Why? Because she seems to have a firmer grip on the significance of the Incarnation to ordinary people than either the current or soon to be Cantuar.
In her Christmas message, after a brief recap of the year, she spoke of Christ’s example in serving others:
“This is the time of year when we remember that God sent his only son ‘to serve, not to be served’. He restored love and service to the centre of our lives in the person of Jesus Christ.
“It is my prayer this Christmas Day that his example and teaching will continue to bring people together to give the best of themselves in the service of others.
In contrast to the Queen, Justin Welby simply couldn’t resist blathering on about cherished leftist articles of faith: wealth and the implied need for its redistribution, foreign aid, justice and the poor, inequality and higher taxes for the wealthy – encased in a thin veneer of Christianity.
OMG I just realized what she has done. She writes the annual Christmas message herself, and I thnk she has, on her own, in a subtle but unmistakable way, voiced publicly her position on anti-Christian government actions and incidents, and the decline in Christianity, in the UK! She is obviously very concerned, and as much as she currently can in her position, she has expressed her belief and exercised her role as defender of the faith. This is very significant and I think the media has completely overlooked that significance, or ignored it.
In their ignorance,they ignored it.
They don’t get it, never have, and won’t until it’s too late.
God save the Queen, Defender of the Faith!
I understand that Her Majesty is a committed Christian with a deep faith. I agree with the title of this blog item but then of course England would have a female bishop (!)
God save the Queen.
God save the Queen.