When Jesus rode triumphantly through Jerusalem, it was a joyful occasion. People thought that they were finally getting their earthly king. However, the sorrow of Good Friday when He was crucified seemed to thaw out the spirits of those who had been rejoicing. If they had really understood the real meaning of Jesus' death, although it was tragic, they would not have been so despondent and would have had faith in His teachings.

Then came the joy of Easter. This was the crowning moment of Jesus' life. This was His purpose for coming to Earth. The hidden message through it all is that good will always prevail. We must always have faith and look forward to the future knowing that God cares about each one of us.

In a similar manner, we can think of the global recession we are in. We must also have faith and be positive and patient. The economic situation may look bleak now but we must believe that we will come out of it stronger than ever if we have faith.

As we go through the joys and sorrows from Palm Sunday to Easter, let us remember that just as Jesus defeated death by rising again, we can conquer the bad moments in our lives by striving to do better. Let us ask God for that same strength to be victorious in the face of all that is bleak.

"go, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going ahead of you to Galilee; there you will see him, just as he told you." (Mark 16:7)

Lent is rapidly drawing to a close and. the anticipation oi Easter grows each day. Over the last several weeks we have given up our usual -worship space for Lent (and tor a couple or weeks before Lent), worshipping in the parish hall. As a result we have burnt a hit less gas to heat our building and saved some money. But we have also experienced some thing different in our worship. Some has been positive, in my view, as we have felt more or a sense or community, gathering together in a way that allows us to see each other. We have also round it easier to rill the space with music as we sing the hymns. As I commented at one service, it was like we were all singing together in a collective shower. These things I will miss as we return to the Church for worship. But at the same time we have missed the comfort of our familiar place of worship, and sitting in our usual pews. And we have at times felt a bit squeezed in the parish hall, especially when the Bell Choir has been playing. And there is no arguing that the Church is visually a more attractive place to worship.

The young man at the empty tomb in Mark's account of the resurrection told the women that they and the disciples would meet the risen Christ back in the familiar places in Galilee, where they had spent so much time with Jesus before. So, too, as we return to o the familiarity of worshipping in the Church we will be returning in our own way to Galilee, where we will encounter the risen Christ anew.

I invite you to come prepared to share the joy of the Resurrection. With every blessing for Easter.

P.S. Please refer to the Holy Week worship schedule. Please note that there will not he an Easter Vigil service this year.

21 June 2009

Grandmothers to Grandmothers

Free will offering in aid of the Stephen Lewis Foundation

For information on the Stephen Lewis Foundation see this WEB site:

http://www.stephenlewisfoundation.org/grandmothers.htm

SHROVE TUESDAY PANCAKES Peter

Lent began in our usual fashion with pancakes made from our own secret formula !

Prepared cooked and served by our dedicated team of pancake specialists !

Why 40 Days?

From the earliest days of the church, the observance of Easter has always included a period of spiritual preparation beforehand. In the second century, Iraneus wrote of a period of two or three days of reflection. It is believed the Council of Nicea in 325 A.D. first discussed a 40-day period, noting the 40 days Jesus spent in the desert preparing for ministry. Around the year 600, Pope Gregory the Great set the period of Lent as 46 days - 40 days not counting Sundays, which were already celebrations of the Resurrection - which meant the season would commence on a Wednesday.

A paraphrase of Psalm 04:24-34 Submitted by Mabel

arranged for responsive reading

Our place in creation

You made everything, God.

You imagine it, and it happens.

You breathe on it and give it life.

The oceans are the amniotic fluid of the earth.

In your womb we share our origins.

We like to think we look after ourselves

with trade and commerce,

with boats that plow the seas,

with trains and trucks and planes.

We braid our lives with busy-ness.

Yet everything owes its life to you;

everything continues to depend on you for life.

You bring forth food from the earth,

from the seas, from the skies,

By your bounty all are fed.

If you withdraw your favor,

we all perish.

Without you, we are no more

than a collection of chemicals.

But you put your breath of life into us.

With each new generation, you renew us.

Our living bodies reveal your spirit.

May our living be acceptable to you, our Lord.

You create the volcanos and the earthquakes,

the hurricanes and glaciers;

You shape the earth itself.

Yet you care about us.

We are overwhelmed with gratitude.

This is our understanding-

may it meet with your approval.by James Tayi

Choral Evensong and Installation of Honorary Diocesan Canons

Christ Church Cathedral, 8 February 2009

Bishop’s Address

Friends, it is fitting that we should have some way of honouring those membersof the clergy and of the laity who, by their service in their parishes or in other ministries within the Church, have faithfully served our Lord and have enriched our common life together as a diocese. One of the oldest of such honours is the title of Canon of the Cathedral.

We have named The Reverend Linda Borden Taylor, the Reverend Alan T. Perry.

and the Reverend Michael J. Robson as Honorary Canons and the Reverend Canon John M. Simons as Canon Theologian of the Diocese

Dean’s Commentary

Canons were originally priests attached to a cathedral; they were bound by its

rules or "canons", and met together as a group called a "chapter" to fulfil their responsibilities. These included the maintenance of the cathedral fabric and its ministry of worship and teaching as the mother church of the diocese. Today, this title of honour is still given as a means of recognizing faithful and effective service.

Seventeen members of the St. Barnabas community attended the installation ceremonies.

From left to right :-

The Reverend Canon John M. Simons

The Right Reverend Dennis Drainville (Coadjutor Bishop of Quebec)

The Right Reverend Barry B. Clarke

The Reverend Canon Alan T. Perry.

The Reverend Canon Linda Borden Taylor.

The Reverend Canon Michael J. Robson

The Reverend Canon Joyce Sanchez.

Submitted by Peter

Gratitude

by Sharon Hurley Hall

Thank you for every wispy, barely-there hair on her fragile skull

Thank you for her questing hands,

ever stronger with longer and longer reach,

that try to touch the world and bring it to her.

Thank you for her sturdy legs and feet

now planted to get a taller perspective on the world.

Thank you for her bright eyes, rosebud lips,

her eagerness to grasp and feel and taste

and know the world that daily expands around her.

Thank you for her skin,

especially those spots on her neck and belly

that distill that special blend of softness

and johnsons-baby-washedness that is the essence of babydom.

Thank you for the very selfness of her self,

the parts of us now parts of her,

the fizz in her eye,

the ready smile,

the chuckle deep in her throat when she’s really amused,

often by something small.

Thank you for all that she is and will become.

Thank you for my child.

Go Placidly…

Amid the noise and hate, remember what peace there may be in silence.

As far as possible without surrender, be on good terms with all persons.

Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others.

You have a right to be here.

Therefore, be at peace with God.

Whatever you conceive Him to be and whatever your labors and aspirations are in the weary confusion of life.

Keep peace with your soul.

With all its sham drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world.

Ida Tweed

50^th ANNIVERSARY EVENTS

Photo Album, Pictures will be take after Easter. Peter and Kathleen

Parish History The second 25 years Linden

Parish Contacts Beverley and Margaret

Anniverary Mugs Available after Easter Winston

Bell Choir and

Senior Choir concert June 13 Wendy and Paulette

Picnic June 14 Peter and Kathleen

Anniversary weekend November 21 - 22 Anniverary Committee

Parish Dinner with the Primate

Sunday Worship with the Primate

Submitted by Peter

A Friend

Around the corner I have a friend,

In this great city that has no end;

Yet days go by and weeks rush on,

And before you know a year is gone,

And I never see my old friend's face;

For life is a swift and frantic race.

He knows I like him just as well

As in days when I rang his bell

And he rang mine. We were younger then;

And now we are busy, older men --

Tired with playing a foolish game;

Tired with trying to make a name.

"Tomorrow," I say, "I will call on Jim,

Just show that I'm thinking of him."

But tomorrow comes -- and tomorrow goes;

And the distance between us grows and grows.

Around the corner! Yet miles away . . .

"Here's a telegram, sir . . . Jim died today!"

And that's what we get, and deserve in the end --

Around the corner, a vanished friend.

--Charles Hanson Towne

Is there someone you should call today?

Peter

AIN'T - Submitted by Peter

He was just a little boy,

On a week's first day.

Wandering home from Sunday school,

And dawdling on the way.

He scuffed his shoes into the grass;

He even found a caterpillar.

He found a fluffy milkweed pod,

And blew out all the 'filler.'

A bird's nest in a tree above,

So wisely placed up high.

Was just another wonder,

That caught his eager eye.

A neighbour watched his zig zag course,

And hailed him from the lawn;

Asked him where he'd been that day

And what was going on.

"I've been to Sunday School ,"

He said and turned a piece of sod.

Picking up a wiggly worm replied,

"I've learned a lot about God."

"H'mm very fine way," the neighbour said,

“For a boy to spend his time.

If you'll tell me where God is,

I'll give you a brand new dime."

Quick as a flash the answer came!

Nor were his accents faint.

"I'll give you a dollar, Mister,

If you can tell me where God ain't."

ODDS AND ENDS TO AMUSE YOU. Peter

LIMERICK

There was a old man from Japan, Whose anapest rhymes wouldn’t scan,

When people asked why

He would often reply

It’s-because-I-try-to-get-as-many-words-in-the-last-line-as-I-possibly can.

MATH JOKES (Do you remember your high school math?)

Life is complex. It has real and imaginary components.

What keeps a square from moving? Square roots, of course.

I heard that parallel lines actually do meet, but they are very discrete.

Some say the pope is the greatest cardinal.

But others insist this cannot be so, as every pope has a successor.

A high school mathematics teacher was arrested trying to board a flight while in possession of compasses, a protractor and a graphical calculator. According to law enforcement officials, he is believed to have ties to the Al-Gebra network. He will be charged with carrying weapons of math instruction. It was later discovered that he taught the students to solve their problem with the help of radicals!

Why do Computer Scientists get Halloween and Christmas mixed up?

A: Because Oct. 31 = Dec. 25

Q: What is the world's longest song?

A: "Aleph-nought Bottles of Beer on the Wall."

In the Yukon, it gets very cold. As you know, everything shrinks in the cold so pi is only 3.00. They call it Eskimo pi.

with apologies

50^th ANNIVERSARY MUGS

AVAILABLE SHORTLY - $5 EACH

See Winston Griffith or Kathleen Davies