McGrath, you are right again. At least the killing has stopped.

Well mostly.

I have two responses to news of NI or of the fate of the people who want peace. Being greatly cheered by events. Being greatly saddened by events. But there is another feeling beginning to creep in; being greatly tired of it all. I can afford to be tired of it all. I don't live in NI and my NI friends, mostly, are here in the 'states. I want to see peace's victory and I know that however much I may long for it that longing hasn't anywhere near the intensity of the longing felt in NI. God bless them. ALL OF THEM.

Ian Paisley should be ashamed of himself. He claims to be a protestant. I belong to the United Church of Christ. We welcome all. As Christians, our covenant with the lord commands us to welcome all, to love all. Even Ian Paisley.

Our congregation recently had a drive for warm socks for the homeless in St. Louis. The organization who will distribute these socks is Covenant House. Covenant House is "Catholic". Persons trapped in poverty and disease, sorrow and hunger don't seek relief from Catholics or Lutherans or the United Church of Christ. But here, in our city, they receive it from all of us.

If only persons like Paisley could see clearly, and remember our covenant with God, peace would have a chance.

CB