Remorseless

So there you have it, not one iota of remorse, or sorrow, no regret, no admission of wrongdoing...

Did we really expect anything more?

Building work

I am currently having the extension on my house rebuilt; what with Christmas and the weather, things have been going in fits and starts, but now much of the plastering is done. Trouble is, when it's finished I'll have to decorate - still it only took me 18 months to finish the kitchen!

Facebook

I finally succumbed and joined Facebook at the weekend, and this evening I linked my blog to it, so this is by way of a test to see if it will in fact send new posts through to Facebook.

Freedom is a two edged sword

It was interesting to hear the comments of the leader of Islam4UK about his group's imminent banning. He claimed that his freedoms were being taken away.

I find this a bit rich considering that one of his supporters was on TV last night carrying a placard saying the following: "Islam will rule the World. To hell with freedom"

Listen sunshine, you can't have it both ways. You can't go around threatening to force the rest of us to follow your religion on pain of death and then bleat about your rights when the government slaps you down for it.

Rome trip

Last October I went to Rome for a week, it was a terrific holiday and I really loved Rome. If you haven't been do go - I recommend the Pantheon.

Anyway, this is by way of background to what I actually wanted to say. The first few days we went around several of the large Basilicas, and I became increasingly disconsolate about them. They were very ornate and impressive, but I felt very little sense of the holy in them, they were like museums and tourist attractions rather than places of worship.

As part of my reason for going to Rome was to re-charge my spiritual batteries, you can imagine that this was a bit of a let down.

Towards the end of the week we went to St Peter's itself, and I didn't expect anything different, I walked into the Church and at first felt nothing, but then I found my way into a side chapel where the Blessed Sacrament was exposed. Lots of people were praying, and I joined them. I spent half an hour there talking to Jesus and it was so wonderful, it made all the difference, when I came out of the side chapel and started looking around the rest of the Basilica it was with very different eyes. To feel God's peace and grace and love is a powerful thing, of course it doesn't last, we have to come down the mountain, but while we're up there... There's nothing like it.