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When love is the way, it’s easy

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At least, Michael Curry thinks so.

The Diocese of Huron, ever willing to be sucked into the black sinkhole that lies beneath the swirling vortex that masquerades as 21st century sagacity, has retweeted the salient points of the Royal Wedding sermon:

The truly sad thing about this is that John Lennon has already said it and, even though he said it better, it was still rubbish:

Love, love, love
Love, love, love
Love, love, love

There’s nothing you can do that can’t be done

Nothing you can sing that can’t be sung

Nothing you can say but you can learn how to play the game
It’s easy
There’s nothing you can make that can’t be made
No one you can save that can’t be saved

Nothing you can do but you can learn how to be you in time
It’s easy
All you need is love
All you need is love

How to choose a new Dean in the Anglican Church of Canada

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For six years Paul Kennington was Dean and Rector of Christ Church Cathedral in the Diocese of Montreal. Kennington is a homosexual in a civil partnership with Jonathan Bailey. When Kennington left the diocese in December 2016, a replacement with the right qualifications had to be found:

It is no surprise that it took nearly a year to find the right person to fill the position of Dean of Christ Church Cathedral. After all the qualifications were demanding. Among them, “ The new Dean and Rector of Christ Church Cathedral will bring to all dimensions of the role a strong capacity for leadership in visioning that will inspire others—clergy, parishioners, and supporters— with imagination, energy, and enthusiasm for the Cathedral’s mission.”

What is missing from this dazzling catalogue of clerical virtues is the one which the diocese seems to prize above all: the candidate needs to follow in the footsteps of his predecessor and be homosexual.

The Diocese of Montreal found Kennington in the UK, presumably having scoured Canada for a suitable candidate with the necessary sexual inclinations. It’s hard to argue with success, so the diocese, employing the same strategy, have discovered yet another homosexual UK vicar willing to be imported into Canada. The Very Rev. Bertrand Olivier is the new Dean. His husband is called Paul:

The Royal Wedding

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I didn’t get up early to watch the royal wedding. My wife did, though, so when I appeared, cup of tea in hand, the affair was in full swing with Justin Welby presiding over the recital of the marriage vows.

“An American gave the sermon”, my wife said.

“Yes, Michael Curry”, I replied. “You remember, the fellow in charge of The Episcopal Church – the church that isn’t allowed to represent Anglicanism anywhere. Except unimportant events like royal weddings.”

“It was all about love”, she said. “But he did mention Jesus”.

“Which, TEC’s or the real one?” I asked.

“Don’t be silly”.

“Well”, I said, “You know that Michael Curry doesn’t believe in marriage, don’t you? At least, not the same Judeo-Christian marriage that has been going strong for 6000 years: he thinks men can ‘marry’ each other!”

“That’s daft”, she replied. “Still, he did talk about love a lot. Don’t they look lovely together?”

“So it was a John Lennon sermon? – you know ‘All you need is Love’.”

“I suppose so. He was very enthusiastic about their love: he said we will see the end of poverty because of it.”

“I don’t expect Harry and Meghan will see much poverty”, I agreed. “Her dress wasn’t cheap, was it?” “Hang on a minute, isn’t that George Clooney in the congregation?”

“Yes dear, Meghan is a Hollywood actress, of course George is there. Do try to keep up, dear.”

“I don’t see Elton. Surely they didn’t forget him!”

“Yes, he’s there with his husband. Or is it his wife…… it’s hard to keep these things straight”.

“I’ll leave you to it”, I said, “it’s too much excitement for me first thing in the morning”.

What better way to sum up my enthusiasm for all this than with a pearl of wisdom from Michael Curry:

“The power of love is demonstrated by the fact that we are all here. Two young people fell in love and we all showed up!”

Coincidentally, my morning Bible reading included a passage from John (not Lennon) which offers a different explanation of why Michael, Justin, George, Elton, et al “showed up”:

For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God. (John 12:43)

March for Life, Ottawa 2018

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See all images here.

Anglicans for Life Canada was here:

So were many others:

And the police:

Naturally, we made fun of our prime minister:

It wasn’t just conservative Christians:

There were protesters who didn’t just want to express themselves – they want to prevent us expressing ourselves:

Some wore masks:

March for Life, Ottawa 2018 videos

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I’ve just returned to my hotel after attending the Ottawa March for life.

Here are a couple of brief videos. The first is of the celebration after the march and the second is of the protesters who would like to shut down the march.

Notice any difference between those who celebrate life and those who celebrate death?

Anglicans going with the suicidal flow

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A couple of weeks ago there was a report of an Anglican Church of Canada vicar attending a double suicide. His presence gave tacit Anglican approval of their decision.

Now, the Diocese of Huron’s Rev Keith Nethery has provided an Anglican clerical presence as another person is euthanised.

While I can readily understand why a person in pain might be willing to do anything to escape the pain, what puzzles me is the complete absence of guidance provided by the church, in this case in the shape of Nethery, who says:

“I don’t see my role to influence anyone in that situation one way or the other,” he says. “My role, what God has called me to do, is to go and be present… so that people have someone to journey with,” he says.

Since Carolyn’s passing, Nethery says, a small number of other people have asked him if he would provide pastoral care to them if they decided they wanted medically assisted death.

Surely, if any organisation and its representatives should have an opinion about matters of life and death, it is the church. Yet an opinion, strong or otherwise, seems to completely elude Nethery, who is content to go with the flow and just be present.

The Anglican Church of Canada has never had a useful opinion on abortion other than acknowledging that it happens. I suppose it should surprise no one that it is applying this wealth of hard earned indecision garnered over many years to euthanasia.

The ACoC seems to be well on the way to becoming a death cult.

Bishop Michael Bird to be rector of Ottawa area parish

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Michael Bird starts his new job on June 1st. He will no longer be a bishop but incumbent of an area parish – a group of churches that are too small to employ their own rector, so they share one.

I am unable to dispel the feeling that there is more to this odd move than meets the eye.

From here:

Bishop John is pleased to announce that a new Area Parish (comprised of Ascension, Killaloe; All Saint, Petawawa; Epiphany, Barry’s Bay; Holy Trinity, Madawaska; Holy Trinity, Pembroke; St. Anthony, Whitney; St. Augustine, Beachburg; St. George’s, Alice; St. John’s, Eganville; St. John’s, Tramore; St. Patrick’s, Stafford; St. Paul’s, Cobden; St. Stephen’s, Micksburg; and St. Thomas, Rankin) will come into being on June 01, 2018. The following clergy have been appointed to serve in this new ministry:

  • The Rt. Rev. Michael Bird, to be Incumbent; effective June 01, 2018
  • The Rev. Matthew Brown, to be Associate Incumbent, effective June 01, 2018
  • The Rev. Susan Clifford, to be Associate Incumbent, effective June 01, 2018
  • The Rev. Gillian Hoyer, to be Associate Incumbent, effective June 01, 2018

St. John’s Shaughnessy, Imposters

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When the Diocese of New Westminster ejected the thriving congregation of St. John’s Shaughnessy, it lost a source of income.

Consequently, St. John’s Shaughnessy has been costing the diocese of New Westminster around $20,000 per month to stay afloat. It’s so empty that its own staff have declared that it resembles a mausoleum.

As a result, it has had to resort to unusual measures to fill its coffers.

Since the building was hijacked by the diocese, populated with a pretend congregation and the whole enterprise belongs to the Anglican Church of Canada, an organisation devoted to imitating a Christian denomination, what more fitting way to raise some cash than rent the church to a TV production crew making a TV series called “Imposters”?

Here is a clip where one of the villains is marching through the church for “the money grab”. Just like the offering at a Sunday service:

 

And here is a clip with the church van being used as a getaway vehicle:

 

I thought the rector was very realistic.

Extreme Earth Day composting

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Yesterday was Earth Day and Canadian Anglicans were encouraged to celebrate it with the usual mélange of sacred circles, unnamed traditions and spiritism all spiced with a dash of Gaia:

Creator God, we acknowledge and give thanks that:
In Jesus we know we belong to a Sacred Circle with the Gospel and Baptismal Covenant in the centre.

In this Sacred Circle:
We are all related;
We live a compassionate and generous life;
We respect all life, traditions, and resources.
We commit ourselves to spiritual growth, discipleship, and consensus.
Amen.

As it happens, I agree with Roger Scruton, that not despoiling our environment is a conservative value; sadly, the Anglican Church of Canada has gone a few steps further and made environmentalism a substitute for the worship of God the Father.  Note the reference to “Creator” rather than “Father” in the above prayer.

The ACoC’s fascination for greening everything had its origins in the actions of Ira Einhorn, one of the founders of Earth Day. Einhorn made a name for himself by murdering his girlfriend and composting her. We cannot accuse him of not living up to his convictions, unlike the Anglican Church of Canada.

I await the day when exanimate Anglican clergy are put to rest by composting.

Bisexual lighting

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For those who are not convinced that homosexuality, bi-sexuality, trans-sexuality, gender fluidity, gray sexuality, demi-sexuality, asexuality and pansexuality have become the predominant obsession of what is left of Western culture, consider this: we now have bisexual lighting casting its eerie glow over our entertainment.

From the BBC:

What is ‘bisexual lighting’?

An early use of the term comes from a 2014 post on the blogging site Trumblr, which discusses a pink-and-blue-washed scene in the BBC’s Sherlock and speculates about the hidden desires of Dr John Watson.

A more recent, and commonly discussed, example of bisexual lighting can be seen in the San Junipero episode of the Netflix show Black Mirror.

The Emmy Award-winning episode follows the development of a relationship between two bisexual female characters.

Many point out that these colours mirror those of the bisexual pride flag, and suggest the lighting design is a direct reference to the symbol.

I’ll give the Anglican church about five years to latch on to this trend, at which point it will declare that its cathedrals are illuminated with holy bisexual lighting from their multicoloured stained glass windows.