Plugging the Gaps
I’m always amazed at the contrast of too much being available in one place and in another there can never be enough available.
Nae’ema al-Gasseer, from the World Health Organisation has announced that in Iraq, “The fear of cholera and typhoid is our immediate and urgent priority”.
Refugees and those that have been displaced are said to be the most vulnerable to an outbreak and one can only imagine that this would pile on the misery already being inflicted for all sides concerned in the country.
At the other end of the scale, it has been announced that The Clarence Hotel, in Dublin, been given the go-ahead for a controversial 150 million euro revamp. Now I am not for one moment trying to link the problem and to state that the revamp should not go ahead.
However I am stating that the two stories will rightly stand alongside each other as being newsworthy. What is difficult to imagine is that the general public may find the latter story to be more interesting.
To have situations where their can be so much joy on one side and so much pain on the other is something that has tried to be rectified, ignored and then rectified again since the dawn of time.
There is an ability, and maybe it is more of an option, to care for our fellow man, because life has been thrown at us to say that our own problems must come first and they are becoming increasingly more difficult to deal with in recent times.
I wish I had the answer, because it’s all about plugging gaps and there will always be the chance that another crack will appear.
Thursday, July 17th, 2008 and is filed under Pain and suffering, Thoughts & Questions, Views on News.
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Matthew Thompson Says:
Hello!
I am a member of the Chicago Archdiocese of Chicago and I am very interested in learning about your part of the Catholic world.
I have noticed that you are a frequent poster on this site and I was wondering if you might be abel to help me. I am doing a research paper for my last year in college and the topic is the Council of Nicea. I am trying to document the evolution of the creed and how it is spoken in Catholic Churches around the world today.
If there is any way you could point me toward a few churches throughout Ireland or anywhere in Europe I would be honored and I would also add your name as a source in my research. Thank you so much for any help you might be able to give.
July 19th, 2008 at 3:39 am
L. Maher Says:
Matthew,
In your research I hope you will ask my favorite question whenever I meet a liturgist.
Why is the creed (almost) never sung in English? I ask this because liturgists seem to discourage the singing of the credo in English.
July 21st, 2008 at 9:27 pm