You will find here the Sunday sermons. Each sermon is posted in English and in French.
The EpiphanyJanuary 4, 2026Isaiah 60:1-6 Ephesians 3:1-12 Matthew 2:1-12 The story of the visit of the Magi to Jesus is an ideal place to start when exploring Ignatian spirituality and its way of interpreting the bible. The method is easy to remember. Broadly speaking, it has six steps. (1) Still your mind. Pray…
The First Sunday after Christmas DayDecember 28, 2025Isaiah 61:10 – 62:3 Galatians 3:23-25, 4:4-7 John 1:l-18 Every culture in the world loves a good story. Many of us were brought up with them in the form of children’s books of fairy tales, or through Disney films. We probably remember the first time we could pick…
The Animals of the Nativity: Presence Before Power I. Do Animals Speak? • Every language gives animals a voice • Old Christmas joke:o Rooster: Christus natus est!o Owl: Unde? (Where?)o Donkey: Quando? (When?)o Lamb: Bethlehem! A joke—but a theological one:creation itself announces the Incarnation.So where are the animals in the Church’s Christmas story? II. Are…
Christmas EveDecember 24, 2025 The ancient world’s epics start with a dramatic appeal to a transcendent authority – as if the story to be told is too huge to be told by a human voice alone. Homer’s Iliad begins with the words: ‘Sing, goddess, the rage of Achilles’. Virgil’s Aeneid begins with the words: ‘I…
Advent IVDecember 21, 2025Isaiah 7:10-16Romans 1:1-7Matthew 1:18-25 When I was a child, I developed a somewhat all-consuming passion for stick insects… I had several species in terrariums in my room until the day I learned (thanks to my sister’s screams) that some of them had escaped, causing a domestic commotion! Stick insects have several surprising…
Advent IIDecember 7, 2025Isaiah 11 :1-11 Romans 15 :4-13 Matthew 3 :1-12 Joris mentioned last week that one of the major themes of Advent is watchfulness – a sort of heightened awareness of the circumstances and events that are around us, with the expectation that if we look carefully, we will see signs both of God…
Advent INovember 30, 2025Isaiah 2:1-5 Romans 13:11-14 Matthew 24 :36-44 How do we initially react when we hear the words “judge” and “judgment”? It depends greatly on our personal experience (even professional experience, for some) with courts, justice, and judges. It also depends on how we have used the justice system. A defendant, a victim,…
Christ the KingNovember 23, 2025Jeremiah 23 :1-6 Colossians 1 :11-20 Luke 23 :33-43 Having spent the majority of my life as a British ‘subject’ of her majesty Queen Elizabeth II, it felt very strange to sing God save the King for the first time, and to see His Majesty’s name on my English tax forms. There…
Pentecost XXIIINovember 16, 2025Isaiah 65:17-25 ; II Thessalonians 3, 6-13 ; Luke 21:5-19 The French and American social security and welfare systems were created in the wake of enormous crises: situations that were nothing short of apocalyptic. The family, social, political, and economic devastation of the Great Depression prompted President Roosevelt to sign the Social…
Pentecôte XXII9 novembre 2025Aggée 1, 15-2, 9 II Thessaloniciens 2, 1-17 Luc 20, 27-38 Avant de devenir prêtre, je ne me souviens pas avoir assisté à beaucoup de funérailles. Il y avait parfois un décès dans la famille ou parmi les voisins. Mais à 26 ans, je ne connaissais pas autant de personnes décédées qu’aujourd’hui.…