Today people all over our country are celebrating Mother's Day: remembering and honouring the mothers who have loved, cared for, guided, and raised them up. For many of us, this is a day of thankfulness and joy, and we do well to give thanks along with them for those who truly embodied the gift of motherhood.

For some of us, today is much more complicated, and indeed painful... perhaps due to difficulties or losses in our parental relationships. We remember too, and grieve with those who's experience of the pursuit of motherhood has been one of sorrow, pain, and disappointment. Along with them, we acknowledge that family life is often a challenging road, and open our hearts and ears to listen to and honour their stories and their sufferings, which are also known and shared by our loving God, as well as many others. 

Whether today is a day of joy for you, or a day of pain, or some mixture of both: may you receive God's blessing today exactly as it is needed. May God surround you and those you love, as well as all those who have loved and nurtured you, with peace, hope, fellowship, kindness, and understanding. ​

​Our service of Morning Prayer, Bulletin, and Sermon this week can be found here:

​And our Songs for this week can be found here:

​And our Songs for this week can be found here:

​Our service of Morning Prayer, Bulletin, and Sermon this week can be found here:

And here are some links to the Hymns listed in our service, found on YouTube: ​

Christians and Others 
(Poem by Dietrich Bonhoeffer)

All go to God in their distress,
Seek help and pray for bread and happiness,
Deliverance from pain, guilt, and death.
All do, Christians and others.

All go to God in His distress,
Find Him poor, reviled without shelter or bread,
Watch Him tormented by sin, weakness, and death.
Christians stand by God in His agony.

God goes to all in their distress,
Satisfies body and soul with His bread,
Dies, crucified for all, Christians and others
And both alike forgiving.

​And our Songs can be found here:

​And our Songs this week can be found here:

Today marks the third Sunday of Lent, a sacred season for Christians to prepare in mind, body, and spirit, to follow our Saviour Jesus Christ to the cross, and the solemn commemoration of His betrayal, death, and resurrection at Holy Week.

Some of the traditional practices of the season of Lent include fasting, the study of Scripture, prayerful reflection, and generous almsgiving. 

To help us grow in our understanding and faith as Christ's disciples today, each week we will be sharing links to two videos from the Bible Project from their series on The Sermon on the Mount.

You can find this week's videos,  'Wisdom Within Laws About Oaths, Retaliation, and Enemy Love', and 'Warnings About Religious Practices' below: 

​And our Songs this week can be found here:

​And our Songs this week can be found here:

Once again, our Honorary Assistant, the Rev. Can. Cathy Laskey, has gracious stepped in this week to lead our In-Person worship service, as Rev. Rob has still been under the weather.

This week, we are all challenged to pay particular attention to the Gospel reading from Luke 6:27-38. These words from our Lord Jesus Christ make clear the only way forward for those who seek to trust in and follow Him, which is the way of God's rescuing, redeeming, and reconciling love that our Lord Jesus Christ Himself revealed and embodied, especially at the cross, where He graciously gave up His life to save us sinners.

Take time throughout this week to read, and re-read, and wrestle, and pray with these words in mind, asking for the Holy Spirit's help so that we can put these words into practice in our lives.
 
Our At-Home service of Morning Prayer and Bulletin this week can be found here:

​And our Songs for this week can be found here: