Date: April 20th, 2020 “On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, ‘Peace be with you.’” John 20:19 Dear Friends, For more than a month we have been experiencing a time…
Home Prayers for Sunday April 19th 2020 – Morning Prayers by Candlelight (If possible, some of us may be able to do this service at home Sunday morning, beginning at 10:30am. I will be doing this, and hopefully many of us will be lighting our candles and saying our prayers together, even though apart.…
Office of the Archbishop 1340 Cathedral Lane, Halifax, NS B3H 2Z1 902 420 0717 – bishopsoffice@nspeidiocese.ca To: To Clergy and Parishes of the Diocese Date: April 15th, 2020 “Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let…
Easter Sunday Worship (For home use) Alleluia! Christ is risen! God’s and peace is with us, the love at our beginning and without end, in our midst and with us. On this Easter Day, we celebrate that the powers of despair and destruction do not have the final word; that new life can still…
Good Friday Shadows of the Cross (If you are able, clear a table or sit in a quiet place for this service. Set up seven candles on a table, or perhaps a fireplace, mantle, etc. Each candle is going to stand for one of the seven last things that Jesus said from the cross. As…
A strange Easter In the past week many people have said to me, “this is the strangest Holy Week ever”. I will agree that it is the strangest Holy Week that I have known, however it is no stranger than the week which began when Jesus of Nazareth rode a donkey into Jerusalem. Questions, fear,…
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Office of the Archbishop 1340 Cathedral Lane, Halifax, NS B3H 2Z1 902 420 0717 – bishopsoffice@nspeidiocese.ca To: The Clergy and Parishes of the Diocese of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island Date: April 1st, 2020 Dear Friends; After a while it is difficult to find the appropriate adjectives to describe the period of time we…
The Sunday of the Passion The Liturgy of the Palms Dear friends in Christ, during lent we have been preparing for the time that comes upon us now. On this day our Lord Jesus Christ entered Jerusalem, in the wake of his own tears yet in need of welcome. The people who met him…
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