Reflections in Christ

My beloved children in the Lord – In the rather short reading from the Gospel of Saint Matthew appointed for today, we heard how, departing from a certain region, Jesus…

It is a good thing to sit down together at the end of a long day — and this has been a long and full day, beginning with the celebration of the Divine Liturgy, business meetings, instructional talks…

It is a joy to be with you this evening and to participate in the 2026 Assembly of the Archdiocese of Canada. It is hard to believe that three years have passed since I joined you in Québec…

According to the Gospel we have just heard, today is “the last day, that great day of the feast.” The work that was begun at the time…

Today Christ opens the eyes of a man born blind, and the blessedness, the happiness, of such a miraculous event seems self-evident. Yet the Pharisees react with hostility, and the formerly-blind man’s…

“He told me all that I ever did,” declares the Samaritan woman to her fellow residents of Sychar. All that she ever did – shouldn’t this be a source of shame and regret? After…

As we celebrate the Midfeast of Pentecost, we are reminded that the Paschal season is a movement. It is not simply a festive forty days after the Lenten fast, nor simply a length…

In ancient days Jacob rolled away a stone to water the flocks, and during these days of Pascha, we contemplate how, the stone rolled away, living water flows from…

On this Third Sunday of Pascha, we continue to contemplate the world-changing reality of the empty Tomb. In particular, this Sunday calls us to contemplate…

On eighth day, our Lord appears to Thomas, passing through closed doors. When the Lord appeared on the first day of the week, in the evening immediately after his Rising…