 7:00pm Parish Council Meeting Thursday, June 10th, Eve of St. Barnabas 7:00pm Holy Communion Thursday, June 11th 1:00pm Burial & Committal of Barry King, Shelburne, Nova Scotia Saturday, June 13th 11:00am Encaenia Service KES Chapel Sunday, June 14th, Second Sunday after Trinity 8:00am Holy Communion 10:30am Holy Communion Sunday, June 21st, Third
- [The Second Sunday After Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/06/14/the-second-sunday-after-trinity-18/) - The collect for today, the Second Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O LORD, who never failest to help and govern them whom thou dost bring up in thy stedfast fear and love: Keep us, we beseech thee, under the protection of thy good providence, and make us to have
- [St. Barnabas the Apostle](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/06/11/st-barnabas-the-apostle-15/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Barnabas the Apostle, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O LORD God Almighty, who didst endue thy holy Apostle Barnabas with singular gifts of the Holy Spirit: Leave us not, we beseech thee, destitute of thy manifold gifts, nor yet of grace to use them
- [Sermon for the Feast of Corpus Christi](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/06/04/sermon-for-the-feast-of-corpus-christi/) - “For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.” In the spring of 1983, Marilyn and I were in Florence for the Feast of Corpus Christi. We processed around the cathedral with the Sacrament, singing Martin Luther’s great hymn ‘Ein’ Feste Burg’, before attending Mass. More
- [Audio file of 8:00am Holy Communion service, Trinity Sunday](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/05/31/audio-file-of-800am-holy-communion-service-trinity-sunday-5/)
- [Sermon for Trinity Sunday](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/05/31/sermon-for-trinity-sunday-17/) - “How can these things be?” The mystery of God reveals the mystery of our humanity; the one envelopes the other. Trinity and Incarnation are intimately connected and inseparable. They go together. “Thou hast but two rare cabinets, full of treasure,” as the poet George Herbert puts it, “The Trinitie, and Incarnation”. He highlights what is
- [Columba, Abbott of Iona](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/06/09/columba-abbott-of-iona/) - The collect for today, the commemoration of Columba (c. 521-597) Abbot of Iona, Missionary (source): Almighty God, who didst fill the heart of Columba with the joy of the Holy Spirit, and with deep love for those in his care: grant to thy pilgrim people grace to follow him, strong in faith, sustained by hope,
- [The First Sunday After Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/06/07/the-first-sunday-after-trinity-18/) - The collect for today, the Second Sunday after Pentecost, commonly called The First Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD, the strength of all them that put their trust in thee, mercifully accept our prayers; and because through the weakness of our mortal nature we can do no good
- [Boniface, Missionary, Bishop and Martyr](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/06/05/boniface-missionary-bishop-and-martyr-11/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Boniface (Wynfrith) of Crediton (c. 675 - 754), Bishop, Apostle to the Germans, Patron Saint of Germany, Martyr (source): God our redeemer, who didst call thy servant Boniface to preach the gospel among the German people and to build up thy Church in holiness: grant that we may
- [Justin Martyr](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/06/01/justin-martyr-11/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Justin (c. 100 – 165), Philosopher, Apologist, Martyr at Rome (source): O God our redeemer, who through the folly of the cross didst teach thy martyr Justin the surpassing knowledge of Jesus Christ: free us, we beseech thee, from every kind of error, that we, like him, may
- [Month at a Glance, June 2026](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/05/31/month-at-a-glance-june-2026/) - Thursday, June 4th, Corpus Christi 7:00pm Holy Communion Sunday, June 7th, First Sunday after Trinity 8:00am Holy Communion 10:30am Holy Communion Tuesday, June 9th 7:00pm Parish Council Meeting Thursday, June 11th, St. Barnabas 7:00pm Holy Communion Saturday, June 13th 11:00am Encaenia Service KES Chapel Sunday, June 14th, Second Sunday after Trinity 8:00am Holy Communion 10:30am
- [Audio file of 8:00am Holy Communion service, Pentecost](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/05/24/audio-file-of-800am-holy-communion-service-pentecost-5/)
- [Sermon for Pentecost](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/05/24/sermon-for-pentecost-14/) - “He that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.” Pentecost offers a glittering array of contrasting images that gather us into unity with God and with the whole of our humanity. There is wind and fire, and the many and different tongues where
- [Month at a Glance, May - June 2026](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/05/24/month-at-a-glance-may-june-2026/) - Monday, May 25th, Monday after Pentecost 10:00am Holy Communion Tuesday, May 26th, Tuesday after Pentecost / Eve of Ember Wednesday 7:00pm Holy Communion Sunday, May 31st, Trinity Sunday 8:00am Holy Communion 10:30am Holy Communion Thursday, June 4th, Corpus Christi 7:00pm Holy Communion Sunday, June 7th, First Sunday after Trinity 8:00am Holy Communion 10:30am Holy Communion
- [Audio file of 8:00am Holy Communion service, Sunday after Ascension Day](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/05/17/audio-file-of-800am-holy-communion-service-sunday-after-ascension-day-5/)
- [Sermon for the Sunday after Ascension Day](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/05/17/sermon-for-the-sunday-after-ascension-day-7/) - “God has gone up with a merry noise,/The Lord with the sound of the trumpet” The creedal mysteries of the Ascension and the Session of Christ are clearly and unambiguously set before us today, the Sunday after the Ascension. We celebrate the Ascension and the Session of Jesus Christ to “[sit] on the right hand
- [Month at a Glance, May - June 2026](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/05/17/month-at-a-glance-may-2026-3/) - Tuesday, May 19th 7:00pm Christ Church Book Club: Claude Lévi-Strauss’s Wild Thought (1962), trans. by Jeffrey Mehlman and John Leavin (2021) & Adam Shoalts’s The Whisper on the Night Wind: The True History of a Wilderness Legend (2021). Saturday, May 23rd 4:00pm King's College Chapel, Halifax: Marriage of Kyran Williams & Katrena Thomas Sunday, May
- [Sermon for the Feast of the Ascension](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/05/14/sermon-for-the-feast-of-the-ascension-3/) - “And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up, and a cloud received him out of their sight” It is called the sursum corda - “Lift up your hearts.” It signals an essential feature of the liturgy. It is about the lifting up of our hearts in Christ. It is
- [Sermon for Rogation Tuesday](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/05/12/sermon-for-rogation-tuesday-2/) - “Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of heaven?” Nothing better reinforces the Rogation idea of the interrelationship of our humanity, the created order, and God than these readings for The Fruits of the Earth and the Labours of Men. They ground us in the logic of creation - good in each of its parts and
- [Trinity Sunday](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/05/31/trinity-sunday-18/) - The collect for today, the Octave Day of Pentecost, commonly called Trinity Sunday, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who hast given unto us thy servants grace, by the confession of a true faith, to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity, and in the power of the Divine
- [Sermon for Rogation Monday](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/05/11/sermon-for-rogation-monday-4/) - “I will therefore that men pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands” Rogation Monday provides an extended commentary on the nature of prayer. The Eucharistic readings are complemented by the Office readings from Deuteronomy 7. 6-13 this morning and from Matthew 6. 5-18; and then in the evening from Deuteronomy 8 and Matthew 6.19-end; in short,
- [Audio file of 8:00am Holy Communion service, Rogation Sunday](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/05/10/audio-file-of-800am-holy-communion-service-rogation-sunday-5/)
- [Sermon for Rogation Sunday](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/05/10/sermon-for-rogation-sunday-15/) - “The Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God” Rogation Sunday highlights the radical nature of prayer. It does so by way of attention to the threefold relationship of humanity, nature, and God. The word, rogation, derives from the Latin, rogo, rogare. It simply means
- [The Day of Pentecost](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/05/24/the-day-of-pentecost-18/) - The collects for today, The Day of Pentecost, being the fiftieth day after Easter, commonly called Whitsunday, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD, who as at this time didst teach the hearts of thy faithful people, by the sending to them the light of thy Holy Spirit: Grant us by the
- [Dunstan, Archbishop](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/05/19/dunstan-archbishop-12/) - The collect for today, the Feast of St. Dunstan (909-988), Archbishop of Canterbury, Restorer of Monastic Life (source): Almighty God, who didst raise up Dunstan to be a true shepherd of the flock, a restorer of monastic life and a faithful counsellor to kings: grant, we beseech thee, to all pastors the like gifts of
- [Month at a Glance, May 2026](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/05/10/month-at-a-glance-may-2026-2/) - Monday, May 11th, Rogation Monday 10:00am Holy Communion Tuesday May 12th, Rogation Tuesday 10:00am Holy Communion 7:00pm Parish Council Meeting Thursday, May 14th, Ascension Day 7:00pm Holy Communion (foll. by seminar on Consensus Fidelium) Sunday, May 17th, Sunday after Ascension 8:00am Holy Communion 10:30am Holy Communion Tuesday, May 19th 7:00pm Christ Church Book Club: Claude
- [The Ascension Day](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/05/14/the-ascension-day-17/) - The collect for today, The Ascension Day, being the fortieth day after Easter, sometimes called Holy Thursday, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): GRANT, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that like as we do believe thy only-begotten Son our Lord Jesus Christ to have ascended into the heavens; so we may also in
- [Sermon for the Fourth Sunday after Easter](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/05/03/sermon-for-the-fourth-sunday-after-easter-17/) - “The Spirit of truth … will guide you into all truth” The paradox of the last three Sundays of Easter is captured in the recurring refrain, “because I go to my Father.” Jesus prepares the disciples for his going away which is the condition of his being with us in his body, the Church. It
- [Audio file of 8:00am Holy Communion service, Fourth Sunday after Easter](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/05/03/audio-file-of-800am-holy-communion-service-fourth-sunday-after-easter-5/)
- [Florence Nightingale, Nurse](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/05/12/florence-nightingale-nurse-12/) - The collect for today, the commemoration of Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), Nurse, Social Reformer (source): Life-giving God, who alone hast power over life and death, over health and sickness: Give power, wisdom, and gentleness to those who follow the example of thy servant Florence Nightingale, that they, bearing with them thy Presence, may not only heal
- [Cyril and Methodius, Missionaries](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/05/11/cyril-and-methodius-missionaries-13/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Cyril (826-69) and Saint Methodius (c. 815-85), Apostles to the Slavs (source): O Lord of all, who gavest to thy servants Cyril and Methodius the gift of tongues to proclaim the gospel to the Slavic people: we pray that thy whole Church may be one as thou
- [Gregory of Nazianzus, Bishop and Doctor](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/05/09/gregory-of-nazianzus-bishop-and-doctor-13/) - The collect for today, the Feast of St. Gregory of Nazianzus (329-89), Monk, Bishop, Theologian, Doctor of the Eastern Church (source): Almighty God, who hast revealed to thy Church thine eternal Being of glorious majesty and perfect love as one God in Trinity of Persons: Give us grace that, like thy bishop Gregory of Nazianzus,
- [Month at a Glance, May 2026](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/05/03/month-at-a-glance-may-2026/) - Sunday, May 3rd, Fourth Sunday after Easter 8:00am Holy Communion 10:30am Holy Communion Sunday, May 10th, Fifth Sunday after Easter (Rogation Sunday) 8:00am Holy Communion 10:30am Holy Communion Monday, May 11th, Rogation Monday 10:00am Holy Communion Tuesday May 12th, Rogation Tuesday 10:00am Holy Communion 7:00pm Parish Council Meeting Thursday, May 14th, Ascension Day 7:00pm Holy
- [Who Are the Fathers?](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/05/01/who-are-the-fathers/) - Who are the Fathers? Even within (or despite) the narrowing confines of the “age of political correctness”, the term “the Fathers” (Patres) retains an unmistakable, almost magical hold on our imaginations. It evokes a larger world, a universe of doctrine, at once authoritative and compelling in spite of its strangeness, mystical in its remoteness and
- [Sermon for the Feast of SS Philip and James](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/05/01/sermon-for-the-feast-of-ss-philip-and-james-2/) - “Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me; or else believe me for the very works’ sake.” The centrality and the uniqueness of Christ is an essential doctrine of the Christian Faith. For Anglicans, this is captured in Article XVIII of the Thirty-nine Articles; the only anathema in all of
- [Athanasius, Doctor and Bishop](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/05/02/athanasius-doctor-and-bishop-14/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Athanasius (c. 293-373), Bishop of Alexandria, Theologian, Apologist, Doctor of the Church (source): Ever-living God, whose servant Athanasius bore witness to the mystery of the Word made flesh for our salvation: give us grace, with all thy saints, to contend for the truth and to grow into
- [Monnica, Matron](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/05/04/monnica-matron-13/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Monnica (c. 331-387), mother of Saint Augustine of Hippo (source): O Lord, who through spiritual discipline didst strengthen thy servant Monnica to persevere in offering her love and prayers and tears for the conversion of her husband and of Augustine their son: Deepen our devotion, we beseech
- [Audio file of 8:00am Holy Communion service, Third Sunday after Easter](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/04/26/audio-file-of-800am-holy-communion-service-third-sunday-after-easter-5/)
- [Sermon for the Third Sunday after Easter](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/04/26/sermon-for-the-third-sunday-after-easter-15/) - “Your sorrow shall be turned into joy … joy [that] no one taketh from you” The Gospel readings for the next three Sundays encompass almost all of Chapter 16 of John’s Gospel. The central part of Jesus’s “farewell discourse” (Ch. 14-17) ends with his high priestly prayer in Chapter 17, which carried us into Good
- [Saint Philip and Saint James the Apostles](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/05/01/saint-philip-and-saint-james-the-apostles-16/) - The Collect for today, The Feast of Saint Philip and Saint James the Apostles, with Saint James the Brother of the Lord, Martyr, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O ALMIGHTY God, whom truly to know is everlasting life: Grant us perfectly to know thy Son Jesus Christ to be the way, the
- [Month at a Glance, April - May 2026](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/04/26/month-at-a-glance-april-may-2026/) - Sunday, April 26th, Third Sunday after Easter 8:00am Holy Communion 10:30am Holy Communion Thursday, April 30th, Eve of St. Philip & St. James 7:00pm Holy Communion Sunday, May 3rd, Fourth Sunday after Easter 8:00am Holy Communion 10:30am Holy Communion Sunday, May 10th, Fifth Sunday after Easter (Rogation Sunday) 8:00am Holy Communion 10:30am Holy Communion Monday,
- [Sunday After Ascension Day](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/05/17/sunday-after-ascension-day-15/) - The collect for today, Sunday After Ascension Day, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD the King of Glory, who hast exalted thine only Son Jesus Christ with great triumph unto thy kingdom in heaven: We beseech thee, leave us not comfortless; but send to us thine Holy Ghost to comfort us,
- [The Fifth Sunday After Easter](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/05/10/the-fifth-sunday-after-easter-18/) - The collect for today, The Fifth Sunday After Easter, commonly called Rogation Sunday, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O LORD, from whom all good things do come; Grant to us thy humble servants, that by thy holy inspiration we may think those things that be good, and by thy merciful guiding may
- [The Fourth Sunday After Easter](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/05/03/the-fourth-sunday-after-easter-18/) - The collect for today, The Fourth Sunday After Easter, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O ALMIGHTY God, who alone canst order the unruly wills and affections of sinful men: Grant unto thy people, that they may love the thing which thou commandest, and desire that which thou dost promise; that so, among
- [The Third Sunday after Easter](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/04/26/the-third-sunday-after-easter-18/) - The collect for today, The Third Sunday After Easter, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): ALMIGHTY God, who showest to them that be in error the light of thy truth, to the intent that they may return into the way of righteousness: Grant unto all them that are admitted into the fellowship of
- [Primer on Anglican Preaching](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/04/20/primer-on-anglican-preaching/) - Fr. David Curry wrote a primer on Anglican preaching many years ago. That primer is now is being used as an introduction to this year’s Atlantic Theological Conference. Click here to download Fr. Curry’s “A Concise Primer on Anglican Preaching” (pdf). Click here for more information on the 2026 Atlantic Theological Conference, to be held
- [Calendar of Services and Events, May through August 2026](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/04/20/calendar-of-services-and-events-may-through-june-2026/) - The Calendar of Services and Events for the period May through August 2026 (tentative) can be downloaded here as a pdf document.
- [Audio file of 8:00am Holy Communion service, Second Sunday after Easter](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/04/19/audio-file-of-800am-holy-communion-service-second-sunday-after-easter-5/)
- [Sermon for the Second Sunday after Easter](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/04/19/sermon-for-the-second-sunday-after-easter-16/) - “I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine” Jesus says that he is “the good shepherd”, emphasis on the adjective “good” which, I will argue, is also substantive, meaning the Good that is God. He is “the good shepherd,” he says, not once, not twice, but three times. And
- [Saint Mark the Evangelist](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/04/25/saint-mark-the-evangelist-18/) - The collect for today, The Feast of Saint Mark the Evangelist, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O ALMIGHTY God, who hast instructed thy holy Church with the heavenly doctrine of thy Evangelist Saint Mark: Give us grace, that, being not like children carried away with every blast of vain doctrine, we may
- [St. George of England, Martyr](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/04/23/st-george-of-england-martyr-8/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint George (d. c. 304), Soldier, Martyr, Patron of England (source): O God of hosts, who didst so kindle the flame of love in the heart of thy servant George that he bore witness to the risen Lord by his life and by his death: grant us the
- [Anselm, Archbishop and Doctor](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/04/21/anselm-archbishop-and-doctor-8/) - The collect for today, the Feast of St Anselm (1033-1109), Abbott, Archbishop of Canterbury, Theologian (source): Almighty God, who didst raise up thy servant Anselm to teach the Church of his day to understand its faith in thine eternal Being, perfect justice, and saving mercy: Provide thy Church in every age with devout and learned
- [Month at a Glance, April](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/04/19/month-at-a-glance-april-2/) - Sunday, April 19th, Second Sunday after Easter 8:00am Holy Communion 10:30am Holy Communion Tuesday, April 21st 7:00pm Christ Church Book Club: John Eliot Gardiner’s ‘Music in The Castle of Heaven: A Portrait of Johann Sebastian Bach’ (2013) Saturday, April 25th 9:00am-4:00pm Quiet Day at St. George’s, Halifax (Under the aegis of the Works of Robert
- [Audio file of 8:00am Holy Communion service, Octave Day of Easter](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/04/12/audio-file-of-800am-holy-communion-service-octave-day-of-easter-6/)
- [Sermon for the Octave Day of Easter](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/04/12/sermon-for-the-octave-day-of-easter-17/) - “He showed unto them his hands and his side” They were behind closed doors, huddled in fear and uncertainty. It is an apt metaphor for ourselves and our culture hiding behind the closed doors of our minds in the endless confusion of opinions and uncertainties about ourselves and our world, caught in a maelstrom of
- [Month at a Glance, April](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/04/12/month-at-a-glance-april/) - Tuesday, April 14th 7:00pm Parish Council Meeting Sunday, April 19th, Second Sunday after Easter 8:00am Holy Communion 10:30am Holy Communion Tuesday, April 21st 7:00pm Christ Church Book Club: John Eliot Gardiner’s ‘Music in The Castle of Heaven: A Portrait of Johann Sebastian Bach’ (2013) Saturday, April 25th 9:00am-4:00pm Quiet Day at St. George’s, Halifax (Under
- [Sermon for Easter Tuesday](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/04/07/sermon-for-easter-tuesday-3/) - “Behold my hands and my feet” The Gospel for Easter Tuesday follows immediately upon the beautiful story of the Road to Emmaus, one of the most comprehensive accounts of how the Resurrection comes to birth in us. The crucial feature is that Jesus teaches us the Resurrection most clearly and most fully. In Luke’s account
- [Sermon for Easter Monday](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/04/06/sermon-for-easter-monday-4/) - “Did not our heart burn within us?” This complements the text which has carried us through Holy Week and Easter: “a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also, that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed”. Luke’s story of ‘The Road to Emmaus’ is the most comprehensive account of the coming to birth
- [Audio file of 8:00am Holy Communion service, Easter Day](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/04/05/audio-file-of-800am-holy-communion-service-easter-day-5/)
- [2026 Holy Week and Easter homilies](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/04/05/2026-holy-week-and-easter-homilies/) - Fr. David Curry has collected his Holy Week and Easter meditations and homilies, based on the scripture text, “A sword shall pierce through thy own soul also; that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed” into a single pdf document. Click here to download Holy Week and Easter at Christ Church 2026. These homilies
- [Sermon for Easter Vigil](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/04/04/sermon-for-easter-vigil-12/) - Easter Vigil: “A sword shall pierce through thy own soul also; that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed” The quiet silence of Holy Saturday morning gives place to the Alleluias of great rejoicing on the Eve of Easter. “This is the night, wherein heaven and earth are joined, and mankind partaketh with the
- [Sermon for Wednesday in Holy Week, Tenebrae](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/04/01/sermon-for-wednesday-in-holy-week-tenebrae/) - Holy Wednesday: “A sword shall pierce through thy own soul; that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.” The Epistle reading for Wednesday in Holy Week recalls and completes the Epistle reading for Passion Sunday from Hebrews 9. It centers our attention on Christ’s Passion as the “forgiveness of sins” through “the shedding of his
- [Sermon for Easter Day](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/04/05/sermon-for-easter-day-12/) - Easter: “A sword shall pierce through thy own soul also; that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.” “Christ is risen, Alleluia! Alleluia! The Lord is risen, indeed! Alleluia! Alleluia!” This is the great Easter proclamation. Easter resounds with the cries of Alleluias, which means “Praise the Lord” or “Praise Yahweh,” that is, God.
- [Sermon for Holy Saturday](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/04/04/sermon-for-holy-saturday-13/) - Holy Saturday: “A sword shall pierce through thy own soul; that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.” The quiet and silence of Holy Saturday is in marked contrast to the noise and confusion of the Passion of Christ on the previous days of Holy Week, especially Good Friday. We have had our way
- [Sermon for Good Friday](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/04/03/sermon-for-good-friday-15/) - Good Friday: “A sword shall pierce through thy own soul; that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.” Simeon’s prophetic words to Mary follow immediately upon his prophecy about Jesus. “Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel, and for a sign which shall be spoken against.”
- [Sermon for Maundy Thursday](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/04/02/sermon-for-maundy-thursday-18/) - Maundy Thursday: “A sword shall pierce through thy own soul; that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.” There is a remarkable complexity to Maundy Thursday. There is, of course, The Continuation of the Passion according to St. Luke which provides three of the Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross. “Father, forgive
- [Easter Week at Christ Church](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/04/05/easter-week-at-christ-church/) - Monday April 6th, Monday in Easter Week 10:00am Holy Communion Tuesday, April 7th, Tuesday in Easter Week 7:00pm Holy Communion Sunday, April 12th, Octave Day of Easter 8:00am Holy Communion 10:30am Holy Communion
- [Sermon for Tuesday in Holy Week](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/03/31/sermon-for-tuesday-in-holy-week-15/) - Holy Tuesday: “A sword shall pierce through thy own soul; that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.” The lesson read at Communion on Tuesday in Holy Week is the third of the four so-called Suffering Servant Songs in Isaiah. It is the only one read in the eucharistic readings this week. At Evening
- [Statement on sexuality](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2009/02/28/statement-on-sexuality/) - Theological Position of the Parish of Christ Church, Windsor, Nova Scotia, in the light of the current controversies about sexuality In the light of the present controversy within the Anglican Communion, particularly about the blessing of same-sex couples, The Parish of Christ Church states the following theological position: that, The Parish of Christ Church upholds
- [Sermon for Monday in Holy Week](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/03/30/sermon-for-monday-in-holy-week-15/) - Holy Monday: “A sword shall pierce through thy own soul; that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.” “In all their affliction he was afflicted,” Isaiah says, words which have shaped the Christian understanding of Christ’s Passion and its life of prayer. Consider the following prayer (BCP, p.54) and see how it builds on
- [Covenant in Ministry renewed](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/03/16/covenant-in-ministry-renewed/) - At its most recent meeting on 10 March 2026, the Parish Council of Christ Church approved a revised Covenant in Ministry between the Rector and the Parish. This document, which articulates the understanding of the parochial ministry, can be downloaded here (in pdf format).
- [Notes on St. Augustine's <em>Enchiridion</em>](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2026/03/18/notes-on-st-augustines-enchiridion/) - Notes Enchiridion: A Brief Outline of the Argument Ethical Treatise - a handbook that answers Laurentius’ questions about “man’s chief end” what “to avoid” in terms of heresies, “to what extent religion is supported by reason”, “what there is in reason that lends no support to faith, when faith stands alone,” “what is the beginning
- [KES Chapel Reflection, Week of 5 November](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/11/08/kes-chapel-reflection-week-of-5-november/) - All shall be well “All shall be well and all shall be well and all manner of thing shall be well,” the 14th century mystic, Julien of Norwich, famously said at a dark and difficult time of plagues and pestilences, of sorrows and deaths. How can we think about wellness without recourse to (or at
- [All Souls’ Day](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/11/02/all-souls-day-9/) - The collect for today, The Commemoration of the Faithful Departed, commonly called All Souls’ Day (source): Everlasting God, our maker and redeemer, grant us, with all the faithful departed, the sure benefits of thy Son's saving passion and glorious resurrection, that, in the last day, when thou dost gather up all things in Christ, we
- [Richard Hooker](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/11/02/richard-hooker-6/) - The collect for today, the commemoration of Richard Hooker (1554-1600), Priest, Anglican Apologist, Teacher of the Faith (source): O God of peace, the bond of all love, who in thy Son Jesus Christ hast made for all people thine inseparable dwelling place: give us grace that, after the example of thy servant Richard Hooker, we
- [The Twenty-First Sunday After Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/11/05/the-twenty-first-sunday-after-trinity-9/) - The collect for today, the Twenty-First Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): GRANT, we beseech thee, merciful Lord, to thy faithful people pardon and peace; that they may be cleansed from all their sins, and serve thee with a quiet mind; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle: Ephesians
- [Meditation for All Souls' Day](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/11/02/meditation-for-all-souls-day-3/) - “What are these who are arrayed in white robes?” It is “that time of year,” in Shakespeare’s wonderful Sonnet # 73, “when yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang/ Upon those boughs which shake against the cold,/ Bare ruin’d choirs, where late the sweet birds sang.” And yet we find ourselves in a great
- [KES Chapel Reflection, Week of 29 October](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/11/02/kes-chapel-reflection-week-of-29-october/) - What are these? Halloween. Sigh. Or is it ‘hooray’? How do we think about Halloween and the customs and activities that surround it in contemporary culture? Can we even think about it? The gentle reminder to students at Yale to be mindful about their costumes while acknowledging the inherently transgressive nature of mask and costumes
- [Week at a Glance, 6 - 12 November](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/11/05/week-at-a-glance-6-12-november/) - Monday, November 6th 4:45-5:15pm World Religions/Inquirers Class – KES, Room # 206 6:30-7:30pm Sparks - Parish Hall Tuesday, November 7th 6:00pm Prayers & Praises - Haliburton Place 6:30-8:00pm Girl Guides - Parish Hall Wednesday, November 8th 6:30-8:00pm Brownies – Parish Hall Friday, November 10th 6:00-9:00pm Pathfinders & Rangers - Parish Hall Saturday, November 11th, Remembrance
- [Willibrord, Missionary and Bishop](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/11/07/willibrord-missionary-and-bishop-6/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Willibrord (658-739), Archbishop of Utrecht, Apostle to the Frisians, Patron Saint of the Netherlands (source): O Lord our God, who dost call whom thou willest and send them whither thou choosest: We thank thee for sending thy servant Willibrord to be an apostle to the Low Countries,
- [Martin of Tours](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/11/11/martin-of-tours-6/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Martin (c. 316-397), Monk, Bishop of Tours (source): Almighty God, who didst call Martin from the armies of this world to be a faithful soldier of Christ: give us grace to follow him in his love and compassion for those in need, and empower thy Church to
- [Remembrance Day](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/11/11/remembrance-day-4/) - A prayer of The Very Rev Eric Milner-White (1884-1963), Dean of York: O Lord our God, whose name only is excellent and thy praise above heaven and earth: We give thee high praise and hearty thanks for all those who counted not their lives dear unto themselves but laid them down for their friends; beseeching
- [The Twenty-Second Sunday After Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/11/12/the-twenty-second-sunday-after-trinity-7/) - The collect for today, the Twenty-Second Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): LORD, we beseech thee to keep thy house hold the Church in continual godliness; that through thy protection it may be free from all adversities, and devoutly given to serve thee in good works, to the glory of
- [Sermon for the Twenty-First Sunday after Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/11/05/sermon-for-the-twenty-first-sunday-after-trinity-4/) - “The man believed the word which Jesus had spoken” “Faith cometh by hearing”, St. Paul remarks, setting up an interesting contrast between the two most intellectual of the senses, hearing and seeing. It is interesting to see how that contrast plays out in the Scriptures and, then, in the various forms of cultural expression. The
- [Charles Simeon, Pastor](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/11/13/charles-simeon-pastor-5/) - The collect for today, the commemoration of Charles Simeon (1759-1836), Priest, Evangelical Divine (source): O eternal God, who didst raise up Charles Simeon to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and inspire thy people in service and mission: grant that we, with all thy Church, may worship the Saviour, turn away in true repentance from
- [Week at a Glance, 13 - 19 November](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/11/12/week-at-a-glance-13-19-november/) - Monday, November 13th 6:30-7:30pm Sparks - Parish Hall Tuesday, November 14th 6:00pm Prayers & Praises - Haliburton Place 6:30-8:00pm Girl Guides - Parish Hall 7:00pm Parish Council Meeting Wednesday, November 15th 6:30-8:00pm Brownies – Parish Hall Friday, November 17th 6:00-9:00pm Pathfinders & Rangers - Parish Hall Saturday, November 18th 4:30-6:00pm Annual Ham Supper – Parish
- [Margaret, Queen](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/11/16/margaret-queen-6/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Margaret (1046-1093), Queen of Scotland, Philanthropist, Reformer of the Church (source): O God, the ruler of all, who didst call thy servant Margaret to an earthly throne and gavest to her both zeal for thy Church and love for thy people, that she might advance thy heavenly
- [Hugh, Bishop](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/11/16/hugh-bishop-6/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Hugh (1135-1200), Bishop of Lincoln (source): O God, who didst endow thy servant Hugh with a wise and cheerful boldness and didst teach him to commend to earthly rulers the discipline of a holy life: give us grace like him to be bold in the service of
- [Hilda, Abbess](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/11/17/hilda-abbess-6/) - The collect for today, the Feast of St. Hilda (614-680), Abbess of Whitby (source): O eternal God, who madest the abbess Hilda to shine as a jewel in England and through her holiness and leadership didst bless thy Church with newness of life and unity: so assist us by thy grace that we, like her,
- [The Twenty-Third Sunday After Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/11/19/the-twenty-third-sunday-after-trinity-7/) - The collect for today, the Twenty-Third Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD, our refuge and strength, who art the author of all godliness: Be ready, we beseech thee, to hear the devout prayers of thy Church; and grant that those things which we ask faithfully we may obtain
- [Sermon for the Twenty-Second Sunday after Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/11/12/sermon-for-the-twenty-second-sunday-after-trinity-4/) - “So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses” Powerful words about the power of forgiveness. It is, I fear, often in short supply in our contemporary culture where the power over words trumps the truth of words and where forgiveness
- [KES Chapel Reflection, Week of 12 November](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/11/17/kes-chapel-reflection-week-of-12-november/) - Because God is God A moment’s reflection on the Scripture readings of the past few weeks suggests how powerfully they speak to many of the current confusions and uncertainties in our culture. Just recently we have been pondering the spiritual journey that takes us from the Covenant with Noah to the Abrahamic Covenant, from Moses
- [Week at a Glance, 20 - 26 November](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/11/19/week-at-a-glance-20-26-november/) - Monday, November 20th 4:45-5:15pm Religions Inquirers’ Class - Room 206, KES 6:30-7:30pm Sparks - Parish Hall Tuesday, November 21st 6:00pm Prayers & Praises - Haliburton Place 6:30-8:00pm Girl Guides - Parish Hall 7::00pm Christ Church Book Club: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah & Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Sympathizer Wednesday, November 22nd 6:30-8:00pm Brownies – Parish Hall
- [Sermon for the Twenty-Third Sunday after Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/11/19/sermon-for-the-twenty-third-sunday-after-trinity-6/) - “Our citizenship is in heaven” The leaves lie scattered on the wind, the trees barren, and the fields desolate and empty. Grey November has descended upon us, dark and drear, it seems. And yet, in that time of year “when yellow leaves or none or few do hang/upon those boughs which shake against the cold”,
- [Edmund, King and Martyr](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/11/20/edmund-king-and-martyr-5/) - The collect for today, the Feast of St. Edmund (841-869), King of the East Angles, Martyr (source): O eternal God, whose servant Edmund kept faith to the end, both with thee and with his people, and glorified thee by his death: grant us the same steadfast faith, that, together with the noble army of martyrs,
- [Cecilia, Virgin and Martyr](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/11/22/cecilia-virgin-and-martyr-6/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Cecilia (3rd century), Virgin, Martyr (source): Gracious God, whose servant Cecilia didst serve thee in song: Grant us to join her hymn of praise to thee in the face of all adversity, and to suffer gladly for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ; who liveth and
- [Clement, Bishop of Rome](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/11/23/clement-bishop-of-rome-6/) - The collect for today, the Feast of St. Clement (c. 30-c. 100), Bishop of Rome, Martyr (source): Eternal Father, creator of all, whose martyr Clement bore witness with his blood to the love that he proclaimed and the gospel that he preached: give us thankful hearts as we celebrate thy faithfulness, revealed to us in
- [Catherine, Virgin and Martyr](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/11/25/catherine-virgin-and-martyr-6/) - The collect for a virgin or matron, on the Feast of St. Catherine of Alexandria (4th century?), Virgin and Martyr, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD Most High, the creator of all mankind, we bless thy holy Name for the virtue and grace which thou hast given unto holy women in
- [The Sunday Next Before Advent](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/11/26/the-sunday-next-before-advent-9/) - The collect for today, the Sunday Next before Advent, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): STIR up, we beseech thee, O Lord, the wills of thy faithful people; that they, plenteously bringing forth the fruit of good works, may of thee be plenteously rewarded; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Lesson: Jeremiah
- [KES Chapel Reflection, Week of 19 November](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/11/22/kes-chapel-reflection-week-of-19-november/) - “As you did it to one of the least … you did it to me” They are known as the works of corporal mercy, mercy directed towards one another in relation to the physical and material conditions of human life. Corporal refers to the things of the body. There are seven works of corporal mercy
- [Week at a Glance, 27 November – 3 December](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/11/26/week-at-a-glance-27-november-3-december/) - Monday, November 27th 4:45-5:15 Religious Inquirers’ Class - Room 206 KES 6:30-7:30pm Sparks - Parish Hall Tuesday, November 28th 6:00pm 'Prayers & Praises' - Haliburton Place 6:30-8:00pm Girl Guides - Parish Hall Wednesday, November 29th 6:30-8:00pm Brownies – Parish Hall Thursday, November 30th, St. Andrew 3:15pm Service – Windsor Elms 7:00pm Holy Communion Friday, December
- [Saint Andrew the Apostle](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/11/30/saint-andrew-the-apostle-7/) - The collect for today, the Feast of St. Andrew, Apostle and Martyr, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): ALMIGHTY God, who didst give such grace unto thy holy Apostle Saint Andrew, that he readily obeyed the calling of thy Son Jesus Christ, and followed him without delay: Grant unto us all, that we,
- [The First Sunday in Advent](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/12/03/the-first-sunday-in-advent-9/) - The collect for today, the First Sunday in Advent, being the Fourth Sunday before Christmas Day, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): ALMIGHTY God, give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness, and put upon us the armour of light, now in the time of this mortal life, in
- [Sermon for the Sunday Next Before Advent](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/11/26/sermon-for-the-sunday-next-before-advent-7/) - “Gather up the fragments” T.S. Eliot’s poem, The Wasteland, written in 1922, captures an important feature of our modern world. The poem explores through a series of evocative images a world which has been largely destroyed through the madness of war, particularly the First World War, the catastrophic effects of which we are still beginning
- [KES Chapel Reflection, Week of 26 November](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/11/29/kes-chapel-reflection-week-of-26-november/) - What went ye out into the wilderness to see? Advent. Such a powerful idea. It marks the movement of God’s Word coming to us. Without that motion there can be no Christmas, spiritually and religiously speaking. It is not about Santa Claus, for however much Santa Claus belongs to Christmas, Christmas does not belong to
- [Prayer Book Society Newsletter](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/11/29/prayer-book-society-newsletter/) - The Prayer Book Society of Nova Scotia & Prince Edward Island has released its November 2017 newsletter, which includes a message from PBSC NS PEI President Rev’d David Curry. The following events are planned for 2018. Jan. 27, 2018 9:30 am – 11:00 am Prayer Book Studies Programme at St. George's, Halifax. Jan. 28, 2018
- [Sermon for the Feast of St. Andrew](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/11/30/sermon-for-the-feast-of-st-andrew-2/) - “We have found the Messiah (which is being interpreted, the Christ).” Andrew is the saint of the transition from our endings to our beginnings. He is the herald of the Advent season; his feast day falls either just before or just within the Advent season. Thus it is no surprise to find him mentioned in
- [Week at a Glance, 4 - 10 December](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/12/03/week-at-a-glance-4-10-december/) - Monday, December 4th 4:45-5:15 Religions Inquirers’ Class - Room 206 KES 6:30-7:30pm Sparks - Parish Hall Tuesday, December 5th 6:00pm Prayers & Praises - Haliburton Place 6:30-8:00pm Girl Guides - Parish Hall 7:00pm Holy Communion & Advent Programme I: Prayer Book Prefaces Wednesday, December 6th 6:30-8:00pm Brownies – Parish Hall Friday, December 8th 6:00-7:30pm Pathfinders
- [An Advent Meditation](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/12/02/an-advent-meditation-2/) - “Turn us, O God our Saviour” The Psalms of David are the Prayer Book and Hymnal for Jews and Christians alike. They embrace a wide range of poetic forms of expression and provide a way of praying the Scriptures. Among the many treatises of Augustine, one of the most charming and most instructive devotionally is
- [KES Chapel Reflection, Week of 10 December](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/12/13/kes-chapel-reflection-week-of-10-december/) - When all things were in quiet silence Of the reading and marking of papers and exams there is no end, with apologies to Ecclesiastes. For students, too, it may seem that there has been no end to the preparing and writing of exams! But it has, at last, all come to an end. But what
- [Sermon for the First Sunday in Advent](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/12/03/sermon-for-the-first-sunday-in-advent-8/) - “The night is far spent, the day is at hand” “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom”, Proverbs (1.7) reminds us. It is a recurring feature of the Judeo-Christian and Islamic understanding. At first glance, it may seem a troubling phrase and yet it complements Aristotle’s idea that philosophy begins with wonder.
- [Clement of Alexandria, Doctor](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/12/04/clement-of-alexandria-doctor-4/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Clement of Alexandria (c. 155-c. 215), Priest, Apologist, Doctor (source): O God of unsearchable mystery, who didst lead Clement of Alexandria to find in ancient philosophy a path to knowledge of thy Word: Grant that thy Church may recognize true wisdom, wherever it is found, knowing that wisdom cometh
- [St. Nicholas, Bishop](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/12/06/st-nicholas-bishop-6/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Nicholas (d. c. 326), Bishop of Myra (source): Almighty Father, lover of souls, who didst choose thy servant Nicholas to be a bishop in the Church, that he might give freely out of the treasures of thy grace: make us mindful of the needs of others and,
- [The Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/12/08/the-conception-of-the-blessed-virgin-mary-5/) - The collect for today, the Feast of the Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (source): Almighty and everlasting God, who stooped to raise fallen humanity through the child-bearing of blessed Mary: grant that we, who have seen thy glory revealed in our human nature and thy love made perfect in our weakness, may daily be
- [The Second Sunday in Advent](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/12/10/the-second-sunday-in-advent-9/) - The collect for today, the Second Sunday in Advent, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): BLESSED Lord, who hast caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning: Grant that we may in such wise hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that by patience and comfort of thy holy
- [KES Chapel Reflection, Week of 3 December](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/12/05/kes-chapel-reflection-week-of-3-december/) - What seek ye? What do we really and truly desire? Do we know what is to be rightly and properly wanted for our good and the good of others? Advent is the season of questions that open us out to what God seeks for us which is always good. The question for us is whether
- [Advent Meditation 1: Book of Common Prayer Prefaces](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/12/06/advent-meditation-book-of-common-prayer-prefaces/) - This is the first of two Advent Meditations on the Book of Common Prayer Prefaces. The second meditation will be delivered on Wednesday, 13 December. “Blessed are those servants, whom their lord when he cometh shall find watching” Advent is the season of our watching and waiting upon the motions of God’s Word coming towards
- [Week at a Glance, 11 - 17 December](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/12/10/week-at-a-glance-11-17-december/) - Monday, December 11th 6:30-7:30pm Sparks - Parish Hall Tuesday, December 12th 6:00pm Prayers & Praises - Haliburton Place 6:30-8:00pm Girl Guides - Parish Hall 7:00pm Parish Council Meeting Wednesday, December 13th 6:30-8:00pm Brownies – Parish Hall 7:00pm Holy Communion & Advent Programme II: Prayer Book Prefaces Thursday, December 14th 3:15pm Service - Windsor Elms Friday,
- [The Third Sunday in Advent](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/12/17/the-third-sunday-in-advent-10/) - The collect for today, the Third Sunday in Advent, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O LORD Jesu Christ, who at thy first coming didst send thy messenger to prepare thy way before thee: Grant that the ministers and stewards of thy mysteries may likewise so prepare and make ready thy way, by turning
- [Saint Thomas the Apostle](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/12/21/saint-thomas-the-apostle-8/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Thomas the Apostle, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): ALMIGHTY and everliving God, who for the more confirmation of the faith didst suffer thy holy Apostle Thomas to be doubtful in thy Son's resurrection: Grant us so perfectly, and without all doubt, to believe in
- [Sermon for the Second Sunday in Advent](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/12/10/sermon-for-the-second-sunday-in-advent-9/) - “And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads” Well, Apocalypse Now to be sure, with “signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring; men’s hearts failing them
- [Advent Meditation 2: Book of Common Prayer Prefaces](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/12/13/advent-meditation-2-book-of-common-prayer-prefaces/) - This is the second of two Advent Meditations on the Book of Common Prayer Prefaces. The first meditation is posted here. “Heaven and earth shall pass away; but my words shall not pass away” The prefaces to the Book(s) of Common Prayer are intriguing and instructive. They have a certain quality of restraint about them
- [Christmas at Christ Church 2017](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/12/17/christmas-at-christ-church-2017/) - Sunday, December 24th, Fourth Sunday in Advent/Christmas Eve 8:00am Holy Communion 10:30am Holy Communion 7:00pm Children’s Crêche Service 9:30pm Christmas Eve Communion Service Monday, December 25th, Christmas Day 10:00am Christmas Morning Communion Service Tuesday, December 26th , St, Stephen 10:00am Holy Communion Wednesday, December 27th , St. John the Evangelist 10:00am Holy Communion Thursday December
- [Week at a Glance, 18 - 24 December](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/12/17/week-at-a-glance-18-24-december/) - Tuesday, December 19th 5:30-6:30pm Pulled Pork Supper – Parish Hall 7:00pm Capella Regalis concert: ‘To Bethlehem with Kings’ Thursday, December 21st, St. Thomas 7:00pm Holy Communion Friday, December 22nd 11:00am Holy Communion - Dykeland Lodge Sunday, December 24th, Fourth Sunday in Advent/Christmas Eve 8:00am Holy Communion 10:30am Holy Communion 7:00pm Children’s Creche Service 9:30pm Christmas
- [Sermon for the Third Sunday in Advent](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/12/17/sermon-for-the-third-sunday-in-advent-6/) - “What went ye out into the wilderness to see? Jesus’ question to the multitude in the wilderness concerning John the Baptist is equally his question to us in the wilderness of our contemporary world. It is complemented, I think, by Mary’s questions at the Annunciation about “what manner of salutation this should be” and “how
- [The Fourth Sunday in Advent](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/12/24/the-fourth-sunday-in-advent-8/) - The collect for today, the Fourth Sunday in Advent, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): RAISE up, we beseech thee, O Lord, thy power, and come among us, and with great might succour us; that whereas, through our sins and wickedness, we are sore let and hindered in running the race that is
- [Christmas Eve](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/12/24/christmas-eve-9/) - The collect for today, Christmas Eve (source): Almighty God, who makest us glad with the yearly remembrance of the birth of thy only Son Jesus Christ: grant that, as we joyfully receive him as our redeemer, so we may with sure confidence behold him when he shall come to be our judge; who liveth and
- [The Nativity of Our Lord](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/12/25/the-nativity-of-our-lord-9/) - The collect for today, the Nativity of our Lord, or the Birth-day of Christ, commonly called Christmas Day, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): ALMIGHTY God, who hast given us thy only begotten Son to take our nature upon him, and as at this time to be born of a pure Virgin: Grant
- [Saint Stephen the Martyr](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/12/26/saint-stephen-the-martyr-9/) - The collect for today, the Feast of St. Stephen, Deacon and Martyr, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): GRANT, O Lord, that in all our sufferings here upon earth, for the testimony of thy truth, we may stedfastly look up to heaven, and by faith behold the glory that shall be revealed; and,
- [Saint John the Evangelist](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/12/27/saint-john-the-evangelist-9/) - The collect for today, the Feast of St. John the Evangelist, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): MERCIFUL Lord, we beseech thee to cast thy bright beams of light upon thy Church, that it being enlightened by the doctrine of thy blessed Apostle and Evangelist Saint John may so walk in the light
- [Sermon for the Feast of St. Thomas](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/12/21/sermon-for-the-feast-of-st-thomas-4/) - “My Lord and my God” The cycle of the Saints’ Day celebrations illumine the seasons of the Church year. Andrew heralds the Advent and inaugurates the tradition of Christian discipleship of bringing others to Christ, in his case, initially Simon Peter. Other figures, too, such as John the Baptist and Mary, belong to the theological
- [The Innocents’ Day](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/12/28/the-innocents-day-2/) - The collect for today, The Feast of the Holy Innocents, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O ALMIGHTY God, who out of the mouths of babes and sucklings hast ordained strength, and madest infants to glorify thee by their deaths: Mortify and kill all vices in us, and so strengthen us by thy
- [Sermon for the Fourth Sunday in Advent](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/12/24/sermon-for-the-fourth-sunday-in-advent-8/) - “Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world” We have come full circle from The Sunday Next Before Advent to The Fourth Sunday in Advent and indeed, largely by way of John’s Gospel. With the repeated acclamation by John the Baptist about Jesus as “the Lamb of God,” the Advent
- [Sermon for Christmas Eve](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/12/24/sermon-for-christmas-eve-9/) - “And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us” Christmas challenges all the absurd certainties of our worried and weary world, a worried and wearied world, perhaps, because we are too much “assured of certain certainties” and only too “impatient to assume the world” (T.S. Eliot, Preludes). A virgin and a mother, a child
- [Sermon for Christmas Morn](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/12/25/sermon-for-christmas-morn-6/) - “For unto you is born this day in the city of David, a Saviour which is Christ the Lord.” It is an intellectual challenge that I sometimes like to set for myself, namely, to take a phrase from Scripture and see if one could tease out from that one phrase the essential teachings of the
- [Sermon for the Feast of St. Stephen](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/12/26/sermon-for-the-feast-of-st-stephen-7/) - “Blessed is he that cometh in the Name of the Lord” Today is The Feast of Stephen, “when the snow lay round about, Deep and crisp and even,” as the old carol puts it. Many of our Christmas memories and associations are shaped by the hymns and carols of the season, some of which have
- [Sermon for the Feast of St. John the Evangelist](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/12/27/sermon-for-the-feast-of-st-john-the-evangelist-7/) - “Even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written” John is the great Evangelist of the mystery of Christmas at once soaring into the heights of divinity on eagle’s wings and with an eagle’s sight and witnessing to the reality of the Incarnation. “That which was from the beginning, which we
- [Sermon for the Feast of the Holy Innocents](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/12/28/sermon-for-the-feast-of-the-holy-innocents-7/) - “Herod … slew all the children that were in Bethlehem” Christmas is for children, it is frequently said and rightly so bearing in mind that we are all the children of God and especially at this holy time when God became a little child. And yet, so much for children in our violent and brutal
- [Thomas Becket, Archbishop](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/12/29/thomas-becket-archbishop-6/) - The collect for today, the Feast of St. Thomas Becket (1117-1170), Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr (source): O Lord God, who gavest to thy servant Thomas Becket grace to put aside all earthly fear and be faithful even unto death: grant that we, caring not for worldly esteem, may fight against evil, uphold thy rule, and
- [John Wycliffe, Scholar and Translator](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/12/30/john-wycliffe-scholar-and-translator-6/) - The collect for today, the commemoration of John Wycliffe, (c 1320-84), Scholar, Translator of the Scriptures into English (source): O Lord, thou God of truth, whose Word is a lantern to our feet and a light upon our path: We give thee thanks for thy servant John Wyclif, and those who, following in his steps,
- [The Sunday After Christmas Day](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/12/31/the-sunday-after-christmas-day-7/) - The collect for today, the Sunday after Christmas Day, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): ALMIGHTY God, who hast given us thy only begotten Son to take our nature upon him, and as at this time to be born of a pure Virgin: Grant that we being regenerate, and made thy children by
- [The Octave Day of Christmas and the Circumcision of Christ](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2018/01/01/the-octave-day-of-christmas-and-the-circumcision-of-christ-9/) - The collects for today, The Octave Day of Christmas and the Circumcision of Christ, being New Year’s Day, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): ALMIGHTY God, who hast given us thy only begotten Son to take our nature upon him, and as at this time to be born of a pure Virgin: Grant
- [Sermon for the Sunday after Christmas Day](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/12/31/sermon-for-the-sunday-after-christmas-day/) - “He thought on these things” In terms of the infancy narratives in Christmastide, should we be so wedded to such a linear way of thinking, we have yet to get to Bethlehem! Apart from Joseph and Mary and her first-born son, the only other visitors to Bethlehem in the readings for this past week have
- [Sermon for the Octave Day of Christmas](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2018/01/01/sermon-for-the-octave-day-of-christmas-9/) - “But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart” Today we ponder with Mary the things that were said about “this child” by the Shepherds who have now come to Bethlehem to “see this thing which is come to pass”. Yesterday, we were with Joseph thinking “on these things”, namely the difficult
- [The Epiphany of Our Lord](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2018/01/06/the-epiphany-of-our-lord-4/) - The collect for today, The Epiphany of Our Lord, or The Manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD, who by the leading of a star didst manifest thy only-begotten Son to the Gentiles: Mercifully grant, that we, who know thee now by faith, may be led
- [The First Sunday After The Epiphany](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2018/01/07/the-first-sunday-after-the-epiphany-9/) - The collect for today, the First Sunday after the Epiphany, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O LORD, we beseech thee mercifully to receive the prayers of thy people which call upon thee; and grant that they may both perceive and know what things they ought to do, and also may have grace
- [William Laud, Archbishop and Martyr](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2018/01/10/william-laud-archbishop-and-martyr-6/) - The collect for today, the commemoration of William Laud (1573-1645), Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr (source): Keep us, O Lord, constant in faith and zealous in witness, that, like thy servant William Laud, we may live in thy fear, die in thy favor, and rest in thy peace; for the sake of Jesus Christ thy Son
- [Benedict Biscop, Abbot and Scholar](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2018/01/12/benedict-biscop-abbot-and-scholar-6/) - The collect for a Doctor of the Church, Poet, or Scholar, on the Feast of Saint Benedict Biscop (c. 628-89), Founder of the monasteries of Wearmouth and Jarrow, Scholar, Patron of the Arts, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962); O GOD, who by thy Holy Spirit hast given unto one man a word of
- [Week at a Glance, 3 - 7 January](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2018/01/02/week-at-a-glance-3-7-january/) - Wednesday, January 3rd 6:30-8:00pm Brownies - Parish Hall Thursday, January 4th, Epiphany (anticipated) 3:15pm Service – Windsor Elms 7:00 Holy Communion Friday, January 5th 6:00-7:30pm Pathfinders & Rangers - Parish Hall Sunday, January 7th, First Sunday after Epiphany 8:00am Holy Communion 10:30am Holy Communion
- [Week at a Glance, 8 -14 January](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2018/01/07/week-at-a-glance-8-14-january/) - Monday, January 8th 4:35-5:15pm Confirmation Class - KES 6:30-7:30pm Sparks - Parish Hall Tuesday, January 9th 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ - Haliburton Place 6:30-8:00pm Guides - Parish Hall 7:00pm Parish Council Meeting Wednesday, January 10th 6:30-8:00pm Brownies - Parish Hall Friday, January 12th 6:00-7:30pm Pathfinders & Rangers - Parish Hall Sunday, January 14th, Second Sunday
- [KES Chapel Reflection, Week of 3 January](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2018/01/05/kes-chapel-reflection-week-of-3-january/) - “Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart” The world divides between those who wish Christmas was over and done with and those who wish Christmas would never end. It can seem to be altogether too much, too much fuss and bother, too much tinsel and wrap, too much food and drink,
- [Sermon for the First Sunday after the Epiphany](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2018/01/07/sermon-for-the-first-sunday-after-the-epiphany-9/) - “Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased” Throughout the Advent and Christmas season, we have largely been in the company of Luke and Matthew and John with respect to the Gospel readings. So, too, with the Epiphany. Christmas reaches a kind of climax with Matthew’s evocative account of the coming of
- [John Horden, Missionary and Bishop](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2018/01/12/john-horden-missionary-and-bishop-5/) - The collect for today, the commemoration of The Right Rev. John Horden (1828-1893), first Bishop of Moosonee, Missionary to the First Nations of Canada: O God, the Desire of all the nations, you chose your servant John Horden to open the treasury of your Word among the native peoples of Canada. Grant us, after his
- [Hilary, Doctor and Bishop](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2018/01/13/hilary-doctor-and-bishop-6/) - The collect for today, the Feast of St. Hilary (c. 315-368), Bishop of Poitiers, Doctor of the Church (source): Everlasting God, whose servant Hilary steadfastly confessed thy Son Jesus Christ to be both human and divine: grant us his gentle courtesy to bring to all the message of redemption in the incarnate Christ, who liveth
- [The Second Sunday After The Epiphany](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2018/01/14/the-second-sunday-after-the-epiphany-9/) - The collect for today, The Second Sunday after the Epiphany, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who dost govern all things in heaven and earth: Mercifully hear the supplications of thy people, and grant us thy peace all the days of our life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
- [KES Chapel Reflection, Week of 10 January](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2018/01/12/kes-chapel-reflection-week-of-10-january/) - We saw…we came…and worshipped In complete contrast to the most disturbing story of the slaughter of the Holy Innocents, there is the most attractive story of the coming of the wise men to Bethlehem, though the two stories are connected. There is, after all, a dark note of deceit in Herod’s questioning of the wise
- [Week at a Glance, 15 - 21 January](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2018/01/14/week-at-a-glance-15-21-january/) - Monday, January 15th 4:35-5:05pm Confirmation Class – Rm 206 KES 7:00pm Religious Inquirers’ Class - Rm 206 KES 6:30-8:00pm Sparks - Parish Hall Tuesday, January 16th 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ - Haliburton Place 6:30-8:00pm Guides - Parish Hall 7:00pm Christ Church Book Club: Terry Eagleton’s “Culture” and William Deresiewicz’ “Excellent Sheep” Wednesday, January 17th 6:30-8:00pm
- [Henry, Missionary and Bishop](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2018/01/19/henry-missionary-and-bishop-6/) - The collect for a missionary, on the Feast of St. Henry of Finland (d. 1150), Bishop, Missionary, Patron Saint of Finland, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD, our heavenly Father, who by thy Son Jesus Christ didst call thy blessed Apostles and send them forth to preach thy Gospel of salvation
- [The Third Sunday After The Epiphany](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2018/01/21/the-third-sunday-after-the-epiphany-7/) - The collect for today, the Third Sunday after the Epiphany, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, mercifully look upon our infirmities, and in all our dangers and necessities stretch forth thy right hand to help and defend us; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle: Romans 12:16b-21 The
- [Vincent, Deacon and Martyr](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2018/01/22/vincent-deacon-and-martyr-5/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Vincent of Saragossa (d. 304), Deacon and Martyr (source): Almighty God, whose deacon Vincent, upheld by thee, was not terrified by threats nor overcome by torments: Strengthen us, we beseech thee, to endure all adversity with invincible and steadfast faith; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth
- [Sermon for the Second Sunday after the Epiphany](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2018/01/14/sermon-for-the-second-sunday-after-the-epiphany-8/) - “Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it” The story of the miracle at the wedding in Cana of Galilee where Jesus changes water into wine, indeed, the very best wine, has been read in the liturgical traditions as an Epiphany story. Something is made manifest, made known, about who Jesus is, about who he is
- [KES Chapel Reflection, Week of 15 January](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2018/01/16/kes-chapel-reflection-week-of-15-january/) - Wist ye not that I must be about my father’s business? It is an epiphany story. The only story of the boyhood of Christ speaks directly to our being a school, a place where a culture of learning is respected and sought. Jesus at the age of twelve is “found … in the temple, sitting
- [Week at a Glance, 22 - 28 January](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2018/01/21/week-at-a-glance-22-28-january/) - Monday, January 22nd 4:35-5:15pm Confirmation Class – Rm 206 KES 6:30-7:30pm Sparks - Parish Hall Tuesday, January 23rd 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ - Haliburton Place 6:30-8:00pm Guides - Parish Hall Wednesday, January 24th 6:30-8:00pm Brownies - Parish Hall Thursday, January 25th, Conversion of St. Paul 7:00pm Holy Communion Friday, January 26th 11:00am Holy Communion –
- [Sermon for the Third Sunday after the Epiphany](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2018/01/21/sermon-for-the-third-sunday-after-the-epiphany-5/) - “Speak the word only” It complements Paul’s final words in today’s epistle. “Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.” How? By letting the Word of God have its resonance and its presence in our lives. Letting God be God in us, if you will. Only so can good triumph over evil, even
- [St. Timothy and St. Titus, Apostolic Men](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2018/01/24/st-timothy-and-st-titus-apostolic-men-5/) - The collect for today, The Feast of St. Timothy and St. Titus, Apostolic men, Companions of St. Paul (source): Heavenly Father, who didst send thine apostle Paul to preach the gospel, and gavest him Timothy and Titus to be his companions in the faith: grant that our fellowship in the Holy Spirit may bear witness
- [The Conversion of Saint Paul](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2018/01/25/the-conversion-of-saint-paul-8/) - The collect for today, the Feast of The Conversion of Saint Paul, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD, who, through the preaching of the blessed Apostle Saint Paul, hast caused the light of the Gospel to shine throughout the world: Grant, we beseech thee, that we, having his wonderful conversion in
- [Polycarp, Bishop, Apostolic Man, Martyr](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2018/01/26/polycarp-bishop-apostolic-man-martyr-6/) - The collect for today, the Feast of St. Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna, Apostolic Man, Martyr (source): Almighty God, who gavest to thy servant Polycarp boldness to confess the name of our Saviour Jesus Christ before the rulers of this world and courage to suffer death for his faith: grant that we too may be ready
- [John Chrysostom, Doctor and Bishop](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2018/01/27/john-chrysostom-doctor-and-bishop-5/) - The collect for today, the Feast of St. John Chrysostom (347-407), Preacher, Doctor of the Church, Archbishop of Constantinople (source): O God of truth and love, who gavest to thy servant John Chrysostom eloquence to declare thy righteousness in the great congregation and courage to bear reproach for the honour of thy name: mercifully grant
- [Septuagesima](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2018/01/28/septuagesima-9/) - The collect for today, Septuagesima (or the Third Sunday Before Lent) from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O LORD, we beseech thee favourably to hear the prayers of thy people; that we, who are justly punished for our offences, may be mercifully delivered by thy goodness, for the glory of thy Name; through
- [KES Chapel Reflection, Week of 22 January](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2018/01/23/kes-chapel-reflection-week-of-22-january/) - Who is this? Yearning for miracles is not the same thing as learning from miracles. The readings in Chapel of late have been about what is learned about God and about his will for our humanity. The miracles are not something accidental to that interest but belong fundamentally to it. The miracles teach. They do
- [Week at a Glance, 29 January – 4 February](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2018/01/28/week-at-a-glance-29-january-4-february/) - Monday, January 29th 6:30-7:30pm Sparks - Parish Hall Tuesday, January 30th 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ - Haliburton Place 6:30-8:00pm Guides - Parish Hall Wednesday, January 31st 6:30-8:00pm Brownies - Parish Hall Thursday, February 1st, Eve of Candlemas 3:15pm Service - Windsor Elms 7:00pm Holy Communion Friday, February 2nd 6:00-7:30pm Pathfinders & Rangers - Parish Hall
- [Meditation for the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2018/01/25/meditation-for-the-feast-of-the-conversion-of-st-paul/) - “Brother Saul, receive thy sight” There is something providentially wonderful about the celebration of the Conversion of Saint Paul in the last week of the Epiphany Season this year. For his conversion can be seen as a kind of epiphany, a making known to us about what God seeks for our humanity. It is all
- [Thomas More, Martyr](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/07/06/thomas-more-martyr-5/) - The collect for today, the commemoration of Sir Thomas More (1478-1535), Lord Chancellor of England, Scholar, Reformation Martyr (source): Almighty God, who strengthened Thomas More to be in office a king’s good servant but in conscience your servant first, grant us in all our doubts and uncertainties to feel the grasp of your holy hand
- [Sermon for the Third Sunday after Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/07/02/sermon-for-the-third-sunday-after-trinity-4/) - Rejoice with me. “I must have always wanted to rejoice”, Hagar Shipley Currie (no relation), a ninety year old lady says in Margaret Laurence’s Canadian classic novel, The Stone Angel. She is dying and yet in the days and weeks leading to her death, she is beginning to come to a better understanding of who
- [The Fourth Sunday After Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/07/09/the-fourth-sunday-after-trinity-9/) - The collect for today, the Fourth Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD, the protector of all that trust in thee, without whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy: Increase and multiply upon us thy mercy; that, thou being our ruler and guide, we may so pass through things
- [Swithun, Bishop](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/07/15/swithun-bishop-5/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Swithun (d. 862), Bishop of Winchester (source): Almighty God, by whose grace we celebrate again the feast of thy servant Swithun: grant that, as he governed with gentleness the people committed to his care, so we, rejoicing in our inheritance in Christ, may ever seek to build
- [The Fifth Sunday after Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/07/16/the-fifth-sunday-after-trinity-9/) - The collect for today, The Fifth Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): GRANT, O Lord, we beseech thee, that the course of this world may be so peaceably ordered by thy governance, that thy Church may joyfully serve thee in all godly quietness; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The
- [Sermon for the Fourth Sunday after Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/07/09/sermon-for-the-fourth-sunday-after-trinity-7/) - “Can the blind lead the blind? Shall they not both fall into the ditch?” It is a familiar image and one which appears in the New Testament both in Luke and Matthew; in Luke in the form of a question and in Matthew in the form of a statement. The context of Matthew’s use of
- [Margaret of Antioch, Virgin and Martyr](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/07/20/margaret-of-antioch-virgin-and-martyr-5/) - The collect for a Virgin or Matron, on the Feast of Saint Margaret of Antioch (early 4th century), Virgin and Martyr, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD Most High, the creator of all mankind, we bless thy holy Name for the virtue and grace which thou hast given unto holy women
- [Sermon for the Fifth Sunday after Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/07/16/21548/) - “Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing; nevertheless, at thy word I will let down the net” Nada, nothing, nichts rien. A powerful word, it captures something of the dilemma of modernity - the sense of nothingness, of emptiness. Is “at thy word” the counter? Or does it reveal a deeper
- [St. Mary Magdalene](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/07/22/st-mary-magdalene-5/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Mary Magdalene, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O ALMIGHTY God, whose blessed Son did sanctify Mary Magdalene, and call her to be a witness to his resurrection: Mercifully grant that by thy grace we may be healed of all our infirmities, and always serve
- [The Sixth Sunday After Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/07/23/the-sixth-sunday-after-trinity-9/) - The collect for today, the Sixth Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O God, who hast preparest for them that love thee such good things as pass man's understanding: Pour into our hearts such love toward thee, that we, loving thee above all things, may obtain thy promises, which exceed
- [St. James the Apostle](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/07/25/st-james-the-apostle-3/) - The collect for today, the Feast of St. James the Apostle, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): GRANT, O merciful God, that as thine holy Apostle Saint James, leaving his father and all that he had, without delay was obedient unto the calling of thy Son Jesus Christ, and followed him; so we,
- [Sermon for the Sixth Sunday after Trinity, 8:00am and 9:00am Holy Communion](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/07/23/sermon-for-the-sixth-sunday-after-trinity-800am-and-900am-holy-communion/) - “Love your enemies” “Love your enemies”, Jesus says, not “Don’t worry, you don’t have any enemies”. For he knows only too well about our enmities and hatreds. Yet, “love your enemies”, he says. How absolutely impossible! How utterly improbable! Why, we have the hardest time imaginable loving the more obvious and, dare one say, more
- [Sermon for the Sixth Sunday after Trinity, 10:30am Holy Baptism](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/07/23/sermon-for-the-sixth-sunday-after-trinity-1030am-holy-baptism/) - “Love your enemies” It remains to be seen for whom this shall be harder, for Silas, for you, for the grandparents, or even a great grandmother? It is, after all, all theology, as it must be. At least there is a party after! “Love your enemies.” Is this one of the so-called values of the
- [Baptism photos, 23 July 2017](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/07/25/baptism-photos-23-july-2017/) - Last Sunday, 23 July, Christ Church celebrated the Holy Baptism of Silas Barry King, son of Elizabeth and Evan King and first grandchild of Fr. David and Marilyn Curry. Several photographs taken at the reception following are posted here (scroll to bottom of page).
- [St. Anne, Mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/07/26/st-anne-mother-of-the-blessed-virgin-mary-4/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Anne, Mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary (source): O GOD, who didst vouchsafe to bestow grace upon blessed Anne, that she might become the mother of the parent of thy Only-begotten Son: Mercifully grant that we who celebrate her festival may be partakers with her of thy
- [Olaf, King and Martyr](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/07/29/olaf-king-and-martyr-5/) - The collect for a Martyr, in commemoration of Saint Olaf (995-1030), King and Patron Saint of Norway, Martyr, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD, who didst bestow upon thy Saints such marvellous virtue, that they were able to stand fast, and have the victory against the world, the flesh, and the
- [William Wilberforce](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/07/29/william-wilberforce-8/) - The collect for today, the commemoration of William Wilberforce (1759-1833), English MP, Evangelical, Abolitionist (source): Let thy continual mercy, O Lord, enkindle in thy Church the never-failing gift of charity, that, following the example of thy servant William Wilberforce, we may have grace to defend the children of the poor, and maintain the cause of
- [The Seventh Sunday After Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/07/30/the-seventh-sunday-after-trinity-9/) - The collect for today, The Seventh Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): LORD of all power and might, who art the author and giver of all good things: Graft in our hearts the love of thy Name, increase in us true religion, nourish us with all goodness, and of thy
- [The Maccabean Martyrs](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/08/01/the-maccabean-martyrs-8/) - The collect for a Martyr, in commemoration of the Maccabean Martyrs (d. 166 B.C.), from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): Almighty God, by whose grace and power thy Martyrs the Holy Maccabees were enabled to witness to the truth and to be faithful unto death: Grant that we, who now remember them before
- [Oswald, King and Martyr](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/08/05/oswald-king-and-martyr-6/) - The collect for today, the Feast of St. Oswald (d. 642), King of Northumbria, Martyr (source): O Lord God almighty, who didst so kindle the faith of thy servant King Oswald with thy Spirit that he set up the sign of the cross in his kingdom and turned his people to the light of Christ:
- [The Transfiguration of Our Lord](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/08/06/the-transfiguration-of-our-lord-6/) - The Collect for today, the Holy Day of the Transfiguration of Our Lord, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD, who on the holy mount didst reveal to chosen witnesses thy well-beloved Son wonderfully transfigured: Mercifully grant unto us such a vision of his divine majesty, that we, being purified and strengthened
- [The Eighth Sunday After Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/08/06/the-eighth-sunday-after-trinity-9/) - The collect for today, the Eighth Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O God, whose never-failing providence ordereth all things both in heaven and earth: We humbly beseech thee to put away from us all hurtful things, and to give us those things which be profitable for us; through Jesus
- [The Name of Jesus](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/08/07/the-name-of-jesus-7/) - The collect for today, the Feast of the Name of Jesus, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): ALMIGHTY God, who by thy blessed Apostle hast taught us that there is none other name given among men whereby we must be saved, but only the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ: Grant, we beseech
- [Sermon for the Seventh Sunday after Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/07/30/sermon-for-the-seventh-sunday-after-trinity-5/) - “How can any one satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness?” It is a good question and one which haunts our age of extreme affluence, on the one hand, and extreme poverty, on the other hand, an age of extremes despite the claims to the reduction of universal poverty overall which may indeed
- [Laurence, Archdeacon and Martyr](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/08/10/laurence-archdeacon-and-martyr-5/) - The collect for today, the Feast of St. Laurence (d. 258), Archdeacon of Rome, Martyr (source): Almighty God, who didst make Laurence a loving servant of thy people and a wise steward of the treasures of thy Church: inflame us, by his example, to love as he loved and to walk in the way that
- [Charles Inglis, Bishop](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/08/12/charles-inglis-bishop-6/) - The collect for a Bishop or Archbishop, in commemoration of The Right Rev. Charles Inglis (1734-1816), first Church of England bishop of Nova Scotia, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD, our heavenly Father, who didst raise up thy faithful servant Charles Inglis to be a Bishop in thy Church and to
- [The Ninth Sunday After Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/08/13/the-ninth-sunday-after-trinity-9/) - The collect for today, the Ninth Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): GRANT to us, Lord, we beseech thee, the spirit to think and do always such things as be rightful; that we, who cannot do any thing that is good without thee, may by thee be enabled to live
- [Falling Asleep of the Blessed Virgin Mary](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/08/15/falling-asleep-of-the-blessed-virgin-mary-8/) - The collect for today, the Falling Asleep of the Blessed Virgin Mary, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD Most High, who didst endue with wonderful virtue and grace the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of our Lord: Grant that we, who now call her blessed, may be made very members of
- [The Tenth Sunday After Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/08/20/the-tenth-sunday-after-trinity-9/) - The collect for today, the Tenth Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): LET thy merciful ears, O Lord, be open to the prayers of thy humble servants; and that they may obtain their petitions make them to ask such things as shall please thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
- [Christ Church Book Club, 2017-18](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/08/21/christ-church-book-club-2017-18/) - The new list of discussion books for Christ Church Book Club is now available. The next series will kick off on Tuesday, 19 September, at 7:00pm, when the featured books will be The Great Reckoning, by Louise Penny, and Earthly Remains, by Donna Leon. Click here for the full schedule of books and other information.
- [St. Bartholomew the Apostle](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/08/24/st-bartholomew-the-apostle-4/) - The collect for today, the Feast of St. Bartholomew the Apostle, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who didst give to thine Apostle Bartholomew grace truly to believe and to preach thy Word; Grant, we beseech thee, unto thy Church, to love that Word which he believed, and
- [The Eleventh Sunday after Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/08/27/the-eleventh-sunday-after-trinity-9/) - The collect for today, the Eleventh Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD, who declarest thy almighty power most chiefly in showing mercy and pity: Mercifully grant unto us such a measure of thy grace, that we, running the way of thy commandments, may obtain thy gracious promises, and
- [Robert McDonald, Missionary](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/08/28/robert-mcdonald-missionary-6/) - The collect for a Missionary, in commemoration of The Venerable Robert McDonald (1829-1913), Archdeacon, Missionary to the Western Arctic, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD, our heavenly Father, who by thy Son Jesus Christ didst call thy blessed Apostles and send them forth to preach thy Gospel of salvation unto all
- [Augustine, Bishop and Doctor](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/08/28/augustine-bishop-and-doctor-2/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Augustine (354-430), Bishop of Hippo, Doctor of the Church (source): O merciful Lord, who didst turn Augustine from his sins to be a faithful bishop and teacher: grant that we may follow him in penitence and godly discipline, till our restless hearts find their rest in thee;
- [Beheading of St. John the Baptist](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/08/29/beheading-of-st-john-the-baptist-6/) - The collect for today, the Feast of the Beheading of Saint John the Baptist, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O God, who didst send thy messenger, John the Baptist, to be the forerunner of the Lord, and to glorify thee by his death: Grant that we, who have received the truth of
- [Aidan, Missionary and Bishop](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/08/31/aidan-missionary-and-bishop-6/) - The collect for today, the Feast of St. Aidan (d. 651), Monk of Iona, Missionary, first Bishop and Abbot of Lindisfarne (source): O loving God, who didst call thy servant Aidan from the Peace of a cloister to re-establish the Christian mission in northern England, and didst endow him with gentleness, simplicity, and strength: Grant,
- [Giles, Abbot](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/09/01/giles-abbot-5/) - The collect for an Abbot, on the Feast of St. Giles of Provence (d. c. 710), Hermit, Abbot (source): O God, by whose grace the blessed Abbot Giles, enkindled with the fire of thy love, became a burning and a shining light in thy Church: Grant that we may be inflamed with the same spirit
- [The Twelfth Sunday After Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/09/03/the-twelfth-sunday-after-trinity-9/) - The collect for today, the Twelfth Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who art always more ready to hear than we to pray, and art wont to give more than either we desire or deserve: Pour down upon us the abundance of thy mercy; forgiving us
- [Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/09/08/nativity-of-the-blessed-virgin-mary-7/) - The collect for today, the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD Most High, who didst endue with wonderful virtue and grace the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of our Lord: Grant that we, who now call her blessed, may be made very
- [The Thirteenth Sunday After Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/09/10/the-thirteenth-sunday-after-trinity-9/) - The collect for today, the Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): ALMIGHTY and merciful God, of whose only gift it cometh that thy faithful people do unto thee true and laudable service: Grant, we beseech thee, that we may so faithfully serve thee in this life, that we fail
- [Sermon for the Twelfth Sunday after Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/09/03/sermon-for-the-twelfth-sunday-after-trinity-4/) - Ephphatha, that is, Be opened. It is an Aramaic word translated by Mark into Greek and by extension for us into English, all the while keeping before our hearts and minds the original word, Ephphatha. Aramaic was probably the language which Jesus himself spoke. The Christian Scriptures as a result retain a handful of Aramaicisms.
- [Edmund J. Peck, Missionary](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/09/11/edmund-j-peck-missionary-6/) - The collect for today, the commemoration of Edmund J. Peck (1850-1924), Priest, Missionary to the Inuit, Translator (source): God of our salvation, whose servant Edmund James Peck made the testimony of the Spirit his own and gladly proclaimed the riches of Christ among the Inuit people, give the joy of your gospel to us also,
- [KES Chapel Reflection, Week of 4 September](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/09/08/kes-chapel-reflection-week-of-4-september/) - In the beginning God… In the beginning was the Word And so it begins, again and yet again. For as T.S. Eliot puts it “in my beginning is my end” even as “in my end is my beginning”. There is far more to beginnings than a linear sequence, first this, then that. In a profounder
- [Week at a Glance, 11 - 17 September](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/09/10/week-at-a-glance-11-17-september/) - Monday, September 11th 6:30-7:30pm Sparks – Parish Hall Tuesday, September 12th 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ - Haliburton Place 6:30-8:00pm Girl Guides – Parish Hall 7:00pm Parish Council Meeting Wednesday, September 13th 6:30-8:00pm Brownies – Parish Hall Thursday, September 14th, Holy Cross Day 2:00pm Service at Windsor Elms 7:00pm Holy Communion Friday, September 15th 6:00-7:30pm Pathfinders
- [Sermon for the Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/09/10/sermon-for-the-thirteenth-sunday-after-trinity-5/) - “And when he saw him, he had compassion on him” We know it as the parable of the Good Samaritan. A familiar story, a familiar concept, even in our secular world, it suggests the powerful influence of religion on culture and society. We want to think that we can and should do good towards our
- [Cyprian, Bishop and Martyr](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/09/13/cyprian-bishop-and-martyr-5/) - The collect for today, the Feast of St. Cyprian (c. 200-258), Bishop of Carthage, Martyr (source): O holy God, who didst bring Cyprian to faith in Christ and didst make him a bishop in the Church, crowning his witness with a martyr's death: grant that, following his example, we may love the Church and her
- [Holy Cross Day](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/09/14/holy-cross-day-8/) - The collect for today, Holy Cross Day, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O BLESSED Saviour, who by thy cross and passion hast given life unto the world: Grant that we thy servants may be given grace to take up the cross and follow thee through life and death; whom with the Father
- [Ninian, Missionary and Bishop](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/09/16/ninian-missionary-and-bishop-5/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Ninian (c. 360 - c. 432), Bishop of Galloway, Apostle to the Picts (source): Almighty and everlasting God, who didst call thy servant Ninian to preach the gospel to the people of northern Britain: raise up, we beseech thee, in this and every land, heralds and evangelists
- [The Fourteenth Sunday After Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/09/17/the-fourteenth-sunday-after-trinity-9/) - The collect for today, the Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, give unto us the increase of faith, hope, and charity; and, that we may obtain that which thou dost promise, make us to love that which thou dost command; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
- [KES Chapel Reflection, Week of 10 September](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/09/13/kes-chapel-reflection-week-of-10-september/) - And God said … and God saw that it was good It is a recurring refrain that frames the first Chapter of The Book of Genesis and opens us out to the mystery of existence. As Meister Eckhart (early 14th c.), following a long tradition of philosophical inquiry into the nature of things, notes, “creation
- [Theodore of Tarsus, Archbishop](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/09/19/theodore-of-tarsus-archbishop-6/) - The collect for today, the Feast of St. Theodore of Tarsus (602-690), Archbishop of Canterbury (source): Almighty God, who didst call thy servant Theodore of Tarsus from Rome to the see of Canterbury, and didst give him gifts of grace and wisdom to establish unity where there had been division, and order where there had
- [John Coleridge Patteson, Bishop and Martyr](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/09/20/john-coleridge-patteson-bishop-and-martyr-5/) - The collect for today, the commemoration of John Coleridge Patteson (1827-71), Missionary, First Bishop of Melanesia, Martyr (source): O God of all tribes and peoples and tongues, who didst call thy servant John Coleridge Patteson to witness in life and death to the gospel of Christ amongst the peoples of Melanesia: grant us to hear
- [Meditation for Holy Cross Day](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/09/14/meditation-for-holy-cross-day/) - “By his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us” Our Prayer Book provides a Collect for Holy Cross Day and appoints the Epistle and Gospel of Passion Sunday for its commemoration. There is something quite wonderful and powerful about that sensibility. We are being recalled through
- [Week at a Glance, 18 - 24 September](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/09/17/week-at-a-glance-18-24-september/) - Monday, September 18th 6:30-7:30pm Sparks – Parish Hall Tuesday, September 19th 6:00pm Prayers & Praises - Haliburton Place 6:30-8:00pm Girl Guides – Parish Hall 7:00pm Christ Church Book Club: Louise Penny, The Great Reckoning & Donna Leon, Earthly Remains Wednesday, September 20th 6:30-8:00pm Brownies – Parish Hall Thursday, September 21st, St. Matthew 7:00pm Holy Communion
- [Saint Matthew the Apostle](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/09/21/saint-matthew-the-apostle-8/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Matthew, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O ALMIGHTY God, who by thy blessed Son didst call Matthew from the receipt of custom to be an Apostle and Evangelist: Grant us grace to forsake all covetous desires and inordinate love of riches, and to follow
- [The Fifteenth Sunday After Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/09/24/the-fifteenth-sunday-after-trinity-9/) - The collect for today, the Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): KEEP, we beseech thee, O Lord, thy Church with thy perpetual mercy; and, because the frailty of man without thee cannot but fall, keep us ever by thy help from all things hurtful, and lead us to all
- [Sermon for the Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/09/17/sermon-for-the-fourteenth-sunday-after-trinity-6/) - “And one of them … turned back … giving him thanks; and he was a Samaritan” Last Sunday we had the powerful and familiar story of the Good Samaritan. Today we have another gospel story in which a Samaritan figures also most prominently. It is an intriguing aspect of the Christian Scriptures, particularly of St.
- [KES Chapel Reflection, Week of 17 September](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/09/21/kes-chapel-reflection-week-of-17-september/) - The Lord God formed man of dust from the ground And now for something completely different, it might seem. Another account of the creation of our humanity that seems and feels completely different from what we heard in the reading of the first chapter of Genesis. Is it contradictory or complementary? We are being challenged
- [Sermon for the Feast of St. Matthew](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/09/21/sermon-for-the-feast-of-st-matthew-4/) - “And he arose and followed him” The call of Matthew from “the receipt of custom” - a wonderful phrase! - seems rather disturbing and disquieting. It is so abrupt and seemingly arbitrary. Jesus says “follow me” and “he arose and followed him.” At best, it suggests a crisis to which there seems to be but
- [Lancelot Andrewes, Bishop and Scholar](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/09/25/lancelot-andrewes-bishop-and-scholar-5/) - The collect for today, the commemoration of Lancelot Andrewes (1555-1626), Bishop of Winchester, scholar, spiritual writer (source): O Lord God, who didst give Lancelot Andrewes many gifts of thy Holy Spirit, making him a man of prayer and a pastor of thy people: perfect in us that which is lacking in thy gifts, of faith,
- [Saint Michael and All Angels](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/09/29/saint-michael-and-all-angels-8/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Michael and All Angels, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O EVERLASTING God, who hast ordained and constituted the services of Angels and men in a wonderful order: Mercifully grant, that as thy holy Angels alway do thee service in heaven, so by thy appointment
- [Jerome, Doctor and Priest](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/09/30/jerome-doctor-and-priest-6/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Jerome (c. 342-420), Priest, Monk, Translator of the Scriptures, Doctor of the Church (source): O Lord, thou God of truth, whose Word is a lantern to our feet and a light upon our path: We give thee thanks for thy servant Jerome, and those who, following in
- [Week at a Glance, 25 September – 1 October](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/09/24/week-at-a-glance-25-september-1-october/) - Monday, September 25th 6:30-7:30pm Sparks – Parish Hall Tuesday, September 26th 6:00pm Prayers & Praises - Haliburton Place Wednesday, September 27th 6:30-8:00pm Brownies – Parish Hall Thursday, September 28th, Eve of St. Michael & All Angels 7:00pm Holy Communion Friday, September 29th 11:00am Holy Communion- Dykeland Lodge 6:00-7:30pm Pathfinders & Rangers – Parish Hall Saturday,
- [Sermon for the Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/09/24/sermon-for-the-fifteenth-sunday-after-trinity-7/) - “I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus” Paul’s words in today’s Epistle stand in stark contrast, it might seem, to the spirit of the Gospel which seems to suggest that we should not worry about the things of the body - “what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor
- [KES Chapel Reflection, Week of 24 September](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/09/27/kes-chapel-reflection-week-of-24-september/) - Did God say? The amazing and world-transforming story of The Fall from Genesis 3 was read in Chapel this week along with the equally amazing and apocalyptic story from Revelation about St. Michael and All Angels. “There was war in heaven.” The connections to the life of the School and to any educational programme worthy
- [Sermon for the Eve of Michaelmas](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/09/28/sermon-for-the-eve-of-michaelmas/) - “There was war in heaven” Dancing with angels is a way of speaking about what we do every day in our spiritual and intellectual lives; it is particularly a feature of our life as students and teachers and as priest and people. Angels are very much about the principles of the understanding, the intellectual and
- [The Sixteenth Sunday After Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/10/01/the-sixteenth-sunday-after-trinity-9/) - The collect for today, the Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O LORD, we beseech thee, let thy continual pity cleanse and defend thy Church; and, because it cannot continue in safety without thy succour, preserve it evermore by thy help and goodness; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
- [St. Francis of Assisi](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/10/04/st-francis-of-assisi-6/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Francis of Assisi (1182-1226), Friar, Deacon, Founder of the Friars Minor (source): O God, who ever delightest to reveal thyself to the childlike and lowly of heart, grant that, following the example of the blessed Francis, we may count the wisdom of this world as foolishness and
- [William Tyndale, Translator and Martyr](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/10/06/william-tyndale-translator-and-martyr-6/) - The collect for today, the commemoration of William Tyndale (c. 1495-1536), Priest, Translator of the Scriptures, Reformation Martyr (source): O Lord, grant to thy people grace to hear and keep thy word that, after the example of thy servant William Tyndale, we may both profess thy gospel and also be ready to suffer and die
- [Week at a Glance, 2 - 8 October](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/10/01/week-at-a-glance-2-8-october/) - Monday, October 2nd 6:30-7:30pm Sparks – Parish Hall Tuesday, October 3rd 6:00pm 'Prayers & Praises' - Haliburton Place 6:30-8:00pm Girl Guides – Parish Hall Wednesday, October 4th 6:30-8:00pm Brownies – Parish Hall Thursday, October 5th 3:15pm Service at Windsor Elms Friday, October 6th 6:00-7:30pm Pathfinders & Rangers – Parish Hall Saturday, October 7th 9:00-11:00am Men’s
- [Sermon for the Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/10/01/sermon-for-the-sixteenth-sunday-after-trinity-7/) - “And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her” Dante describes Luke as the scriba mansuetudinis Christi, “the scribe of the gentleness of Christ”. It is not by accident that St. Luke’s Gospel is sometimes called the Gospel of Compassion and rightly so. The phrase “he saw… and he had compassion…” appears in
- [KES Chapel Reflection, Week of 1 October](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/10/03/kes-chapel-reflection-week-of-1-october/) - And one turned back … giving thanks Thanksgiving is more than mere courtesy, important as courtesy and consideration are. An integral feature of all of the world’s religions, the concept and act(s) of thanksgiving are altogether essential and central to the Christian understanding of things and in ways that carry over into certain aspects of
- [The Seventeenth Sunday After Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/10/08/the-seventeenth-sunday-after-trinity-9/) - The collect for today, the Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): LORD, we pray thee that thy grace may always prevent and follow us, and make us continually to be given to all good works; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle: Ephesians 4:1-6 The Gospel: St. Luke
- [Robert Grosseteste, Bishop and Scholar](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/10/09/robert-grosseteste-bishop-and-scholar-5/) - The collect for today, the commemoration of Robert Grosseteste (c. 1175-1253), Bishop of Lincoln, Scholar (source): O God our heavenly Father, who didst raise up thy faithful servant Robert Grosseteste to be a bishop and pastor in thy Church and to feed thy flock: Give to all pastors abundant gifts of thy Holy Spirit, that
- [Harvest Thanksgiving](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/10/09/harvest-thanksgiving-7/) - The collects for today, Harvest Thanksgiving Day, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who crownest the year with thy goodness, and hast given unto us the fruits of the earth in their season: Give us grateful hearts, that we may unfeignedly thank thee for all thy loving-kindness, and
- [Week at a Glance, 9 - 15 October](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/10/08/week-at-a-glance-9-15-october/) - Tuesday, October 10th 6:00pm Prayers & Praises - Haliburton Place 6:30-8:00pm Girl Guides – Parish Hall 7:00pm Parish Council Meeting Wednesday, October 11th 6:30-8:00pm Brownies – Parish Hall Friday, October 13th 6:00-7:30pm Pathfinders & Rangers – Parish Hall Sunday, October 15th, Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity 8:00am Holy Communion 10:30am Holy Communion 7:00pm Holy Communion –
- [St. Denys, Bishop and Martyr](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/10/09/st-denys-bishop-and-martyr-5/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Denys (d. c. 258), Bishop of Paris, Patron Saint of France, Martyr (source): O GOD, who as on this day didst endow thy blessed Martyr and Bishop Saint Denys with strength to suffer stedfastly for thy sake, and didst join unto him Rusticus and Eleutherius for the
- [Paulinus, Missionary and Archbishop](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/10/10/paulinus-missionary-and-archbishop-6/) - The collect for today, the Feast of St. Paulinus (c. 584-644), Monk, first Archbishop of York, Missionary (source): Almighty and everlasting God, we thank you for your servant Paulinus, whom you called to preach the Gospel to the people of northern England. Raise up in this and every land evangelists and heralds of your kingdom,
- [St. Philip of Caesarea, Apostolic Man](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/10/11/st-philip-of-caesarea-apostolic-man-5/) - The collect for today, the Feast of St. Philip of Caesarea, Deacon, Apostolic Man (source): Almighty and everlasting God, we thank thee for thy servant Philip the Deacon, whom thou didst call to preach the Gospel to the peoples of Samaria and Ethiopia. Raise up, we beseech thee, in this and every land heralds and
- [KES Chapel Reflection, Week of 8 October](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/10/13/kes-chapel-reflection-week-of-8-october/) - In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread till you return to the ground Ah, the curses of work and labour! There is, it seems, no escaping the reality of the Fall. It means a different relation to the world and to one another and all because of a falling out, we might
- [Edward the Confessor](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/10/13/edward-the-confessor-4/) - The collect for today, the Feast of St. Edward the Confessor (c. 1003-1066), King of England (source): O Sovereign God, who didst set thy servant Edward upon the throne of an earthly kingdom and didst inspire him with zeal for the kingdom of heaven: grant that we may so confess the faith of Christ by word
- [The Eighteenth Sunday After Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/10/15/the-eighteenth-sunday-after-trinity-9/) - The collect for today, the Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): LORD, we beseech thee, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil, and with pure hearts and minds to follow thee the only God; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
- [Sermon for Harvest Thanksgiving](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/10/08/sermon-for-harvest-thanksgiving-9/) - “So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth” It is not often that the epistle reading at Holy Communion is a lesson from the Hebrew or Jewish Scriptures, what Christians know as the Old Testament, and in this case, a passage from The Book of the Prophet Isaiah. It is an
- [Week at a Glance, 16 - 22 October](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/10/15/week-at-a-glance-16-22-october/) - Monday, October 16th 4:45-5:15pm World Religions/Inquirers’ Class 6:30-7:30pm Sparks - Parish Hall Tuesday, October 17th, Eve of St. Luke 6:00pm Prayers & Praises - Haliburton Place 6:30-8:00pm Girl Guides – Parish Hall 7:00pm Holy Communion followed by Christ Church Book Club: Stuart Firestein, Ignorance: How It Drives Science and Peter Wohlleben, The Hidden Life of
- [Hugh Latimer and Nicholas Ridley, Bishops and Martyrs](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/10/16/hugh-latimer-and-nicholas-ridley-bishops-and-martyrs-5/) - The collect for today, the commemoration of Hugh Latimer (1485-1555), Bishop of Worcester, and Nicholas Ridley (c. 1500-1555), Bishop of London, Reformation Martyrs (source): Keep us, O Lord, constant in faith and zealous in witness, that, like thy servants Hugh Latimer and Nicholas Ridley, we may live in thy fear, die in thy favor, and
- [Etheldreda, Queen and Abbess](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/10/17/etheldreda-queen-and-abbess-6/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Etheldreda, Queen, Foundress and Abbess of Ely (d. 679) (source): O eternal God, who didst bestow such grace on thy servant Etheldreda that she gave herself wholly to the life of prayer and to the service of thy true religion: grant that we may in like manner
- [St. Luke the Evangelist](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/10/18/st-luke-the-evangelist-6/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Luke the Evangelist, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): ALMIGHTY God, who calledst Luke the Physician, whose praise is in the Gospel, to be an Evangelist, and Physician of the soul: May it please thee that, by the wholesome medicines of the doctrine delivered by
- [The Nineteenth Sunday After Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/10/22/the-nineteenth-sunday-after-trinity-9/) - The collect for today, the Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD, forasmuch as without thee we are not able to please thee; Mercifully grant, that thy Holy Spirit may in all things direct and rule our hearts; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle: Ephesians 4:17-32
- [Sermon for the Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/10/15/sermon-for-the-eighteenth-sunday-after-trinity-5/) - “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God” Pumpkins, pucks, and parades seem to define Windsor, particularly on this post-thanksgiving weekend! How they relate to the matter of love is another question. For here today love constrains us to speak of love. It might not seem all that remarkable a thing to say but I wonder
- [Sermon for the Eve of the Feast of St. Luke](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/10/17/sermon-for-the-eve-of-the-feast-of-st-luke-2/) - “Then opened he their understanding” Luke, “dear and glorious physician”, as the novelist Taylor Caldwell styled him, has been the Church’s spiritual director for much of the Trinity season. Tonight we celebrate his witness and writings – The Third Gospel and The Book of the Acts of the Apostles. What we celebrate are the things
- [Week at a Glance, 23 - 29 October](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/10/22/week-at-a-glance-23-29-october/) - Monday, October 23rd 6:30-7:30pm Sparks - Parish Hall Tuesday, October 24th 6:00pm 'Prayers & Praises' - Haliburton Place 6:30-8:00pm Girl Guides – Parish Hall Wednesday, October 25th 6:30-8:00pm Brownies – Parish Hall Friday, October 27th 11:00am Holy Communion - Dykeland Lodge 6:00-9:00pm Pathfinders & Rangers - Parish Hall Sunday, October 29th, Twentieth Sunday after Trinity
- [Crispin and Crispinian, Martyrs](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/10/25/crispin-and-crispinian-martyrs-4/) - The collect for a Martyr, on the Feast of Saint Crispin and Saint Crispinian, Martyrs (d. c. 285), from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD, who didst bestow upon thy Saints such marvellous virtue, that they were able to stand fast, and have the victory against the world, the flesh, and the
- [Cedd, Missionary and Bishop](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/10/26/cedd-missionary-and-bishop-3/) - The collect for a Bishop or Archbishop, on the Feast of St. Cedd (c. 620-664), Abbot of Lastingham, Bishop of the East Saxons, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD, our heavenly Father, who didst raise up thy faithful servant Cedd to be a Bishop in thy Church and to feed thy
- [Alfred, King](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/10/26/alfred-king-3/) - The collect for today, the Feast of St. Alfred the Great (849-899), King of the West Saxons, Scholar (source): O God our maker and redeemer, we beseech thee of thy great mercy and by the power of thy holy cross to guide us by thy will and to shield us from our foes, that, following
- [St. Simon and St. Jude the Apostles](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/10/28/st-simon-and-st-jude-the-apostles-6/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Simon the Zealot and Saint Jude, Apostles, with Saint Jude the Brother of the Lord, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O ALMIGHTY God, who hast built thy Church upon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the head corner-stone: Grant
- [The Twentieth Sunday After Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/10/29/the-twentieth-sunday-after-trinity-9/) - The collect for today, the Twentieth Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O ALMIGHTY and most merciful God, of thy bountiful goodness keep us, we beseech thee, from all things that may hurt us; that we, being ready both in body and soul, may cheerfully accomplish those things that thou
- [KES Chapel Reflection, Week of 22 October](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/10/26/kes-chapel-reflection-week-of-22-october/) - So Sarah laughed With the story of Abraham, Genesis moves from the mythological to the historical. With Abraham we step into history, as it were. This raises interesting questions about how we think the Scriptures. Many atheists and many fundamentalists, for instance, have the same problem in their approach to the Scriptures, namely, reading them
- [Week at a Glance, 30 October – 5 November](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/10/29/week-at-a-glance-30-october-5-november/) - Monday, October 30th 4:45-5:15pm World Religions/Inquirers Class – KES, Room # 206 6:00-7:00pm Brownies/Sparks - Parish Hall Tuesday, October 31st, All Hallows’ Eve 6:00pm Prayers & Praises - Haliburton Place Wednesday, November 1st, All Saints’ Day 6:30-8:00pm Brownies – Parish Hall Thursday, November 2nd, All Souls’ Day 3:15pm Service – Windsor Elms 7:00pm Holy Communion
- [All Saints’ Day](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/11/01/all-saints-day-9/) - The collect for today, All Saints’ Day, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O ALMIGHTY God, who hast knit together thine elect in one communion and fellowship, in the mystical body of thy Son Christ our Lord: Grant us grace so to follow thy blessed Saints in all virtuous and godly living, that
- [Sermon for the Twentieth Sunday after Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/10/29/sermon-for-the-twentieth-sunday-after-trinity-4/) - “All things are ready” Are we ready? “All things are ready,” we are told. Ready for what? What does it mean to be ready for the banquet, for the wedding feast? And what is the wedding garment which seems to be so necessary such that without it we are cast out just when we think
- [Cuthbert, Missionary and Bishop](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/03/20/cuthbert-missionary-and-bishop-5/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Cuthbert (c. 634-87), Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary (source): Almighty God, who didst call thy servant Cuthbert from following the flock to follow thy Son and to be a shepherd of thy people: in thy mercy, grant that we may so follow his example that we may bring
- [Benedict, Abbott](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/03/21/benedict-abbott-5/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Benedict of Nursia (c. 480-550), Abbot of Monte Cassino, Father of Western Monasticism (source): O eternal God, who made Benedict a wise master in the school of thy service, and a guide to many called into the common life to follow the rule of Christ: grant that we
- [Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop and Martyr](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/03/21/thomas-cranmer-archbishop-and-martyr-5/) - The collect for today, the commemoration of Thomas Cranmer (1489-1556), Archbishop of Canterbury, Reformation Martyr (source): Father of all mercies, who through the work of thy servant Thomas Cranmer didst renew the worship of thy Church and through his death didst reveal thy strength in human weakness: strengthen us by thy grace so to worship
- [Lenten Meditation # 2: Redire ad Principia: Lenten Sermons of Lancelot Andrewes](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/03/21/lenten-meditation-2-redire-ad-principia-lenten-sermons-of-lancelot-andrewes/) - “Blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears for they hear” It is all about the turning. Redire ad principia is ‘a kind of circling’, as Lancelot Andrewes notes, by which we turn back to God from whom we have turned away. And while his 1619 Ash-Wednesday Sermon names that return to a
- [The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/03/25/the-annunciation-of-the-blessed-virgin-mary-9/) - The collect for today, The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canada, 1962): WE beseech thee, O Lord, pour thy grace into our hearts; that, as we have known the incarnation of thy Son Jesus Christ by the message of an angel, so by his cross and passion we
- [The Fourth Sunday in Lent](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/03/26/the-fourth-sunday-in-lent-8/) - The collect for today, the Fourth Sunday in Lent, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): GRANT, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that we, who for our evil deeds do worthily deserve to be punished, by the comfort of thy grace may mercifully be relieved; through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. The
- [John Keble, Scholar and Poet](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/03/29/john-keble-scholar-and-poet-3/) - The collect for today, the commemoration of John Keble (1792-1866), Priest, Tractarian, Poet (source): Father of the eternal Word, in whose encompassing love all things in peace and order move: grant that, as thy servant John Keble adored thee in all creation, so we may have a humble heart of love for the mysteries of
- [Week at a Glance, 27 March – 2 April](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/03/26/week-at-a-glance-27-march-2-april/) - Monday, March 27th 6:30-7:30pm Sparks - Parish Hall Tuesday, March 28th, Annunciation (transf.) 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ - Haliburton Place 7:00 Holy Communion & Lenten Programme III: Redire ad Principia: Lenten Sermons of Lancelot Andrewes Wednesday, March 29th 6:30-8:00pm Brownies – Parish Hall Friday, March 31st 6:00-9:00pm Pathfinders & Rangers – Parish Hall Sunday, April
- [The Fifth Sunday in Lent](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/04/02/the-fifth-sunday-in-lent-8/) - The collect for today, the Fifth Sunday in Lent, commonly called Passion Sunday, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): WE beseech thee, Almighty God, mercifully to look upon thy people; that by thy great goodness they may be governed and preserved evermore, both in body and soul; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
- [Sermon for the Fourth Sunday in Lent](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/03/26/sermon-for-the-fourth-sunday-in-lent-7/) - “Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost” March has been brutal, hardly a picnic. And as for there being “much grass in the place,” it certainly hasn’t been here unless in the Cannabis shops, legal or otherwise, or perhaps the Prime Minister’s Office. One way to escape the madness of March, perhaps,
- [Lenten Meditation 3: Redire ad Principia: Lenten Sermons of Lancelot Andrewes](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/03/28/lenten-meditation-3-redire-ad-principia-lenten-sermons-of-lancelot-andrewes/) - “Be it unto me according to thy word” The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary often falls within the season of Lent. Indeed, there have been times even when it has fallen on Good Friday which moved a poet like John Donne to write a powerful poem about the nature of God’s comings and goings
- [Week at a Glance, 3 - 9 April](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/04/02/week-at-a-glance-3-9-april/) - Monday, April 3rd 6:30-7:30pm Sparks - Parish Hall Tuesday, April 4th, St. Ambrose 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ - Haliburton Place 6:30-8:00pm Girl Guides – Parish Hall 7:00pm Holy Communion & Lenten Programme IV: Redire ad Principia: Lenten Sermons of Lancelot Andrewes Wednesday, April 5th 6:30-8:00pm Brownies – Parish Hall Friday, April 7th 6:00-9:00pm Pathfinders &
- [Richard of Chichester, Bishop](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/04/03/richard-of-chichester-bishop-2/) - The collect for today, the Feast of St. Richard (1197-1253), Bishop of Chichester (source): Most merciful redeemer, who gavest to thy bishop Richard a love of learning, a zeal for souls and a devotion to the poor: grant that, encouraged by his example, we may know thee more clearly, love thee more dearly, and follow
- [Reginald Heber, Bishop and Poet](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/04/03/reginald-heber-bishop-and-poet/) - The propers for a Bishop or Archbishop, in commemoration of Reginald Heber (1783-1826), Bishop of Calcutta, hymn writer, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD, our heavenly Father, who didst raise up thy faithful servant Reginald to be a Bishop in thy Church and to feed thy flock: We beseech thee to
- [Ambrose, Doctor and Bishop](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/04/04/ambrose-doctor-and-bishop-3/) - The collect for today, the Feast Day of St. Ambrose (339-397), Doctor of the Church, Poet, Bishop of Milan (source): Lord God of hosts, who didst call Ambrose from the governor's throne to be a bishop in thy Church and a courageous champion of thy faithful people: mercifully grant that, as he fearlessly rebuked rulers,
- [Palm Sunday](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/04/09/palm-sunday-7/) - The collect for today, the Sunday Next before Easter, commonly called Palm Sunday, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who, of thy tender love towards mankind, hast sent thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ, to take upon him our flesh, and to suffer death upon the cross, that all
- [Holy Week & Easter 2017](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/04/05/holy-week-easter-2017/) - Monday, April 10th, Monday in Holy Week 7:00am Matins & Passion 6:30-7:30pm Sparks - Parish Hall 7:00pm Vespers & Communion Tuesday, April 11th, Tuesday in Holy Week 7:00am Matins & Passion 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ - Haliburton Place 6:30-8pm Girl Guides - Parish Hall 7:00pm Vespers & Communion Wednesday, April 12th, Wednesday in Holy Week
- [Monday in Holy Week](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/04/10/monday-in-holy-week-8/) - The collect for today, Monday in Holy Week, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who, of thy tender love towards mankind, hast sent thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ, to take upon him our flesh, and to suffer death upon the cross, that all mankind should follow the example
- [Sermon for Passion Sunday](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/04/02/sermon-for-passion-sunday-8/) - “Ye know not what ye ask.” “April”, it seems, “is the cruelest month of all” (T.S. Eliot, The Wasteland). Hardly the time for a pilgrimage, a journey unless it is like that of the Magi “with the ways deep and the weather sharp, the very dead of winter” (Eliot, Journey of the Magi) all over
- [Lenten Meditation 4: Redire ad Principia: Lenten Sermons of Lancelot Andrewes](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/04/04/lenten-meditation-4-redire-ad-principia-lenten-sermons-of-lancelot-andrewes/) - “Turn unto the Lord your God” The words of the prophet Joel caught the imagination of the poetic preacher of the courts of Elizabeth and James, Lancelot Andrewes. His Ash-Wednesday sermon of 1619 preached before King James takes as its text the passage from The Book of Joel read on Ash Wednesday, then as the
- [Holy Week and Easter](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/04/09/holy-week-and-easter-2/) - Monday, April 10th, Monday in Holy Week 7:00am Matins & Passion 6:30-7:30pm Sparks - Parish Hall 7:00pm Vespers & Communion Tuesday, April 11th, Tuesday in Holy Week 7:00am Matins & Passion 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ - Haliburton Place 6:30-8:00pm Girl Guides - Parish Hall 7:00pm Vespers & Communion Wednesday, April 12th, Wednesday in Holy Week
- [Sermon for Palm Sunday](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/04/09/sermon-for-palm-sunday-9/) - “Turn unto the Lord your God” The words of the prophet Joel serve as one of the mantras for the season of Lent, a recurring refrain which shapes the Lenten journey. But even more it provides the matrix through which to contemplate the Passion of Christ which is set before us with great intensity in
- [Sermon for Monday in Holy Week](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/04/10/sermon-for-monday-in-holy-week-7/) - “Turn unto the Lord your God” And so it begins. Holy Week immerses us in the Passion of Christ from all four of the Gospels. We turn from The Passion According to St. Matthew on Palm Sunday to the beginning of The Passion According to St. Mark today and its continuation tomorrow. That Passion begins
- [Tuesday in Holy Week](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/04/11/tuesday-in-holy-week-8/) - The collect for today, Tuesday in Holy Week, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who, of thy tender love towards mankind, hast sent thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ, to take upon him our flesh, and to suffer death upon the cross, that all mankind should follow the example
- [Wednesday in Holy Week](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/04/12/wednesday-in-holy-week-9/) - The collect for today, Wednesday in Holy Week, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who, of thy tender love towards mankind, hast sent thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ, to take upon him our flesh, and to suffer death upon the cross, that all mankind should follow the example
- [Maundy Thursday](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/04/13/maundy-thursday-9/) - The collects for today, Thursday in Holy Week, commonly called Maundy Thursday, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who, of thy tender love towards mankind, hast sent thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ, to take upon him our flesh, and to suffer death upon the cross, that all mankind
- [Easter Even](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/04/15/easter-even-9/) - The collect for today, Easter Even, or Holy Saturday, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): GRANT, O Lord, that as we are baptized into the death of thy blessed Son our Saviour Jesus Christ, so by continual mortifying our corrupt affections we may be buried with him; and that, through the grave, and
- [Sermon for Holy Saturday](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/04/15/sermon-for-holy-saturday-4/) - “Turn unto the Lord your God” In the quiet stillness of Holy Saturday, we turn to the grave and death of Christ. “It is finished”, it seems. All that remains are the quiet sorrows and griefs of our broken hearts in a broken world. And yet we turn to his grave. Such a turning is
- [Good Friday](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/04/14/good-friday-9/) - The collects for today, Good Friday, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): ALMIGHTY God, we beseech thee graciously to behold this thy family, for which our Lord Jesus Christ was contented to be betrayed, and given up into the hands of wicked men, and to suffer death upon the cross; who now liveth
- [Easter Day](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/04/16/easter-day-9/) - The collect for today, Easter-Day, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962) : ALMIGHTY God, who through thine only begotten Son Jesus Christ hast overcome death, and opened unto us the gate of everlasting life: We humbly beseech thee, that as by thy special grace thou dost put into our minds good desires, so
- [Monday In Easter Week](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/04/17/monday-in-easter-week-9/) - The collect for today, Monday in Easter Week, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): ALMIGHTY God, who through thine only begotten Son Jesus Christ hast overcome death, and opened unto us the gate of everlasting life: We humbly beseech thee, that as by thy special grace thou dost put into our minds good
- [Tuesday in Easter Week](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/04/18/tuesday-in-easter-week-9/) - The collect for today, Tuesday in Easter Week, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): ALMIGHTY God, who through thine only begotten Son Jesus Christ hast overcome death, and opened unto us the gate of everlasting life: We humbly beseech thee, that as by thy special grace thou dost put into our minds good
- [The Octave Day of Easter](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/04/23/the-octave-day-of-easter-9/) - The collect for today, The Octave Day of Easter, being The Sunday After Easter Day, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): Almighty Father, who hast given thine only Son to die for our sins, and to rise again for our justification; Grant us so to put away the leaven of malice and wickedness,
- [Week at a Glance, 24 - 30 April](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/04/23/week-at-a-glance-24-30-april/) - Monday, April 24th, Eve of St. Mark 6:30-7:30pm Sparks - Parish Hall 7:00pm Holy Communion Tuesday, April 25th 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ - Haliburton Place 6:30-8:00pm Girl Guides – Parish Hall 7:00pm Christ Church Book Club: Being Mortal (2014) by Atul Gawande and When Breath Becomes Air (2016) by Paul Kalanithi Wednesday, April 26th 6:30-8:00pm
- [Sermon for Tuesday in Holy Week](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/04/11/sermon-for-tuesday-in-holy-week-7/) - “Turn unto the Lord your God” It is Joel’s word to us, his word shaping our thinking about the Passion of Christ. Turn unto God but to do what? To be cruel and brutal? To do evil? What we contemplate today in the continuation of the Passion is the continuing brutality and folly of our
- [Sermon for Tenebrae](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/04/12/sermon-for-tenebrae-2/) - “Turn unto the Lord your God” Tenebrae is the Latin word for darkness and shadows. The term is applied to the ancient monastic services of Matins and Lauds of Triduum Sacrum which in medieval times were celebrated in an anticipatory fashion on the preceding evenings. One dramatic feature of the service is the gradual extinguishing
- [Sermon for Maundy Thursday](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/04/13/sermon-for-maundy-thursday-9/) - “Turn unto the Lord your God” “Rend your hearts,” the prophet Joel bids us, “and not your garments and turn unto the Lord your God.” Nowhere is that turning more concentrated for us than in the three great holy days of Holy Week, the Triduum Sacrum of Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday. Yet
- [Week at a Glance, 17 – 23 April](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/04/16/week-at-a-glance-17-23-april/) - Monday, April 17th, Easter Monday 10:00am Holy Communion 6:30-7:30pm Sparks - Parish Hall Tuesday, April 18th, Easter Tuesday 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ - Haliburton Place 6:30-8:00pm Girl Guides – Parish Hall Wednesday, April 19th, Easter Wednesday 6:30-8:00pm Brownies – Parish Hall Friday, April 21st 6:00-9:00pm Pathfinders & Rangers – Parish Hall Saturday, April 22nd 7:00-9:00pm
- [Sermon for Good Friday](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/04/14/sermon-for-good-friday-7/) - “Turn unto the Lord your God” The idea of turning reaches a certain completeness on Good Friday. Circles within circles, we might say, a richness of turning and circling back and towards and upon the very principle of everything, God. Good Friday. It is the day of the profoundest reflection upon the most profoundest of
- [Sermon for Easter Vigil](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/04/15/sermon-for-easter-vigil-3/) - “Turn unto the Lord your God” We turn to God in watching and waiting upon the great mystery of God’s turning to us in the Resurrection to new life. We turn expectantly to look upon the second great act of God. There is the going forth of the Word of God in Creation and now
- [Sermon for Easter Day](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/04/16/sermon-for-easter-day-5/) - “Turn unto the Lord your God” The words of the Prophet Joel provided the critical matrix through which to ponder the mystery of the Passion in Holy Week. They equally carry us into the mystery of the Resurrection at Easter. Why? Because neither the Passion nor the Resurrection can be thought about without each other.
- [Saint Mark the Evangelist](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/04/25/saint-mark-the-evangelist-9/) - The collect for today, The Feast of Saint Mark the Evangelist, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O ALMIGHTY God, who hast instructed thy holy Church with the heavenly doctrine of thy Evangelist Saint Mark: Give us grace, that, being not like children carried away with every blast of vain doctrine, we may
- [The Second Sunday After Easter](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/04/30/the-second-sunday-after-easter-9/) - The collect for today, The Second Sunday After Easter, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): ALMIGHTY God, who hast given thine only Son to be unto us both a sacrifice for sin, and also an example of godly life: Give us grace that we may always most thankfully receive that his inestimable benefit,
- [Sermon for the Octave Day of Easter](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/04/23/sermon-for-the-octave-day-of-easter-8/) - “This is the victory that overcometh the world; even our faith” There is such a thing as being dead before you are dead. It happens when we give up on what defines us, sing the poor-me’s and succumb to despair. But it is really all about us. That has been the situation it seems to
- [Sermon for the Eve of the Feast of St. Mark](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/04/24/sermon-for-the-eve-of-the-feast-of-st-mark/) - “Trembling and astonishment had come upon them … for they were afraid” It is known as the short ending to The Gospel according to St. Mark because some of the earliest texts of St. Mark’s Gospel end at verse eight of the sixteenth chapter rather than with the further aspects of the resurrection that take
- [Saint Philip and Saint James the Apostles](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/05/01/saint-philip-and-saint-james-the-apostles-7/) - The Collect for today, The Feast of Saint Philip and Saint James the Apostles, with Saint James the Brother of the Lord, Martyr, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O ALMIGHTY God, whom truly to know is everlasting life: Grant us perfectly to know thy Son Jesus Christ to be the way, the
- [Athanasius, Doctor and Bishop](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/05/02/athanasius-doctor-and-bishop-6/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Athanasius (c. 293-373), Bishop of Alexandria, Theologian, Apologist, Doctor of the Church (source): Ever-living God, whose servant Athanasius bore witness to the mystery of the Word made flesh for our salvation: give us grace, with all thy saints, to contend for the truth and to grow into
- [Week at a Glance, 1 – 7 May](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/04/30/week-at-a-glance-1-7-may/) - Monday, May 1st, SS. Philip & James 6:30-7:30pm Sparks - Parish Hall 7:00pm Holy Communion Tuesday, May 2nd 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ - Haliburton Place 6:30-8:00pm Girl Guides – Parish Hall Wednesday, May 3rd 6:30-8:00pm Brownies – Parish Hall Thursday, May 4th 3:15 Service at Windsor Elms Friday, May 5th 6:00-9:00pm Pathfinders & Rangers –
- [Monnica, Matron](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/05/04/monnica-matron-5/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Monnica (c. 331-387), mother of Saint Augustine of Hippo (source): O Lord, who through spiritual discipline didst strengthen thy servant Monnica to persevere in offering her love and prayers and tears for the conversion of her husband and of Augustine their son: Deepen our devotion, we beseech
- [Redire ad principia: The Mystical Theology of The Book of Common Prayer](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/04/29/redire-ad-principia-the-mystical-theology-of-the-book-of-common-prayer/) - Fr. David Curry delivered this address to the AGM of the Prayer Book Society of Canada in Halifax on 29 April 2017. The version posted here omits footnotes. To download a pdf version complete with footnotes, click here. Redire ad principia: The Mystical Theology of The Book of Common Prayer There may be fifty ways
- [Sermon for the Second Sunday after Easter](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/04/30/sermon-for-the-second-sunday-after-easter-8/) - “Jesus said, ‘I am the good Shepherd’” It is one of the great and classic images of care and one which is much beloved. It appears frequently in glass and stone, in tapestry and mosaic even as the Shepherd’s Psalm (Ps. 23) shapes story and song, prayer and praise. The image of Christ the Good
- [Sermon for the Feast of St. Philip and St. James](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/05/01/sermon-for-the-feast-of-st-philip-and-st-james-3/) - “Believe me,that I am in the Father, and the Father in me; or else believe me for the very works’ sake” There is something quite powerful about the readings from the Gospel according to St. John which belong to the Sundays after Easter. The Gospel reading for the Feast of SS. Philip and James belongs
- [The Third Sunday after Easter](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/05/07/the-third-sunday-after-easter-9/) - The collect for today, The Third Sunday After Easter, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): ALMIGHTY God, who showest to them that be in error the light of thy truth, to the intent that they may return into the way of righteousness: Grant unto all them that are admitted into the fellowship of
- [Week at a Glance, 8 - 14 May](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/05/07/week-at-a-glance-8-14-may/) - Monday, May 8th 6:30-7:30pm Sparks - Parish Hall Tuesday, May 9th 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ - Haliburton Place 6:30-8:00pm Girl Guides – Parish Hall 7:00pm Parish Council Meeting Wednesday, May 10th 6:30-8:00pm Brownies – Parish Hall Thursday, May 11th 3:15 Service at Windsor Elms Friday, May 12th 6:00-9:00pm Pathfinders & Rangers – Parish Hall Saturday,
- [Halley Performs Halley](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/05/06/halley-performs-halley/) - Sunday, May 14 at 4:00 pm at the Cathedral Church of All Saints, 1330 Cathedral Lane, Halifax. Paul Halley is director of music at University of King’s College and All Saints Cathedral. He’s also a five-time Grammy-winning composer who many feel has redefined “church music”. This rare performance of his own works features 15 new
- [Gregory of Nazianzus, Bishop and Doctor](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/05/09/gregory-of-nazianzus-bishop-and-doctor-5/) - The collect for today, the Feast of St. Gregory of Nazianzus (329-89), Monk, Bishop, Theologian, Doctor of the Eastern Church (source): Almighty God, who hast revealed to thy Church thine eternal Being of glorious majesty and perfect love as one God in Trinity of Persons: Give us grace that, like thy bishop Gregory of Nazianzus,
- [Cyril and Methodius, Missionaries](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/05/11/cyril-and-methodius-missionaries-5/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Cyril (826-69) and Saint Methodius (c. 815-85), Apostles to the Slavs (source): O Lord of all, who gavest to thy servants Cyril and Methodius the gift of tongues to proclaim the gospel to the Slavic people: we pray that thy whole Church may be one as thou
- [Sermon for the Third Sunday after Easter](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/05/07/sermon-for-the-third-sunday-after-easter-7/) - “Your sorrow shall be turned into joy” Nowhere, perhaps, is the idea of the Resurrection as radical new life more profoundly and provocatively expressed than in this gospel story. We are presented with a compelling image of transformation, an image that somehow connects to our experiences, whether we are literally mothers or not. All of
- [The Fourth Sunday After Easter](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/05/14/the-fourth-sunday-after-easter-9/) - The collect for today, The Fourth Sunday After Easter, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O ALMIGHTY God, who alone canst order the unruly wills and affections of sinful men: Grant unto thy people, that they may love the thing which thou commandest, and desire that which thou dost promise; that so, among
- [The Fifth Sunday After Easter](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/05/21/the-fifth-sunday-after-easter-9/) - The collect for today, The Fifth Sunday After Easter, commonly called Rogation Sunday, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O LORD, from whom all good things do come; Grant to us thy humble servants, that by thy holy inspiration we may think those things that be good, and by thy merciful guiding may
- [Florence Nightingale, Nurse](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/05/12/florence-nightingale-nurse-5/) - The collect for today, the commemoration of Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), Nurse, Social Reformer (source): Life-giving God, who alone hast power over life and death, over health and sickness: Give power, wisdom, and gentleness to those who follow the example of thy servant Florence Nightingale, that they, bearing with them thy Presence, may not only heal
- [Week at a Glance, 15 – 21 May](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/05/14/week-at-a-glance-15-21-may/) - Monday, May 15th 6:30-7:30pm Sparks - Parish Hall Tuesday, May 16th 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ - Haliburton Place 6:30-8:00pm Girl Guides – Parish Hall 7:00pm Christ Church Book Club: Ross King’s Leonardo and the Last Supper (2012) and Mary Beard’s The Parthenon (2001, rev. 2010) Wednesday, May 17th 6:30-8:00pm Brownies – Parish Hall Friday, May
- [Dunstan, Archbishop](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/05/19/dunstan-archbishop-5/) - The collect for today, the Feast of St. Dunstan (909-988), Archbishop of Canterbury, Restorer of Monastic Life (source): Almighty God, who didst raise up Dunstan to be a true shepherd of the flock, a restorer of monastic life and a faithful counsellor to kings: grant, we beseech thee, to all pastors the like gifts of
- [Rogation Monday](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/05/22/rogation-monday-5/) - The Collect for today, Rogation Monday (Rogation Days being the three days before Ascension Day), from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962); ASSIST us mercifully, O Lord, in these our supplications and prayers, and dispose the way of thy servants towards the attainment of everlasting salvation; that, among all the changes and chances of
- [Rogation Tuesday](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/05/23/rogation-tuesday-5/) - The Collect for today, Rogation Tuesday (Rogation Days being the three days before Ascension Day), from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962); ASSIST us mercifully, O Lord, in these our supplications and prayers, and dispose the way of thy servants towards the attainment of everlasting salvation; that, among all the changes and chances of
- [Rogation Wednesday](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/05/24/rogation-wednesday-5/) - The Collect for today, Rogation Wednesday (Rogation Days being the three days before Ascension Day), from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962); ASSIST us mercifully, O Lord, in these our supplications and prayers, and dispose the way of thy servants towards the attainment of everlasting salvation; that, among all the changes and chances of
- [The Ascension Day](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/05/25/the-ascension-day-8/) - The collect for today, The Ascension Day, being the fortieth day after Easter, sometimes called Holy Thursday, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): GRANT, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that like as we do believe thy only-begotten Son our Lord Jesus Christ to have ascended into the heavens; so we may also in
- [Sermon for the Fourth Sunday after Easter](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/05/14/sermon-for-the-fourth-sunday-after-easter-8/) - “Receive with meekness the implanted word” In the secular culture of North America, today is Mother’s Day but in the sacred culture of the Church today is The Fourth Sunday after Easter which presents to us yet again, the Easter mantra of Jesus, “because I go to my Father.” In the face of our contemporary
- [Week at a Glance, 22 - 28 May](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/05/21/week-at-a-glance-22-28-may/) - Monday, May 22nd 6:30-7:30pm Sparks - Parish Hall Tuesday, May 23rd 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ - Haliburton Place 6:30-8:00pm Girl Guides – Parish Hall Wednesday, May 24th 6:30-8:00pm Brownies – Parish Hall Thursday, May 25th, Ascension Day 3:15pm Service at Windsor Elms 7:00pm Holy Communion Friday, May 26th 11:00 Holy Communion – Dykeland Lodge 6:00-9:00pm
- [Reflections for King’s-Edgehill School Cadet Church Parade, 2017](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/05/20/reflections-for-kings-edgehill-school-cadet-church-parade-2017/) - KES Cadet Church Parade – Friday, May 19th, 2017 Reflections: “Fear in a Handful of Dust” 1. T.S. Eliot’s classic poem The Waste Land written in 1922 begins with a section entitled The Burial of the Dead. It includes a particularly poignant image of the disorders and confusions that have largely defined the last one
- [Augustine of Canterbury, Archbishop](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/05/26/augustine-of-canterbury-archbishop-4/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Augustine (d. c. 605), first Archbishop of Canterbury (source): O Lord our God, who by thy Son Jesus Christ didst call thine apostles and send them forth to preach the Gospel to the nations: We bless thy holy name for thy servant Augustine, first Archbishop of Canterbury,
- [Sermon for Rogation Sunday](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/05/21/sermon-for-rogation-sunday-7/) - “I came forth from the Father and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father” Today is known as Rogation Sunday. The days of rogation are days of asking, days of prayer, but with a particular emphasis upon the land. Rogation Sunday reminds us of the redemption of
- [Sermon for Ascension Day](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/05/25/sermon-for-ascension-day-4/) - “He was received up into heaven” The seventh and last sonnet in John Donne’s cycle of sonnets called La Corona is Ascension. La Corona is a remarkable literary achievement. It consists of seven sonnets which are all closely connected in such a way that they form a crown, a circle, la corona. The last line
- [Sunday After Ascension Day](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/05/28/sunday-after-ascension-day-6/) - The collect for today, Sunday After Ascension Day, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD the King of Glory, who hast exalted thine only Son Jesus Christ with great triumph unto thy kingdom in heaven: We beseech thee, leave us not comfortless; but send to us thine Holy Ghost to comfort us,
- [The Venerable Bede, Doctor and Historian](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/05/27/the-venerable-bede-doctor-and-historian-4/) - The collect for today, the Feast of The Venerable Bede (673-735), Monk, Historian, Doctor of the Church (source): Almighty God, maker of all things, whose Son Jesus Christ gave to thy servant Bede grace to drink in with joy the word which leadeth us to know thee and to love thee: in thy goodness grant
- [Joan of Arc](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/05/30/joan-of-arc-4/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Joan of Arc (1412-31), Virgin, Visionary, Patron Saint of France (source): Holy God, whose power is made perfect in weakness: we honor thy calling of Jeanne d’Arc, who, though young, rose up in valor to bear thy standard for her country, and endured with grace and fortitude
- [Week at a Glance, 29 May – 4 June](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/05/28/week-at-a-glance-29-may-4-june/) - Monday, May 29th 6:30-7:30pm Sparks - Parish Hall Tuesday, May 30th 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ - Haliburton Place 6:30-8:00pm Girl Guides – Parish Hall Wednesday, May 31st 6:30-8:00pm Brownies – Parish Hall Friday, June 2nd 6:00-9:00pm Pathfinders & Rangers – Parish Hall Sunday, June 4th, Pentecost 8:00am Holy Communion (followed by Men’s Club Breakfast with
- [Justin Martyr](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/06/01/justin-martyr-5/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Justin (c. 100 – 165), Philosopher, Apologist, Martyr at Rome (source): O God our redeemer, who through the folly of the cross didst teach thy martyr Justin the surpassing knowledge of Jesus Christ: free us, we beseech thee, from every kind of error, that we, like him, may
- [The Day of Pentecost](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/06/04/the-day-of-pentecost-9/) - The collects for today, The Day of Pentecost, being the fiftieth day after Easter, commonly called Whit-Sunday, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD, who as at this time didst teach the hearts of thy faithful people, by the sending to them the light of thy Holy Spirit: Grant us by the
- [Sermon for the Sunday after the Ascension](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/05/28/sermon-for-the-sunday-after-the-ascension-2/) - “He ascended into heaven, And sitteth on the right hand of the Father” They are words from the Creed but as taken more or less directly from the Scriptures. The Ascension and the Session of Christ are among the creedal mysteries of the Christian faith. They are set before us on this day, The Sunday
- [Week at a Glance, 5 – 11 June](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/06/04/week-at-a-glance-5-11-june/) - Monday, June 5th 6:30-7:30pm Sparks - Parish Hall Tuesday, June 6th 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ - Haliburton Place 6:30-8:00pm Girl Guides – Parish Hall Wednesday, June 7th 6:30-8:00pm Brownies – Parish Hall Thursday, June 8th 3:15pm Service at Windsor Elms Friday, June 9th 6:00-9:00pm Pathfinders & Rangers – Parish Hall Sunday, June 11th, Trinity Sunday
- [Trinity Sunday](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/06/11/trinity-sunday-9/) - The collect for today, the Octave Day of Pentecost, commonly called Trinity Sunday, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who hast given unto us thy servants grace, by the confession of a true faith, to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity, and in the power of the Divine
- [Sermon for Pentecost](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/06/04/sermon-for-pentecost-6/) - “We do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.” Pentecost. Whitsunday. A day of marvels and mysteries. A day of contrasts and contradictions. And that is the whole point. Wind and fire are elusive qualities, hard to contain and tie down, like Daedalus’ statues in Plato’s Meno - wonderful to look
- [St. Barnabas the Apostle](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/06/13/st-barnabas-the-apostle-6/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Barnabas the Apostle, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O LORD God Almighty, who didst endue thy holy Apostle Barnabas with singular gifts of the Holy Spirit: Leave us not, we beseech thee, destitute of thy manifold gifts, nor yet of grace to use them
- [Basil the Great, Bishop and Doctor](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/06/14/basil-the-great-bishop-and-doctor-5/) - The collect for today, the Feast of St. Basil the Great (c. 330-79), Bishop of Caesarea, Cappadocian Father, Doctor of the Church (source): Almighty God, who hast revealed to thy Church thine eternal Being of glorious majesty and perfect love as one God in Trinity of Persons: Give us grace that, like thy bishop Basil
- [Week at a Glance, 12 - 18 June](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/06/11/week-at-a-glance-12-18-june/) - Monday, June 12th 6:00-7:00pm Sparks - Parish Hall Tuesday, June 13th 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ - Haliburton Place 7:00pm Parish Council Meeting Wednesday, June 14th 6:30-8:00pm Brownies – Parish Hall Friday, June 16th 6:00-9:00pm Pathfinders & Rangers – Parish Hall Saturday, June 17th 9:00am Encaenia Service - KES 10:15am Graduation & Prize Day Ceremonies -
- [The First Sunday After Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/06/18/the-first-sunday-after-trinity-9/) - The collect for today, the Second Sunday after Pentecost, commonly called The First Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD, the strength of all them that put their trust in thee, mercifully accept our prayers; and because through the weakness of our mortal nature we can do no good
- [Sermon for Trinity Sunday](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/06/11/sermon-for-trinity-sunday-8/) - “Apart from me you can do nothing” A strong and provocative statement, perhaps, but surely no less so than Jesus telling Nicodemus who came to him questioning in the night that “ye must be born again”, a phrase, I fear that has often been misunderstood if not hijacked to the agendas of a purely experiential
- [Week at a Glance, 19 - 25 June](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/06/18/week-at-a-glance-19-25-june/) - Monday, June 19th 6:30-7:30pm Sparks - Parish Hall Tuesday, June 20th 6:30-8:00pm Girl Guides – Parish Hall Wednesday, June 21st 6:30-8:00pm Brownies – Parish Hall Friday, June 23rd 6:00-9:00pm Pathfinders & Rangers – Parish Hall Sunday, June 25th, Second Sunday after Trinity / In the Octave of the Nativity of John the Baptist 8:00am Holy
- [Schedule of Services for Summer 2017](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/06/19/schedule-of-services-for-summer-2017/) - Sunday, July 2nd (Fr. Curry) Third Sunday after Trinity (in the Octave of St. Peter & St. Paul) 8:00am Christ Church 9:00am St. Thomas Church, Three Mile Plains 10:30am Christ Church Sunday, July 9th (Fr. Curry) Fourth Sunday after Trinity 8:00am Christ Church 9:00am St. George’s Church, Upper Falmouth 10:30am Christ Church Sunday, July 16th
- [Alban, Martyr](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/06/22/alban-martyr-5/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Alban, First Martyr of Britain, d. c. 250 (source): Almighty God, by whose grace and power thy holy martyr Alban triumphed over suffering and was faithful even unto death: Grant to us, who now remember him with thanksgiving, to be so faithful in our witness to thee
- [The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/06/24/the-nativity-of-saint-john-the-baptist-8/) - The collect for today, the Feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): ALMIGHTY God, by whose providence thy servant John Baptist was wonderfully born, and sent to prepare the way of thy Son our Saviour, by preaching of repentance: Make us so to follow his
- [Sermon for Encaenia 2017](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/06/17/sermon-for-encaenia-2017/) - “Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground” What he wrote in the dust of the ground we do not know. We only know what he said which in turn was written down. They are some of the most powerful words of compassion and forgiveness ever written in the dust of our
- [Sermon for the First Sunday after Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/06/18/sermon-for-the-first-sunday-after-trinity-7/) - “There was a certain beggar named Lazarus” Lazarus ‘R Us. We are Lazarus. There are two people named Lazarus in the Gospels. The one is the blessed subject of a parable told by Jesus in Luke’s Gospel, the story we heard today. The other is the blessed object of a miracle done by Jesus in
- [Irenaeus, Bishop and Doctor](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/06/28/irenaeus-bishop-and-doctor-5/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Irenaeus (d. 202), Bishop of Lyon, Doctor of the Church (source): O God of peace, who through the ministry of thy servant Irenæus didst strengthen the true faith and bring harmony to thy Church: keep us steadfast in thy true religion and renew us in faith and
- [The Second Sunday After Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/06/25/the-second-sunday-after-trinity-9/) - The collect for today, the Second Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O LORD, who never failest to help and govern them whom thou dost bring up in thy stedfast fear and love: Keep us, we beseech thee, under the protection of thy good providence, and make us to have
- [St. Peter and St. Paul the Apostles](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/06/29/st-peter-and-st-paul-the-apostles-6/) - The collects for today, the Feast of Saint Peter and Saint Paul the Apostles, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O almighty God, who by thy Son Jesus Christ didst give to thy Apostle Saint Peter many excellent gifts, and commandedst him earnestly to feed thy flock: Make, we beseech thee, all Bishops
- [Sermon for the Second Sunday after Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/06/25/sermon-for-the-second-sunday-after-trinity-8/) - “Hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us” We have gone, it seems, from the heights of blessedness in the vision of the Triune glory of God on Trinity Sunday to the ground of human existence in all of its confusions and uncertainties both last Sunday and
- [Confederation of Canada, 1867: Dominion Day](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/07/01/confederation-of-canada-1867-dominion-day-6/) - The collect for today, Dominion Day, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD, who providest for thy people by thy power, and rulest over them in love: Vouchsafe so to bless thy servant our Queen, and her Government in this Dominion of Canada, that thy people may dwell in peace and safety,
- [The Third Sunday After Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/07/02/the-third-sunday-after-trinity-9/) - The collect for today, the Third Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O LORD, we beseech thee mercifully to hear us; and grant that we, to whom thou hast given an hearty desire to pray, may by thy mighty aid be defended and comforted in all dangers and adversities; through
- [St. Nicholas, Bishop](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/12/06/st-nicholas-bishop-5/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Nicholas (d. c. 326), Bishop of Myra (source): Almighty Father, lover of souls, who didst choose thy servant Nicholas to be a bishop in the Church, that he might give freely out of the treasures of thy grace: make us mindful of the needs of others and,
- [The Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/12/08/the-conception-of-the-blessed-virgin-mary-4/) - The collect for today, the Feast of the Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (source): Almighty and everlasting God, who stooped to raise fallen humanity through the child-bearing of blessed Mary: grant that we, who have seen thy glory revealed in our human nature and thy love made perfect in our weakness, may daily be
- [The Third Sunday in Advent](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/12/11/the-third-sunday-in-advent-9/) - The collect for today, the Third Sunday in Advent, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O LORD Jesu Christ, who at thy first coming didst send thy messenger to prepare thy way before thee: Grant that the ministers and stewards of thy mysteries may likewise so prepare and make ready thy way, by
- [Sermon for the Second Sunday in Advent](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/12/04/sermon-for-the-second-sunday-in-advent-8/) - “That we through patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope” Why we need Hell might be an apt title for this sermon. The answer is not so as to have a place for those who annoy us nor is it to make us appreciate heaven as the desperate alternative to the usual parade
- [Ignatius, Bishop & Martyr](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/12/17/ignatius-bishop-martyr-4/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Ignatius (d. c. 107), Bishop of Antioch, Martyr (source): Feed us, O Lord, with the living bread and make us drink deep of the cup of salvation that, following the teaching of thy bishop Ignatius, and rejoicing in the faith with which he embraced the death of
- [Advent Meditation and Sermon for the Commemoration of St. Nicholas](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/12/06/advent-meditation-and-sermon-for-the-commemoration-of-st-nicholas/) - “Blessed are those servants, whom their lord when he cometh shall find watching” Advent is the season of watching and waiting. In our Advent meditations we are watching and waiting upon the meaning of Revelation as the counter to Gnosticism which underlies two of the earliest heresies – false teachings – of the early Church,
- [Week at a Glance, 12 – 18 December](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/12/11/week-at-a-glance-12-18-december/) - Monday, December 12th 6:00-7:00pm Sparks – Parish Hall Tuesday, December 13th 6:30-7:30pm Girl Guides – Parish Hall 7:00pm Parish Council Meeting Wednesday, December 14th 6:30-7:30pm Brownies – Parish Hall Thursday, December 15th, Eve of Ember Friday 10:30am Service at Dykeland Lodge 7:00pm Holy Communion Friday, December 16th 9:00-11:00am Men’s Club, Church Decorating 6:00-9:00pm Pathfinders/Rangers –Parish
- [Sermon for the Third Sunday in Advent](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/12/11/sermon-for-the-third-sunday-in-advent-5/) - “Behold I send my messenger before thy face, Which shall prepare thy way before thee” In the deepening darkness of nature’s year – not to mention the deep coldness of December! - we await the light of God coming to us. Such is the Advent of Christ. Our waiting is not something passive and static.
- [Meditation for Advent Embertide](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/12/15/meditation-for-advent-embertide/) - “And she was troubled at this saying” The Ember days punctuate the changing seasons of nature’s year with a spiritual reminder of the centrality of the work and ministry of the Holy Spirit as the guiding principle of the Church’s life. Historically, Embertide provided occasions for ordinations to the diaconate and the priesthood and so
- [The Fourth Sunday in Advent](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/12/18/the-third-sunday-in-advent-8/) - The collect for today, the Fourth Sunday in Advent, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): RAISE up, we beseech thee, O Lord, thy power, and come among us, and with great might succour us; that whereas, through our sins and wickedness, we are sore let and hindered in running the race that is
- [Saint Thomas the Apostle](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/12/21/saint-thomas-the-apostle-7/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Thomas the Apostle, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): ALMIGHTY and everliving God, who for the more confirmation of the faith didst suffer thy holy Apostle Thomas to be doubtful in thy Son's resurrection: Grant us so perfectly, and without all doubt, to believe in
- [Christmas Eve](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/12/24/christmas-eve-8/) - The collect for today, Christmas Eve (source): Almighty God, who makest us glad with the yearly remembrance of the birth of thy only Son Jesus Christ: grant that, as we joyfully receive him as our redeemer, so we may with sure confidence behold him when he shall come to be our judge; who liveth and
- [More than a Week at a Glance, 19  December – 1 January](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/12/18/more-than-a-week-at-a-glance-19-december-1-january/) - Monday, December 19th 6:00-7:00pm Sparks – Parish Hall Tuesday, December 20th 7:00pm Christmas Concert: Capella Regalis Men & Boys Choir, “To Bethlehem with Kings”. $12.00. Pulled Pork Supper & Concert (5:30-6:30, concert at 7:00) $ 20.00; (Supper only - $ 10.00). Wednesday, December 21st, Feast of St. Thomas 7:00pm Holy Communion Saturday, December 24th, Christmas
- [Christmas at Christ Church, 2016](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/12/19/christmas-at-christ-church-2016/) - Saturday, December 24th, Christmas Eve 7:00pm Children’s Crêche Service 9:30pm Christmas Eve Communion Service Sunday, December 25th, Christmas Day 10:00am Christmas Morning Communion Service Monday, December 26th, St. Stephen 10:00am Holy Communion Tuesday, December 27th, St. John the Evangelist 10:00am Holy Communion Wednesday, December 28th, Holy Innocents’ Day 10:00am Holy Communion Sunday, January 1st, 2017,
- [The Nativity of Our Lord](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/12/25/the-nativity-of-our-lord-8/) - The collect for today, the Nativity of our Lord, or the Birth-day of Christ, commonly called Christmas Day, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): ALMIGHTY God, who hast given us thy only begotten Son to take our nature upon him, and as at this time to be born of a pure Virgin: Grant
- [Saint Stephen the Martyr](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/12/26/saint-stephen-the-martyr-8/) - The collect for today, the Feast of St. Stephen, Deacon and Martyr, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): GRANT, O Lord, that in all our sufferings here upon earth, for the testimony of thy truth, we may stedfastly look up to heaven, and by faith behold the glory that shall be revealed; and,
- [Saint John the Evangelist](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/12/27/saint-john-the-evangelist-8/) - The collect for today, the Feast of St. John the Evangelist, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): MERCIFUL Lord, we beseech thee to cast thy bright beams of light upon thy Church, that it being enlightened by the doctrine of thy blessed Apostle and Evangelist Saint John may so walk in the light
- [The Innocents’ Day](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/12/28/the-innocents-day/) - The collect for today, The Feast of the Holy Innocents, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O ALMIGHTY God, who out of the mouths of babes and sucklings hast ordained strength, and madest infants to glorify thee by their deaths: Mortify and kill all vices in us, and so strengthen us by thy
- [Sermon for the Fourth Sunday in Advent](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/12/18/sermon-for-the-fourth-sunday-in-advent-7/) - “He was not that light, but was sent to bear witness of that light” We will hear these words on Christmas Eve in the great Gospel of the Incarnation. But today, on The Fourth Sunday in Advent, we hear precisely about that one who is “sent to bear witness of that light” without whom we
- [Sermon for the Feast of St. Thomas](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/12/21/sermon-for-the-feast-of-st-thomas-3/) - “And the light shineth in darkness, and the darkness comprehendeth it not” “Drive the dark of doubt away”. These are the familiar words from the Hymn to Joy, set to Beethoven’s masterpiece Ode to Joy in his Ninth Symphony, by the American author, Rev’d Henry Van Dyke. Darkness and doubt seem so inescapably entangled. And
- [Sermon for Christmas Eve](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/12/24/sermon-for-christmas-eve-8/) - “And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us” She was an old woman, weary and worn, burdened with the cares and worries of life. She paused for a moment before a Crêche scene in the park of a big city. It was a time when such things were more common and were yet
- [Sermon for Christmas Morn](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/12/25/sermon-for-christmas-morn-5/) - “For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord” We meet in the contemplative wonder of Christmas morn after all the excitement of Christmas Eve. “And so it was, that while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered. And she
- [Sermon for the Feast of St. Stephen](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/12/26/sermon-for-the-feast-of-st-stephen-6/) - “Lord, lay not this sin to their charge” The words of the kneeling Stephen as he dies echo Christ’s first word on the Cross, “Father, forgive them for they know not what they do.” It is no accident that the first of the holy days of Christmas is The Feast of St. Stephen. It signifies
- [Sermon for the Feast of St. John the Evangelist](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/12/27/sermon-for-the-feast-of-st-john-the-evangelist-6/) - “Even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written” “Of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh,” Ecclesiastes observes, an observation, no doubt, with which many a student would concur. John, too, at the very end of the last chapter of his
- [Thomas Becket, Archbishop](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/12/29/thomas-becket-archbishop-5/) - The collect for today, the Feast of St. Thomas Becket (1117-1170), Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr (source): O Lord God, who gavest to thy servant Thomas Becket grace to put aside all earthly fear and be faithful even unto death: grant that we, caring not for worldly esteem, may fight against evil, uphold thy rule, and
- [John Wycliffe, Scholar and Translator](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/12/30/john-wycliffe-scholar-and-translator-5/) - The collect for today, the commemoration of John Wycliffe, (c 1320-84), Scholar, Translator of the Scriptures into English (source): O Lord, thou God of truth, whose Word is a lantern to our feet and a light upon our path: We give thee thanks for thy servant John Wyclif, and those who, following in his steps,
- [John West, Missionary](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/12/31/john-west-missionary-6/) - The collect for a missionary, in commemoration of The Rev’d John West (1778-1845), Priest, first Protestant missionary to the Red River Valley, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD, our heavenly Father, who by thy Son Jesus Christ didst call thy blessed Apostles and send them forth to preach thy Gospel of
- [Sermon for the Feast of the Holy Innocents](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/12/28/sermon-for-the-feast-of-the-holy-innocents-6/) - “Rachel weeping for her children, And would not be comforted, because they are not” There is no more disturbing and troubling image than the deaths of the little ones whether as here in the witness of the Scriptures or in the horrendous pictures of the suffering children of the world – in Calais, in Aleppo,
- [The Octave Day of Christmas and the Circumcision of Christ](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/01/01/the-octave-day-of-christmas-and-the-circumcision-of-christ-8/) - The collects for today, The Octave Day of Christmas and the Circumcision of Christ, being New Year’s Day, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): ALMIGHTY God, who hast given us thy only begotten Son to take our nature upon him, and as at this time to be born of a pure Virgin: Grant
- [The Epiphany of Our Lord](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/01/06/the-epiphany-of-our-lord-3/) - The collect for today, The Epiphany of Our Lord, or The Manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD, who by the leading of a star didst manifest thy only-begotten Son to the Gentiles: Mercifully grant, that we, who know thee now by faith, may be led
- [Week at a Glance, 2 – 8 January](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/01/01/week-at-a-glance-2-8-january/) - Tuesday, January 3rd 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ – Haliburton Place 6:30-8:00pm Girl Guides – Parish Hall Wednesday, January 4th 6:30-8:00pm Brownies – Parish Hall Thursday, January 5th, Eve of the Epiphany 7:00pm Holy Communion Friday, January 6th 6:00-9:00pm Pathfinders & Rangers – Parish Hall Sunday, January 8th, First Sunday after the Epiphany 8:00am Holy Communion
- [Sermon for the Octave Day of Christmas](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/01/01/sermon-for-the-octave-day-of-christmas-8/) - “But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart” There is a rich fullness to all of the celebrations of Christmas; a kaleidoscope of images in a whirl of sounds and light surrounds us. How do we make sense of it all or indeed of any of it all? It may seem
- [Christmas Homilies at Christ Church, 2016](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/01/03/christmas-homilies-at-christ-church-2016/) - The seven homilies delivered during Christmastide by Fr. Curry have been collected into one pdf document, available for downloading here.
- [Sermon for the Epiphany](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/01/06/sermon-for-the-epiphany-3/) - “They departed into their own country another way” Unlike Caesar who famously said, “veni, vidi, vici” – “I came, I saw, I conquered” – the Magi-Kings of Anatolia, “viderant, venerunt, et adoraverunt” – “they saw, they came and they adored”. It makes all the difference. Instead of conquest, there is adoration. They saw a star
- [The First Sunday After The Epiphany](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/01/08/the-first-sunday-after-the-epiphany-8/) - The collect for today, the First Sunday after the Epiphany, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O LORD, we beseech thee mercifully to receive the prayers of thy people which call upon thee; and grant that they may both perceive and know what things they ought to do, and also may have grace
- [Week at a Glance, 9 – 15 January](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/01/08/week-at-a-glance-9-15-january-2/) - Monday, January 9th 4:35-5:15pm Confirmation Class – Rm. 206, KES 6:00-7:00pm Sparks – Parish Hall Tuesday, January 10th 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ – Haliburton Place 6:30-8:00pm Girl Guides – Parish Hall 7:00pm Parish Council Meeting Wednesday, January 11th 6:30-8:00pm Brownies – Parish Hall Friday, January 13th 6:00-9:00pm Pathfinders & Rangers – Parish Hall Sunday, January
- [The Baptism of Our Lord](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/01/07/the-baptism-of-our-lord-8/) - The collect for today, the Feast of the Baptism of Our Lord, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O HEAVENLY Father, whose blessed Son Jesus Christ did take our nature upon him, and was baptized for our sakes in the river Jordan: Mercifully grant that we being regenerate, and made thy children by
- [Benedict Biscop, Abbot and Scholar](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/01/12/benedict-biscop-abbot-and-scholar-5/) - The collect for a Doctor of the Church, Poet, or Scholar, on the Feast of Saint Benedict Biscop (c. 628-89), Founder of the monasteries of Wearmouth and Jarrow, Scholar, Patron of the Arts, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962); O GOD, who by thy Holy Spirit hast given unto one man a word of
- [John Horden, Missionary and Bishop](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/01/12/john-horden-missionary-and-bishop-4/) - The collect for today, the commemoration of the Right Rev John Horden (1828-1893), first Bishop of Moosonee, Missionary to the First Nations of Canada: O God, the Desire of all the nations, you chose your servant John Horden to open the treasury of your Word among the native peoples of Canada. Grant us, after his
- [William Laud, Archbishop and Martyr](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/01/10/william-laud-archbishop-and-martyr-5/) - The collect for today, the commemoration of William Laud (1573-1645), Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr (source): Keep us, O Lord, constant in faith and zealous in witness, that, like thy servant William Laud, we may live in thy fear, die in thy favor, and rest in thy peace; for the sake of Jesus Christ thy Son
- [Hilary, Doctor and Bishop](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/01/13/hilary-doctor-and-bishop-5/) - The collect for today, the Feast of St. Hilary (c. 315-368), Bishop of Poitiers, Doctor of the Church (source): Everlasting God, whose servant Hilary steadfastly confessed thy Son Jesus Christ to be both human and divine: grant us his gentle courtesy to bring to all the message of redemption in the incarnate Christ, who liveth
- [Henry, Missionary and Bishop](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/01/19/henry-missionary-and-bishop-5/) - The collect for a missionary, on the Feast of St. Henry of Finland (d. 1150), Bishop, Missionary, Patron Saint of Finland, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD, our heavenly Father, who by thy Son Jesus Christ didst call thy blessed Apostles and send them forth to preach thy Gospel of salvation
- [The Second Sunday After The Epiphany](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/01/15/the-second-sunday-after-the-epiphany-8/) - The collect for today, The Second Sunday after the Epiphany, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who dost govern all things in heaven and earth: Mercifully hear the supplications of thy people, and grant us thy peace all the days of our life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
- [Sermon for the First Sunday after the Epiphany](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/01/08/sermon-for-the-first-sunday-after-the-epiphany-8/) - “Wist ye not that I must be about my father’s business?” Jerusalem and Bethlehem. They are the twin poles of Christian contemplation, the twofold centre around which, as in an ellipse, we move in thought and prayer, in love and devotion, in service and sacrifice. Each is bound up with the other – distinct and
- [Week at a Glance, 16 - 22 January](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/01/15/week-at-a-glance-16-22-january-2/) - Monday, January 16th 4:35-5:05pm Confirmation Class – Rm. 206, KES 6:30-8:00pm Sparks – Parish Hall Tuesday, January 17th 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ – Haliburton Place 6:30-8:00pm Girl Guides – Parish Hall 7:00pm Christ Church Book Club: Jonathan Sacks’ Not in God’s Name (2015) and Peter Mansfield’s A History of the Middle East (1991). Wednesday, January
- [The Third Sunday After The Epiphany](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/01/22/the-third-sunday-after-the-epiphany-6/) - The collect for today, the Third Sunday after the Epiphany, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, mercifully look upon our infirmities, and in all our dangers and necessities stretch forth thy right hand to help and defend us; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle: Romans 12:16b-21 The
- [Agnes, Virgin and Martyr](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/01/21/agnes-virgin-and-martyr-6/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Agnes (c. 291-304), Virgin, Martyr at Rome (source): Eternal God, Shepherd of thy sheep, by whose grace thy child Agnes was strengthened to bear witness, in her life and in her death, to the true love of her redeemer: grant us the power to understand, with all
- [Sermon for the Second Sunday after the Epiphany](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/01/15/sermon-for-the-second-sunday-after-epiphany/) - “Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it” Saying and doing. Acting upon what has been said. Does it mean just simply doing what you are told – mindlessly and without thinking? By no means. Epiphany presents us with the great wonder and mystery of God revealed to us through the words and deeds and person
- [Week at a Glance, 23 - 29 January](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/01/22/week-at-a-glance-23-29-january-2/) - Monday, January 23rd 4:35-5:05pm Confirmation Class – Rm. 206, KES 6:30-8:00pm Sparks – Parish Hall Tuesday, January 24th, Eve of the Conversion of St. Paul 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ – Haliburton Place 6:30-8:00pm Girl Guides – Parish Hall 7:00pm Holy Communion Wednesday, January 25th 6:30-8:00pm Brownies – Parish Hall Friday, January 27th 11:00am Holy Communion
- [St. Timothy and St. Titus, Apostolic Men](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/01/24/st-timothy-and-st-titus-apostolic-men-4/) - The collect for today, The Feast of St. Timothy and St. Titus, Apostolic men, Companions of St. Paul (source): Heavenly Father, who didst send thine apostle Paul to preach the gospel, and gavest him Timothy and Titus to be his companions in the faith: grant that our fellowship in the Holy Spirit may bear witness
- [Sermon for the Third Sunday after the Epiphany](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/01/22/sermon-for-the-third-sunday-after-the-epiphany-4/) - “Speak the word only” The Gospel which orders our thoughts on this The Third Sunday after Epiphany is the double healing of the leper and the Centurion’s servant by Jesus Christ. Epiphany season abounds in miracles. They belong to the making visible of the glory of God. A miracle, after all, is a sign of
- [Sermon for the Third Sunday after the Epiphany, Evensong, St. George's, Halifax](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/01/22/sermon-for-the-third-sunday-after-the-epiphany-evensong-st-georges-halifax/) - “Ephphatha, that is, Be opened” On behalf of The Prayer Book Society of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, let me thank the Parish of St. George’s for the great privilege and pleasure of being here this evening for this service of choral evensong and for the wonderful music provided by Garth McPhee and the
- [The Conversion of Saint Paul](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/01/25/the-conversion-of-saint-paul-7/) - The collect for today, the Feast of The Conversion of Saint Paul, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD, who, through the preaching of the blessed Apostle Saint Paul, hast caused the light of the Gospel to shine throughout the world: Grant, we beseech thee, that we, having his wonderful conversion in
- [Polycarp, Bishop, Apostolic Man, Martyr](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/01/26/polycarp-bishop-apostolic-man-martyr-5/) - The collect for today, the Feast of St. Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna, Apostolic Man, Martyr (source): Almighty God, who gavest to thy servant Polycarp boldness to confess the name of our Saviour Jesus Christ before the rulers of this world and courage to suffer death for his faith: grant that we too may be ready
- [John Chrysostom, Doctor and Bishop](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/01/27/john-chrysostom-doctor-and-bishop-4/) - The collect for today, the Feast of St. John Chrysostom (347-407), Preacher, Doctor of the Church, Archbishop of Constantinople (source): O God of truth and love, who gavest to thy servant John Chrysostom eloquence to declare thy righteousness in the great congregation and courage to bear reproach for the honour of thy name: mercifully grant
- [Charles Stuart, King and Martyr](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/01/30/charles-stuart-king-and-martyr-6/) - The collect for today, the commemoration of Charles I (1600-1649), King of England, Martyr (source): King of kings and Lord of lords, whose faithful servant Charles prayed for his persecutors and died in the living hope of thine eternal kingdom: grant us, by thy grace, so to follow his example that we may love and
- [Sermon for the Eve of the Conversion of St. Paul](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/01/24/sermon-for-the-eve-of-the-conversion-of-st-paul/) - “What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you” Paul’s speech on the Areopagus in Athens shows something of the meaning of his so-called conversion. Saul, the persecutor of the followers of the Way, the followers of Jesus, becomes Paul the Apostle to the Gentiles. It is not a conversion from Judaism to
- [The Fourth Sunday After The Epiphany](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/01/29/the-fourth-sunday-after-the-epiphany-4/) - The collect for today, the Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD, who knowest us to be set in the midst of so many and great dangers, that by reason of the frailty of our nature we cannot always stand upright: Grant to us such strength and
- [Week at a Glance, 30 January – 5 February](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/01/29/week-at-a-glance-30-january-5-february/) - Monday, January 30th 6:30-8:00pm Sparks – Parish Hall Tuesday, January 31st 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ – Haliburton Place 6:30-8:00pm Girl Guides – Parish Hall Wednesday, February 1st 6:30-8:00pm Brownies – Parish Hall Thursday, February 2nd, Candlemas 3:15pm Service at Windsor Elms (7:00pm service cancelled) Friday, February 3rd 6:00-9:00pm Pathfinders/Rangers – Parish Hall Sunday, February 5th,
- [The Presentation of Christ in the Temple](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/02/02/the-presentation-of-christ-in-the-temple-8/) - The collect for today, The Presentation of Christ in the Temple, commonly called The Purification of Saint Mary the Virgin (also traditionally called Candlemas), from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): ALMIGHTY and everliving God, we humbly beseech thy Majesty, that, as thy only-begotten Son was this day presented in the temple in substance
- [Anskar, Missionary and Bishop](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/02/03/anskar-missionary-and-bishop-5/) - The collect for today, the Feast of St. Anskar (801-865), Archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen, Missionary to Sweden and Denmark, Apostle of the North (source): Almighty and gracious God, who didst send thy servant Anskar to spread the gospel among the Nordic people: raise up in this our generation, we beseech thee, messengers of thy good tidings and
- [Sermon for the Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/01/29/sermon-for-the-fourth-sunday-after-the-epiphany-3/) - “Why are ye so fearful?” “From lightning and tempest; from earthquake, fire and flood; from plaque, pestilence, and famine; from battle and murder, and from sudden death, Good Lord, deliver us.” Thus prays the ancient Litany in the Book of Common Prayer, the first part of the Latin liturgy translated by Cranmer into elegant English
- [The Fifth Sunday After The Epiphany](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/02/05/the-fifth-sunday-after-the-epiphany-3/) - The collect for today, the Fifth Sunday after The Epiphany, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O LORD, we beseech thee to keep thy Church and household continually in thy true religion; that they who do lean only upon the hope of thy heavenly grace may evermore be defended by thy mighty power;
- [Caedmon, Poet](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/02/11/caedmon-poet-6/) - The collect for a Doctor of the Church, Poet, or Scholar, in commemoration of Saint Caedmon (d. 680), Monk of Whitby, first English poet, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD, who by thy Holy Spirit hast given unto one man a word of wisdom, and to another a word of knowledge, and
- [Week at a Glance, 6 - 12 February](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/02/05/week-at-a-glance-6-12-february-2/) - Monday, February 6th 4:35-5:05pm Confirmation Class - KES 6:30-8:00pm Sparks – Parish Hall Tuesday, February 7th 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ – Haliburton Place 6:30-8:00pm Girl Guides – Parish Hall Wednesday, February 8th 6:30-8:00pm Brownies – Parish Hall Thursday, February 9th 10:30am Service at Dykeland Lodge Friday, February 10th 6:00-9:00pm Pathfinders/Rangers – Parish Hall Sunday, February
- [Septuagesima](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/02/12/septuagesima-8/) - The collect for today, Septuagesima (or the Third Sunday Before Lent) from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O LORD, we beseech thee favourably to hear the prayers of thy people; that we, who are justly punished for our offences, may be mercifully delivered by thy goodness, for the glory of thy Name; through
- [Valentine, Bishop and Martyr](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/02/14/valentine-bishop-and-martyr-5/) - The collect for a Martyr, on the Feast of Saint Valentine (d. c. 269), Bishop, Martyr at Rome, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD, who didst bestow upon thy Saints such marvellous virtue, that they were able to stand fast, and have the victory against the world, the flesh, and the devil:
- [Sermon for the Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/02/05/sermon-for-the-fifth-sunday-after-the-epiphany-2/) - “Another parable put he forth unto them” Epiphany runs out this year with talk, a parable, words rather than signs and wonders. Perhaps it is words that are the real signs and wonders. Epiphany season suggests that we are constituted for thought and it is often words that convey ideas and thoughts to us. But
- [Sexagesima](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/02/19/sexagesima-8/) - The collect for today, Sexagesima (or the Second Sunday Before Lent) from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O LORD God, who seest that we put not our trust in any thing that we do: Mercifully grant that by thy power we may be defended against all adversity; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
- [Lindel Tsen and Paul Sasaki, Bishops](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/02/23/lindel-tsen-and-paul-sasaki-bishops-5/) - The collect for today, the commemoration of Lindel Tsen (1885-1946), Bishop in China, consecrated 1929, and Paul Sasaki (1885-1954), Bishop in Japan, consecrated 1935 (source): Almighty God, we offer thanks for the faith and witness of Paul Sasaki, bishop in the Nippon Sei Ko Kai [Anglican Church in Japan], tortured and imprisoned by his government,
- [Week at a Glance, 13 - 19 February](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/02/12/week-at-a-glance-13-19-february-2/) - Monday, February 13th 4:35-5:05pm Confirmation Class - KES 6:30-8:00pm Sparks – Parish Hall Tuesday, February 14th 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ – Haliburton Place 6:30-8:00pm Girl Guides – Parish Hall Wednesday, February 15th 6:30-8:00pm Brownies – Parish Hall Thursday, February 16th 3:15pm Service at Dykeland Lodge Friday, February 17th 6:00-9:00pm Pathfinders/Rangers – Parish Hall Sunday, February
- [Sermon for Septuagesima](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/02/12/sermon-for-septuagesima-8/) - “Why stand ye here all the day idle?” The answer is clear and prescient: “because no man hath hired us.” Welcome to the second half of the second decade of the twenty-first century. Welcome to the “brave new world” of digital exuberance. There will be fewer and fewer jobs. There will be more and more
- [Saint Matthias the Apostle](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/02/24/saint-matthias-the-apostle-5/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Matthias the Apostle, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O ALMIGHTY God, who into the place of the traitor Judas didst choose thy faithful servant Matthias to be of the number of the twelve Apostles: Grant that thy Church, being alway preserved from false Apostles,
- [Quinquagesima](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/02/26/quinquagesima-8/) - The collect for today, Quinquagesima, being the Fiftieth Day before Easter, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O LORD, who hast taught us that all our doings without charity are nothing worth: Send thy Holy Spirit, and pour into our hearts that most excellent gift of charity, the very bond of peace and
- [Week at a Glance, 20 - 26 February](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/02/19/week-at-a-glance-20-26-february-2/) - Tuesday, February 21st 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ – Haliburton Place 6:30-8:00pm Girl Guides – Parish Hall 7:00pm Christ Church Book Club: Rebecca Newberger Goldstein’s Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won't Go Away (2014) and David Brooks’ The Road to Character (2015) Wednesday, February 22nd 6:30-8:00pm Brownies – Parish Hall Thursday, February 23rd, Eve of
- [Sermon for Sexagesima](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/02/19/sermon-for-sexagesima-5/) - “But that on the good ground are they which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it and bring forth fruit with patience.” The parable of the sower and the seed focuses our attention on the quality of the ground upon which the Word of God is sown. It recalls the
- [Rector's Annual Report, 2016](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/02/20/rectors-annual-report-2016/) - Click here to download the Rector’s Annual Report for 2016 (pdf document). The Rector’s Annual Reports for 2003 through 2016 can be accessed via this page.
- [Week at a Glance, 27 February – 5 March](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/02/26/week-at-a-glance-27-february-5-march/) - Monday, February 27th 4:35-5:05pm Confirmation / Bible Study – KES 6:30-8:00pm Sparks - Parish Hall Tuesday, February 28th, Shrove Tuesday 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ – Haliburton Place 6:30-8:00pm Girl Guides – Parish Hall Wednesday, March 1st, Ash Wednesday 7:00am Penitential Service with Ashes 12 noon Holy Communion with Ashes 2:30pm Imposition of Ashes at KES
- [Sermon for the Feast of St. Matthias](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/02/24/sermon-for-the-feast-of-st-matthias-3/) - “I am the vine, ye are the branches” “I am the vine,” Jesus says, “ye are the branches.” It is one of the greatest of the so-called “I am” sayings of Jesus with predicates – metaphors which have to do with God’s relation to us through the divine self-relation. In this case, the metaphor is
- [Sermon for Quinquagesima](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/02/26/sermon-for-quinquagesima-7/) - “Behold, we go up to Jerusalem” “Love bade me welcome: yet my soul drew back, / Guiltie of dust and sinne. /But quick-ey’d Love, observing me grow slack/ From my first entrance in,/ Drew nearer to me, sweetly questioning,/ If I lack’d any thing.” So begins the last poem by George Herbert entitled Love (III)
- [George Herbert, Priest and Poet](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/02/27/george-herbert-priest-and-poet-3/) - The collect for today, the commemoration of George Herbert (1593-1633), Priest, Poet (source): King of glory, king of peace, who didst call thy servant George Herbert from the pursuit of worldly honours to be a priest in the temple of his God and king: grant us also the grace to offer ourselves with singleness of
- [Ash Wednesday](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/03/01/ash-wednesday-8/) - The collect for today, The First Day of Lent, commonly called Ash Wednesday, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who hatest nothing that thou hast made, and dost forgive the sins of all them that are penitent: Create and make in us new and contrite hearts, that we worthily
- [John and Charles Wesley](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/03/02/john-and-charles-wesley-6/) - The collect for today, the commemoration of John Wesley (1703-91) and Charles Wesley (1708-88), Evangelists, Hymn Writers, Leaders of the Methodist Revival (source): Merciful God, who didst inspire John and Charles Wesley with zeal for thy gospel: grant to all people boldness to proclaim thy word and a heart ever to rejoice in singing thy
- [Chad, Missionary and Bishop](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/03/02/chad-missionary-and-bishop-4/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Chad (d. 672), Bishop of Lichfield, Missionary (source): Almighty God, who, from the first fruits of the English nation that turned to Christ, didst call thy servant Chad to be an evangelist and bishop of his own people: grant us grace so to follow his peaceable nature,
- [The First Sunday in Lent](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/03/05/the-first-sunday-in-lent-8/) - The collect for today, the First Sunday in Lent, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O LORD, who for our sake didst fast forty days and forty nights: Give us grace to use such abstinence, that, our flesh being subdued to the Spirit, we may ever obey thy godly motions in righteousness and
- [Sermon for Ash Wednesday](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/03/01/sermon-for-ash-wednesday-6/) - “Turn unto the Lord your God” We are the broken-hearted and the community of the broken-hearted. It is the condition of our blessedness. “The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit”, the psalmist, David, reminds us in his great penitential psalm, the “Miserere mei, Deus” (Ps. 51, “a broken and a contrite heart, O God,
- [Week at a Glance, 6 - 12 March](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/03/05/week-at-a-glance-6-12-march/) - Monday, March 6th 6:30-8:00pm Sparks - Parish Hall Tuesday, March 7th, St. Thomas Aquinas 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ – Haliburton Place 6:30-8:00pm Girl Guides – Parish Hall 7:00pm Holy Communion & Lenten Programme I: Redire ad principia: Lenten Sermons of Lancelot Andrewes Wednesday, March 8th 6:30-8:00pm Brownies – Parish Hall Friday, March 10th 6:00-9:00pm Pathfinders/Rangers
- [Perpetua and her Companions, Martyrs](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/03/06/perpetua-and-her-companions-martyrs-5/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Perpetua, Saint Felicitas, and their companions (d. 203), Martyrs at Carthage (source): O holy God, who gavest great courage to Perpetua, Felicity and their companions: grant that we may be worthy to climb the ladder of sacrifice and be received into the garden of peace; through Jesus
- [Thomas Aquinas, Doctor and Poet](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/03/07/thomas-aquinas-doctor-and-poet-5/) - The collect for today, the Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225-1274), Priest, Friar, Poet, Doctor of the Church (source): Everlasting God, who didst enrich thy Church with the learning and holiness of thy servant Thomas Aquinas: grant to all who seek thee a humble mind and a pure heart that they may know thy
- [The Second Sunday in Lent](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/03/12/the-second-sunday-in-lent-8/) - The collect for today, the Second Sunday in Lent, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): ALMIGHTY God, who seest that we have no power of ourselves to help ourselves: Keep us both outwardly in our bodies, and inwardly in our souls; that we may be defended from all adversities which may happen to
- [Sermon for the First Sunday in Lent](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/03/05/sermon-for-the-first-sunday-in-lent-5/) - “One who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin” The temptations which belong to the beginning of Lent connect to the end, to the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ. He who is pierced for us is tempted for us. To be tempted and to be pierced are related words. The
- [Lenten Meditation # 1: Redire ad Principia: Lenten Sermons of Lancelot Andrewes](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/03/07/lenten-meditation-1-redire-ad-principia-repentance-in-the-sermons-of-lancelot-andrewes/) - “Turn unto the Lord your God” The words of the Prophet Joel belong to the beginning of Lent on Ash Wednesday. Yet they have a powerful resonance throughout the whole of Lent and even more throughout the whole progress of the Christian life of Faith. In a way, it is all about the turning. This
- [Week at a Glance, 13 - 19 March](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/03/12/week-at-a-glance-13-19-march/) - Monday, March 13th 6:30-8:00pm Sparks - Parish Hall Tuesday, March 14th 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ – Haliburton Place 6:30-8:00pm Girl Guides – Parish Hall 7:00pm Parish Council Meeting Wednesday, March 15th 6:30-8:00pm Brownies – Parish Hall Thursday, March 16th, Eve of St. Patrick 7:00pm Holy Communion Friday, March 17th 6:00-9:00pm Pathfinders/Rangers – Parish Hall Sunday,
- [Sermon for the Second Sunday in Lent](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/03/12/sermon-for-the-second-sunday-in-lent-6/) - “Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David” It is a most powerful Gospel story, the encounter between “a woman of Canaan”, as Matthew calls her, and Jesus whom she addresses as “Lord” and as “the Son of David”, terms of address that arise out of the story of Israel. Some of the
- [Sermon for the Second Sunday in Lent, Choral Evensong, St. Paul's, Halifax](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/03/12/sermon-for-the-second-sunday-in-lent-choral-evensong-st-pauls-halifax/) - “Nevertheless, not what I will, but what thou wilt” Christ’s words in Gethsemane are echoed in Leonard Cohen’s beautiful song of reflection, “If it be your will”. The challenge of our lives in faith is to find our truth in God’s truth but that means some serious thinking about the will of God for our
- [St. Patrick, Missionary and Bishop](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/03/17/st-patrick-missionary-and-bishop-4/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Patrick (c. 390-c. 461), Bishop, Missionary, Patron of Ireland (source): Almighty God, who in thy providence chose thy servant Patrick to be the apostle of the people of Ireland: keep alive in us the fire of faith which he kindled, and in this our earthly pilgrimage strengthen
- [The Third Sunday in Lent](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/03/19/the-third-sunday-in-lent-8/) - The collect for today, the Third Sunday in Lent, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): WE beseech thee, Almighty God, look upon the hearty desires of thy humble servants and stretch forth the right hand of thy Majesty to be our defence against all our enemies; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The
- [Sermon for the Feast of St. Patrick](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/03/17/sermon-for-the-feast-of-st-patrick-5/) - “To them which sat in the region and shadow of death, light is arisen” We are those, too, who sit or have sat in “the region and the shadow of death”, having heard and seen and then, perhaps, have forgotten the light that has arisen upon us and is in our midst. The story of
- [Week at a Glance, 20 - 26 March](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/03/19/week-at-a-glance-20-26-march/) - Monday, March 20th 6:30-8:00pm Sparks - Parish Hall Tuesday, March 21st, Comm. of St. Benedict and Thomas Cranmer 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ – Haliburton Place 6:30-8:00pm Girl Guides – Parish Hall 7:00 Holy Communion & Lenten Programme II: Redire ad Principia: Lenten Sermons of Lancelot Andrewes Wednesday, March 22nd 6:30-8:00pm Brownies – Parish Hall Friday,
- [Sermon for the Third Sunday in Lent](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2017/03/19/sermon-for-the-third-sunday-in-lent-6/) - “Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me” It is really all about the turning, our turning back to God from whom we have turned away. Such are the realities of sin and grace. And yet, as the Psalmist indicates and as today’s disturbing Gospel illustrates, there can be no turning, no healing, no
- [Jeremy Taylor, Bishop](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/08/13/jeremy-taylor-bishop-5/) - The collect for today, the commemoration of Jeremy Taylor (1613-67), Bishop of Down and Connor, Teacher of the Faith (source): O holy and loving God, who dwellest in the human heart and makest us partakers of the divine nature in Christ our great high priest: grant that we, having in remembrance thy servant Jeremy Taylor,
- [Charles Inglis, Bishop](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/08/12/charles-inglis-bishop-5/) - The collect for a Bishop or Archbishop, in commemoration of The Right Rev. Charles Inglis (1734-1816), first Church of England bishop of Nova Scotia, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD, our heavenly Father, who didst raise up thy faithful servant Charles Inglis to be a Bishop in thy Church and to
- [Hippolytus, Doctor and Bishop](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/08/13/hippolytus-doctor-and-bishop-5/) - The collect for today, the commemoration of Hippolytus (d. c. 235), Doctor, Bishop in Rome, Martyr (source): O God, who hast enlightened thy Church by the teaching of thy servant Hippolytus: Enrich us evermore, we beseech thee, with thy heavenly grace, and raise up faithful witnesses who by their life and doctrine will set forth the truth
- [The Twelfth Sunday After Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/08/14/the-twelfth-sunday-after-trinity-8/) - The collect for today, the Twelfth Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who art always more ready to hear than we to pray, and art wont to give more than either we desire or deserve: Pour down upon us the abundance of thy mercy; forgiving us
- [Falling Asleep of the Blessed Virgin Mary](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/08/15/falling-asleep-of-the-blessed-virgin-mary-7/) - The collect for today, the Falling Asleep of the Blessed Virgin Mary, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD Most High, who didst endue with wonderful virtue and grace the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of our Lord: Grant that we, who now call her blessed, may be made very members of
- [Bernard of Clairvaux, Abbot, Doctor, and Poet](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/08/20/bernard-of-clairvaux-abbot-doctor-and-poet-5/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Bernard (1090-1153), Abbot of Clairvaux, Doctor of the Church, Poet (source): O merciful redeemer, who, by the life and preaching of thy servant Bernard, didst rekindle the radiant light of thy Church: grant that we in our generation may be inflamed with the same spirit of discipline
- [The Thirteenth Sunday After Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/08/21/the-thirteenth-sunday-after-trinity-8/) - The collect for today, the Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): ALMIGHTY and merciful God, of whose only gift it cometh that thy faithful people do unto thee true and laudable service: Grant, we beseech thee, that we may so faithfully serve thee in this life, that we fail
- [St. Bartholomew the Apostle](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/08/24/st-bartholomew-the-apostle-3/) - The collect for today, the Feast of St. Bartholomew the Apostle, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who didst give to thine Apostle Bartholomew grace truly to believe and to preach thy Word; Grant, we beseech thee, unto thy Church, to love that Word which he believed, and
- [The Fourteenth Sunday After Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/08/28/the-fourteenth-sunday-after-trinity-8/) - The collect for today, the Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, give unto us the increase of faith, hope, and charity; and, that we may obtain that which thou dost promise, make us to love that which thou dost command; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
- [Beheading of St. John the Baptist](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/08/29/beheading-of-st-john-the-baptist-5/) - The collect for today, the Feast of the Beheading of Saint John the Baptist, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O God, who didst send thy messenger, John the Baptist, to be the forerunner of the Lord, and to glorify thee by his death: Grant that we, who have received the truth of
- [Aidan, Missionary and Bishop](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/08/31/aidan-missionary-and-bishop-5/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Aidan (d. 651), Monk of Iona, Missionary, first Bishop and Abbot of Lindisfarne (source): O loving God, who didst call thy servant Aidan from the Peace of a cloister to re-establish the Christian mission in northern England, and didst endow him with gentleness, simplicity, and strength: Grant,
- [Sermon for the Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity, Evening Prayer](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/08/21/sermon-for-the-thirteenth-sunday-after-trinity-evening-prayer/) - Fr. David Curry preached this sermon at Old St. Edward's, Clementsport, at the 95th annual anniversary service in the 219th year of the building. How readest thou? It is Jesus’ question and one which sets up the scene for the very familiar parable of the Good Samaritan. It is the Gospel reading at Holy Communion
- [Edmund J. Peck, Missionary](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/09/10/edmund-j-peck-missionary-5/) - The collect for today, the commemoration of Edmund J. Peck (1850-1924), Priest, Missionary to the Inuit, Translator (source): God of our salvation, whose servant Edmund James Peck made the testimony of the Spirit his own and gladly proclaimed the riches of Christ among the Inuit people, give the joy of your gospel to us also,
- [Robert Wolfall, Presbyter](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/09/03/robert-wolfall-presbyter-7/) - The collect for bishops and other pastors, in commemoration of Robert Wolfall, Priest (source): Almighty and everlasting God, who didst call thy servant Robert Wolfall to proclaim thy glory by a life of prayer and the zeal of a true pastor: keep constant in faith the leaders of thy Church and so bless thy people
- [Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/09/08/nativity-of-the-blessed-virgin-mary-6/) - The collect for today, the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD Most High, who didst endue with wonderful virtue and grace the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of our Lord: Grant that we, who now call her blessed, may be made very
- [Giles, Abbot](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/09/01/giles-abbot-4/) - The collect for an Abbot, on the Feast of St. Giles of Provence (d. c. 710), Hermit, Abbot (source): O God, by whose grace the blessed Abbot Giles, enkindled with the fire of thy love, became a burning and a shining light in thy Church: Grant that we may be inflamed with the same spirit
- [The Fifteenth Sunday After Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/09/04/the-fifteenth-sunday-after-trinity-8/) - The collect for today, the Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): KEEP, we beseech thee, O Lord, thy Church with thy perpetual mercy; and, because the frailty of man without thee cannot but fall, keep us ever by thy help from all things hurtful, and lead us to all
- [Week at a Glance, 5 – 11 September](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/09/04/week-at-a-glance-5-11-september-2/) - Tuesday, September 6th 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ - Haliburton Place 7:00pm Parish Council Meeting Thursday, September 8th 3:15pm Service at Windsor Elms Sunday, September 11th, Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity 8:00am Holy Communion (followed by Men’s Club Breakfast) 10:30am Holy Communion
- [The Sixteenth Sunday After Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/09/11/the-sixteenth-sunday-after-trinity-8/) - The collect for today, the Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O LORD, we beseech thee, let thy continual pity cleanse and defend thy Church; and, because it cannot continue in safety without thy succour, preserve it evermore by thy help and goodness; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
- [Sermon for the Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/09/04/sermon-for-the-fifteenth-sunday-after-trinity-6/) - “Be not anxious” We live, if not in interesting times, according to the familiar Chinese proverb, then certainly in anxious times. I do not need to chronicle the different things which belong to the anxieties of our world and day. Certainly it has been an anxious time for all of us in Windsor and for
- [Week at a Glance, 12 - 18 September](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/09/11/week-at-a-glance-12-18-september-2/) - Monday, September 12th 6:30-8:00pm Sparks – Parish Hall Tuesday, September 13th, Eve of Holy Cross 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ - Haliburton Place 6:30-8:00pm Girl Guides – Parish Hall 7:00pm Holy Communion Wednesday, September 14th 6:30-8:00pm Brownies – Parish Hall Friday, September 16th 6:00-9:00pm Pathfinders & Rangers – Parish Hall Sunday, September 18th, Seventeenth Sunday after
- [Sermon for the Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/09/11/sermon-for-the-sixteenth-sunday-after-trinity-6/) - “And when the Lord saw her he had compassion on her” It is a phrase that Luke especially uses. It connects the idea of seeing and then acting, yet acting in a very important way. Acting with compassion. A powerful word, it has been co-opted by the contemporary therapeutic culture in ways that overlook its
- [Cyprian, Bishop and Martyr](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/09/13/cyprian-bishop-and-martyr-4/) - The collect for today, the Feast of St. Cyprian (c. 200-258), Bishop of Carthage, Martyr (source): O holy God, who didst bring Cyprian to faith in Christ and didst make him a bishop in the Church, crowning his witness with a martyr's death: grant that, following his example, we may love the Church and her
- [Holy Cross Day](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/09/14/holy-cross-day-7/) - The collect for today, Holy Cross Day, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O BLESSED Saviour, who by thy cross and passion hast given life unto the world: Grant that we thy servants may be given grace to take up the cross and follow thee through life and death; whom with the Father
- [Ninian, Missionary and Bishop](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/09/16/ninian-missionary-and-bishop-4/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Ninian (c. 360 - c. 432), Bishop of Galloway, Apostle to the Picts (source): Almighty and everlasting God, who didst call thy servant Ninian to preach the gospel to the people of northern Britain: raise up, we beseech thee, in this and every land, heralds and evangelists
- [The Seventeenth Sunday After Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/09/18/the-seventeenth-sunday-after-trinity-8/) - The collect for today, the Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): LORD, we pray thee that thy grace may always prevent and follow us, and make us continually to be given to all good works; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle: Ephesians 4:1-6 The Gospel: St. Luke
- [Sermon for the Feast of the Holy Cross](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/09/14/sermon-for-the-feast-of-the-holy-cross/) - “And I, if I be lifted up, will draw all men unto me” There is something quite wonderful about saints’ days and holy days, whether major or minor. They often bring out connections and associations which belong to the spiritual coherence of our life together in the body of Christ, the Church. In September, for
- [The Eighteenth Sunday After Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/09/25/the-eighteenth-sunday-after-trinity-8/) - The collect for today, the Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): LORD, we beseech thee, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil, and with pure hearts and minds to follow thee the only God; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
- [Theodore of Tarsus, Archbishop](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/09/19/theodore-of-tarsus-archbishop-5/) - The collect for today, the Feast of St. Theodore of Tarsus (602-690), Archbishop of Canterbury (source): Almighty God, who didst call thy servant Theodore of Tarsus from Rome to the see of Canterbury, and didst give him gifts of grace and wisdom to establish unity where there had been division, and order where there had
- [John Coleridge Patteson, Bishop and Martyr](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/09/20/john-coleridge-patteson-bishop-and-martyr-4/) - The collect for today, the commemoration of John Coleridge Patteson (1827-71), Missionary, First Bishop of Melanesia, Martyr (source): O God of all tribes and peoples and tongues, who didst call thy servant John Coleridge Patteson to witness in life and death to the gospel of Christ amongst the peoples of Melanesia: grant us to hear
- [Saint Matthew the Apostle](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/09/21/saint-matthew-the-apostle-7/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Matthew, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O ALMIGHTY God, who by thy blessed Son didst call Matthew from the receipt of custom to be an Apostle and Evangelist: Grant us grace to forsake all covetous desires and inordinate love of riches, and to follow
- [Week at a Glance, 19 - 25 September](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/09/18/week-at-a-glance-19-25-september-2/) - Monday, September 19th 6:30-8:00pm Sparks – Parish Hall Tuesday, September 20th 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ - Haliburton Place 6:30-8:00pm Girl Guides – Parish Hall 7:00pm Coronation Room, Parish Hall: Christ Church Book Club - Louise Penny’s The Nature of the Beast (2015) and Anthony Doerr’s All the Light We Cannot See (2014). Wednesday, September 21st
- [Sermon for the Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/09/18/sermon-for-the-seventeenth-sunday-after-trinity-6/) - “Friend, go up higher” What’s this? Upward mobility for Christians? Ambition or presumption? Neither. It’s really about the hope of transformation. It is really about our Christian vocation. We are called to something more that counters all the fearful fatalisms of our world and day as well as the endless narcissisms of our self-obsessions. It
- [Sermon for the Feast of St. Matthew](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/09/22/sermon-for-the-feast-of-st-matthew-3/) - “Follow me” Today’s epistle appointed for The Feast of St. Matthew reminds us that “we preach not ourselves but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake”. The focus is entirely on Christ. The call of Matthew is altogether about the resurrection of Christ in us and about our being with Christ;
- [Week at a Glance, 26 September – 2 October](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/09/25/week-at-a-glance-26-september-2-october-2/) - Monday, September 26th 6:30-8:00pm Sparks – Parish Hall Tuesday, September 27th 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ - Haliburton Place 6:30-8:00pm Girl Guides – Parish Hall Wednesday, September 28th 6:30-8:00pm Brownies – Parish Hall Thursday, September 29th, St. Michael & All Angels 3:15pm Service at Windsor Elms 7:00pm Holy Communion Friday, September 30th 11:00am Holy Communion –
- [Saint Michael and All Angels](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/09/29/saint-michael-and-all-angels-7/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Michael and All Angels, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O EVERLASTING God, who hast ordained and constituted the services of Angels and men in a wonderful order: Mercifully grant, that as thy holy Angels alway do thee service in heaven, so by thy appointment
- [Jerome, Doctor and Priest](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/09/30/jerome-doctor-and-priest-5/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Jerome (c. 342-420), Priest, Monk, Translator of the Scriptures, Doctor of the Church (source): O Lord, thou God of truth, whose Word is a lantern to our feet and a light upon our path: We give thee thanks for thy servant Jerome, and those who, following in
- [Remigius, Bishop](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/10/01/remegius-bishop-3/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Remigius (c. 438-533), Bishop of Rheims, Apostle to the Franks (source): O God, who by the teaching of thy faithful servant and bishop Remigius didst turn the nation of the Franks from vain idolatry to the worship of thee, the true and living God, in the fullness
- [The Nineteenth Sunday After Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/10/02/the-nineteenth-sunday-after-trinity-7/) - The collect for today, the Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD, forasmuch as without thee we are not able to please thee; Mercifully grant, that thy Holy Spirit may in all things direct and rule our hearts; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle: Ephesians 4:17-32
- [Sermon for the Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/09/25/sermon-for-the-eighteenth-sunday-after-trinity-4/) - “Thou shalt love ...with all thy mind” There is something wonderfully reflective about the Scripture readings in the late part of the Trinity season that is particularly necessary in our rather unreflective age, however challenging we may find it. Here we are being told to love with the whole of our being including “with all
- [Sermon for Michaelmas](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/09/29/sermon-for-michaelmas-2/) - “Michael and his angels fought against the dragon” “Is it perfume from a dress that makes me so digress … In the room the women come and go, talking of Michelangelo” (T.S. Eliot, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock). Michelangelo? The ninja turtle? No, the great Renaissance artist. Or is this simply all a
- [Week at a Glance, 3 - 9 October](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/10/02/week-at-a-glance-3-9-october-2/) - Monday, October 3rd 6:30-8:00pm Sparks – Parish Hall Tuesday, October 4th 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ - Haliburton Place 6:30-8:00pm Girl Guides – Parish Hall Wednesday, October 5th 6:30-8:00pm Brownies – Parish Hall Thursday, October 6th 3:15pm Ministerial Service at Windsor Elms Friday, October 7th 6:00-9:00pm Pathfinders & Rangers – Parish Hall Saturday, October 8th 9:00-11:00am
- [Sermon for the Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity in the Octave of Michaelmas](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/10/02/sermon-for-the-nineteenth-sunday-after-trinity-in-the-octave-of-michaelmas/) - “That ye may know” The Feast of St. Michael and All Angels, also known as Michaelmas, celebrated Thursday past, reminds us that there is a cosmic dimension to the conflicts between good and evil. “There was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels”. Here
- [William Tyndale, Translator and Martyr](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/10/06/william-tyndale-translator-and-martyr-5/) - The collect for today, the commemoration of William Tyndale (c. 1495-1536), Priest, Translator of the Scriptures, Reformation Martyr (source): O Lord, grant to thy people grace to hear and keep thy word that, after the example of thy servant William Tyndale, we may both profess thy gospel and also be ready to suffer and die
- [St. Francis of Assisi](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/10/04/st-francis-of-assisi-5/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Francis of Assisi (1182-1226), Friar, Deacon, Founder of the Friars Minor (source): O God, who ever delightest to reveal thyself to the childlike and lowly of heart, grant that, following the example of the blessed Francis, we may count the wisdom of this world as foolishness and
- [The Twentieth Sunday After Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/10/09/the-twentieth-sunday-after-trinity-8/) - The collect for today, the Twentieth Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O ALMIGHTY and most merciful God, of thy bountiful goodness keep us, we beseech thee, from all things that may hurt us; that we, being ready both in body and soul, may cheerfully accomplish those things that thou
- [The Twenty-First Sunday After Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/10/16/the-twenty-first-sunday-after-trinity-8/) - The collect for today, the Twenty-First Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): GRANT, we beseech thee, merciful Lord, to thy faithful people pardon and peace; that they may be cleansed from all their sins, and serve thee with a quiet mind; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle: Ephesians
- [Paulinus, Missionary and Archbishop](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/10/10/paulinus-missionary-and-archbishop-5/) - The collect for today, the Feast of St. Paulinus (c. 584-644), Monk, first Archbishop of York, Missionary (source): Almighty and everlasting God, we thank you for your servant Paulinus, whom you called to preach the Gospel to the people of northern England. Raise up in this and every land evangelists and heralds of your kingdom,
- [St. Philip of Caesarea, Apostolic Man](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/10/11/st-philip-of-caesarea-apostolic-man-4/) - The collect for today, the Feast of St. Philip of Caesarea, Deacon, Apostolic Man (source): Almighty and everlasting God, we thank thee for thy servant Philip the Deacon, whom thou didst call to preach the Gospel to the peoples of Samaria and Ethiopia. Raise up, we beseech thee, in this and every land heralds and
- [Week at a Glance, 10 - 16 October](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/10/09/week-at-a-glance-10-16-october-2/) - Tuesday, October 11th 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ - Haliburton Place 6:30-8:00pm Girl Guides – Parish Hall 7:00pm Parish Council Meeting Wednesday, October 12th 6:30-8:00pm Brownies – Parish Hall Thursday, October 13th 3:15pm Service at Windsor Elms Friday, October 14th 6:00-9:00pm Pathfinders & Rangers – Parish Hall Sunday, October 16th, Trinity XXI 8:00am Holy Communion 10:30am
- [Harvest Thanksgiving](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/10/10/harvest-thanksgiving-6/) - The collects for today, Harvest Thanksgiving Day, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who crownest the year with thy goodness, and hast given unto us the fruits of the earth in their season: Give us grateful hearts, that we may unfeignedly thank thee for all thy loving-kindness, and
- [Sermon for Harvest Thanksgiving](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/10/09/sermon-for-harvest-thanksgiving-8/) - “So shall my word be” Thanksgiving is a profoundly spiritual activity. It is about a certain kind of attitude and approach to life. It is about being thoughtful, the exact counter to the many forms of thoughtlessness in our culture and world. Thanksgiving, too, is counter-culture especially in relation to the entitlement culture which surrounds
- [Edward the Confessor](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/10/13/edward-the-confessor-3/) - The collect for today, the Feast of St. Edward the Confessor (c. 1003-1066), King of England (source): O Sovereign God, who didst set thy servant Edward upon the throne of an earthly kingdom and didst inspire him with zeal for the kingdom of heaven: grant that we may so confess the faith of Christ by
- [Etheldreda, Queen and Abbess](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/10/17/etheldreda-queen-and-abbess-5/) - The collect for today, the Feast of St. Etheldreda (d. 679), Queen, Foundress and Abbess of Ely (source): O eternal God, who didst bestow such grace on thy servant Etheldreda that she gave herself wholly to the life of prayer and to the service of thy true religion: grant that we may in like manner
- [St. Luke the Evangelist](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/10/18/st-luke-the-evangelist-5/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Luke the Evangelist, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): ALMIGHTY God, who calledst Luke the Physician, whose praise is in the Gospel, to be an Evangelist, and Physician of the soul: May it please thee that, by the wholesome medicines of the doctrine delivered by
- [The Twenty-Second Sunday After Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/10/23/the-twenty-second-sunday-after-trinity-6/) - The collect for today, the Twenty-Second Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): LORD, we beseech thee to keep thy house hold the Church in continual godliness; that through thy protection it may be free from all adversities, and devoutly given to serve thee in good works, to the glory of
- [Week at a Glance, 17 - 23 October](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/10/16/week-at-a-glance-17-23-october-2/) - Monday, October 17th, Eve of St. Luke 6:30-8:00pm Sparks – Parish Hall 7:00pm Holy Communion Tuesday, October 18th 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ - Haliburton Place 6:30-8:00pm Girl Guides – Parish Hall 7:00pm Christ Church Book Club: James Shapiro’s The Year of Lear and Iain Pears’ The Dream of Scipio Wednesday, October 19th 6:30-8:00pm Brownies –
- [Sermon for the Twenty-First Sunday after Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/10/16/sermon-for-the-twenty-first-sunday-after-trinity-3/) - “And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken” “Faith cometh by hearing”, Paul famously tells us, adding “and hearing by the Word of God”. It is a challenging and important concept especially in our rather visually fixated age where so much emphasis is placed on images seen on screens, on what is curiously
- [Sermon for the Eve of the Feast of St. Luke](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/10/17/sermon-for-the-eve-of-the-feast-of-st-luke/) - “Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the Scriptures” The Collect for the Feast of St. Luke identifies him as an Evangelist and a Physician of the soul. Paul’s Epistle from 2nd Timothy says that only Luke is with me but also refers to “books” and “parchments”, two forms of written media through
- [Week at a Glance, 24 - 30 October](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/10/23/week-at-a-glance-24-30-october-2/) - Monday, October 24th 4:35-5:05pm Bible Study/Inquirer’s Class - Room 206, KES 6:30-8:00pm Sparks – Parish Hall Tuesday, October 25th 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ - Haliburton Place 6:30-8:00pm Girl Guides – Parish Hall Wednesday, October 26th 6:30-8:00pm Brownies – Parish Hall Thursday, October 27th 3:15pm Service at Windsor Elms Friday, October 28th 6:00-9:00pm Pathfinders & Rangers
- [Crispin and Crispinian, Martyrs](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/10/25/crispin-and-crispinian-martyrs-3/) - The collect for a Martyr, on the Feast of Saint Crispin and Saint Crispinian, Martyrs (d. c. 285), from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD, who didst bestow upon thy Saints such marvellous virtue, that they were able to stand fast, and have the victory against the world, the flesh, and the
- [Sermon for the Twenty-Second Sunday after Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/10/23/sermon-for-the-twenty-second-sunday-after-trinity-3/) - “That your love may abound yet more and more” Abundant love. Super-abundant love. The love which cannot be numbered. The love which cannot be constrained. It is a beautiful concept. How is it to be realised in us? In a way, that is the great question of the Trinity season. How are the living words
- [Week at a Glance, 31 October – 6 November](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/10/30/week-at-a-glance-31-october-6-november-2/) - Monday, October 31st 4:35-5:05pm Bible Study/Inquirer’s Class - Room 206 KES Tuesday, November 1st, All Saints’ Day 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ - Haliburton Place 6:30-8:00pm Girl Guides – Parish Hall 7:00pm Holy Communion Wednesday, November 2nd, All Souls’ Day 6:30-8:00pm Brownies – Parish Hall Friday, November 4th 6:00-9:00pm Pathfinders & Rangers – Parish Hall Sunday,
- [Cedd, Missionary and Bishop](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/10/26/cedd-missionary-and-bishop-2/) - The collect for a Bishop or Archbishop, on the Feast of St. Cedd (c. 620-664), Abbot of Lastingham, Bishop of the East Saxons, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD, our heavenly Father, who didst raise up thy faithful servant Cedd to be a Bishop in thy Church and to feed thy
- [Alfred, King](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/10/26/alfred-king-2/) - The collect for today, the Feast of St. Alfred the Great (849-899), King of the West Saxons, Scholar (source): O God our maker and redeemer, we beseech thee of thy great mercy and by the power of thy holy cross to guide us by thy will and to shield us from our foes, that, following
- [James Hannington, Bishop, Missionary and Martyr](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/10/29/james-hannington-bishop-missionary-and-martyr-5/) - The collect for today, the commemoration of James Hannington (1847-85), first Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa, Missionary to Uganda, Martyr (source): Precious in your sight, O Lord, is the death of your martyrs James Hannington and his companions, who purchased with their blood a road into Uganda for the proclamation of the gospel; and we
- [St. Simon and St. Jude the Apostles](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/10/28/st-simon-and-st-jude-the-apostles-5/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Simon the Zealot and Saint Jude, Apostles, with Saint Jude the Brother of the Lord, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O ALMIGHTY God, who hast built thy Church upon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the head corner-stone: Grant
- [The Twenty-Third Sunday After Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/10/30/the-twenty-third-sunday-after-trinity-6/) - The collect for today, the Twenty-Third Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD, our refuge and strength, who art the author of all godliness: Be ready, we beseech thee, to hear the devout prayers of thy Church; and grant that those things which we ask faithfully we may obtain
- [All Saints' Day](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/11/01/all-saints-day-8/) - The collect for today, All Saints’ Day, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O ALMIGHTY God, who hast knit together thine elect in one communion and fellowship, in the mystical body of thy Son Christ our Lord: Grant us grace so to follow thy blessed Saints in all virtuous and godly living, that
- [All Souls’ Day](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/11/02/all-souls-day-8/) - The collect for today, The Commemoration of the Faithful Departed, commonly called All Souls’ Day (source): Everlasting God, our maker and redeemer, grant us, with all the faithful departed, the sure benefits of thy Son's saving passion and glorious resurrection, that, in the last day, when thou dost gather up all things in Christ, we
- [Richard Hooker, Doctor](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/11/02/richard-hooker-doctor-2/) - The collect for today, the commemoration of Richard Hooker (1554-1600), Priest, Anglican Apologist, Teacher of the Faith (source): O God of peace, the bond of all love, who in thy Son Jesus Christ hast made for all people thine inseparable dwelling place: give us grace that, after the example of thy servant Richard Hooker, we
- [The Twenty-Fourth Sunday After Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/11/06/the-twenty-fourth-sunday-after-trinity-5/) - The collect for today, the Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O LORD, we beseech thee, absolve thy people from their offences; that through thy bountiful goodness we may all be delivered from the bands of those sins, which by our frailty we have committed. Grant this, O heavenly
- [Sermon for the Twenty-Third Sunday after Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/10/30/sermon-for-the-twenty-third-sunday-after-trinity-5/) - “Whose is this image and superscription?” A coin? A bitcoin? No. An actual coin, a physical object, and not the term coined, if you will pardon the pun, for a computational algorithm belonging to the realm of bits and bytes in the digital world. All this fuss about a coin? Well, yes, it seems so.
- [Sermon for All Saints' Day](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/11/01/sermon-for-all-saints-day-4/) - What are these which are arrayed in white robes? And whence came they? “Our revels now are ended”, it seems, as Shakespeare says in The Tempest. All the fuss and fun, fantasy and delight, horror and scare of Halloween is past. But is it? Or are only the ways in which contemporary culture co-opts the
- [Week at a Glance, 7 - 13 November](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/11/06/week-at-a-glance-7-13-november-2/) - Monday, November 7th 4:35-5:05pm Bible Study/Inquirer’s Class - Room 206 KES Tuesday, November 8th 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ - Haliburton Place 6:30-8:00pm Girl Guides – Parish Hall 7:00pm Parish Council Meeting Wednesday, November 9th 6:30-8:00pm Brownies – Parish Hall Thursday, November 10th 3:15pm Service at Windsor Elms Friday, November 11th, Remembrance Day 11:00am Windsor Cenotaph,
- [Willibrord, Missionary and Bishop](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/11/07/willibrord-missionary-and-bishop-5/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Willibrord (658-739), Archbishop of Utrecht, Apostle to the Frisians, Patron Saint of the Netherlands (source): O Lord our God, who dost call whom thou willest and send them whither thou choosest: We thank thee for sending thy servant Willibrord to be an apostle to the Low Countries,
- [The Twenty-Fifth Sunday After Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/11/13/the-twenty-fifth-sunday-after-trinity-2/) - The collect for today, the Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD, whose blessed Son was manifested that he might destroy the works of the devil, and make us the sons of God, and heirs of eternal life: Grant us, we beseech thee, that, having this hope, we
- [Martin of Tours](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/11/11/martin-of-tours-5/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Martin (c 316-397), Monk, Bishop of Tours (source): Almighty God, who didst call Martin from the armies of this world to be a faithful soldier of Christ: give us grace to follow him in his love and compassion for those in need, and empower thy Church to
- [Remembrance Day](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/11/11/remembrance-day-3/) - A prayer of The Very Rev Eric Milner-White (1884-1963), Dean of York: O Lord our God, whose name only is excellent and thy praise above heaven and earth: We give thee high praise and hearty thanks for all those who counted not their lives dear unto themselves but laid them down for their friends; beseeching
- [Sermon for the Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Trinity (in the Octave of All Saints)](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/11/06/sermon-for-the-twenty-fourth-sunday-after-trinity-in-the-octave-of-all-saints/) - “If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole” It is a most touching scene, if you will pardon the pun. But here is a story about someone who is suffering terribly and who has suffered “with an issue of blood twelve years” and who seeks healing not by the touch of Jesus
- [Sermon for All Saints' tide, Choral Evensong, St. Peter's Cathedral, Charlottetown](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/11/06/sermon-for-all-saints-tide-choral-evensong-st-peters-cathedral-charlottetown/) - “Who are these?” The Festival of All Saints in all of its richness and glory provides us with the best if not the only reason to love the Church and a counter to all of the reasons to hate the Church. The vision of the communion of saints is the vocation of our humanity. We
- [Margaret, Queen](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/11/16/margaret-queen-5/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Margaret (1046-1093), Queen of Scotland, Philanthropist, Reformer of the Church (source): O God, the ruler of all, who didst call thy servant Margaret to an earthly throne and gavest to her both zeal for thy Church and love for thy people, that she might advance thy heavenly
- [Hugh, Bishop](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/11/16/hugh-bishop-5/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Hugh (1135-1200), Bishop of Lincoln (source): O God, who didst endow thy servant Hugh with a wise and cheerful boldness and didst teach him to commend to earthly rulers the discipline of a holy life: give us grace like him to be bold in the service of
- [Hilda, Abbess](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/11/17/hilda-abbess-5/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Hilda (614-680), Abbess of Whitby (source): O eternal God, who madest the abbess Hilda to shine as a jewel in England and through her holiness and leadership didst bless thy Church with newness of life and unity: so assist us by thy grace that we, like her,
- [Week at a Glance, 14 - 20 November](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/11/13/week-at-a-glance-14-20-november-2/) - Monday, November 14th 6:30-8:00pm Sparks – Parish Hall Tuesday, November 15th 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ - Haliburton Place 6:30-8:00pm Girl Guides – Parish Hall Wednesday, November 16th 6:30-8:00pm Brownies – Parish Hall Saturday, November 19th 4:30-6:00pm Annual Parish Ham Supper – Parish Hall Sunday, November 20th, Sunday Next Before Advent 8:00am Holy Communion 10:30am Holy
- [The Sunday Next Before Advent](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/11/20/the-sunday-next-before-advent-8/) - The collect for today, the Sunday Next before Advent, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): STIR up, we beseech thee, O Lord, the wills of thy faithful people; that they, plenteously bringing forth the fruit of good works, may of thee be plenteously rewarded; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Lesson: Jeremiah
- [Sermon for the Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/11/13/sermon-for-the-twenty-fifth-sunday-after-trinity/) - “They shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other” It is called the Matthean Apocalypse. To some it might seem a fitting commentary on the whole spectacle of the American presidential election! Yet today’s readings belong to a deeper and more profound reflection on the end-times
- [Week at a Glance, 21  - 27 November](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/11/20/week-at-a-glance-21-27-november-2/) - Monday, November 21st 4:35-5:05pm Bible Study – Rm. 206, KES 6:30-8:00pm Sparks – Parish Hall Tuesday, November 22nd 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ - Haliburton Place 6:30-8:00pm Girl Guides – Parish Hall 7:00pm Christ Church Book Club: With Dogs at the Edge of Life by Colin Dayan and Being Human by Jean Vanier. Wednesday, November 23rd
- [Cecilia, Virgin and Martyr](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/11/22/cecilia-virgin-and-martyr-5/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Cecilia (3rd century), Virgin, Martyr (source): O GOD, which makest us glad with the yearly festival of blessed Cecilia thy Virgin and Martyr: grant, we beseech thee; that as we do venerate her in our outward office, so we may follow the example of her godly conversation.
- [Clement, Bishop of Rome](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/11/23/clement-bishop-of-rome-5/) - The collect for today, the Feast of St. Clement (c. 30-c. 100), Bishop of Rome, Martyr (source): Eternal Father, creator of all, whose martyr Clement bore witness with his blood to the love that he proclaimed and the gospel that he preached: give us thankful hearts as we celebrate thy faithfulness, revealed to us in
- [Catherine, Virgin and Martyr](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/11/25/catherine-virgin-and-martyr-5/) - The collect for a virgin or matron, on the Feast of St. Catherine of Alexandria (4th century?), Virgin and Martyr, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD Most High, the creator of all mankind, we bless thy holy Name for the virtue and grace which thou hast given unto holy women in
- [The First Sunday in Advent](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/11/27/the-first-sunday-in-advent-8/) - The collect for today, the First Sunday in Advent, being the Fourth Sunday before Christmas Day, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): ALMIGHTY God, give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness, and put upon us the armour of light, now in the time of this mortal life, in
- [Sermon for the Sunday Next Before Advent](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/11/20/sermon-for-the-sunday-next-before-advent-6/) - “Come and see” “Compassion without holiness is moral softness”, Aelred of Rievaulx reminds us, a voice from 12th century northern England. The church year runs out as much in compassion as in judgment. It is really the compassion of Christ that allows us to look upon our follies and our failures and not be destroyed
- [Week at a Glance, 28 November – 4 December](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/11/27/week-at-a-glance-28-november-4-december/) - Monday, November 28th 4:35-5:05pm Bible Study – Rm. 206, KES 6:30-8:00pm Sparks – Parish Hall Tuesday, November 29th, Eve of St. Andrew 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ - Haliburton Place 6:30-8:00pm Girl Guides – Parish Hall 7:00pm Holy Communion and Advent Programme I Wednesday, November 30th 6:30-8:00pm Brownies – Parish Hall Friday, December 2nd 6:00-9:00pm Pathfinders/Rangers
- [Saint Andrew the Apostle](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/11/30/saint-andrew-the-apostle-6/) - The collect for today, the Feast of St. Andrew, Apostle and Martyr, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): ALMIGHTY God, who didst give such grace unto thy holy Apostle Saint Andrew, that he readily obeyed the calling of thy Son Jesus Christ, and followed him without delay: Grant unto us all, that we,
- [The Second Sunday in Advent](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/12/04/the-second-sunday-in-advent-8/) - The collect for today, the Second Sunday in Advent, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): BLESSED Lord, who hast caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning: Grant that we may in such wise hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that by patience and comfort of thy holy
- [Sermon for the First Sunday in Advent](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/11/27/sermon-for-the-first-sunday-in-advent-7/) - “Let us therefore cast off the works of darkness” Adventus Christi. The Advent of Christ. What does it mean? It means the coming of Christ. Advent celebrates the coming of God towards us in Jesus Christ. One of the Advent questions asks “who is this?” who comes. In the coming of Christ we learn the
- [Advent Meditation and Sermon for the Eve of the Feast of St. Andrew](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/11/29/advent-meditation-and-sermon-for-the-eve-of-the-feast-of-st-andrew/) - What saith the Scripture? St. Andrew is the first saint of the Church year, the Advent saint, really, since his feast day almost invariably falls within or near the season of Advent. The readings for The Feast of St. Andrew complement the advent theme of the coming of God towards us in Word and, ultimately,
- [Week at a Glance, 5 - 11 December](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/12/04/week-at-a-glance-5-11-december-2/) - Monday, December 5th 6:30-8:00pm Sparks – Parish Hall Tuesday, December 6th, Commemoration of St. Nicolas 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ - Haliburton Place 6:30-8:00pm Girl Guides – Parish Hall 7:00pm Holy Communion and Advent Programme II Wednesday, December 7th 6:30-8:00pm Brownies – Parish Hall Thursday, December 8th 3:15pm Service at Windsor Elms Friday, December 9th 6:00-9:00pm
- [The Second Sunday After Easter](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/04/10/the-second-sunday-after-easter-8/) - The collect for today, The Second Sunday After Easter, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): ALMIGHTY God, who hast given thine only Son to be unto us both a sacrifice for sin, and also an example of godly life: Give us grace that we may always most thankfully receive that his inestimable benefit,
- [Leo the Great, Doctor and Bishop](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/04/11/leo-the-great-doctor-and-bishop-3/) - The collect for today, the Feast of St. Leo the Great (c. 400-461), Bishop of Rome, Teacher of the Faith (source): O God our Father, who madest thy servant Leo strong in the defence of the faith: we humbly beseech thee so to fill thy Church with the spirit of truth that, being guided by
- [The Third Sunday After Easter](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/04/17/the-third-sunday-after-easter-8/) - The collect for today, The Third Sunday After Easter, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): ALMIGHTY God, who showest to them that be in error the light of thy truth, to the intent that they may return into the way of righteousness: Grant unto all them that are admitted into the fellowship of
- [Alphege, Archbishop and Martyr](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/04/19/alphege-archbishop-and-martyr-3/) - The collect for today, the Feast of St. Alphege (c. 953-1012), Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr (source): O loving God, whose martyr bishop Alphege of Canterbury suffered violent death because he refused to permit a ransom to be extorted from his people: Grant, we pray thee, that all pastors of thy flock may pattern themselves on
- [Week at a Glance, 11 - 17 April](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/04/10/week-at-a-glance-11-17-april/) - Monday, April 11th 6:00-7:00pm Sparks – Parish Hall Tuesday, April 12th 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ - Haliburton Place Parish Council Meeting postponed until May 3rd at 7:30 Wednesday, April 13th 6:30-8:00pm Brownies - Parish Hall Thursday, April 14th 3:15pm Service at Windsor Elms 6:30-7:30pm Girl Guides – Parish Hall Sunday, April 17th, The Third Sunday
- [Sermon for the Second Sunday after Easter](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/04/10/sermon-for-the-second-sunday-after-easter-7/) - “I am the Good Shepherd” This Sunday presents us with one of the great and most familiar images of care, the image of Christ the Good Shepherd. It is at once commonplace and yet altogether radical in its meaning. The root of care is cure. The care, we might say, is in the cure. Jesus
- [Week at a Glance, 18 – 24 April](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/04/17/week-at-a-glance-18-24-april/) - Monday, April 18th 6:00-7:00pm Sparks – Parish Hall Tuesday, April 19th 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ - Haliburton Place 7:00pm Christ Church Book Club – Coronation Room, Parish Hall The First Thousand Years: A Global History of Christianity by Robert Louis Wilkens and Pagans: The End of Traditional Religion and the Rise of Christianity by James
- [Sermon for the Third Sunday after Easter](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/04/17/sermon-for-the-third-sunday-after-easter-6/) - “What is this that he saith, A little while? We cannot tell what he saith” Perplexity and wonder are among the dominant features of the Easter season. It is all about the perplexity and the wonder of the Resurrection, the new reality which challenges all of our preconceptions and attitudes. The various accounts of the
- [The Fourth Sunday After Easter](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/04/24/the-fourth-sunday-after-easter-8/) - The collect for today, The Fourth Sunday After Easter, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O ALMIGHTY God, who alone canst order the unruly wills and affections of sinful men: Grant unto thy people, that they may love the thing which thou commandest, and desire that which thou dost promise; that so, among
- [The Fifth Sunday After Easter](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/05/01/the-fifth-sunday-after-easter-8/) - The collect for today, The Fifth Sunday After Easter, commonly called Rogation Sunday, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O LORD, from whom all good things do come; Grant to us thy humble servants, that by thy holy inspiration we may think those things that be good, and by thy merciful guiding may
- [Sunday After Ascension Day](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/05/08/sunday-after-ascension-day-5/) - The collect for today, Sunday After Ascension Day, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD the King of Glory, who hast exalted thine only Son Jesus Christ with great triumph unto thy kingdom in heaven: We beseech thee, leave us not comfortless; but send to us thine Holy Ghost to comfort us,
- [Anselm, Archbishop and Doctor](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/04/21/anselm-archbishop-and-doctor-3/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Anselm (1033-1109), Abbott, Archbishop of Canterbury, Theologian (source): O everlasting God, who gavest to thy servant Anselm singular gifts as a pastor and teacher: grant that we, like him, may desire thee with our whole heart and, so desiring, may seek thee and, seeking, may find thee;
- [St. George of England, Martyr](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/04/23/st-george-of-england-martyr-3/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint George (d. c. 304), Soldier, Martyr, Patron of England (source): O God of hosts, who didst so kindle the flame of love in the heart of thy servant George that he bore witness to the risen Lord by his life and by his death: grant us the
- [Week at a Glance, 25 April – 1 May](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/04/24/week-at-a-glance-25-april-1-may-2/) - Monday, April 25th, St. Mark 6:00-7:00pm Sparks – Parish Hall 7:00pm Holy Communion Tuesday, April 26th 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ - Haliburton Place Wednesday, April 27th 6:30-8:00pm Brownies - Parish Hall Thursday, April 28th 6:30-7:30pm Girl Guides – Parish Hall Friday, April 29th 11:00 Holy Communion – Dykeland Lodge Sunday, May 1st, St. Philip &
- [Saint Mark the Evangelist](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/04/25/saint-mark-the-evangelist-8/) - The collect for today, The Feast of Saint Mark the Evangelist, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O ALMIGHTY God, who hast instructed thy holy Church with the heavenly doctrine of thy Evangelist Saint Mark: Give us grace, that, being not like children carried away with every blast of vain doctrine, we may
- [Sermon for the Fourth Sunday after Easter](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/04/24/sermon-for-the-fourth-sunday-after-easter-7/) - “The spirit of truth will guide you into all truth” Along with the repeated mantra “because I go to the Father”, the Gospel readings on these three last Sundays of the Easter season open us out to the power and truth of the Holy Spirit, “the spirit of truth”. Christ’s going to the Father is
- [Sermon for the Fourth Sunday after Easter, 2:00pm service of Atlantic Ministry of the Deaf](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/04/24/sermon-for-the-fourth-sunday-after-easter-200pm-service-of-atlantic-ministry-of-the-deaf/) - “The good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.” It is a powerful and familiar image and yet one which I think we often fail to comprehend. Perhaps the most familiar of all of the biblical images and certainly the one which is most commonly represented in the church culture of the Maritimes, it has,
- [Saint Philip and Saint James the Apostles](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/05/01/saint-philip-and-saint-james-the-apostles-6/) - The Collect for today, The Feast of Saint Philip and Saint James the Apostles, with Saint James the Brother of the Lord, Martyr, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O ALMIGHTY God, whom truly to know is everlasting life: Grant us perfectly to know thy Son Jesus Christ to be the way, the
- [Athanasius, Doctor and Bishop](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/05/02/athanasius-doctor-and-bishop-5/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Athanasius (c. 293-373), Bishop of Alexandria, Theologian, Apologist, Doctor of the Church (source): Ever-living God, whose servant Athanasius bore witness to the mystery of the Word made flesh for our salvation: give us grace, with all thy saints, to contend for the truth and to grow into
- [Sermon for the Feast of St. Mark](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/04/25/sermon-for-the-feast-of-st-mark/) - “They were afraid” It marks, if you will pardon the pun, the ending of Mark’s Gospel at least in terms of what is known as the shorter ending since the earliest texts of his Gospel end at verse eight rather than verse twenty of Chapter 16. To be sure, the canonical gospel, the gospel that
- [Monnica, Matron](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/05/04/monnica-matron-4/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Monnica (c. 331-387), mother of Saint Augustine of Hippo (source): O Lord, who through spiritual discipline didst strengthen thy servant Monnica to persevere in offering her love and prayers and tears for the conversion of her husband and of Augustine their son: Deepen our devotion, we beseech
- [The Ascension Day](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/05/05/the-ascension-day-7/) - The collect for today, The Ascension Day, being the fortieth day after Easter, sometimes called Holy Thursday, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): GRANT, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that like as we do believe thy only-begotten Son our Lord Jesus Christ to have ascended into the heavens; so we may also in
- [Week at a Glance, 2 - 8 May](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/05/01/week-at-a-glance-2-8-may-2/) - Monday, May 2nd, Rogation Monday 6:00-7:00pm Sparks – Parish Hall 7:00pm Holy Communion Tuesday, May 3rd 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ - Haliburton Place 7:30pm Parish Council Meeting (transf.) Wednesday, May 4th 6:30-8:00pm Brownies - Parish Hall Thursday, May 5th, Ascension Day 6:30-7:30pm Girl Guides – Parish Hall 7:00pm Holy Communion Saturday, May 7th 4:30-6:00pm Annual
- [Sermon for the Feast of St. Philip and St. James / Rogation Sunday](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/05/01/sermon-for-the-feast-of-st-philip-and-st-james-rogation-sunday/) - “Ye believe in God, believe also in me” The readings for The Feast of St. Philip and St. James complement wonderfully the themes of Eastertide especially in the last three Sundays after Easter and particularly on this Sunday known as Rogation Sunday. The fundamental orientation of the Son to the Father is ever so strongly
- [Rogation Monday](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/05/02/rogation-monday-4/) - The Collect for today, Rogation Monday (Rogation Days being the three days before Ascension Day), from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962); ASSIST us mercifully, O Lord, in these our supplications and prayers, and dispose the way of thy servants towards the attainment of everlasting salvation; that, among all the changes and chances of
- [Rogation Tuesday](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/05/03/rogation-tuesday-4/) - The Collect for today, Rogation Tuesday (Rogation Days being the three days before Ascension Day), from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962); ASSIST us mercifully, O Lord, in these our supplications and prayers, and dispose the way of thy servants towards the attainment of everlasting salvation; that, among all the changes and chances of
- [Rogation Wednesday](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/05/04/rogation-wednesday-4/) - The Collect for today, Rogation Wednesday (Rogation Days being the three days before Ascension Day), from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962); ASSIST us mercifully, O Lord, in these our supplications and prayers, and dispose the way of thy servants towards the attainment of everlasting salvation; that, among all the changes and chances of
- [Sermon for Rogation Monday](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/05/02/sermon-for-rogation-monday-3/) - “Lord, teach us to pray” Rogation Monday is one of the formal days of prayer that bring us to the culmination of the Resurrection in Christ’s Ascension. In other words, these days of Rogation prepare us for the homecoming of the Son to the Father which is about our home with God, that “where I
- [Sermon for Ascension Day](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/05/05/sermon-for-ascension-day-3/) - He ascended into heaven The Ascension signifies the homecoming of the Son having finished his course having accomplished the will of him who sent him and returning to the Father. The whole life of the incarnate Christ is his going forth and returning to the Father in the power of the Spirit. In his going
- [Week at a Glance, 9 - 15 May](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/05/08/week-at-a-glance-9-15-may-2/) - Monday, May 9th 6:00-7:00pm Sparks – Parish Hall Tuesday, May 10th 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ - Haliburton Place Wednesday, May 11th 6:30-8:00pm Brownies - Parish Hall Thursday, May 12th 3:15pm Service at Windsor Elms 6:30-7:30pm Girl Guides – Parish Hall Friday, May 13th 7:30pm Christ Church Concert: Annapolis Valley Honour Choirs Sunday, May 15th, Pentecost
- [Sermon for the Sunday after the Ascension](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/05/08/sermon-for-the-sunday-after-the-ascension/) - “These things have I have told you, that, when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them” “God has gone up with a merry noise, / the Lord with the sound of the trumpet” as the Psalmist wonderfully puts it in what is the gradual psalm for today, capturing in
- [Gregory of Nazianzus, Bishop and Doctor](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/05/09/gregory-of-nazianzus-bishop-and-doctor-4/) - The collect for today, the Feast of St. Gregory of Nazianzus (329-89), Bishop of Constantinople, Theologian, Cappadocian Father, Doctor of the Eastern Church (source): Almighty God, who hast revealed to thy Church thine eternal Being of glorious majesty and perfect love as one God in Trinity of Persons: Give us grace that, like thy bishop
- [Florence Nightingale, Nurse](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/05/12/florence-nightingale-nurse-4/) - The collect for today, the commemoration of Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), Nurse, Social Reformer (source): Life-giving God, who alone hast power over life and death, over health and sickness: Give power, wisdom, and gentleness to those who follow the example of thy servant Florence Nightingale, that they, bearing with them thy Presence, may not only heal
- [Cyril and Methodius, Missionaries](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/05/11/cyril-and-methodius-missionaries-4/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Cyril (826-69) and Saint Methodius (c. 815-85), Apostles to the Slavs (source): O Lord of all, who gavest to thy servants Cyril and Methodius the gift of tongues to proclaim the gospel to the Slavic people: we pray that thy whole Church may be one as thou
- [The Day of Pentecost](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/05/15/the-day-of-pentecost-8/) - The collects for today, The Day of Pentecost, being the fiftieth day after Easter, commonly called Whit-Sunday, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD, who as at this time didst teach the hearts of thy faithful people, by the sending to them the light of thy Holy Spirit: Grant us by the
- [Week at a Glance, 16 - 22 May](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/05/15/week-at-a-glance-16-22-may-2/) - Monday, May 16th, Monday after Pentecost 6:00-7:00pm Sparks – Parish Hall 7:00pm Holy Communion Tuesday, May 17th, Tuesday after Pentecost 2:00pm Funeral of Bill Sullivan 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ - Haliburton Place Wednesday, May 18th 6:30-8:00pm Brownies - Parish Hall Thursday, May 19th 6:30-7:30pm Girl Guides – Parish Hall Friday, May 20th 3:00pm KES Cadet
- [Trinity Sunday](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/05/22/trinity-sunday-8/) - The collect for today, the Octave Day of Pentecost, commonly called Trinity Sunday, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who hast given unto us thy servants grace, by the confession of a true faith, to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity, and in the power of the Divine
- [Sermon for Pentecost](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/05/15/sermon-for-pentecost-5/) - “At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you” What is that day? It is Pentecost, this day, the fiftieth day after Easter when we celebrate the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples to establish the Church as the spiritual community of
- [Week at a Glance, 23 - 29 May](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/05/22/week-at-a-glance-23-29-may-2/) - Monday, May 23rd 6:00-7:00pm Sparks – Parish Hall Tuesday, May 24th 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ - Haliburton Place 7:00pm Christ Church Book Club - Coronation Room, Parish Hall: An Instance of the Fingerpost (1998) by Iain Pears and Curiosity (2015) by Alberto Manguel Wednesday, May 25th 6:30-8:00pm Brownies - Parish Hall Thursday, May 26th 3:15pm
- [Dunstan, Archbishop](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/05/24/dunstan-archbishop-4/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Dunstan (909-988), Archbishop of Canterbury, Restorer of Monastic Life (source): Almighty God, who didst raise up Dunstan to be a true shepherd of the flock, a restorer of monastic life and a faithful counsellor to kings: grant, we beseech thee, to all pastors the like gifts of
- [Aldhelm, Bishop and Scholar](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/05/25/aldhelm-bishop-and-scholar-2/) - The collect for a Bishop or Archbishop, on the Feast of Saint Aldhelm (c. 639-708), Abbot of Malmesbury, Bishop of Sherborne, Poet, Scholar, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD, our heavenly Father, who didst raise up thy faithful servant Aldhelmto be a Bishop in thy Church and to feed thy flock: We
- [Reflections for King’s-Edgehill School Cadet Church Parade, 2016](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/05/21/reflections-for-kings-edgehill-school-cadet-church-parade-2016/) - 2016 Cadet Church Parade Reflections on ‘The Year of Edgehill’ Friday, May 20th at Christ Church, Windsor, NS The year 2016 is the year of Edgehill! Girls Rock! This year marks the 125th anniversary of the founding of The Church School for Girls, later known as Edgehill, here in Windsor on June 23rd, 1891. Just
- [Augustine of Canterbury, Archbishop](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/05/26/augustine-of-canterbury-archbishop-3/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Augustine (d. c. 605), first Archbishop of Canterbury (source): O Lord our God, who by thy Son Jesus Christ didst call thine apostles and send them forth to preach the Gospel to the nations: We bless thy holy name for thy servant Augustine, first Archbishop of Canterbury,
- [The Venerable Bede, Doctor and Historian](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/05/27/the-venerable-bede-doctor-and-historian-3/) - The collect for today, the Feast of The Venerable Bede (673-735), Monk, Historian, Doctor of the Church (source): Almighty God, maker of all things, whose Son Jesus Christ gave to thy servant Bede grace to drink in with joy the word which leadeth us to know thee and to love thee: in thy goodness grant
- [The First Sunday After Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/05/29/the-first-sunday-after-trinity-8/) - The collect for today, the Second Sunday after Pentecost, commonly called The First Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD, the strength of all them that put their trust in thee, mercifully accept our prayers; and because through the weakness of our mortal nature we can do no good
- [Joan of Arc](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/05/30/joan-of-arc-3/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Joan of Arc (1412-31), Virgin, Visionary, Patron Saint of France (source): Holy God, whose power is made perfect in weakness: we honor thy calling of Jeanne d’Arc, who, though young, rose up in valor to bear thy standard for her country, and endured with grace and fortitude
- [Sermon for Trinity Sunday](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/05/22/sermon-for-trinity-sunday-7/) - “Thou art worthy, O Lord” Well, that was quite an intellectual and spiritual work out, wasn’t it? You are probably completely exhausted and utterly mystified, confused and bewildered. And well you should be! Yet the Athanasian Creed is one of the three catholic creeds of the universal Church. For Anglicans there was a time when
- [Sermon for Trinity Sunday, 2:00pm service of Atlantic Ministry of the Deaf](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/05/22/sermon-for-trinity-sunday-200pm-service-of-atlantic-ministry-of-the-deaf/) - “Behold, a door was opened in heaven” It was behind closed doors, literally and figuratively, that Jesus made known to us his resurrection. But it is not only behind closed doors that the things of God are made known to us. Through the fullness of the meaning of God’s Revelation of himself in Jesus Christ,
- [Week at a Glance, 30 May – 5 June](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/05/29/week-at-a-glance-30-may-5-june-2/) - Monday, May 30th 6:00-7:00pm Sparks – Parish Hall Tuesday, May 31st 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ - Haliburton Place Wednesday, June 1st 6:30-8:00pm Brownies - Parish Hall Thursday, June 2nd 6:30-7:30pm Girl Guides – Parish Hall Friday, June 3rd 11:00am Holy Communion – Dykeland Lodge Sunday, June 5th, Second Sunday after Trinity 8:00am Holy Communion (followed
- [Justin Martyr](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/06/01/justin-martyr-4/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Justin (c. 100 – 165), Philosopher, Apologist, Martyr at Rome (source): O God our redeemer, who through the folly of the cross didst teach thy martyr Justin the surpassing knowledge of Jesus Christ: free us, we beseech thee, from every kind of error, that we, like him, may
- [The Second Sunday After Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/06/05/the-second-sunday-after-trinity-8/) - The collect for today, the Second Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O LORD, who never failest to help and govern them whom thou dost bring up in thy stedfast fear and love: Keep us, we beseech thee, under the protection of thy good providence, and make us to have
- [Sermon for the First Sunday after Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/05/29/sermon-for-the-first-sunday-after-trinity-6/) - “We love him because he first loved us” St. John’s Epistle is a treatise on love which complements and underscores with emphasis the love which his Gospel proclaims. It is, it seems to me, primarily through the eyes of John that we enter into the mystery of God. This epistle intends the application of the
- [Sermon for the Eve of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/06/23/sermon-for-the-eve-of-the-nativity-of-st-john-the-baptist/) - “What went ye out for to see?” He catches our attention. We are even drawn to him, attracted by something strange and yet compelling. “What went ye out for to see?” Jesus asks, highlighting the strange and yet compelling character of John the Baptist whose nativity we celebrate in the week of the summer solstice,
- [Week at a Glance, 6 - 12 June](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/06/05/week-at-a-glance-6-12-june-2/) - Monday, June 6th 6:00-7:00pm Sparks – Parish Hall Tuesday, June 7th 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ - Haliburton Place 6:30-8:00pm Brownies - Parish Hall Thursday, June 9th 3:15pm Service at Windsor Elms 6:30-7:30pm Girl Guides – Parish Hall Sunday, June 12th, Third Sunday after Trinity 8:00am Holy Communion 10:30am 112th Colours Commemoration and Morning Prayer Special
- [Schedule of Services for Summer 2016](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/06/20/schedule-of-services-for-summer-2016/) - July Sunday, July 10th, Seventh Sunday after Trinity (Fr. Curry) 8:00am Christ Church 9:00am St. George’s, Falmouth 10:30am Christ Church Sunday, July 17th, Eighth Sunday after Trinity (Fr. Curry) 8:00am Christ Church 9:00am St. Thomas’, 3-Mile Plains 10:30am Christ Church Sunday, July 24th, Ninth Sunday after Trinity (Fr. Curry) 8:00am Christ Church 9:00am St. Michael’s,
- [Columba, Abbot of Iona](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/06/09/columba-abbot-of-iona-4/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Columba (c. 521-597) Abbot of Iona, Missionary (source): Almighty God, who didst fill the heart of Columba with the joy of the Holy Spirit, and with deep love for those in his care: grant to thy pilgrim people grace to follow him, strong in faith, sustained by
- [St. Barnabas the Apostle](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/06/11/st-barnabas-the-apostle-5/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Barnabas the Apostle, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O LORD God Almighty, who didst endue thy holy Apostle Barnabas with singular gifts of the Holy Spirit: Leave us not, we beseech thee, destitute of thy manifold gifts, nor yet of grace to use them
- [The Third Sunday After Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/06/12/the-third-sunday-after-trinity-8/) - The collect for today, the Third Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O LORD, we beseech thee mercifully to hear us; and grant that we, to whom thou hast given an hearty desire to pray, may by thy mighty aid be defended and comforted in all dangers and adversities; through
- [Sermon for the Second Sunday after Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/06/05/sermon-for-the-second-sunday-after-trinity-7/) - “If our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart” The Collect, Epistle and Gospel for each Sunday complement each other and contribute to a way of thinking and doing, especially so for the Sundays in the Trinity season. Today’s Gospel is Christ’s parable about the kingdom of heaven being likened to a great
- [Basil the Great, Bishop and Doctor](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/06/14/basil-the-great-bishop-and-doctor-4/) - The collect for today, the Feast of St. Basil the Great (c. 330-79), Bishop of Caesarea, Cappadocian Father, Doctor of the Church (source): Almighty God, who hast revealed to thy Church thine eternal Being of glorious majesty and perfect love as one God in Trinity of Persons: Give us grace that, like thy bishop Basil
- [The Fourth Sunday After Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/06/19/the-fourth-sunday-after-trinity-8/) - The collect for today, the Fourth Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD, the protector of all that trust in thee, without whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy: Increase and multiply upon us thy mercy; that, thou being our ruler and guide, we may so pass through things
- [Sermon for the Third Sunday after Trinity, 8:00am Holy Communion](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/06/12/sermon-for-the-third-sunday-after-trinity-800am-holy-communion-2/) - “Rejoice with me” “There is more joy in heaven over one sinner that repents than over ninety and nine just persons which need no repentance”, Jesus says in a series of three famous parables that comprise the 15th Chapter of the Gospel according to St. Luke. The parables appear in response to the criticism of
- [Sermon for the Third Sunday after Trinity, 10:30am Commemorative Service](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/06/12/sermon-for-the-third-sunday-after-trinity-1030am-commemorative-service/) - “Above all, take the shield of faith” Most of you came into the church through the main entrance as did their Honours, the Honourable J.J. Grant and her Honour, Mrs. Joan Grant. As you did you passed under an inscription just above the doors. “Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God,”
- [Week at a Glance, 19 – 26 June](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/06/19/week-at-a-glance-19-26-june/) - Monday, June 20th 6:00-7:00pm Sparks – Parish Hall Tuesday, June 21st 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ - Haliburton Place 7:30pm Parish Council Meeting Thursday, June 23rd, Eve of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist 3:15pm Service at Windsor Elms 6:30-7:30pm Girl Guides – Parish Hall 7:00pm Holy Communion Sunday, June 26th, Fifth Sunday after Trinity
- [Sermon for Encaenia 2016](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/06/18/sermon-for-encaenia-2016/) - “Martha, Martha; thou art anxious and troubled about a multitude of things; one thing is needful” Isaiah’s lovely words which Abigail read complement Luke’s wonderful words which Colin read. Together they suggest something about the significance of this day and our gathering here in the School Chapel which has been in so many ways an
- [Alban, Martyr](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/06/22/alban-martyr-4/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Alban, First Martyr of Britain, d. c. 250 (source): Almighty God, by whose grace and power thy holy martyr Alban triumphed over suffering and was faithful even unto death: Grant to us, who now remember him with thanksgiving, to be so faithful in our witness to thee
- [The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/06/24/the-nativity-of-saint-john-the-baptist-7/) - The collect for today, the Feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): ALMIGHTY God, by whose providence thy servant John Baptist was wonderfully born, and sent to prepare the way of thy Son our Saviour, by preaching of repentance: Make us so to follow his
- [Irenaeus, Bishop and Doctor](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/06/28/irenaeus-bishop-and-doctor-4/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Irenaeus (d. 202), Bishop of Lyon, Doctor of the Church (source): O God of peace, who through the ministry of thy servant Irenæus didst strengthen the true faith and bring harmony to thy Church: keep us steadfast in thy true religion and renew us in faith and
- [Sermon for the Fourth Sunday after Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/06/19/sermon-for-the-fourth-sunday-after-trinity-6/) - “Can the blind lead the blind? Shall they not both fall into the ditch?” It is a powerful and a familiar image, I think, that speaks rather profoundly to our current distresses within and without the institutional church, distresses which are really about our collective blindness about what it means to be the church as
- [The Fifth Sunday After Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/06/26/the-fifth-sunday-after-trinity-8/) - The collect for today, The Fifth Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): GRANT, O Lord, we beseech thee, that the course of this world may be so peaceably ordered by thy governance, that thy Church may joyfully serve thee in all godly quietness; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The
- [St. Peter and St. Paul the Apostles](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/06/29/st-peter-and-st-paul-the-apostles-5/) - The collects for today, the Feast of Saint Peter and Saint Paul the Apostles, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O almighty God, who by thy Son Jesus Christ didst give to thy Apostle Saint Peter many excellent gifts, and commandedst him earnestly to feed thy flock: Make, we beseech thee, all Bishops
- [Confederation of Canada, 1867: Dominion Day](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/07/01/confederation-of-canada-1867-dominion-day-5/) - The collect for today, Dominion Day, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD, who providest for thy people by thy power, and rulest over them in love: Vouchsafe so to bless thy servant our Queen, and her Government in this Dominion of Canada, that thy people may dwell in peace and safety,
- [Sermon for the Fifth Sunday after Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/06/26/sermon-for-the-fifth-sunday-after-trinity-7/) - “Master we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing” Nada, nothing, nihil, ouden. Simon Peter’s word captures the empty nothingness of our culture and our church. Nihilism is the default position of both. We have toiled or worked, everyone thinks and says. But to what end? Nothing. What does that mean? It means
- [The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Elizabeth](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/07/02/the-visitation-of-the-blessed-virgin-mary-to-elizabeth-7/) - The collect for today, the Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Elizabeth (source): Almighty God, by whose grace Elizabeth rejoiced with Mary and greeted her as the mother of the Lord: look with favour, we beseech thee, on thy lowly servants, that, with Mary, we may magnify thy holy name and
- [The Sixth Sunday After Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/07/03/the-sixth-sunday-after-trinity-8/) - The collect for today, the Sixth Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O God, who hast preparest for them that love thee such good things as pass man's understanding: Pour into our hearts such love toward thee, that we, loving thee above all things, may obtain thy promises, which exceed
- [Thomas More, Martyr](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/07/06/thomas-more-martyr-4/) - The collect for today, the commemoration of Sir Thomas More (1478-1535), Lord Chancellor of England, Scholar, Reformation Martyr (source): Almighty God, who strengthened Thomas More to be in office a king’s good servant but in conscience your servant first, grant us in all our doubts and uncertainties to feel the grasp of your holy hand
- [Stephen Langton, Archbishop](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/07/09/stephen-langton-archbishop-5/) - The collect for a Bishop or Archbishop, on the Commemoration of Stephen Langton (c. 1150-1228), Archbishop of Canterbury from 1207, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD, our heavenly Father, who didst raise up thy faithful servant Stephen Langton to be a Bishop in thy Church and to feed thy flock: We beseech
- [Swithun, Bishop](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/07/15/swithun-bishop-4/) - he collect for today, the Feast of Saint Swithun (d. 862), Bishop of Winchester (source): Almighty God, by whose grace we celebrate again the feast of thy servant Swithun: grant that, as he governed with gentleness the people committed to his care, so we, rejoicing in our inheritance in Christ, may ever seek to build
- [The Seventh Sunday After Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/07/10/the-seventh-sunday-after-trinity-8/) - The collect for today, The Seventh Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): LORD of all power and might, who art the author and giver of all good things: Graft in our hearts the love of thy Name, increase in us true religion, nourish us with all goodness, and of thy
- [Sermon for the Sixth Sunday after Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/07/03/sermon-for-the-sixth-sunday-after-trinity-6/) - “Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him” Friends and enemies. Life and death. Peter and Paul. There is richness to our reflections this morning. The Sixth Sunday after Trinity falls this year within the Octave of the great feast of St. Peter and St. Paul, a feast
- [Sermon for King's-Edgehill School Reunion](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/07/03/sermon-for-kings-edgehill-school-reunion/) - “One thing is needful” Reunions are about companions getting back together, about friendships shaped and formed by common memories and associations that belong to the reason and purpose of institutions. The word, companions, has its roots in the sharing of bread, com panis. I am sure that there has been much in the way of
- [Christ Church Book Club, 2016-17](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/07/07/christ-church-book-club-2016-17/) - The new list of discussion books for Christ Church Book Club has been released. The next series will kick off on Tuesday, 20 September, at 7:00pm, when the featured books will be The Nature of the Beast, by Louise Penny, and All the Light We Cannot See, by Anthony Doerr. Click here for more details,
- [The Eighth Sunday after Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/07/17/the-eighth-sunday-after-trinity-8/) - The collect for today, the Eighth Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O God, whose never-failing providence ordereth all things both in heaven and earth: We humbly beseech thee to put away from us all hurtful things, and to give us those things which be profitable for us; through Jesus
- [Margaret of Antioch, Virgin and Martyr](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/07/20/margaret-of-antioch-virgin-and-martyr-4/) - The collect for a Virgin or Matron, on the Feast of Saint Margaret of Antioch (early 4th century), Virgin and Martyr, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD Most High, the creator of all mankind, we bless thy holy Name for the virtue and grace which thou hast given unto holy women
- [St. Mary Magdalene](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/07/22/st-mary-magdalene-4/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Mary Magdalene, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O ALMIGHTY God, whose blessed Son did sanctify Mary Magdalene, and call her to be a witness to his resurrection: Mercifully grant that by thy grace we may be healed of all our infirmities, and always serve
- [Sermon for the Seventh Sunday after Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/07/10/sermon-for-the-seventh-sunday-after-trinity-4/) - “I have compassion on the multitude” Compassion. It is a rich and wonderful word and one which is frequently bandied about in the therapeutic culture of our world and day. What does it mean? Literally, it is about suffering with others or at least being able to identify with the sufferings of others. The word
- [The Ninth Sunday After Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/07/24/the-ninth-sunday-after-trinity-8/) - The collect for today, the Ninth Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): GRANT to us, Lord, we beseech thee, the spirit to think and do always such things as be rightful; that we, who cannot do any thing that is good without thee, may by thee be enabled to live
- [St. James the Apostle](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/07/25/st-james-the-apostle-2/) - The collect for today, the Feast of St. James the Apostle, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): GRANT, O merciful God, that as thine holy Apostle Saint James, leaving his father and all that he had, without delay was obedient unto the calling of thy Son Jesus Christ, and followed him; so we,
- [St. Anne, Mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/07/26/st-anne-mother-of-the-blessed-virgin-mary-3/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Anne, Mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary (source): O GOD, who didst vouchsafe to bestow grace upon blessed Anne, that she might become the mother of the parent of thy Only-begotten Son: Mercifully grant that we who celebrate her festival may be partakers with her of thy
- [Olaf, King and Martyr](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/07/29/olaf-king-and-martyr-4/) - The collect for a Martyr, in commemoration of Saint Olaf (995-1030), King and Patron Saint of Norway, Martyr, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD, who didst bestow upon thy Saints such marvellous virtue, that they were able to stand fast, and have the victory against the world, the flesh, and the
- [Sermon for the Eighth Sunday after Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/07/17/sermon-for-the-eighth-sunday-after-trinity-5/) - “You have received a spirit of sonship, in which we cry aloud, Abba, Father” “All shall be well and all shall be well and all manner of thing shall be well”, Dame Julian of Norwich, the famous mystic and theologian said in the 14th century. Hardly a time one might think of as being well
- [William Wilberforce](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/07/29/william-wilberforce-7/) - The collect for today, the commemoration of William Wilberforce (1759-1833), English MP, Social Reformer, Abolitionist (source): Let thy continual mercy, O Lord, enkindle in thy Church the never-failing gift of charity, that, following the example of thy servant William Wilberforce, we may have grace to defend the children of the poor, and maintain the cause
- [The Tenth Sunday After Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/07/31/the-tenth-sunday-after-trinity-8/) - The collect for today, the Tenth Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): LET thy merciful ears, O Lord, be open to the prayers of thy humble servants; and that they may obtain their petitions make them to ask such things as shall please thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
- [Sermon for the Ninth Sunday after Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/07/24/sermon-for-the-ninth-sunday-after-trinity-3/) - “Brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant” The readings for the Ninth Sunday after Trinity are the least favourite for preachers, it seems, particularly the Gospel, and, perhaps, the least favourite of readings, too, for you. And yet, these readings from 1st Corinthians and Luke 16 belong precisely to the pattern of themes
- [The Maccabean Martyrs](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/08/01/the-maccabean-martyrs-7/) - The collect for a Martyr, in commemoration of the Maccabean Martyrs (d. 166 B.C.), from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): Almighty God, by whose grace and power thy Martyrs the Holy Maccabees were enabled to witness to the truth and to be faithful unto death: Grant that we, who now remember them before
- [Oswald, King and Martyr](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/08/05/oswald-king-and-martyr-5/) - The collect for today, the Feast of St. Oswald (d. 642), King of Northumbria, Martyr (source): O Lord God almighty, who didst so kindle the faith of thy servant King Oswald with thy Spirit that he set up the sign of the cross in his kingdom and turned his people to the light of Christ:
- [The Transfiguration of Our Lord](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/08/06/the-transfiguration-of-our-lord-5/) - The Collect for today, the Holy Day of the Transfiguration of Our Lord, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD, who on the holy mount didst reveal to chosen witnesses thy well-beloved Son wonderfully transfigured: Mercifully grant unto us such a vision of his divine majesty, that we, being purified and strengthened
- [Sermon for the Tenth Sunday after Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/07/31/sermon-for-the-tenth-sunday-after-trinity-2/) - “No-one can say JESUS IS LORD but by the Holy Spirit” There is something quite wonderful and compelling about this morning’s readings as difficult and challenging as they may be. They remind us in no uncertain terms of the creedal form of reading the Scriptures, reading the Scriptures through the Creeds. Here we are in
- [The Eleventh Sunday after Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/08/07/the-eleventh-sunday-after-trinity-8/) - The collect for today, the Eleventh Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD, who declarest thy almighty power most chiefly in showing mercy and pity: Mercifully grant unto us such a measure of thy grace, that we, running the way of thy commandments, may obtain thy gracious promises, and
- [Laurence, Archdeacon and Martyr](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/08/10/laurence-archdeacon-and-martyr-4/) - The collect for today, the Feast of St. Laurence (d. 258), Archdeacon of Rome, Martyr (source): Almighty God, who didst make Laurence a loving servant of thy people and a wise steward of the treasures of thy Church: inflame us, by his example, to love as he loved and to walk in the way that
- [Benedict Biscop, Abbot and Scholar](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/01/12/benedict-biscop-abbot-and-scholar-4/) - The collect for a Doctor of the Church, Poet, or Scholar, on the Feast of Saint Benedict Biscop (c. 628-89), Founder of the monasteries of Wearmouth and Jarrow, Scholar, Patron of the Arts, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962); O GOD, who by thy Holy Spirit hast given unto one man a word of
- [John Horden, Missionary and Bishop](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/01/12/john-horden-missionary-and-bishop-3/) - The collect for today, the commemoration of the Right Rev John Horden (1828-1893), first Bishop of Moosonee, Missionary to the First Nations of Canada: O God, the Desire of all the nations, you chose your servant John Horden to open the treasury of your Word among the native peoples of Canada. Grant us, after his
- [Hilary, Doctor and Bishop](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/01/13/hilary-doctor-and-bishop-4/) - The collect for today, the Feast of St. Hilary (c. 315-368), Bishop of Poitiers, Doctor of the Church (source): Everlasting God, whose servant Hilary steadfastly confessed thy Son Jesus Christ to be both human and divine: grant us his gentle courtesy to bring to all the message of redemption in the incarnate Christ, who liveth
- [The Second Sunday After The Epiphany](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/01/17/the-second-sunday-after-the-epiphany-7/) - The collect for today, The Second Sunday after the Epiphany, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who dost govern all things in heaven and earth: Mercifully hear the supplications of thy people, and grant us thy peace all the days of our life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
- [Week at a Glance, 18 - 24 January](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/01/17/week-at-a-glance-18-24-january-2/) - Monday, January 18th 4:45-5:15pm Confirmation Class - Rm. 206, KES 6:00-7:00pm Brownies/Sparks – Parish Hall Tuesday, January 19th 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ – Haliburton Place 6:30-7:30pm Brownies/Guides - Parish Hall 7:00pm Christ Church Book Club: The Lagoon: How Aristotle Invented Science (2014), by Armand Marie Leroi, and The Tulip (1999), by Anna Pavord. Thursday, January
- [Henry, Missionary and Bishop](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/01/19/henry-missionary-and-bishop-4/) - The collect for a missionary, on the Feast of St. Henry of Finland (d. 1150), Bishop, Missionary, Patron Saint of Finland, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD, our heavenly Father, who by thy Son Jesus Christ didst call thy blessed Apostles and send them forth to preach thy Gospel of salvation
- [Sermon for the Second Sunday after the Epiphany](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/01/17/sermon-for-the-second-sunday-after-the-epiphany-7/) - “Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it” It is a most wonderful and yet a very challenging gospel scene. Mary, the Blessed Mother of God, says two things. “They have no wine” and “whatsoever he saith unto you, do it”. Both statements are an epiphany – the making known of the barren, empty reality of
- [Agnes, Virgin and Martyr](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/01/21/agnes-virgin-and-martyr-5/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Agnes (c. 291-304), Virgin, Martyr at Rome (source): Eternal God, Shepherd of thy sheep, by whose grace thy child Agnes was strengthened to bear witness, in her life and in her death, to the true love of her redeemer: grant us the power to understand, with all
- [Vincent, Deacon and Martyr](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/01/22/vincent-deacon-and-martyr-4/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Vincent of Saragossa (d. 304), Deacon and Martyr (source): Almighty God, whose deacon Vincent, upheld by thee, was not terrified by threats nor overcome by torments: Strengthen us, we beseech thee, to endure all adversity with invincible and steadfast faith; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth
- [Septuagesima](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/01/24/septuagesima-7/) - The collect for today, Septuagesima (or the Third Sunday Before Lent) from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O LORD, we beseech thee favourably to hear the prayers of thy people; that we, who are justly punished for our offences, may be mercifully delivered by thy goodness, for the glory of thy Name; through
- [Week at a Glance, 25 – 31 January](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/01/24/week-at-a-glance-25-31-january/) - Monday, January 25th, Conversion of St. Paul 4:45-5:15pm Confirmation Class - Rm. 206, KES 6:00-7:00pm Brownies/Sparks – Parish Hall 7:00 Holy Communion Tuesday, January 26th 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ – Haliburton Place 6:30-7:30pm Brownies/Guides - Parish Hall Thursday, January 28th 6:30-7:30pm Girl Guides – Parish Hall Friday, January 29th 11:00am Holy Communion - Dykeland Lodge
- [The Conversion of Saint Paul](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/01/25/the-conversion-of-saint-paul-6/) - The collect for today, the Feast of The Conversion of Saint Paul, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD, who, through the preaching of the blessed Apostle Saint Paul, hast caused the light of the Gospel to shine throughout the world: Grant, we beseech thee, that we, having his wonderful conversion in
- [Polycarp, Bishop, Apostolic Man, Martyr](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/01/26/polycarp-bishop-apostolic-man-martyr-4/) - The collect for today, the Feast of St. Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna, Apostolic Man, Martyr (source): Almighty God, who gavest to thy servant Polycarp boldness to confess the name of our Saviour Jesus Christ before the rulers of this world and courage to suffer death for his faith: grant that we too may be ready
- [Saint John Chrysostom](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/01/27/saint-john-chrysostom-3/) - The collect for today, the Feast of St. John Chrysostom (347-407), Preacher, Doctor of the Church, Archbishop of Constantinople (source): O God of truth and love, who gavest to thy servant John Chrysostom eloquence to declare thy righteousness in the great congregation and courage to bear reproach for the honour of thy name: mercifully grant
- [Sermon for Septuagesima](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/01/24/sermon-for-septuagesima-7/) - “He sent them into his vineyard” January, the forgotten poet of Stanley, Nova Scotia, Alden Nowlan, remarks, signals a truth about Maritime winters, “a truth that all men share but almost never utter. This is a country where a man can die simply from being caught outside.” He was speaking about this kind of week
- [Charles Stuart, King and Martyr](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/01/30/charles-stuart-king-and-martyr-5/) - The collect for today, the commemoration of Charles I (1600-1649), King of England, Martyr (source): King of kings and Lord of lords, whose faithful servant Charles prayed for his persecutors and died in the living hope of thine eternal kingdom: grant us, by thy grace, so to follow his example that we may love and
- [Sermon for Septuagesima, 2:00pm service of Atlantic Ministry of the Deaf](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/01/24/sermon-for-septuagesima-200pm-service-of-atlantic-ministry-of-the-deaf/) - “Speak the Word only” The grandeur of God meets the misery of man in the bleak mid-winter of all our discontents. Such is Epiphany. The season of teaching is also the season of miracles. The miracle stories of the Scriptures make manifest something about the nature of God and about our humanity. The miracles make
- [Sermon for the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/01/25/sermon-for-the-feast-of-the-conversion-of-st-paul-2/) - “He spake unto them in the Hebrew tongue” Paul’s conversion is momentous in the story of Christianity. He is sometimes called the second founder of Christianity for with Paul the Christian Faith goes global at least historically. His travels along Roman roads and in Roman captivity contributes to the spread of the Christian Faith. His
- [Week at a Glance, 1 – 7 February](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/01/31/week-at-a-glance-1-7-february-2/) - Monday, February 1st 6:00-7:00pm Brownies/Sparks – Parish Hall Tuesday, February 2nd, Candlemas 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ – Haliburton Place 6:30-7:30pm Brownies/Guides - Parish Hall 7:00pm Holy Communion Thursday, February 4th 3:15pm Service at Windsor Elms 6:30-7:30pm Girl Guides – Parish Hall Sunday, January 31st, Quinquagesima 8:00am Holy Communion 10:30am Holy Communion (followed by Pot-Luck Luncheon
- [Sexagesima](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/01/31/sexagesima-7/) - The collect for today, Sexagesima (or the Second Sunday Before Lent) from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O LORD God, who seest that we put not our trust in any thing that we do: Mercifully grant that by thy power we may be defended against all adversity; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
- [Quinquagesima](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/02/07/quinquagesima-7/) - The collect for today, Quinquagesima, being the Fiftieth Day before Easter, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O LORD, who hast taught us that all our doings without charity are nothing worth: Send thy Holy Spirit, and pour into our hearts that most excellent gift of charity, the very bond of peace and
- [The Presentation of Christ in the Temple](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/02/02/the-presentation-of-christ-in-the-temple-7/) - The collect for today, The Presentation of Christ in the Temple, commonly called The Purification of Saint Mary the Virgin (also traditionally called Candlemas), from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): ALMIGHTY and everliving God, we humbly beseech thy Majesty, that, as thy only-begotten Son was this day presented in the temple in substance
- [Sermon for Sexagesima](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/01/31/sermon-for-sexagesima-4/) - “Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God.” Misunderstood and often overlooked, the three Pre-Lenten Sundays, with their exotic and strange sounding names, provide a necessary preparatory interlude between Epiphany and Lent. Septuagesima, Sexagesima, and Quinquagesima are vestiges of older patterns of the biblically based practice of the Quadragesima,
- [Sermon for Sexagesima, 5:00pm Choral Evensong, St. George's, Halifax](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/01/31/sermon-for-sexagesima-500pm-choral-evensong-st-georges-halifax/) - “How readest thou?” At the heart of the Common Prayer tradition is the Eucharistic lectionary, a creedal way of reading the Scriptures and one which, at the very least, has the virtue of being able to say what the Scriptures are and why and how they should and can be read, a lectionary, too, which
- [Anskar, Missionary and Bishop](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/02/03/anskar-missionary-and-bishop-4/) - The collect for today, the Feast of St. Anskar (801-865), Archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen, Missionary to Sweden and Denmark (source): Almighty and gracious God, who didst send thy servant Anskar to spread the gospel among the Nordic people: raise up in this our generation, we beseech thee, messengers of thy good tidings and heralds of thy
- [Sermon for Candlemas](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/02/02/sermon-for-candlemas-2/) - “A Light to lighten the Gentiles” This is an ancient feast and an ecumenical feast, uniting both east and west. Its full title suggests something of its rich significance, a double feast in which we honour both our Lord and his Mother Mary, our Lady, in one festival. It is “The Presentation of Christ in
- [Week at a Glance, 8 - 14 February](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/02/07/week-at-a-glance-8-14-february-2/) - Monday, February 8th 6:00-7:00pm Brownies/Sparks – Parish Hall Tuesday, February 9th, Shrove Tuesday 4:30-6:00pm Pancake Supper 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ – Haliburton Place Wednesday, February 10th, Ash Wednesday 7:00am Penitential Service with Ashes 12noon Holy Communion with Ashes 2:30pm Imposition of Ashes - KES 6:30-8:00pm Brownies - Parish Hall Thursday, February 11th 6:00-8:00pm Girl Guides
- [Ash Wednesday](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/02/10/ash-wednesday-7/) - The collect for today, The First Day of Lent, commonly called Ash Wednesday, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who hatest nothing that thou hast made, and dost forgive the sins of all them that are penitent: Create and make in us new and contrite hearts, that we worthily
- [Sermon for Quinquagesima](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/02/07/sermon-for-quinquagesima-6/) - “I will show you a yet more excellent way” We meet in the bleak mid-winter on Quinquagesima Sunday, the Sunday that points us to Lent and to its proper meaning. And we meet, too, in the sweet afterglow of Candlemas, the feast that marks the transition from light to life, from Christmas to Easter. Central
- [Rector's Annual Report, 2015](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/02/07/rectors-annual-report-2015/) - Click here to download the Rector’s Annual Report for 2015 (pdf document). The Rector’s Annual Reports for 2003 through 2015 can be accessed via this page.
- [Pancake Supper cancelled](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/02/08/pancake-supper-cancelled-2/) - Owing to the blizzard warnings, the Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper scheduled for Tuesday, February 9th, 2016 has unfortunately had to be cancelled.
- [Sermon for Ash Wednesday](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/02/10/sermon-for-ash-wednesday-5/) - “Remember, O man, that dust thou art” We begin in ashes. We call this day Ash Wednesday for while we are reminded that we are but dust, it is ashes which are placed on our foreheads on this day. The dust recalls us to our origins. We are the dust into which God has breathed
- [Caedmon, Poet](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/02/11/caedmon-poet-5/) - The collect for a Doctor of the Church, Poet, or Scholar, in commemoration of Saint Caedmon (d. 680), Monk of Whitby, first English poet, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD, who by thy Holy Spirit hast given unto one man a word of wisdom, and to another a word of knowledge, and
- [The First Sunday in Lent](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/02/14/the-first-sunday-in-lent-7/) - The collect for today, the First Sunday in Lent, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O LORD, who for our sake didst fast forty days and forty nights: Give us grace to use such abstinence, that, our flesh being subdued to the Spirit, we may ever obey thy godly motions in righteousness and
- [Lindel Tsen and Paul Sasaki, Bishops](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/02/23/lindel-tsen-and-paul-sasaki-bishops-4/) - The collect for today, the commemoration of Lindel Tsen (1885-1946), Bishop in China, consecrated 1929, and Paul Sasaki (1885-1954), Bishop in Japan, consecrated 1935 (source): Almighty God, we offer thanks for the faith and witness of Paul Sasaki, bishop in the Nippon Sei Ko Kai [Anglican Church in Japan], tortured and imprisoned by his government,
- [Week at a Glance, 15 - 21 February](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/02/14/week-at-a-glance-15-21-february-2/) - Monday, February 15th 6:30-7:30pm Sparks – Parish Hall Tuesday, February 16th 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ – Haliburton Place 7:00pm Holy Communion & Lenten Programme I Scenes of Bethany: Contemplation, Activity & Resurrection in the Passion of Christ Wednesday, February 17th 6:30-8:00pm Brownies - Parish Hall Thursday, February 18th 3:15pm Service at Windsor Elms 6:00-8:00pm Girl
- [The Second Sunday in Lent](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/02/21/the-second-sunday-in-lent-7/) - The collect for today, the Second Sunday in Lent, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): ALMIGHTY God, who seest that we have no power of ourselves to help ourselves: Keep us both outwardly in our bodies, and inwardly in our souls; that we may be defended from all adversities which may happen to
- [George Herbert, Priest and Poet](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/02/27/george-herbert-priest-and-poet-2/) - The collect for today, the commemoration of George Herbert (1593-1633), Priest, Poet (source): King of glory, king of peace, who didst call thy servant George Herbert from the pursuit of worldly honours to be a priest in the temple of his God and king: grant us also the grace to offer ourselves with singleness of
- [Sermon for the First Sunday in Lent](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/02/14/sermon-for-the-first-sunday-in-lent-4/) - “As dying, and behold, we live” The conjunction of The First Sunday in Lent and Valentine’s Day is at once fortuitous and providential. Valentine’s Day, to be sure, has largely become a secular event caught perhaps in the tension between the erotic and the romantic, between kitsch and extravagance, overwrought with emotion and expectation. Yet
- [Saint Matthias the Apostle](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/02/24/saint-matthias-the-apostle-4/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Matthias the Apostle, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O ALMIGHTY God, who into the place of the traitor Judas didst choose thy faithful servant Matthias to be of the number of the twelve Apostles: Grant that thy Church, being alway preserved from false Apostles,
- [The Third Sunday in Lent](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/02/28/the-third-sunday-in-lent-7/) - The collect for today, the Third Sunday in Lent, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): WE beseech thee, Almighty God, look upon the hearty desires of thy humble servants and stretch forth the right hand of thy Majesty to be our defence against all our enemies; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The
- [Week at a Glance, 22 - 28 February](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/02/21/week-at-a-glance-22-28-february-2/) - Monday, February 22nd 6:30-7:30pm Sparks – Parish Hall Tuesday, February 23rd, Eve of St. Matthias 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ – Haliburton Place 7:00pm Holy Communion & Lenten Programme II Scenes of Bethany: Contemplation, Activity & Resurrection in the Passion of Christ Wednesday, February 24th 6:30-8:00pm Brownies - Parish Hall Thursday, February 25th 6:00-8:00pm Girl Guides
- [Scenes of Bethany - I](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/02/19/scenes-of-bethany-i/) - This is the first of four Lenten addresses on the theme Contemplation, Activity and Resurrection in the Passion of Christ. The second is posted here, the third here, and the fourth here. Scenes of Bethany: “Behold we go up to Jerusalem” Contemplation, Activity & Resurrection in the Passion of Christ Address # 1 “Behold we
- [Sermon for the Second Sunday in Lent](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/02/21/sermon-for-the-second-sunday-in-lent-5/) - “You have striven with God and with men, and have prevailed” Words from The Book of Genesis (Gen. 32.28), from the classic story of struggle, Jacob wrestling with an angel, wrestling with God, it seems, and by virtue of prevailing becomes Israel, one who strives with God. It is all about the struggle, the jihad.
- [Saint David of Wales](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/03/01/saint-david-of-wales-4/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint David (c. 520-589), Bishop of Menevia, Patron Saint of Wales (source): Almighty God, who didst call thy servant David to be a faithful and wise steward of thy mysteries for the people of Wales: in thy mercy, grant that, following his purity of life and zeal for
- [John and Charles Wesley](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/03/02/john-and-charles-wesley-5/) - The collect for today, the commemoration of John Wesley (1703-91) and Charles Wesley (1708-88), Evangelists, Hymn Writers, Leaders of the Methodist Revival (source): Merciful God, who didst inspire John and Charles Wesley with zeal for thy gospel: grant to all people boldness to proclaim thy word and a heart ever to rejoice in singing thy
- [Chad, Missionary and Bishop](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/03/02/chad-missionary-and-bishop-3/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Chad (d. 672), Bishop of Lichfield, Missionary (source): Almighty God, who, from the first fruits of the English nation that turned to Christ, didst call thy servant Chad to be an evangelist and bishop of his own people: grant us grace so to follow his peaceable nature,
- [Scenes of Bethany - II](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/02/24/scenes-of-bethany-ii/) - This is the second of four Lenten addresses on the theme Contemplation, Activity and Resurrection in the Passion of Christ. The first is posted here, the third here, and the fourth here. “One Thing Needful” Mary: Love-in-Contemplation “Mary,” Luke tells us, “sat at the Lord’s feet” in Bethany “and listened to his teaching”. He portrays
- [Week at a Glance, 29 February – 6 March](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/02/28/week-at-a-glance-29-february-6-march/) - Monday, February 29th 6:30-7:30pm Sparks – Parish Hall Tuesday, March 1st, Comm. of St. David 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ – Haliburton Place 7:00pm Holy Communion & Lenten Programme III Scenes of Bethany: Contemplation, Activity & Resurrection in the Passion of Christ Wednesday, March 2nd 6:30-8:00pm Brownies - Parish Hall Thursday, March 3rd 6:00-8:00pm Girl Guides
- [Sermon for the Third Sunday in Lent, 2:00pm service of Atlantic Ministry of the Deaf](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/02/28/sermon-for-the-third-sunday-in-lent-200pm-service-of-atlantic-ministry-of-the-deaf/) - “You have striven with God and with men, and have prevailed” Words from The Book of Genesis (Gen. 32.28), from the classic story of struggle, Jacob wrestling with an angel, wrestling with God, it seems, and by virtue of prevailing becomes Israel, one who strives with God. It is all about the struggle, the jihad.
- [Sermon for the Third Sunday in Lent](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/02/28/sermon-for-the-third-sunday-in-lent-5/) - “For he himself knew what was in man” Jesus “himself knew what was in man,” John tells us. It is a perplexing and yet an illuminating comment. It comes in John’s Gospel just after the wedding feast at Cana of Galilee, just after the casting out of the money changers in the temple at Jerusalem,
- [Scenes of Bethany - III](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/03/02/scenes-of-bethany-iii/) - This is the third of four Lenten addresses on the theme Contemplation, Activity and Resurrection in the Passion of Christ. The first is posted here, the second here, and the fourth here. “Martha received him into her house” Martha: Love-in-Activity “And a woman named Martha received him into her house”. Our lives are busy lives,
- [The Fourth Sunday in Lent](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/03/06/the-fourth-sunday-in-lent-7/) - The collect for today, the Fourth Sunday in Lent, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): GRANT, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that we, who for our evil deeds do worthily deserve to be punished, by the comfort of thy grace may mercifully be relieved; through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. The
- [Thomas Aquinas, Doctor and Poet](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/03/07/thomas-aquinas-doctor-and-poet-4/) - The collect for today, the Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225-1274), Priest, Friar, Poet, Doctor of the Church (source): Everlasting God, who didst enrich thy Church with the learning and holiness of thy servant Thomas Aquinas: grant to all who seek thee a humble mind and a pure heart that they may know thy
- [Gregory the Great, Doctor and Bishop](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/03/12/gregory-the-great-doctor-and-bishop-5/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Gregory the Great (540-604), Bishop of Rome, Doctor of the Church (source): O merciful Father, who didst choose thy bishop Gregory to be a servant of the servants of God: grant that, like him, we may ever desire to serve thee by proclaiming thy gospel to the
- [Week at a Glance, 7 - 13 March](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/03/06/week-at-a-glance-7-13-march-2/) - Monday, March 7th 6:30-7:30pm Sparks – Parish Hall Tuesday, March 8th 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ – Haliburton Place 7:30pm Parish Council Meeting Wednesday, March 9th 6:30-8:00pm Brownies - Parish Hall Thursday, March 10th 6:00-8:00pm Girl Guides – Parish Hall Saturday, March 12th 9:00am-4:00pm Lenten Quiet Day – King’s-Edgehill School, sponsored by the Prayer Book Society
- [Sermon for the Fourth Sunday in Lent](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/03/06/sermon-for-the-fourth-sunday-in-lent-6/) - “Truth, Lord; yet the little dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table” What’s this? Have I got the wrong Sunday? Am I having a senior’s moment? Didn’t we have that Gospel story and text two Sundays ago? We did and no, I am not losing it – at least not any
- [The Fifth Sunday in Lent](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/03/13/the-fifth-sunday-in-lent-7/) - The collect for today, the Fifth Sunday in Lent, commonly called Passion Sunday, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): WE beseech thee, Almighty God, mercifully to look upon thy people; that by thy great goodness they may be governed and preserved evermore, both in body and soul; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
- [St. Patrick, Missionary and Bishop](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/03/17/st-patrick-missionary-and-bishop-3/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Patrick (c. 390-c. 461), Bishop, Missionary, Patron of Ireland (source): Almighty God, who in thy providence chose thy servant Patrick to be the apostle of the people of Ireland: keep alive in us the fire of faith which he kindled, and in this our earthly pilgrimage strengthen
- [Week at a Glance, 14 - 20 March](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/03/13/week-at-a-glance-14-20-march/) - Monday, March 14th 6:30-7:30pm Sparks – Parish Hall Tuesday, March 15th 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ – Haliburton Place 7:00pm Holy Communion & Lenten Programme IV: Scenes of Bethany Wednesday, March 16th 6:30-8:00pm Brownies - Parish Hall Thursday, March 17th 6:00-8:00pm Girl Guides – Parish Hall Sunday, March 20th, Palm Sunday 8:00am Holy Communion (with Palms)
- [Holy Week and Easter](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/03/13/holy-week-and-easter/) - Monday, March 21st, Monday in Holy Week 7:00am Matins & Passion 6:00-7:00pm Sparks – Parish Hall 7:00pm Vespers & Communion Tuesday, March 22nd, Tuesday in Holy Week 7:00am Matins & Passion 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ – Haliburton Place 7:00pm Vespers & Communion Wednesday, March 23rd, Wednesday in Holy Week 7:00am Matins & Passion 6:30-8:00pm Brownies
- [Sermon for Passion Sunday](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/03/13/sermon-for-passion-sunday-7/) - “Lazarus, come out” Passion Sunday marks the beginning of what I like to call deep Lent in reference to an older term, Passiontide, where already there begins to be a more intense focus on the meaning and purpose of Christ’s Passion. The Cross is veiled in Passiontide. Why? Because we see, as it were, but
- [Lenten Quiet Day 2016, Address #1](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/03/15/lenten-quiet-day-2016-address-1/) - This is the first of three addresses that Fr. David Curry presented at the 2016 Lenten Quiet Day on 12 March 2016. The second is posted here and the third here. Audio files will be posted in the next day or two. Into the Hands of the Father The Prodigal Son: Rembrandt’s Painting and Henri
- [Homily for Lenten Quiet Day 2016](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/03/15/homily-for-lenten-quiet-day-2016/) - “Be it unto me according to thy word” The Feast of the Annunciation of Mary, more often than not, falls within the Lenten season. This year it coincides with Good Friday which it did as well in 1608 occasioning a marvelous poem by John Donne about that conjunction of themes: Christ’s coming to us through
- [Lenten Quiet Day 2016, Address #2](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/03/15/lenten-quiet-day-2016-address-2/) - This is the second of three addresses that Fr. David Curry presented at the 2016 Lenten Quiet Day on 12 March 2016. The first is posted here and the third here. Audio files will be posted in the next day or two. Into the Hands of the Father The Prodigal Son: Rembrandt’s Painting and Henri
- [Lenten Quiet Day 2016, Address #3](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/03/15/lenten-quiet-day-2016-address-3/) - This is the third of three addresses that Fr. David Curry presented at the 2016 Lenten Quiet Day on 12 March 2016. The first is posted here and the second here. Audio files will be posted in the next day or two. Into the Hands of the Father The Prodigal Son: Rembrandt’s Painting and Henri
- [Scenes of Bethany - IV](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/03/17/scenes-of-bethany-iv/) - This is the fourth of four Lenten addresses on the theme Contemplation, Activity and Resurrection in the Passion of Christ. The first is posted here, the second here, and the third here. “And the house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment” The Anointing: Love in Repentance and Mercy Bethany is the place of
- [Thomas Ken, Bishop and Poet](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/03/19/thomas-ken-bishop-and-poet-5/) - The collect for today, the commemoration of Thomas Ken (1637-1711), Bishop of Bath and Wells, Non-Juror, Hymn Writer (source): O God, from whom all blessings flow, by whose providence we are kept and by whose grace we are directed: assist us, through the example of thy servant Thomas Ken, faithfully to keep thy word, humbly
- [Saint Joseph](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/03/19/saint-joseph-4/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Joseph of Nazareth, Guardian of Our Lord, Husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Patron Saint of Canada, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD Most High, who from the family of thy servant David didst raise up Joseph the carpenter to be protector of
- [Palm Sunday](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/03/20/palm-sunday-6/) - The collect for today, the Sunday Next before Easter, commonly called Palm Sunday, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who, of thy tender love towards mankind, hast sent thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ, to take upon him our flesh, and to suffer death upon the cross, that all
- [Monday in Holy Week](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/03/21/monday-in-holy-week-7/) - The collect for today, Monday in Holy Week, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who, of thy tender love towards mankind, hast sent thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ, to take upon him our flesh, and to suffer death upon the cross, that all mankind should follow the example
- [Tuesday in Holy Week](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/03/22/tuesday-in-holy-week-7/) - The collect for today, Tuesday in Holy Week, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who, of thy tender love towards mankind, hast sent thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ, to take upon him our flesh, and to suffer death upon the cross, that all mankind should follow the example
- [Wednesday in Holy Week](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/03/23/wednesday-in-holy-week-8/) - The collect for today, Wednesday in Holy Week, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who, of thy tender love towards mankind, hast sent thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ, to take upon him our flesh, and to suffer death upon the cross, that all mankind should follow the example
- [Maundy Thursday](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/03/24/maundy-thursday-8/) - The collects for today, Thursday in Holy Week, commonly called Maundy Thursday, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who, of thy tender love towards mankind, hast sent thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ, to take upon him our flesh, and to suffer death upon the cross, that all mankind
- [Holy Week and Easter 2016](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/03/20/holy-week-and-easter-2016/) - Monday, March 21st, Monday in Holy Week 7:00am Matins & Passion 6:00-7:00pm Sparks – Parish Hall 7:00pm Vespers & Communion Tuesday, March 22nd, Tuesday in Holy Week 7:00am Matins & Passion 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ – Haliburton Place 7:00pm Vespers & Communion Wednesday, March 23rd, Wednesday in Holy Week 7:00am Matins & Passion 6:30-8:00pm Brownies
- [Sermon for Palm Sunday](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/03/20/sermon-for-palm-sunday-8/) - “One thing is needful” And so it all begins. Holy Week begins with Palm Sunday. It begins with the cries of “Hosanna”. Where does it end? With the cries of “Crucify”? Yes and No. In a way, what we do today begins a pageant which only ends in Easter; ends and never ends with the
- [Sermon for Monday in Holy Week](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/03/21/sermon-for-monday-in-holy-week-6/) - “One thing is needful” Jesus’ word to Martha about Mary speaks to our reality throughout Holy Week and Easter. It is about attending to the one thing needful. What is that? It is about “sitting at the feet of Jesus and listening to his word”. In the context of Holy Week it means seeing and
- [Sermon for Tuesday in Holy Week](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/03/22/sermon-for-tuesday-in-holy-week-6/) - “One thing is needful” Jesus’s word in Bethany highlights the necessity of contemplation. Holy Week is about our contemplation of the Passion of Christ as revealed in all four Gospels. Tonight we complete our reading and contemplation of the Passion according to St. Mark. What is the one thing needful here? Certainly, there is the
- [Meditation on the Office Readings for Wednesday in Holy Week](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/03/23/meditation-on-the-office-readings-for-wednesday-in-holy-week/) - “One thing is needful” Wednesday in Holy Week marks the beginning of the reading of the Passion according to St. Luke. Once again, the story of Jesus’s encounter with Martha and Mary in Bethany, a story which Luke alone tells, contributes to our understanding of his account of the Passion. So too, do the readings
- [Sermon for Tenebrae, Wednesday in Holy Week](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/03/23/sermon-for-tenebrae-wednesday-in-holy-week-2/) - “One thing is needful” Only Luke tells us about the scene in Bethany with Jesus and Martha and Mary. It is a powerful New Testament image which becomes an integral part of the interplay between activity and contemplation in the Christian understanding. It looks back to Old Testament stories such as Leah and Rachel, the
- [Good Friday](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/03/25/good-friday-8/) - The collects for today, Good Friday, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): ALMIGHTY God, we beseech thee graciously to behold this thy family, for which our Lord Jesus Christ was contented to be betrayed, and given up into the hands of wicked men, and to suffer death upon the cross; who now liveth
- [Easter Even](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/03/26/easter-even-8/) - The collect for today, Easter Even, or Holy Saturday, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): GRANT, O Lord, that as we are baptized into the death of thy blessed Son our Saviour Jesus Christ, so by continual mortifying our corrupt affections we may be buried with him; and that, through the grave, and
- [Easter Day](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/03/27/easter-day-8/) - The collect for today, Easter-Day, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962) : ALMIGHTY God, who through thine only begotten Son Jesus Christ hast overcome death, and opened unto us the gate of everlasting life: We humbly beseech thee, that as by thy special grace thou dost put into our minds good desires, so
- [Tuesday in Easter Week](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/03/29/tuesday-in-easter-week-8/) - The collect for today, Tuesday in Easter Week, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): ALMIGHTY God, who through thine only begotten Son Jesus Christ hast overcome death, and opened unto us the gate of everlasting life: We humbly beseech thee, that as by thy special grace thou dost put into our minds good
- [Monday In Easter Week](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/03/28/monday-in-easter-week-8/) - The collect for today, Monday in Easter Week, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): ALMIGHTY God, who through thine only begotten Son Jesus Christ hast overcome death, and opened unto us the gate of everlasting life: We humbly beseech thee, that as by thy special grace thou dost put into our minds good
- [Week at a Glance, 28 March – 3 April](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/03/27/week-at-a-glance-28-march-3-april-2/) - Monday, March 28th, Easter Monday 10:00am Holy Communion 6:00-7:00pm Sparks – Parish Hall Tuesday, March 29th, Easter Tuesday 10:00am Holy Communion 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ – Haliburton Place Wednesday, March 30th, Easter Wednesday 6:30-8:00pm Brownies - Parish Hall Thursday, March 31st, Easter Thursday 6:30-7:30pm Girl Guides – Parish Hall Sunday, April 3rd, Octave Day of
- [Through the Eyes of John: Good Friday Meditations](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/03/25/through-the-eyes-of-john-good-friday-meditations/) - These meditations on the Seven Last Words of Christ from the Cross were read at this morning's Good Friday service. Through the eyes of John Good Friday Meditations Ecumenical Service at Christ Church, Windsor March 25th, 2016 Introduction: Fr. David Curry “They shall look upon him whom they have pierced” We immerse ourselves in the
- [Sermon for Good Friday, 7:00pm Solemn Liturgy](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/03/25/sermon-for-good-friday-700pm-solemn-liturgy-2/) - “One thing is needful” The first last work of Christ in the cross is “Father, forgive them for they know not what they do” as we had opportunity to consider earlier today. It is a powerful word about the nature of forgiveness. Forgiveness does not ignore sin and judgement. It just doesn’t stop there because
- [Sermon for Holy Saturday Morning](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/03/26/sermon-for-holy-saturday-morning/) - “One thing is needful” There is a certain quality of peace and quiet about Holy Saturday. All of the fuss and bother, all of the rage and spite, all of the agony and pain of the preceding days is past and gone. Christ is dead and buried. We meet at the tomb of Christ. Why?
- [Sermon for Holy Saturday, Easter Vigil](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/03/26/sermon-for-holy-saturday-easter-vigil-2/) - “One thing is needful” We do not just meet at the tomb of Christ on Holy Saturday to mourn and honour his death and the meaning of human redemption. We also meet expectantly, waiting upon God and his gracious acts. In a way, it is the radical meaning of our lives in faith. It is
- [Sermon for Maundy Thursday](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/03/24/sermon-for-maundy-thursday-8/) - “One thing is needful” Luke’s story about the encounter between Jesus and Mary and Martha in their house in Bethany seems to privilege contemplation and to discount active service. Maundy Thursday would seem to counter and contradict that story. For Maundy Thursday not only marks the beginning of the three great Holy Days of the
- [Sermon for Easter, 8:00am Holy Communion](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/03/27/sermon-for-easter-800am-holy-communion/) - “One thing is needful” Christ is risen. Alleluia, Alleluia! The one thing needful is the proclamation of the Resurrection. Mary Magdalene came to the tomb, “early when it was yet dark,” John tells us. She “seeth the stone taken away.” And so it begins. She runs to tell the others, apostle apostolorum, an apostle to
- [Sermon for Easter, 10:30am Holy Communion](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/03/27/sermon-for-easter-1030am-holy-communion/) - “One thing is needful” Christ is Risen, Alleluia, Alleluia! He is Risen, Indeed. Alleluia, Alleluia! Such is the ancient Easter greeting for this day and this season. It is a joyous proclamation. But what does it mean? It celebrates a whole new way of looking at life and reality, to be sure, and yet one
- [2016 Holy Week and Easter homilies](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/03/28/2016-holy-week-and-easter-homilies/) - Fr. David Curry has collected his eleven Holy Week and Easter homilies, based on the Scripture text “One thing is needful”, into a single pdf document. Click here to download “One thing is needful”. These homilies were originally delivered and posted earlier this week on Palm Sunday through Easter Day.
- [The Octave Day of Easter](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/04/03/the-octave-day-of-easter-8/) - The collect for today, The Octave Day of Easter, being The Sunday After Easter Day, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): Almighty Father, who hast given thine only Son to die for our sins, and to rise again for our justification; Grant us so to put away the leaven of malice and wickedness,
- [Ambrose, Doctor and Bishop](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/04/04/ambrose-doctor-and-bishop-2/) - The collect for today, the Feast Day of St. Ambrose (339-397), Bishop of Milan, Doctor of the Church, Poet (source): Lord God of hosts, who didst call Ambrose from the governor's throne to be a bishop in thy Church and a courageous champion of thy faithful people: mercifully grant that, as he fearlessly rebuked rulers,
- [Week at a Glance, 4 - 10 April](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/04/03/week-at-a-glance-4-10-april-2/) - Monday, April 4th 6:00-7:00pm Sparks – Parish Hall Tuesday, April 5th, Annunciation (transf.) 6:00pm 'Prayers & Praises' - Haliburton Place 7:00pm Holy Communion Wednesday, April 6th 6:30-8:00pm Brownies - Parish Hall Thursday, April 7th 3:15pm Service at Windsor Elms 6:30-7:30pm Girl Guides – Parish Hall Sunday, April 10th, The Second Sunday After Easter 8:00am Holy
- [Sermon for the Octave Day of Easter](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/04/03/sermon-for-the-octave-day-of-easter-7/) - “Jesus came and stood in the midst” “April is the cruellest month,” the poet, T.S. Eliot, notes in The Wasteland. He must have had a Maritime spring in mind, a kind of April’s Fools Day joke that never ends! And yet there is a counter to the misery and the cruelty of the Maritime spring
- [The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/04/05/the-annunciation-of-the-blessed-virgin-mary-8/) - The collect for today, The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canada, 1962): WE beseech thee, O Lord, pour thy grace into our hearts; that, as we have known the incarnation of thy Son Jesus Christ by the message of an angel, so by his cross and passion we
- [Sermon for the Annunciation](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/04/05/sermon-for-the-annunciation-2/) - “Be it unto me according to thy word” Mary’s word captures the truth of our humanity. It signals the virtue of humility, the virtue of an honest deference to what is absolutely prior, namely, the word of God. This is what defines Mary and, in turn, defines the Church. The Annunciation is ordinarily celebrated on
- [The Nineteenth Sunday After Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/10/11/the-nineteenth-sunday-after-trinity-8/) - The collect for today, the Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD, forasmuch as without thee we are not able to please thee; Mercifully grant, that thy Holy Spirit may in all things direct and rule our hearts; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle: Ephesians 4:17-32
- [Harvest Thanksgiving](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/10/12/harvest-thanksgiving-5/) - The collects for today, Harvest Thanksgiving Day, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who crownest the year with thy goodness, and hast given unto us the fruits of the earth in their season: Give us grateful hearts, that we may unfeignedly thank thee for all thy loving-kindness, and
- [Week at a Glance, 12 - 18 October](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/10/11/week-at-a-glance-12-18-october-2/) - Tuesday, October 13th 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ – Haliburton Place 7:30pm Parish Council Meeting Thursday, October 16th 3:15pm Service at Windsor Elms 6:30-7:30pm Girl Guides – Parish Hall Sunday, October 18th, St. Luke/Trinity XX 8:00am Holy Communion 10:30am Holy Communion 4:00pm Evening Prayer – Christ Church Upcoming Events: Sunday, October 18th 5:00pm St. Andrew’s, Hantsport
- [Sermon for Harvest Thanksgiving](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/10/11/sermon-for-harvest-thanksgiving-7/) - “For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven and giveth life unto the world” “The Lord God,” it is said, “walk[ed] in the garden in the cool of the day”. Jesus, we are told, walked through a corn field on the Sabbath. So here we are in the cool of a
- [Edward the Confessor](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/10/13/edward-the-confessor-2/) - The collect for today, the Feast of St. Edward the Confessor (c. 1003-1066), King of England (source): O Sovereign God, who didst set thy servant Edward upon the throne of an earthly kingdom and didst inspire him with zeal for the kingdom of heaven: grant that we may so confess the faith of Christ by
- [Hugh Latimer and Nicholas Ridley, Bishops and Martyrs](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/10/16/hugh-latimer-and-nicholas-ridley-bishops-and-martyrs-4/) - The collect for today, the commemoration of Hugh Latimer (1485-1555), Bishop of Worcester, and Nicholas Ridley (c. 1500-1555), Bishop of London, Reformation Martyrs (source): Keep us, O Lord, constant in faith and zealous in witness, that, like thy servants Hugh Latimer and Nicholas Ridley, we may live in thy fear, die in thy favor, and
- [Etheldreda, Queen and Abbess](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/10/17/etheldreda-queen-and-abbess-4/) - The collect for today, the Feast of St. Etheldreda (d. 679), Queen, Foundress and Abbess of Ely (source): O eternal God, who didst bestow such grace on thy servant Etheldreda that she gave herself wholly to the life of prayer and to the service of thy true religion: grant that we may in like manner
- [The Twentieth Sunday After Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/10/18/the-twentieth-sunday-after-trinity-7/) - The collect for today, the Twentieth Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O ALMIGHTY and most merciful God, of thy bountiful goodness keep us, we beseech thee, from all things that may hurt us; that we, being ready both in body and soul, may cheerfully accomplish those things that thou
- [St. Luke the Evangelist](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/10/18/st-luke-the-evangelist-4/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Luke the Evangelist, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): ALMIGHTY God, who calledst Luke the Physician, whose praise is in the Gospel, to be an Evangelist, and Physician of the soul: May it please thee that, by the wholesome medicines of the doctrine delivered by
- [Week at a Glance, 19 - 25 October](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/10/18/week-at-a-glance-19-25-october-2/) - Monday, October 19th 6:00-7:00pm Brownies/Sparks – Parish Hall Tuesday, October 20th 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ –Haliburton Place 6:30-7:30pm Brownies – Parish Hall 7:00pm Christ Church Book Club – Parish Hall Nicholas Carr’s The Glass Cage: Automation and Us (2014) and Michael Lewis’ Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt (2014) Thursday, October 22nd 6:30-7:30pm Girl Guides
- [The Twenty-First Sunday After Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/10/25/the-twenty-first-sunday-after-trinity-7/) - The collect for today, the Twenty-First Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): GRANT, we beseech thee, merciful Lord, to thy faithful people pardon and peace; that they may be cleansed from all their sins, and serve thee with a quiet mind; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle: Ephesians
- [Sermon for the Feast of St. Luke](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/10/18/sermon-for-the-feast-of-st-luke/) - “Only Luke is with me.” I have always loved this simple yet poignant remark of Paul. There is a compelling kind of elegance and simplicity to it. It captures something of the nature of the loneliness of the ministry in its deep truth and meaning. Even more, it captures something of the spiritual significance of
- [Week at a Glance, 26 October – 1 November](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/10/25/week-at-a-glance-26-october-1-november-2/) - Monday, October 26th 6:00-7:00pm Brownies/Sparks – Parish Hall Tuesday, October 27th, Eve of SS. Simon & Jude 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ – Haliburton Place 6:30-7:30pm Brownies – Parish Hall 7:00pm Holy Communion Thursday, October 29th 3:15pm Service at Windsor Elms 6:30-7:30pm Girl Guides – Parish Hall Sunday, November 1st, All Saints’ Day 8:00am Holy Communion
- [Cedd, Missionary and Bishop](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/10/26/cedd-missionary-and-bishop/) - The collect for a Bishop or Archbishop, on the Feast of St. Cedd (c. 620-664), Abbot of Lastingham, Bishop of the East Saxons, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD, our heavenly Father, who didst raise up thy faithful servant Cedd to be a Bishop in thy Church and to feed thy
- [Alfred, King](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/10/26/alfred-king/) - The collect for today, the Feast of St. Alfred the Great (849-899), King of the West Saxons, Scholar (source): O God our maker and redeemer, we beseech thee of thy great mercy and by the power of thy holy cross to guide us by thy will and to shield us from our foes, that, following
- [Sermon for the Twenty-First Sunday after Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/10/25/sermon-for-the-twenty-first-sunday-after-trinity-2/) - “Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe” In one way, it is a curious criticism. After all, the concept of Revelation begins with signs and wonders. God reveals himself to Moses in the Burning Bush, a sign and a wonder, to be sure, and one that catches our attention, a bush burns
- [Sermon for the Twenty-First Sunday after Trinity, 2:00pm service of Atlantic Ministry of the Deaf](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/10/25/sermon-for-the-twenty-first-sunday-after-trinity-200pm-service-of-atlantic-ministry-of-the-deaf/) - “To know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge…” The raising of the only son of the widow of Nain reveals the love of Christ “which,” as Paul tells us, “passeth knowledge,” which goes beyond what we can know and do simply on our own. Without the love of God, we are utterly incomplete, bereft
- [Week at a Glance, 9 - 15 November](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/11/08/week-at-a-glance-9-15-november-2/) - Monday, November 9th 6:00-7:00pm Brownies/Sparks – Parish Hall Tuesday, November 10th 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ – Haliburton Place 7:30pm Parish Council Meeting Wednesday, November 11th, Remembrance Day 11:00am Windsor Cenotaph, followed by Service at KES Cenotaph Thursday, November 12th 3:15pm Service at Windsor Elms 6:30-7:30pm Girl Guides – Parish Hall Sunday, November 15th, Trinity XXIV
- [James Hannington, Bishop, Missionary and Martyr](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/10/29/james-hannington-bishop-missionary-and-martyr-4/) - The collect for today, the commemoration of James Hannington (1847-85), first Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa, Missionary to Uganda, Martyr (source): Precious in your sight, O Lord, is the death of your martyrs James Hannington and his companions, who purchased with their blood a road into Uganda for the proclamation of the gospel; and we
- [St. Simon and St. Jude the Apostles](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/10/28/st-simon-and-st-jude-the-apostles-4/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Simon the Zealot and Saint Jude, Apostles, with Saint Jude the Brother of the Lord, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O ALMIGHTY God, who hast built thy Church upon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the head corner-stone: Grant
- [All Saints’ Day](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/11/01/all-saints-day-7/) - The collect for today, All Saints’ Day, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O ALMIGHTY God, who hast knit together thine elect in one communion and fellowship, in the mystical body of thy Son Christ our Lord: Grant us grace so to follow thy blessed Saints in all virtuous and godly living, that
- [All Souls’ Day](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/11/02/all-souls-day-7/) - The collect for today, The Commemoration of the Faithful Departed, commonly called All Souls’ Day (source): Everlasting God, our maker and redeemer, grant us, with all the faithful departed, the sure benefits of thy Son's saving passion and glorious resurrection, that, in the last day, when thou dost gather up all things in Christ, we
- [Richard Hooker](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/11/02/richard-hooker-5/) - The collect for today, the commemoration of Richard Hooker (1554-1600), Priest, Anglican Apologist, Teacher of the Faith (source): O God of peace, the bond of all love, who in thy Son Jesus Christ hast made for all people thine inseparable dwelling place: give us grace that, after the example of thy servant Richard Hooker, we
- [Meditation for the Feast of St. Simon and St. Jude](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/10/27/meditation-for-the-feast-of-st-simon-and-st-jude/) - “For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me” The feast of St. Simon and St. Jude completes the parade of Apostolic Saints. With this feast, the holy band of twelve is gathered together in the unity of Jerusalem and in that gathering
- [Concert: For All the Saints 2015](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/10/28/concert-for-all-the-saints-2015/) - Saturday, November 7th at 7:30 p.m. at the Cathedral Church of All Saints, Halifax: The University of King's College Chapel Choir and director Paul Halley present FOR ALL THE SAINTS, their seventh annual concert celebrating All Saints and All Souls. The featured piece this year is the Mass for Double Choir by 20th-century Swiss composer
- [Week at a Glance, 2 - 8 November](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/11/01/week-at-a-glance-2-8-november-2/) - Monday, November 2nd, All Souls' Day 6:00-7:00pm Brownies/Sparks – Parish Hall 7:00pm Holy Communion Tuesday, November 3rd 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ – Haliburton Place Thursday, November 5th 6:30-7:30pm Girl Guides – Parish Hall Sunday, November 8th, Octave of All Saints’ / Trinity XXIII 8:00am Holy Communion 10:30am Holy Communion 4:00pm Evening Prayer – Christ Church
- [Sermon for the Feast of All Saints](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/11/01/sermon-for-the-feast-of-all-saints-2/) - “And he opened his mouth and taught them” It is, to be sure, “that time of year… when yellow leaves or none or few/ do hang upon those boughs which shake against the cold/ bare ruined choirs where late the sweet birds sang.” And yet in the season of scattered leaves and in the culture
- [Sermon for the Feast of All Saints, Choral Evensong](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/11/01/sermon-for-the-feast-of-all-saints-choral-evensong/) - “And he opened his mouth and taught them” It is, to be sure, “that time of year… when yellow leaves or none or few/ do hang upon those boughs which shake against the cold/ bare ruined choirs where late the sweet birds sang,” as Shakespeare puts it. And yet in the season of scattered leaves
- [Willibrord, Missionary and Bishop](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/11/07/willibrord-missionary-and-bishop-4/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Willibrord (658-739), Archbishop of Utrecht, Apostle to the Frisians, Patron Saint of the Netherlands (source): O Lord our God, who dost call whom thou willest and send them whither thou choosest: We thank thee for sending thy servant Willibrord to be an apostle to the Low Countries,
- [Meditation for All Souls' Day](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/11/02/meditation-for-all-souls-day-2/) - “It was winter; and Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon’s porch” It is a provocative and compelling image and the setting for the continuation of the radical meaning of Christ the Good Shepherd. In other words, it belongs to the theme of gathering, to Christ’s gathering of our humanity to himself in truth and
- [The Twenty-Third Sunday After Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/11/08/the-twenty-third-sunday-after-trinity-5/) - The collect for today, the Twenty-Third Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD, our refuge and strength, who art the author of all godliness: Be ready, we beseech thee, to hear the devout prayers of thy Church; and grant that those things which we ask faithfully we may obtain
- [Sermon for the Twenty-Third Sunday after Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/11/08/sermon-for-the-twenty-third-sunday-after-trinity-4/) - “Whose is this image and superscription?” What’s it all about? Can it be that we are defined, controlled and governed by money? Does everything comes down to money? “Money makes the world go round, of that we all are sure,” sings the chorus in Cabaret? Is the “cabaret of life, old chum,” simply the cash
- [Sermon for the Octave Day of All Saints'](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/11/08/sermon-for-the-octave-day-of-all-saints/) - “They desire a better country, that is, an heavenly one… for [God] hath prepared for them a city” Fall, the season of harvest, the time of gathering, is also the time of barrenness, of the stark and grey emptiness of nature’s year. After the fruits of creation have been gathered in, the fields and gardens
- [Remembrance Day](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/11/11/remembrance-day-2/) - A prayer of The Very Rev Eric Milner-White (1884-1963), Dean of York: O Lord our God, whose name only is excellent and thy praise above heaven and earth: We give thee high praise and hearty thanks for all those who counted not their lives dear unto themselves but laid them down for their friends; beseeching
- [Charles Simeon, Pastor](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/11/13/charles-simeon-pastor-4/) - The collect for today, the commemoration of Charles Simeon (1759-1836), Priest, Evangelical Divine (source): O eternal God, who didst raise up Charles Simeon to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and inspire thy people in service and mission: grant that we, with all thy Church, may worship the Saviour, turn away in true repentance from
- [Martin of Tours](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/11/11/martin-of-tours-4/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Martin (c 316-397), Monk, Bishop of Tours (source): Almighty God, who didst call Martin from the armies of this world to be a faithful soldier of Christ: give us grace to follow him in his love and compassion for those in need, and empower thy Church to
- [The Twenty-Fourth Sunday After Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/11/15/the-twenty-fourth-sunday-after-trinity-4/) - The collect for today, the Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O LORD, we beseech thee, absolve thy people from their offences; that through thy bountiful goodness we may all be delivered from the bands of those sins, which by our frailty we have committed. Grant this, O heavenly
- [Hugh, Bishop](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/11/16/hugh-bishop-4/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Hugh (1135-1200), Bishop of Lincoln (source): O God, who didst endow thy servant Hugh with a wise and cheerful boldness and didst teach him to commend to earthly rulers the discipline of a holy life: give us grace like him to be bold in the service of
- [Margaret, Queen](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/11/16/margaret-queen-4/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Margaret (1046-1093), Queen of Scotland, Philanthropist, Reformer of the Church (source): O God, the ruler of all, who didst call thy servant Margaret to an earthly throne and gavest to her both zeal for thy Church and love for thy people, that she might advance thy heavenly
- [Hilda, Abbess](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/11/17/hilda-abbess-4/) - The collect for today, the Feast of St. Hilda (614-680), Abbess of Whitby (source): O eternal God, who madest the abbess Hilda to shine as a jewel in England and through her holiness and leadership didst bless thy Church with newness of life and unity: so assist us by thy grace that we, like her,
- [Week at a Glance, 16 - 22 November](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/11/15/week-at-a-glance-16-22-november-2/) - Monday, November 16th 6:00-7:00pm Brownies/Sparks – Parish Hall Tuesday, November 17th 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ – Haliburton Place 7:00pm Christ Church Book Club – Coronation Room Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s Heretic: Why Islam Needs A Reformation Now (2015) and Paul Cobb’s The Race for Paradise: An Islamic History of the Crusades (2014). Thursday, November 18th 6:30-7:30pm
- [Edmund, King and Martyr](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/11/20/edmund-king-and-martyr-4/) - The collect for today, the Feast of St. Edmund (841-869), King of the East Angles, Martyr (source): O eternal God, whose servant Edmund kept faith to the end, both with thee and with his people, and glorified thee by his death: grant us the same steadfast faith, that, together with the noble army of martyrs,
- [Sermon for the Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/11/15/sermon-for-the-twenty-fourth-sunday-after-trinity-2/) - “For the maid is not dead, but sleepeth.” There is no greater contrast than between the atrocities committed by radical Islamic terrorists, it seems, in Paris this weekend and the readings before us this morning; a contrast between death and destruction, on the one hand, and healing and wholeness, on the other hand. Troubling times
- [Week at a Glance, 23 - 29 November](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/11/22/week-at-a-glance-23-29-november-2/) - Monday, November 23rd 6:00-7:00pm Brownies/Sparks – Parish Hall Tuesday, November 24th 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ – Haliburton Place Thursday, November 26th 3:15pm Service at Windsor Elms 6:30-7:30pm Girl Guides – Parish Hall Friday, November 27th 11:00am Holy Communion – Dykeland Lodge 3:30pm Holy Communion – Gladys Manning Home Sunday, November 29th, First Sunday in Advent
- [The Sunday Next Before Advent](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/11/22/the-sunday-next-before-advent-7/) - The collect for today, the Sunday Next before Advent, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): STIR up, we beseech thee, O Lord, the wills of thy faithful people; that they, plenteously bringing forth the fruit of good works, may of thee be plenteously rewarded; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Lesson: Jeremiah
- [Clement, Bishop of Rome](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/11/23/clement-bishop-of-rome-4/) - The collect for today, the Feast of St. Clement (c. 30-c. 100), Bishop of Rome, Martyr (source): Eternal Father, creator of all, whose martyr Clement bore witness with his blood to the love that he proclaimed and the gospel that he preached: give us thankful hearts as we celebrate thy faithfulness, revealed to us in
- [Catherine, Virgin and Martyr](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/11/25/catherine-virgin-and-martyr-4/) - The collect for a virgin or matron, on the Feast of St. Catherine of Alexandria (4th century?), Virgin and Martyr, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD Most High, the creator of all mankind, we bless thy holy Name for the virtue and grace which thou hast given unto holy women in
- [Sermon for the Sunday Next Before Advent](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/11/22/sermon-for-the-sunday-next-before-advent-5/) - “Come and See” Times of transition signal the occasions for renewal, for a beginning again. Nowhere do we see those occasions for renewed beginnings more profoundly than on this Sunday which is wonderfully named, The Sunday Next Before Advent – proxima ante. What a wonderful pile of prepositions! They serve to mark a turning point.
- [Sermon for the Sunday Next Before Advent, 2:00pm service for Atlantic Ministry of the Deaf](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/11/22/sermon-for-the-sunday-next-before-advent-200pm-service-for-atlantic-ministry-of-the-deaf/) - “Thy word is a lantern unto my feet, / and a light unto my path” What is the Bible? It is a book, to be sure, even The Book, though it was not always a book exactly. Formerly, there were scrolls of parchment as the Bible itself shows us. Jesus, for example, takes up the
- [The First Sunday in Advent](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/11/29/the-first-sunday-in-advent-7/) - The collect for today, the First Sunday in Advent, being the Fourth Sunday before Christmas Day, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): ALMIGHTY God, give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness, and put upon us the armour of light, now in the time of this mortal life, in
- [An Advent Meditation](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/11/28/an-advent-meditation/) - “The end of the matter; all has been heard” “The end of the matter” is this, it seems, “all has been heard.” There is, after all, “nothing new under the sun.” Everything comes to nothing. “Vanity of vanities, all is vanity,” says the Preacher. “What profit hath a man of all his labour which he
- [Week at a Glance, 30 November – 6 December](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/11/29/week-at-a-glance-30-november-6-december-2/) - Monday, November 30th, St. Andrew 6:00-7:00pm Brownies/Sparks – Parish Hall 7:00pm Holy Communion Tuesday, December 1st 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ – Haliburton Place 7:00pm Holy Communion & Advent Programme I Thursday, December 3rd 6:30-7:30pm Girl Guides – Parish Hall Sunday, December 6th, Second Sunday in Advent 8:00am Holy Communion (followed by Men’s Club Breakfast) 10:30am
- [Saint Andrew the Apostle](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/11/30/saint-andrew-the-apostle-5/) - The collect for today, the Feast of St. Andrew, Apostle and Martyr, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): ALMIGHTY God, who didst give such grace unto thy holy Apostle Saint Andrew, that he readily obeyed the calling of thy Son Jesus Christ, and followed him without delay: Grant unto us all, that we,
- [Clement of Alexandria, Doctor](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/12/04/clement-of-alexandria-doctor-3/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Clement of Alexandria (c. 155-c. 215), Priest, Apologist, Doctor (source): O God of unsearchable mystery, who didst lead Clement of Alexandria to find in ancient philosophy a path to knowledge of thy Word: Grant that thy Church may recognize true wisdom, wherever it is found, knowing that wisdom cometh
- [The Second Sunday in Advent](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/12/06/the-second-sunday-in-advent-7/) - The collect for today, the Second Sunday in Advent, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): BLESSED Lord, who hast caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning: Grant that we may in such wise hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that by patience and comfort of thy holy
- [The Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/12/08/the-conception-of-the-blessed-virgin-mary-3/) - The collect for today, the Feast of the Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (source): Almighty and everlasting God, who stooped to raise fallen humanity through the child-bearing of blessed Mary: grant that we, who have seen thy glory revealed in our human nature and thy love made perfect in our weakness, may daily be
- [Sermon for the First Sunday in Advent](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/11/29/sermon-for-the-first-sunday-in-advent-6/) - “All the city was moved saying, Who is this?” It is the great question of the Advent season, itself the great season of questions. It complements another great question, itself a biblical question, too, “what is man that thou art mindful of him, and the Son of Man that thou visitest him?” These questions recall
- [Sermon for the First Sunday in Advent, 2:00pm Christmas Service for Atlantic Ministry of the Deaf](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/11/29/sermon-for-the-first-sunday-in-advent-200pm-christmas-service-for-atlantic-ministry-of-the-deaf/) - “We beheld his glory, the glory as of the only-begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.” We beheld. Yet we can only behold what we are given to see. What we are given to see is something made. It is not the Word, but “the Word made flesh”. The shepherds say “Let us
- [Meditation for the Feast of St. Andrew](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/11/30/meditation-for-the-feast-of-st-andrew/) - “Their sound went out into all the earth,/and their words unto the end of the world.” Andrew is the Advent saint. His feast day either immediately anticipates Advent or it falls within the first week of Advent, indeed immediately after the First Sunday in Advent. In either case,this feast inaugurates the cycle of the Church’s
- [Advent Meditation on Psalm 80](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/12/01/advent-meditation-on-psalm-80/) - “Turn us again, O God; / show the light of thy countenance, and we shall be whole” The Psalms are the most familiar and the most used parts of the Hebrew Scriptures in the Christian liturgy and yet they are easily and often taken for granted. What are the Psalms? The Psalms are prayers and
- [Week at a Glance, 7 - 13 December](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/12/06/week-at-a-glance-7-13-december-2/) - Monday, December 7th 6:00-7:00pm Brownies/Sparks – Parish Hall Tuesday, December 8th 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ – Haliburton Place 7:30pm Parish Council Meeting Thursday, December 10th 3:15pm Service at Windsor Elms 6:30-7:30pm Girl Guides – Parish Hall Sunday, December 13th, Third Sunday in Advent 8:00am Holy Communion 10:30am Holy Communion 4:00pm Evening Prayer – Christ Church
- [Sermon for the Second Sunday in Advent](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/12/06/sermon-for-the-second-sunday-in-advent-7/) - “Whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning” ‘Why we need hell?’ might be an apt title for this sermon. The answer is not to have a place to put our enemies and those who trouble us nor to make us appreciate heaven as the desperate alternative to the usual parade of human
- [The Third Sunday in Advent](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/12/13/the-third-sunday-in-advent-7/) - The collect for today, the Third Sunday in Advent, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O LORD Jesu Christ, who at thy first coming didst send thy messenger to prepare thy way before thee: Grant that the ministers and stewards of thy mysteries may likewise so prepare and make ready thy way, by
- [Week at a Glance, 14 - 20 December](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/12/13/week-at-a-glance-14-20-december-2/) - Monday, December 14th 6:00-7:00pm Brownies/Sparks – Parish Hall Tuesday, December 15th 6:30-7:30pm Brownies – Parish Hall 7:00pm Holy Communion & Advent Programme II Thursday, December 17th 6:30-7:30pm Girl Guides – Parish Hall Friday, December 18th 9:00am Men’s Club – Decorating the Church 11:00am Holy Communion – Dykeland Lodge 3:30pm Holy Communion – Gladys Manning Home
- [Sermon for the Third Sunday in Advent](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/12/13/sermon-for-the-third-sunday-in-advent-4/) - “What went ye out for to see?” Jesus asks with threefold intensity, “what went ye out for to see?” He is speaking about John the Baptist, one of the outstanding figures of the landscape of Advent. About him Jesus says he is “more than a prophet.” He is the one sent “to prepare the way
- [Christmas at Christ Church, 2015](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/12/18/christmas-at-christ-church-2015/) - May the humility of the Shepherds, the perseverance of the Wise Men, the Joy of the Angels, and the Peace of the Christ Child be God’s gifts to you this Christmas time, and always. Amen. Thursday, December 24th, Christmas Eve 7:00pm Children’s Crêche Service 9:30pm Christmas Eve Communion Service Friday, December 25th, Christmas Day 10:00am
- [Ignatius, Bishop & Martyr](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/12/17/ignatius-bishop-martyr-3/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Ignatius (d. c. 107), Bishop of Antioch, Martyr (source): Feed us, O Lord, with the living bread and make us drink deep of the cup of salvation that, following the teaching of thy bishop Ignatius, and rejoicing in the faith with which he embraced the death of
- [Advent Meditation on Psalm 85](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/12/15/advent-meditation-on-psalm-85/) - “Turn us, O God our Saviour,/ and let thine anger cease from us” The Psalms of David are the prayer Book and hymnal of both Jews and Christians alike. Classified in the Jewish understanding as one of the Writings, as distinct from the Law and the Prophets, the Psalms embrace a wide range of poetic
- [“Turn us, O God”: Advent Meditations on Psalms 80 and 85](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/12/16/turn-us-o-god-advent-meditations-on-psalms-80-and-85/) - Fr. David Curry has compiled his two Advent Meditations in one pdf document, which may be downloaded by clicking here.
- [The Fourth Sunday in Advent](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/12/20/the-fourth-sunday-in-advent-7/) - The collect for today, the Fourth Sunday in Advent, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): RAISE up, we beseech thee, O Lord, thy power, and come among us, and with great might succour us; that whereas, through our sins and wickedness, we are sore let and hindered in running the race that is
- [Saint Stephen the Martyr](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/12/26/saint-stephen-the-martyr-7/) - The collect for today, the Feast of St. Stephen, Deacon and Martyr, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): GRANT, O Lord, that in all our sufferings here upon earth, for the testimony of thy truth, we may stedfastly look up to heaven, and by faith behold the glory that shall be revealed; and,
- [Saint Thomas the Apostle](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/12/21/saint-thomas-the-apostle-6/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Thomas the Apostle, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): ALMIGHTY and everliving God, who for the more confirmation of the faith didst suffer thy holy Apostle Thomas to be doubtful in thy Son's resurrection: Grant us so perfectly, and without all doubt, to believe in
- [Week at a Glance, 14 - 20 December](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/12/20/week-at-a-glance-14-20-december-3/) - Monday, December 20th, St, Thomas 7:00pm Holy Communion Tuesday, December 21st 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ – Haliburton Place Thursday, December 24th, Christmas Eve 7:00pm Children’s Crêche Service 9:30pm Christmas Communion Service Friday, December 25th, Christmas Day 10:00am Christmas Communion Service Saturday, December 26th, St. Stephen 10:00am Holy Communion Sunday, December 27th, St. John the Evangelist
- [Christmas Eve](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/12/24/christmas-eve-7/) - The collect for today, Christmas Eve (source): Almighty God, who makest us glad with the yearly remembrance of the birth of thy only Son Jesus Christ: grant that, as we joyfully receive him as our redeemer, so we may with sure confidence behold him when he shall come to be our judge; who liveth and
- [The Nativity of Our Lord](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/12/25/the-nativity-of-our-lord-7/) - The collect for today, the Nativity of our Lord, or the Birth-day of Christ, commonly called Christmas Day, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): ALMIGHTY God, who hast given us thy only begotten Son to take our nature upon him, and as at this time to be born of a pure Virgin: Grant
- [Sermon for the Fourth Sunday in Advent](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/12/20/sermon-for-the-fourth-sunday-in-advent-6/) - “The Lord is at hand. In nothing be anxious” Ready yet? Or are you still running madly about in circles in the mindless busyness that so often and so easily overtakes us? Perhaps we need this Sunday in Advent just like we need Advent more than we realise in order for Christmas to have any
- [Meditation for the Feast of St. Thomas](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/12/21/meditation-for-the-feast-of-st-thomas/) - “My Lord, and my God” Words of faith arise from doubt and uncertainty. The Feast of St. Thomas occurs on the shortest day and the longest night of the year in the week of the winter solstice that brings us to the Christmas festival of light and love. Somehow his feast helps us to think
- [The Sunday After Christmas Day](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/12/27/the-sunday-after-christmas-day-6/) - The collect for today, the Sunday after Christmas Day, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): ALMIGHTY God, who hast given us thy only begotten Son to take our nature upon him, and as at this time to be born of a pure Virgin: Grant that we being regenerate, and made thy children by
- [Saint John the Evangelist](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/12/27/saint-john-the-evangelist-7/) - The collect for today, the Feast of St. John the Evangelist, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): MERCIFUL Lord, we beseech thee to cast thy bright beams of light upon thy Church, that it being enlightened by the doctrine of thy blessed Apostle and Evangelist Saint John may so walk in the light
- [Sermon for Christmas Eve](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/12/24/sermon-for-christmas-eve-7/) - “When all things were in quiet silence and the night was in the midst of her swift course, then thy Almighty Word leaped down from heaven, from thy royal throne” What does Christmas mean in a post-Christian and post-secular culture? Perhaps a time to reclaim something of its essential meaning. There are, to be sure,
- [Sermon for Christmas Morn](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/12/25/sermon-for-christmas-morn-4/) - “And this shall be a sign unto you” In the quiet calm of Christmas morning we celebrate Christ’s holy birth. There is a certain meditative quality to our gathering, it seems to me, after all the fuss and bother, the excitement and the expectancy of Christmas Eve. There is a certain uncertainty to our world
- [Sermon for the Feast of St. Stephen](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/12/26/sermon-for-the-feast-of-st-stephen-5/) - “Lord, lay not this sin to their charge” The Feast of Stephen comes right after the great festival of Christ’s holy birth. It illustrates something of the deeper meaning of the mystery of Christmas. St. Stephen is the proto-martyr, the first Christian martyr, to be sure, but the word ‘proto’ here signifies something more. He
- [Week at a Glance, 28 December – 3 January](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/12/27/week-at-a-glance-28-december-3-january-2/) - Friday, January 1st 2016, Octave Day of Christmas/Circumcision of Christ/New Year’s Day 10:00am Holy Communion Sunday, January 3rd, Second Sunday after Christmas 8:00am Holy Communion 10:30am Holy Communion
- [The Innocents](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/12/28/the-innocents-7/) - The collect for today, The Feast of the Holy Innocents, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O ALMIGHTY God, who out of the mouths of babes and sucklings hast ordained strength, and madest infants to glorify thee by their deaths: Mortify and kill all vices in us, and so strengthen us by thy
- [Thomas Becket, Archbishop](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/12/29/thomas-becket-archbishop-4/) - The collect for today, the Feast of St. Thomas Becket (1117-1170), Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr (source): O Lord God, who gavest to thy servant Thomas Becket grace to put aside all earthly fear and be faithful even unto death: grant that we, caring not for worldly esteem, may fight against evil, uphold thy rule, and
- [John Wycliffe, Scholar and Translator](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/12/30/john-wycliffe-scholar-and-translator-4/) - The collect for today, the commemoration of John Wycliffe, (c 1320-84), Scholar, Translator of the Scriptures into English (source): O Lord, thou God of truth, whose Word is a lantern to our feet and a light upon our path: We give thee thanks for thy servant John Wyclif, and those who, following in his steps,
- [John West, Missionary](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/12/31/john-west-missionary-5/) - The collect for a missionary, in commemoration of The Rev’d John West (1778-1845), Priest, first Protestant missionary to the Red River Valley, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD, our heavenly Father, who by thy Son Jesus Christ didst call thy blessed Apostles and send them forth to preach thy Gospel of
- [The Octave Day of Christmas and the Circumcision of Christ](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/01/01/the-octave-day-of-christmas-and-the-circumcision-of-christ-7/) - The collects for today, The Octave Day of Christmas and the Circumcision of Christ, being New Year’s Day, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): ALMIGHTY God, who hast given us thy only begotten Son to take our nature upon him, and as at this time to be born of a pure Virgin: Grant
- [The Second Sunday After Christmas](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/01/03/the-second-sunday-after-christmas-5/) - The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962) does not provide a collect for the Second Sunday after Christmas, but specifies that the service for the Octave Day of Christmas “shall be used until the Epiphany." ALMIGHTY God, who hast given us thy only begotten Son to take our nature upon him, and as at this
- [The Epiphany of Our Lord](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/01/06/the-epiphany-of-our-lord-2/) - The collect for today, The Epiphany of Our Lord, or The Manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD, who by the leading of a star didst manifest thy only-begotten Son to the Gentiles: Mercifully grant, that we, who know thee now by faith, may be led
- [Sermon for the Feast of St. John the Evangelist](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/12/27/sermon-for-the-feast-of-st-john-the-evangelist-5/) - “Even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written” Books and books, a world of books and a world of words but even and always more than the world. Christmas celebrates something more than ideas and words wafting about on the wind or drifting in and out of our minds. Christmas
- [Sermon for the Feast of the Holy Innocents](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/12/28/sermon-for-the-feast-of-the-holy-innocents-5/) - “These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth” The Feast of the Holy Innocents is perhaps the most challenging of the three Christmas holy days. It challenges the sentimental aspects of Christmas and opens us out to its deeper meaning. Like The Feast of Stephen, nothing of our world of cruelty and suffering
- [Sermon for the Octave Day of Christmas](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/01/01/sermon-for-the-octave-day-of-christmas-7/) - “His name was called Jesus” What’s in a name? Mere words signifying whatever we choose? Or something more signifying the truth and the reality of what is signified? How do we name things? Are the terms of our naming merely conventions which could be otherwise? Are there not many different names for the same things
- [Week at a Glance, 4 – 10 January](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/01/03/week-at-a-glance-4-10-january-2/) - Monday, January 4th 6:00-7:00pm Brownies/Sparks – Parish Hall Tuesday, January 5th, Eve of the Epiphany 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ – Haliburton Place 7:00pm Holy Communion Thursday, January 7th 3:15pm Service at Windsor Elms 6:30-7:30pm Girl Guides – Parish Hall Sunday, January 13th, First Sunday after the Epiphany 8:00am Holy Communion 10:30am Holy Communion Upcoming Events:
- [Sermon for the Second Sunday after Christmas](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/01/03/sermon-for-the-second-sunday-after-christmas-5/) - “But while he thought on these things, behold” Christmas really is all about what we are given to behold. To be sure, there is rather a lot to behold in the richness of Christmas, itself a twelve day wonder that not even twelve days can exhaust. After St, Luke’s story of the nativity and St.
- [Sermon for the Epiphany](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/01/06/sermon-for-the-epiphany-2/) - “They departed into their own country another way” Epiphany marks the completion of the mystery of Christmas with the coming of the Magi-Kings to Bethlehem. They are the proverbial Johnny-come-latelies as well as the come-from-aways. They add a certain exotic quality to the humble scene at Bethlehem. Suddenly we realise that Christmas is omni populo,
- [The Baptism of Our Lord](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/01/07/the-baptism-of-our-lord-7/) - The collect for today, the Feast of the Baptism of Our Lord, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O HEAVENLY Father, whose blessed Son Jesus Christ did take our nature upon him, and was baptized for our sakes in the river Jordan: Mercifully grant that we being regenerate, and made thy children by
- [The First Sunday After The Epiphany](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/01/10/the-first-sunday-after-the-epiphany-7/) - The collect for today, the First Sunday after the Epiphany, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O LORD, we beseech thee mercifully to receive the prayers of thy people which call upon thee; and grant that they may both perceive and know what things they ought to do, and also may have grace
- [Week at a Glance, 11  - 17 January](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/01/10/week-at-a-glance-11-17-january-2/) - Monday, January 11th 4:45-5:15pm Confirmation Class - Rm. 206, KES 6:00-7:00pm Brownies/Sparks – Parish Hall Tuesday, January 12th 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ – Haliburton Place 6:30-7:30pm Brownies/Guides - Parish Hall 7:30pm Parish Council Meeting Thursday, January 14th 2:00pm Ministerial Service at Windsor Elms 6:30-7:30pm Girl Guides – Parish Hall Sunday, January 17th, Second Sunday after
- [Sermon for the First Sunday after the Epiphany](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/01/10/sermon-for-the-first-sunday-after-the-epiphany-7/) - “They found him in the temple” Where do we find God? In the places where he is named and praised, honoured and worshipped. “This is none other but the house of God … the gate of heaven” is written on the walls of this Church. “Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of
- [Justin Martyr](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/06/01/justin-martyr-3/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Justin (c. 100 – 165), Philosopher, Apologist, Martyr at Rome (source): O God our redeemer, who through the folly of the cross didst teach thy martyr Justin the surpassing knowledge of Jesus Christ: free us, we beseech thee, from every kind of error, that we, like him, may
- [Boniface, Missionary, Bishop and Martyr](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/06/05/boniface-missionary-bishop-and-martyr-4/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Boniface (Wynfrith) of Crediton (c. 675 - 754), Bishop, Apostle to the Germans, Patron Saint of Germany, Martyr (source): O God our redeemer, who didst call thy servant Boniface to preach the gospel among the German people and to build up thy Church in holiness: grant that we
- [Sermon for Trinity Sunday](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/05/31/sermon-for-trinity-sunday-6/) - “He therefore that would be saved, let him thus think of the Trinity” My text comes not directly from the Scriptures but from the Scriptures credally understood, from the Athanasian Creed, to be more precise, itself one of the three catholic creeds of the universal Church. It is rarely used and yet it speaks most
- [Columba, Abbot of Iona](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/06/09/columba-abbot-of-iona-3/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Columba (c. 521-597) Abbot of Iona, Missionary (source): Almighty God, who didst fill the heart of Columba with the joy of the Holy Spirit, and with deep love for those in his care: grant to thy pilgrim people grace to follow him, strong in faith, sustained by
- [Week at a Glance, 8 - 14 June](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/06/07/week-at-a-glance-8-14-june/) - Monday, June 8th 6:00-7:00pm Brownies/Sparks - Parish Hall Tuesday, June 9th 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ – Haliburton Place Thursday, June 11th, St. Barnabas 6:30-7:30pm Girl Guides – Parish Hall 7:00pm Holy Communion Saturday, June 13th 9:00am Encaenia Service - KES Chapel 10:15am Graduation & Prize Day Ceremonies - KES Sunday, June 14th, The Second Sunday
- [The First Sunday After Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/06/07/the-first-sunday-after-trinity-7/) - The collect for today, the Second Sunday after Pentecost, commonly called The First Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD, the strength of all them that put their trust in thee, mercifully accept our prayers; and because through the weakness of our mortal nature we can do no good
- [The Second Sunday After Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/06/14/the-second-sunday-after-trinity-7/) - The collect for today, the Second Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O LORD, who never failest to help and govern them whom thou dost bring up in thy stedfast fear and love: Keep us, we beseech thee, under the protection of thy good providence, and make us to have
- [St. Barnabas the Apostle](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/06/11/st-barnabas-the-apostle-4/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Barnabas the Apostle, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O LORD God Almighty, who didst endue thy holy Apostle Barnabas with singular gifts of the Holy Spirit: Leave us not, we beseech thee, destitute of thy manifold gifts, nor yet of grace to use them
- [Sermon for the First Sunday after Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/06/07/sermon-for-the-first-sunday-after-trinity-5/) - “If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded though one rose from the dead.” “God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God and God in him.” Familiar words perhaps, though we know them better through the scriptural sentences in the Offices for the Trinity season with
- [Sermon for the Feast of St. Barnabas](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/06/11/sermon-for-the-feast-of-st-barnabas-2/) - “This is my commandment, that ye love one another, as I have loved you” The Saints’ Days commemorations provide us with wonderful ways to reflect upon the essential nature of our Christian identity. They concentrate for us at once our vocation to holiness of life and witness and to our communion with God. They are
- [Week at a Glance, 15 - 21 June](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/06/14/week-at-a-glance-15-21-june/) - Monday, June 15th 6:00-7:00pm Brownies/Sparks - Parish Hall Tuesday, June 16th 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ – Haliburton Place 7:30pm Parish Council Meeting Thursday, June 18th 3:15pm Service at Windsor Elms 6:30-7:30pm Girl Guides – Parish Hall Sunday, June 21st, The Third Sunday after Trinity 8:00am Holy Communion 10:30am Holy Communion 4:00pm Evening Prayer
- [Sermon for Encaenia 2015](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/06/13/sermon-for-encaenia-2015/) - “How readest thou?” “How came we ashore?” Miranda asks her father, Prospero, in Shakespeare’s play, The Tempest. And perhaps, you and your parents, grandparents and guardians, too, are asking yourselves that very same question. How did you get here? How did you do it? For you have done it! Today you step up and step
- [The Third Sunday After Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/06/21/the-third-sunday-after-trinity-7/) - The collect for today, the Third Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O LORD, we beseech thee mercifully to hear us; and grant that we, to whom thou hast given an hearty desire to pray, may by thy mighty aid be defended and comforted in all dangers and adversities; through
- [Sermon for the Second Sunday after Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/06/14/sermon-for-the-second-sunday-after-trinity-6/) - “My little children, Let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed, and in truth” The readings in these early days of the Trinity Season offer a kind of holy seminar about the necessary connection between seeing and doing, thinking and acting. There is a kind of interplay between the readings taken
- [The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/06/24/the-nativity-of-saint-john-the-baptist-6/) - The collect for today, the Feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): ALMIGHTY God, by whose providence thy servant John Baptist was wonderfully born, and sent to prepare the way of thy Son our Saviour, by preaching of repentance: Make us so to follow his
- [Alban, Martyr](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/06/22/alban-martyr-3/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Alban, First Martyr of Britain, d. c. 250 (source): Almighty God, by whose grace and power thy holy martyr Alban triumphed over suffering and was faithful even unto death: Grant to us, who now remember him with thanksgiving, to be so faithful in our witness to thee
- [Week at a Glance, 22 - 28 June](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/06/21/week-at-a-glance-22-28-june/) - Monday, June 22nd 6:00-7:00pm Brownies/Sparks - Parish Hall Tuesday, June 23rd 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ – Haliburton Place Wednesday, June 24th, Nativity of St. John the Baptist 7:00pm Holy Communion Thursday, June 25th 6:30-7:30pm Girl Guides – Parish Hall Friday, June 26th 11:00am Holy Communion – Dykeland Lodge Sunday, June 28th, The Fourth Sunday after
- [Sermon for the Third Sunday after Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/06/21/sermon-for-the-third-sunday-after-trinity-3/) - “Rejoice with me” The parables in today’s gospel are powerful illustrations of the teaching in the epistle: not only does “God resist the proud and give grace to the humble”, but that grace conveys us unto glory, for God “himself shall restore, stablish and strengthen you ... after that ye have suffered a while”. God
- [Sermon for the Feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/06/24/sermon-for-the-feast-of-the-nativity-of-st-john-the-baptist/) - “And thou, child, shalt be called the Prophet of the Highest” And yet “more than a prophet,” Jesus himself will say. There are two nativities that belong to the major and scripturally based festivals of the Christian Church: The Nativity of Christ, of course, and this feast, The Nativity of St. John the Baptist, a
- [The Fourth Sunday After Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/06/28/the-fourth-sunday-after-trinity-7/) - The collect for today, the Fourth Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD, the protector of all that trust in thee, without whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy: Increase and multiply upon us thy mercy; that, thou being our ruler and guide, we may so pass through things
- [St. Peter and St. Paul the Apostles](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/06/29/st-peter-and-st-paul-the-apostles-4/) - The collects for today, the Feast of Saint Peter and Saint Paul the Apostles, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O almighty God, who by thy Son Jesus Christ didst give to thy Apostle Saint Peter many excellent gifts, and commandedst him earnestly to feed thy flock: Make, we beseech thee, all Bishops
- [Confederation of Canada, 1867: Dominion Day](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/07/01/confederation-of-canada-1867-dominion-day-4/) - The collect for today, Dominion Day, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD, who providest for thy people by thy power, and rulest over them in love: Vouchsafe so to bless thy servant our Queen, and her Government in this Dominion of Canada, that thy people may dwell in peace and safety,
- [Schedule of Services for Summer 2015 (tentative)](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/06/25/schedule-of-services-for-summer-2015-tentative/) - Sunday, July 5th, Fifth Sunday after Trinity/Octave of St. Peter & St. Paul 8:00am Holy Communion – Christ Church 10:30am Holy Communion – Christ Church Sunday, July 12th, Sixth Sunday after Trinity 8:00am Holy Communion – Christ Church (Fr. Curry) 9:00am Holy Communion - St. George’s, Falmouth (Fr. Curry) 10:30am Holy Communion – Christ Church
- [Sermon for the Fourth Sunday after Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/06/28/sermon-for-the-fourth-sunday-after-trinity-5/) - “Can the blind lead the blind? Shall they not both fall into the ditch?” This morning’s reading continue the underlying theme of the Trinity season which is about the relation between knowing and doing, between things intellectual and matters moral. Jesus commands us to “be merciful as your Father also is merciful”. But what happens
- [Sermon for the Fourth Sunday after Trinity, 2:00pm service of Atlantic Ministry of the Deaf](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/06/28/sermon-for-the-fourth-sunday-after-trinity-200pm-service-of-atlantic-ministry-of-the-deaf/) - “And thou, child, shalt be called the Prophet of the Highest” And yet “more than a prophet,” Jesus himself will say. There are two nativities that belong to the major and scripturally based festivals of the Christian Church: The Nativity of Christ, of course, and the feast of The Nativity of St. John the Baptist
- [The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Elizabeth](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/07/02/the-visitation-of-the-blessed-virgin-mary-to-elizabeth-6/) - The collect for today, the Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Elizabeth (source): Almighty God, by whose grace Elizabeth rejoiced with Mary and greeted her as the mother of the Lord: look with favour, we beseech thee, on thy lowly servants, that, with Mary, we may magnify thy holy name and
- [The Fifth Sunday After Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/07/05/the-fifth-sunday-after-trinity-7/) - The collect for today, The Fifth Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): GRANT, O Lord, we beseech thee, that the course of this world may be so peaceably ordered by thy governance, that thy Church may joyfully serve thee in all godly quietness; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The
- [Thomas More, Martyr](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/07/06/thomas-more-martyr-3/) - The collect for today, the commemoration of Sir Thomas More (1478-1535), Lord Chancellor of England, Scholar, Reformation Martyr (source): Almighty God, who strengthened Thomas More to be in office a king’s good servant but in conscience your servant first, grant us in all our doubts and uncertainties to feel the grasp of your holy hand
- [Stephen Langton, Archbishop](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/07/09/stephen-langton-archbishop-4/) - The collect for a Bishop or Archbishop, on the Commemoration of Stephen Langton (c. 1150-1228), Archbishop of Canterbury from 1207, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD, our heavenly Father, who didst raise up thy faithful servant Stephen Langton to be a Bishop in thy Church and to feed thy flock: We beseech
- [The Sixth Sunday After Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/07/12/the-sixth-sunday-after-trinity-7/) - The collect for today, the Sixth Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O God, who hast preparest for them that love thee such good things as pass man's understanding: Pour into our hearts such love toward thee, that we, loving thee above all things, may obtain thy promises, which exceed
- [Sermon for the Fifth Sunday after Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/07/05/sermon-for-the-fifth-sunday-after-trinity-6/) - “It came to pass that as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, Jesus stood by the lake of Gennesaret” “It came to pass.” Something happened. It seems almost like the beginning of a fairy tale ‘long ago and far away,’ or ‘once upon a time,’ as it were. Yet this
- [Swithun, Bishop](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/07/15/swithun-bishop-3/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Swithun (d. 862), Bishop of Winchester (source): Almighty God, by whose grace we celebrate again the feast of thy servant Swithun: grant that, as he governed with gentleness the people committed to his care, so we, rejoicing in our inheritance in Christ, may ever seek to build
- [The Seventh Sunday After Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/07/19/the-seventh-sunday-after-trinity-7/) - The collect for today, The Seventh Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): LORD of all power and might, who art the author and giver of all good things: Graft in our hearts the love of thy Name, increase in us true religion, nourish us with all goodness, and of thy
- [Sermon for the Sixth Sunday after Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/07/12/sermon-for-the-sixth-sunday-after-trinity-5/) - “Be ye merciful, as your Father also is merciful” These are words we have heard before only two weeks ago in the Gospel reading for Trinity IV: there at the beginning and setting for the parable of the blind leading the blind; here at the end of an extraordinary passage about loving your enemies. The
- [Margaret of Antioch, Virgin and Martyr](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/07/20/margaret-of-antioch-virgin-and-martyr-3/) - The collect for a Virgin or Matron, on the Feast of Saint Margaret of Antioch (early 4th century), Virgin and Martyr, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD Most High, the creator of all mankind, we bless thy holy Name for the virtue and grace which thou hast given unto holy women
- [St. Mary Magdalene](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/07/22/st-mary-magdalene-3/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Mary Magdalene, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O ALMIGHTY God, whose blessed Son did sanctify Mary Magdalene, and call her to be a witness to his resurrection: Mercifully grant that by thy grace we may be healed of all our infirmities, and always serve
- [St. James the Apostle](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/07/25/st-james-the-apostle/) - The collect for today, the Feast of St. James the Apostle, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): GRANT, O merciful God, that as thine holy Apostle Saint James, leaving his father and all that he had, without delay was obedient unto the calling of thy Son Jesus Christ, and followed him; so we,
- [Sermon for the Seventh Sunday after Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/07/19/sermon-for-the-seventh-sunday-after-trinity-3/) - “I have compassion on the multitude” It must seem strange in the sultry heat of the quiet summer and in the lush richness of nature’s bounty in the beauty and peace of the valley, to hear about sin and death and about being in the wilderness with nothing to eat. Perhaps, such things merely confirm
- [The Eighth Sunday after Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/07/26/the-eighth-sunday-after-trinity-7/) - The collect for today, the Eighth Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O God, whose never-failing providence ordereth all things both in heaven and earth: We humbly beseech thee to put away from us all hurtful things, and to give us those things which be profitable for us; through Jesus
- [William Wilberforce](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/07/29/william-wilberforce-6/) - The collect for today, the commemoration of William Wilberforce (1759-1833), English MP, Social Reformer, Abolitionist (source): Let thy continual mercy, O Lord, enkindle in thy Church the never-failing gift of charity, that, following the example of thy servant William Wilberforce, we may have grace to defend the children of the poor, and maintain the cause
- [Sermon for the Eighth Sunday after Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/07/26/sermon-for-the-eighth-sunday-after-trinity-4/) - “Ye shall know them by their fruits” Actions, it seems, speak louder than words; at times, actions even seem to invalidate our thoughts and words. Such is hypocrisy – the gap between our expressed intentions and our actions, our saying one thing and doing another. This morning’s Gospel seems to affirm the priority of action.
- [Olaf, King and Martyr](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/07/29/olaf-king-and-martyr-3/) - The collect for a Martyr, in commemoration of Saint Olaf (995-1030), King and Patron Saint of Norway, Martyr, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD, who didst bestow upon thy Saints such marvellous virtue, that they were able to stand fast, and have the victory against the world, the flesh, and the
- [The Ninth Sunday After Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/08/02/the-ninth-sunday-after-trinity-7/) - The collect for today, the Ninth Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): GRANT to us, Lord, we beseech thee, the spirit to think and do always such things as be rightful; that we, who cannot do any thing that is good without thee, may by thee be enabled to live
- [The Maccabean Martyrs](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/08/01/the-maccabean-martyrs-6/) - The collect for a Martyr, in commemoration of the Maccabean Martyrs (d. 166 B.C.), from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): Almighty God, by whose grace and power thy Martyrs the Holy Maccabees were enabled to witness to the truth and to be faithful unto death: Grant that we, who now remember them before
- [The Tenth Sunday After Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/08/09/the-tenth-sunday-after-trinity-7/) - The collect for today, the Tenth Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): LET thy merciful ears, O Lord, be open to the prayers of thy humble servants; and that they may obtain their petitions make them to ask such things as shall please thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
- [Oswald, King and Martyr](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/08/05/oswald-king-and-martyr-4/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Oswald (d. 642), King of Northumbria, Martyr (source): O Lord God almighty, who didst so kindle the faith of thy servant King Oswald with thy Spirit that he set up the sign of the cross in his kingdom and turned his people to the light of Christ:
- [The Transfiguration of Our Lord](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/08/06/the-transfiguration-of-our-lord-4/) - The Collect for today, the Holy Day of the Transfiguration of Our Lord, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD, who on the holy mount didst reveal to chosen witnesses thy well-beloved Son wonderfully transfigured: Mercifully grant unto us such a vision of his divine majesty, that we, being purified and strengthened
- [The Name of Jesus](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/08/07/the-name-of-jesus-6/) - The collect for today, the Feast of the Name of Jesus, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): ALMIGHTY God, who by thy blessed Apostle hast taught us that there is none other name given among men whereby we must be saved, but only the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ: Grant, we beseech
- [Laurence, Archdeacon and Martyr](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/08/10/laurence-archdeacon-and-martyr-3/) - The collect for today, the Feast of St. Laurence (d. 258), Archdeacon of Rome, Martyr (source): Almighty God, who didst make Laurence a loving servant of thy people and a wise steward of the treasures of thy Church: inflame us, by his example, to love as he loved and to walk in the way that
- [Charles Inglis, Bishop](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/08/12/charles-inglis-bishop-4/) - The collect for a Bishop or Archbishop, in commemoration of The Right Rev. Charles Inglis (1734-1816), first Church of England bishop of Nova Scotia, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD, our heavenly Father, who didst raise up thy faithful servant Charles Inglis to be a Bishop in thy Church and to
- [Hippolytus, Doctor and Bishop](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/08/13/hippolytus-doctor-and-bishop-4/) - The collect for today, the commemoration of Hippolytus (d. c. 235), Doctor, Bishop in Rome, Martyr (source): O God, who hast enlightened thy Church by the teaching of thy servant Hippolytus: Enrich us evermore, we beseech thee, with thy heavenly grace, and raise up faithful witnesses who by their life and doctrine will set forth the truth
- [Jeremy Taylor, Bishop](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/08/13/jeremy-taylor-bishop-4/) - The collect for today, the commemoration of Jeremy Taylor (1613-67), Bishop of Down and Connor, Teacher of the Faith (source): O holy and loving God, who dwellest in the human heart and makest us partakers of the divine nature in Christ our great high priest: grant that we, having in remembrance thy servant Jeremy Taylor,
- [Falling Asleep of the Blessed Virgin Mary](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/08/15/falling-asleep-of-the-blessed-virgin-mary-6/) - The collect for today, the Falling Asleep of the Blessed Virgin Mary, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD Most High, who didst endue with wonderful virtue and grace the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of our Lord: Grant that we, who now call her blessed, may be made very members of
- [The Eleventh Sunday after Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/08/16/the-eleventh-sunday-after-trinity-7/) - The collect for today, the 11th Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O God, who declarest thy almighty power most chiefly in showing mercy and pity: Mercifully grant unto us such a measure of thy grace, that we, running the way of thy commandments, may obtain thy gracious promises, and
- [Bernard of Clairvaux, Abbot, Doctor, and Poet](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/08/20/bernard-of-clairvaux-abbot-doctor-and-poet-4/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Bernard (1090-1153), Abbot of Clairvaux, Doctor of the Church, Poet (source): O merciful redeemer, who, by the life and preaching of thy servant Bernard, didst rekindle the radiant light of thy Church: grant that we in our generation may be inflamed with the same spirit of discipline
- [The Twelfth Sunday After Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/08/23/the-twelfth-sunday-after-trinity-7/) - The collect for today, the Twelfth Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who art always more ready to hear than we to pray, and art wont to give more than either we desire or deserve: Pour down upon us the abundance of thy mercy; forgiving us
- [St. Bartholomew the Apostle](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/08/24/st-bartholomew-the-apostle-2/) - The collect for today, the Feast of St. Bartholomew the Apostle, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who didst give to thine Apostle Bartholomew grace truly to believe and to preach thy Word; Grant, we beseech thee, unto thy Church, to love that Word which he believed, and
- [Robert McDonald, Missionary](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/08/28/robert-mcdonald-missionary-5/) - The collect for a Missionary, in commemoration of The Venerable Robert McDonald (1829-1913), Archdeacon, Missionary to the Western Arctic, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD, our heavenly Father, who by thy Son Jesus Christ didst call thy blessed Apostles and send them forth to preach thy Gospel of salvation unto all
- [Christ Church Book Club, 2015-16](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/08/25/christ-church-book-club-2015-16/) - The new list of discussion books for Christ Church Book Club has been released. The next series will kick off on Tuesday, 22 September, at 7:00pm, when the featured books will be Crimes Against My Brother, by David Adams Richards, and The Mountain and the Valley, by Ernest Buckler. Click here for more details, including
- [Augustine, Bishop and Doctor](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/08/28/augustine-bishop-and-doctor/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Augustine (354-430), Bishop of Hippo, Doctor of the Church (source): O merciful Lord, who didst turn Augustine from his sins to be a faithful bishop and teacher: grant that we may follow him in penitence and godly discipline, till our restless hearts find their rest in thee;
- [Beheading of St. John the Baptist](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/08/29/beheading-of-st-john-the-baptist-4/) - The collect for today, the Feast of the Beheading of Saint John the Baptist, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O God, who didst send thy messenger, John the Baptist, to be the forerunner of the Lord, and to glorify thee by his death: Grant that we, who have received the truth of
- [The Thirteenth Sunday After Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/08/30/the-thirteenth-sunday-after-trinity-7/) - The collect for today, the Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): ALMIGHTY and merciful God, of whose only gift it cometh that thy faithful people do unto thee true and laudable service: Grant, we beseech thee, that we may so faithfully serve thee in this life, that we fail
- [Aidan, Missionary and Bishop](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/08/31/aidan-missionary-and-bishop-4/) - The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Aidan (d. 651), Monk of Iona, Missionary, first Bishop and Abbot of Lindisfarne (source): O loving God, who didst call thy servant Aidan from the Peace of a cloister to re-establish the Christian mission in northern England, and didst endow him with gentleness, simplicity, and strength: Grant,
- [Giles, Abbot](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/09/01/giles-abbot-3/) - The collect for an Abbot, on the Feast of St. Giles of Provence (d. c. 710), Hermit, Abbot (source): O God, by whose grace the blessed Abbot Giles, enkindled with the fire of thy love, became a burning and a shining light in thy Church: Grant that we may be inflamed with the same spirit
- [Robert Wolfall, Presbyter](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/09/03/robert-wolfall-presbyter-6/) - The collect for bishops and other pastors, in commemoration of Robert Wolfall, Priest (source): Almighty and everlasting God, who didst call thy servant Robert Wolfall to proclaim thy glory by a life of prayer and the zeal of a true pastor: keep constant in faith the leaders of thy Church and so bless thy people
- [The Fourteenth Sunday After Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/09/06/the-fourteenth-sunday-after-trinity-7/) - The collect for today, the Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, give unto us the increase of faith, hope, and charity; and, that we may obtain that which thou dost promise, make us to love that which thou dost command; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
- [The Fifteenth Sunday After Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/09/13/the-fifteenth-sunday-after-trinity-7/) - The collect for today, the Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): KEEP, we beseech thee, O Lord, thy Church with thy perpetual mercy; and, because the frailty of man without thee cannot but fall, keep us ever by thy help from all things hurtful, and lead us to all
- [Edmund J. Peck, Missionary](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/09/10/edmund-j-peck-missionary-4/) - The collect for today, the commemoration of Edmund J. Peck (1850-1924), Priest, Missionary to the Inuit, Translator (source): God of our salvation, whose servant Edmund James Peck made the testimony of the Spirit his own and gladly proclaimed the riches of Christ among the Inuit people, give the joy of your gospel to us also,
- [Sermon for the Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/08/30/sermon-for-the-thirteenth-sunday-after-trinity-4/) - “How readest thou?” How do you read? Jesus asks the certain lawyer who had asked him about eternal life. Jesus responded with two questions: first, “What is written in the Law?” and then, secondly, “how do you read?” He means, I think, how do you understand or discern what is written in the Law, in
- [Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/09/08/nativity-of-the-blessed-virgin-mary-5/) - The collect for today, the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O GOD Most High, who didst endue with wonderful virtue and grace the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of our Lord: Grant that we, who now call her blessed, may be made very
- [Week at a Glance, 7 – 13 September](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/09/06/week-at-a-glance-7-13-september/) - Tuesday, September 8th 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ – Haliburton Place 7:30pm Parish Council Meeting Thursday, September 11th 3:15pm Service at Windsor Elms 6:30-7:30pm Girl Guides – Parish Hall Sunday, September 13th, Trinity XV 8:00am Holy Communion (followed by Men’s Club Breakfast) 10:30am Holy Communion 4:00pm Evening Prayer – Christ Church Upcoming Events: Tuesday, September 22nd
- [Sermon for the Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/09/06/sermon-for-the-fourteenth-sunday-after-trinity-5/) - “And one … turned back …giving him thanks; and he was a Samaritan.” We are still on the road to Jerusalem with Jesus, it seems, at least in the logic of St. Luke’s Gospel. And, intriguingly, we have yet again a story that concerns a Samaritan, just as last Sunday’s Gospel presented us with the
- [Week at a Glance, 14 – 20 September](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/09/13/week-at-a-glance-14-20-september-2/) - Monday, September 14th, Holy Cross 6:00-7:00pm Brownies/Sparks – Parish Hall 7:00pm Holy Communion Tuesday, September 15th 6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ – Haliburton Place Thursday, September 17th, Eve of Ember Friday 6:30-7:30pm Girl Guides – Parish Hall 7:00pm Holy Communion Sunday, September 20th, Trinity XVI 8:00am Holy Communion 10:30am Holy Communion 4:00pm Evening Prayer – Christ
- [Holy Cross Day](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2015/09/14/holy-cross-day-6/) - The collect for today, Holy Cross Day, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962): O BLESSED Saviour, who by thy cross and passion hast given life unto the world: Grant that we thy servants may be given grace to take up the cross and follow thee through life and death; whom with the Father

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- [Christ Church Book Club](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/news-and-events/christ-church-book-club/) - 7:00pm. Designated Tuesdays. An eclectic choice of various books, one or more main book or excerpt per evening, along with reference to other books, for discussion and debate. Open to all and everyone! 1 hour. Where? Coronation Room, Christ Church Parish Hall, 7 Wentworth Street, Windsor, NS. Contact: David Curry 790-6173. Dates: October 20th; November 17th,
- [Calendar of Services and Events](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/news-and-events/calendar-of-services-and-events/) - The Calendar of Services and Events for the period May through August 2026 (tentative) can be downloaded here as a pdf document.
- [About the rector and his family](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/welcome/about-the-rector-and-his-family/) - A native of Falmouth, Nova Scotia, David and his wife Marilyn have three children Elizabeth, Joel, and Madeleine and four grandchildren: Silas, Anna, Nathaniel and Jeanne. A graduate of the University of King’s College (B.A. Hon.), Dalhousie University (M.A.), Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (M.T.S.), and Trinity College, University of Toronto (M.Div.), and ordained to the
- [Organist](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/welcome/organist/) - Organist: Michael Gnemmi. The Parish of Christ Church is blessed with a wonderful two-manual Warren Organ dating from the 1890s, and with the talents of Michael Gnemmi. His understanding and expertise in the liturgical musical tradition results in a wonderful programme of preludes and postludes as well as hymn selections that complement the liturgy of
- [What we believe](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/welcome/what-we-believe/) - The Parish of Christ Church, Windsor is committed to the foundational and formative principles that shape and define the Anglican Christian witness, particularly, the Ordinal, the Thirty-nine Articles, the Book of Common Prayer (1962 Cdn.), and the Solemn Declaration of 1893. The liturgical life of the Parish reflects its commitment to Trinitarian orthodoxy and to
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- [Location](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/welcome/location/) - Christ Church is located at the corner of King Street and Wentworth Road, Windsor.
- [Service times](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/welcome/service-times/) - Sunday services 8:00 am Holy Communion 10:30 am Holy Communion or Morning Prayer For details, see the latest Month at a Glance (except July and August, when Month at a Glance is not published). The Calendar of Services and Events for the period January 2026 through April 2026 is posted here. All worship services follow
- [Parish Organizations, Outreach, and Programmes](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/welcome/parish-organizations-outreach-and-programmes/) - Parish Organizations Choir: Meets at 10:00am Sunday Morning; new members welcome. Organist and Choir Director: Michael Gnemmi. Sanctuary Guild: Contact: Marilyn Curry; new members welcome. Parish Outreach & Programmes The Parish participates in a number of initiatives such as The Missions to Seafarers. The Annual Parish Ham Supper is held every November in the Parish
- [News and events](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/news-and-events/) - Click here for upcoming events. Click here to download the Schedule of Services and Events, January - April 2026 (tentative). Download Rector's Annual Reports: 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003
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- [Christ Church Chronicles](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/news-and-events/christ-church-chronicles/) - Download issues of the parish newsletter, Christ Church Chronicles: Advent 2012 Eastertide 2012 Advent 2011 September 2011 Eastertide 2011 June 2010 Fall 2009 Trinity 2009 December 2008
- [Contact us](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/welcome/contact-us/) - Mailing address: The Parish of Christ Church P.O. Box 2664 Windsor, Nova Scotia B0N 2T0 E-mail: Rector or Website administrator (replace [at] with @) Christ Church is located at the corner of King Street and Wentworth Road, Windsor, Nova Scotia. A map is posted here.
- [Welcome](https://christchurchwindsor.ca/welcome/) - Welcome to the website of the Parish of Christ Church, Windsor, Nova Scotia! This website endeavours to communicate with parishioners and friends about the events, programmes and activities of the Parish. The Parish dates from the 1770s when it was known as the Parish of Windsor (1771-1804). On November 26th, 1804 the Parish was incorporated
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