It\u2019s all about the UN Millennium goals, and speaking up for \u2013 not, you will note, directly helping, a task too difficult for today\u2019s enervated mainline denominations \u2013 the poor.<\/p>\n
Instead of celebrating the most important event in the universe\u2019s history, the arrival of the Incarnate God, born of a Virgin, sinless, sacrificed for us and our only means of reconciliation with the Father, we have prosaic, idolatrous utopianism. A religion emptied of transcendence.<\/p>\n
From here<\/a>:<\/p>\n With Christmas approaching, Archbishop Fred Hiltz today urged Anglicans, via a CBC radio interview, to think about the poor and disadvantaged, saying the church \u201cmust be in the world and for the world\u201d as Jesus Christ was.<\/p>\n In the gospels, \u201cwe see quite clearly that he [Jesus] cared as much for people\u2019s physical well-being as their spiritual well-being,\u201d Hiltz said when asked by CBC Toronto Metro Morning\u2019s Matt Galloway about why he\u2019s asking Anglicans to become stronger advocates for social justice. \u201cThe church has a moral obligation, rooted in the gospel and in the teaching of the prophets long before Jesus. We have a moral obligation\u2026to speak up for those who are disadvantaged, for the poor and for the downtrodden.\u201d<\/p>\n [\u2026.]<\/p>\n Hiltz noted that eliminating extreme hunger and poverty was one of the UN Millennium goals (to which Anglicans worldwide have been asking their governments to demonstrate commitment).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It\u2019s all about the UN Millennium goals, and speaking up for \u2013 not, you will note, directly helping, a task too difficult for today\u2019s enervated mainline denominations \u2013 the poor. Instead of celebrating the most important event in the universe\u2019s … Continue reading