Portsmouth Roman Catholic

 Perhaps I am too old.   Things do no go into place as quickly now as when I was younger.   Reading into local authorities and their responsibility for ensuring the Health and Safety of Places of Worship, what suddenly came to me was just how unprofessional some approaches were to the Covid crisis.    It is of little value telling people that there should have been a proper 'risk assessments' made on any decision, or where in doubt the local authority should have been contacted.   People placed themselves in charge who had little experience and believed they could do what they liked, and almost damn the consequences.   They just ignored anyone who said that there were rules. Let me say that the majority were acting from good motives, but not all.   A dispute did break out about the fourteen windows which should never have been opened in winter.   But only personal arguments ensued and the committee took authority back.  People did realise that people were freezing and complaine

 Again with the Church we have celebrated Good Friday and Easter Sunday.   The Church called us to penance for out failings during Lent, and we as Catholics responded.   We had the joy of confession, and the humility of receiving Jesus indeed being joined to Him in a very intimate way through Holy Communion, who died for us on the cross and then rose from the dead, so that His flesh could be our nourishment.  We could in our turn become Christlike and build His Kingdom on earth as He asked us to do at his Ascension.   Jesus said "If you love me, keep my Commandments", so how much we love Jesus is measured by our obedience to His will.   There is no room for pride and pretence.  Jesus taught against adulterous relationships and he taught chastity before marriage.    So what is our response?   How much do we love Him?   Do we go off to some false prophet and decide  we can 'follow our conscience'?   Or follow the many new prophets who tell us in many different ways that

 I thought I would come back on since I have been silent for so long.   I want to wish my friends a happy and a holy Easter.    It has been very cold in Church due partly to ignorance of Government legislation but now that they are being uncovered and the discovery is being made that it is against the Health and Safety legislation to allow buildings to let temperatures drop to less than 67 degrees I think that winters to come will be much warmer in Church.   The silly thing is that maintaining temperatures at this level stops the spread not only of Covid, but of flu, pneumonia, and other lung diseases, and yet through wilful ignorance this was not even discussed, and windows and doors were opened almost in triumph.  But ignorance is no excuse for breaking the law.   But believe me the days of people coming to Church prepared to shiver despite warm clothing, or be lucky enough to find a spot beside a heating radiator are well and truly over.