The St. Margaret’s Guild would be grateful if you could return your bazaar-bought preserving jars, once you’ve consumed that delicious Million Dollar Relish, Pear Amber, Spicy Beets or Perky Pepper Jelly. If you come by on a Sunday morning, you’ll find a receiving basket in the breezeway entrance, just waiting to be filled. Every dozen returned jars saves the Guild $18, which helps keep costs and prices low and shows good environmental stewardship, too.
Thought and Prayer of the Day
by Deacon Joanne Warman
March 27, 2025
This coming Sunday will be the fourth Sunday of Lent (how time flies when you’re having fun!). The joy of Easter is just around the corner.
In some traditions this Sunday is known as Laetare Sunday. Laetare is a Latin word associated with the entrance antiphon in a Roman Catholic mass reflecting on Isaiah 66:10-11: “Rejoice, Jerusalem, and all who love her. Be joyful, all who were in mourning; exalt and be satisfied at her consoling breast.” Laetare simply means rejoice. Laetare Sunday expresses hope and joy in the midst of Lenten fasts and penances.
In addition to being a Sunday for rejoicing, the colour in some churches changes. The purple is changed into a pink or rose colour much like the third Sunday of advent changes to a pink candle in the advent wreath.
Laetare Sunday is the Church’s way of giving us a “shot in the arm” as we approach the dark days of Good Friday and Holy Saturday. It’s an opportunity to savor and keep in the back of our minds what awaits us on Easter Sunday — the reality that Jesus Christ is risen from the dead, and that our hearts will always be filled with joy!
For our parish, this coming Sunday will be the fourth Sunday of Lent, the colours of the vestments will still be purple but every Sunday is a reminder of the resurrection. We may still have pass up the sweets at coffee hour but Easter is drawing closer every day and what a day of rejoicing that will be!!
PRAYER:
Loving Creator
We feel the pace of Lent quicken and are filled with joy as we draw closer to Easter.
Teach us to follow the example of your Son, to be worthy of being called one of His followers.
Help us to live each day as he did – turning hatred into love and conflict into peace.
We anticipate the celebration of your Son’s resurrection with eagerness and joy.
AMEN
Source: https://dioceseofprovidence.org/news/prayer-for-the-fourth-sunday-of-lent
The Rutledge Window ~ The Road to Emmaus: This window on the west wall by the pulpit (pictured at left) is a memorial to James Rutledge, a lawyer, dedicated churchman, and mayor of Whitby. Rutledge served as Churchwarden several times in All Saints’ history, beginning in 1884. The window depicts Jesus, having joined the two disciples on the road to Emmaus, being entreated to stay the night, and rest. There are similarities in the style, energy and Scriptural theme between the Rutledge/Emmaus window and the Channen/Empty Tomb window, which is further along the west wall. During his Incumbency at All Saints, the Rev. Channen was known to base an Easter season homily on the Rutledge window. It is interesting and fitting that the Channen memorial window should complement the Rutledge memorial window in this way.
The Goode Window ~ “Come Unto Me/ Behold, I Knock”: This east-wall window (pictured at right) is in memory of Henry H. Goode,
1879–1966 and his wife Dana Louisa Goode, 1887–1969. Mr. Goode is remembered as a quiet man, who willingly served wherever needed. Mrs. Goode was once president of the Afternoon Guild and of the Chancel Guild. She often hosted Afternoon Tea Parties in her home to raise money to purchase altar linens. The window pairs two depictions of Christ—on one side, the humble Christ with outstretched arms, based on Matthew 11:28; and on the other, Christ the King with lantern in hand, as described in Revelation 3:20.
The Hawke Window (pictured below) is sometimes called the Ruby Window. The vivid red sets it apart from any of the others in the church. It is on the east side of the church ad when the morning sun shines through, the stained glass is remarkably bright and often paints the pews with rose-coloured patches. The window is in memory of Anthony Bewden Hawke, who was chief emigration agent for Upper Canada and Britain from 1835 onward. He died in Whitby in 1867. His initials are visible in the left window panel opposite a silhouette of an eagle, symbol of St John the Divine, in the right. In the circular window above is a verse from Proverbs: “The memory of the just is blessed.” Learn more about A.B. Hawke and the Ontario Emigrant Office.
All Saints’ Anglican Church
300 Dundas Street West
Whitby, Ontario
L1N 2M5
Canada
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All Saints’ is a 2SLGBTQQIA+ affirming parish.
