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Blog Post 1. Finding Faith: Facing Fear.
Rev. Dr. Neil Mancor, Congregational Development Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
Wednesday 18 March, 2020
Wow. Life can change in a moment. Last Friday I went into work downtown as usual. Caught the 8:14 train as always; got off at Lucien L’Allier and walked over to Place Cathedrale; went to work. Everything was normal. But then it wasn’t. It was the cancellations that got my attention. First this Church, then that. Later whole Dioceses suspending services. Many other closures all over the place. Airlines starting cancelling flights. Companies told their staff not to come into work. Gyms were closing. The news was unsettling as whole cities began to shut down. But I have to go work.
And then Sunday came. A Sunday without Church as I have always known it. All of a sudden, everything has changed. We stopped going into work and have to work from home. Routines disrupted, life has ground to a halt and it is hard to see what will replace it or how long it will last. It is the uncertainty of it all – the sheer, relentless, wide open uncertainty. Fear sets in. I find the fear almost overwhelming at moments. Its not that I am so afraid of contracting COVID-19. But the fallout of it all is fearsome. The implications are vast and unknowable. I don’t know if we will be ok. I don’t know what life might look like when this ends. Will it end?
God: God where are you in this? I don’t know how to pray into this; I don’t know what to pray. Thy will be done on earth indeed. The whole Earth seems to be swirled into this vast, strange crisis.
But then I remember that we serve a God who is vast and mysterious. Never easy to understand, impossible to grasp this God yet presses into our lives and walks with us through it all. Does that mean anything right now? But nothing else makes sense of the with-us God revealed in Jesus Christ who pitched his tent and lived amongst us.
So here I struggle: to find God with us.
Neil’s Digital Calendar – in Response to the Pandemic
Monday Weekly Blog Post published on website / social media
Tuesday 11am “Neil’s Let’s Talk” via Zoom All Welcome
Tuesday 7pm Compline on FB Live
Thursday 7pm Revive Group via Zoom Closed Group
Friday 10am “Clergy Connect” via Zoom Diocese of Montreal Clergy Blog Discussion / peer support
Sunday 7pm Compline on FB Live All Welcome
Montreal Dio principal Jesse Zink was to preach and be installed as canon theologian of the Diocese of Montreal at Christ Church Cathedral on Sunday, March 15, 2020. With the cancellation of services, the sermon was written but never preached—but is shared here. The lectionary gospel text is John 4:5-42.
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Dear Colleagues and friends in the Diocese of Montréal,
It seems clear to me now that, out of love and care for one another and the cities and towns in which we live and work and worship and serve, that we should all suspend holding church services after today. We will monitor the situation and see whether Easter can be publicly celebrated or not. At this point, I believe that public health authorities are discouraging any non-essential meetings or gatherings.
We will need to be creative in staying in contact and praying with and for the people we serve, especially the most vulnerable. Please make use of all the resources and leaders at your disposal.
May the Lord be with you and strengthen the bonds of fellowship in your ministries.
Faithfully,
+Mary
Please join us as Archbishop Linda Nicholls, the Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada will be present to award the Anglican Award of Merit to Susan Winn on Sunday, March 22nd at 3pm at the Church of St John the Baptist, 233 Ste-Claire Ave, Pointe Claire. A service of Evensong will be followed by a reception from 4pm - 5pm. All are welcome!
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