It is the pattern of St. Mark’s to observe Remembrance Day as Remembrance Sunday the last Sunday before November 11. This year I was struck by the aspect of “choice” in service. I am fully aware that in both World War One and World War Two many countries, including Canada, at some point introduced mandatory…
What makes a saint? I suppose the first thing to do is define what a “saint” is. At least one dictionary define saint as: a person that the Christian Church recognizes as being very holy, because of the way they have lived or died. (https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/saint accessed November 1, 2026) So is this what we are…
So today is Reformation Sunday. Do we really need a Reformation Sunday? A special day to talk about a religio-political movement from the 1500s? In a word, yes. We need a Reformation Sunday because it gives us the opportunity to take a look at our (collective) past and reflect on what it means to us…