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The Most Rev. Linda Nicholls, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada preached this sermon at the New Year’s Day Festal Eucharist at Christ Church Cathedral in Ottawa.

The pain of the world is so apparent—climate change; wars; natural disasters; human greed or desire for power; and the legacies of human failures in the past that haunt us today. It can be overwhelming to face a new year wondering if the vision of God’s reign will prevail. ...We enter a new year seeing the pain and brokenness—and with the sure knowledge God is with us inviting us to live in the light of the Gospel and plant seeds of God’s reign that, though small, matter. "

Read the whole sermon here