On this Sunday our liturgy will recognize the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Some of the prayers and our Offertory hymn -- Song at the Centre -- reference the four directions (in the order of east, south, west and north) and their relevance. Our hymn during communion -- Ispiciwin (Cree for ‘journey’) -- was arranged by Cree composer Andrew Balfour. He set his text to the music of Orlando Gibbons’ hymn tune Song 46 (Hymn 49 in Common Praise, which uses the text Draw Near and Take). The choir’s anthem – A Sacred Feast – was composed by Ottawa composer Robert Hall for the 2024 National Indigenous Day of Prayer. Our closing hymn -- Let Streams of Living Justice -- uses a text written in 1989 by William Whitla, a professor at York University. The original second verse was not included in our hymn book Common Praise, but thanks to Dave Chisholm’s inquiry, Dr. Whitla provided the verse, which we are singing this morning. Though it was written just after the uprising in Tiananmen Square, and also when the Mothers of the Disappeared in Argentina were bringing their campaign to the conscience of the world, it is most appropriate as we observe Truth and Reconciliation here today.