My Thoughts 06/04/2022

We are living in a time of great anxiety and not only do we feel anxious about our future here in the UK but also we see and hear daily the uncovering of dreadful acts of barbarity perpetrated in Ukraine by the Russian military. This is all happening as we approach Holy Week.

At a conference last week On the Church and Ukraine, Cardinal Czerny urged people to stop referring to statistics and drop phrases like humanitarian crisis or refugee crisis. “Drop the statistics, it would help us to stay focused. … Let’s focus on the people.” He also noted that Pope Francis rarely speaks about war in Ukraine without speaking about other wars. “There’s a dozen of them going on” right now, and they are as ignored as much as Ukraine is prominent.”

As we come to the end of Lent we are going through a time of passion and crucifixion. We see Jesus suffering in the all those caught up in the violence. We continue to pray:

“O God author and lover of peace, to know you is to live, to serve you is to reign; defend against every attack those who cry to you, so that we who trust in your protection, may not fear the weapons of any foe.”