{"id":29401,"date":"2021-12-21T20:13:30","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T01:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=29401"},"modified":"2021-12-21T20:15:12","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T01:15:12","slug":"diocese-of-niagara-shuts-churches-because-of-omicron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/diocese-of-niagara-shuts-churches-because-of-omicron\/","title":{"rendered":"Diocese of Niagara shuts churches because of Omicron"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just in time for Christmas.<\/p>\n

From here<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\"\"Dear friends:<\/p>\n

You will have heard by now that I have made the difficult decision to shutter our churches for public worship as a preventative measure against the unrestrained spread of the Omicron variant of concern which is circulating in our midst.<\/p>\n

This is a hard time.\u00a0 We are being asked to dig very deep to accede to this moment with strength and maturity.\u00a0 The psalm quoted above, is one of assurance.\u00a0 It\u2019s about trust in the power of God to guide and fortify us in the face of fear.\u00a0 God is called a fortress and a refuge \u2013 places of protection and shelter.\u00a0 Well, we have need of both in this moment.<\/p>\n

But we are not helpless.\u00a0 Added to this deep trust is the use of the good judgement and common sense gifted to us as God\u2019s beloved children.\u00a0 So, equipped with these abilities and God\u2019s steadfast presence and care, we move forward into this next chapter of the pandemic.<\/p>\n

It seems amazing that a scant three weeks ago, the word Omicron was not in our lexicons.\u00a0 Yet as I write to you, the number of cases in Ontario from this now predominant variant are doubling every two or three days, with case counts in our diocese rising to levels we haven\u2019t seen since the third wave of the pandemic.<\/p>\n

The extent of transmission in our communities has led many to urgently call for a set of new guidelines to act as a \u201ccircuit breaker\u201d to slow infection and buy time to ramp up vaccination efforts. We are doing our part to contribute to this effort even as we place our trust in God.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It seems, the bishop has lost her faith – in the vaccines:
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