Tonight we heard the sad news that Notre Dame de Paris was burning and I imagine at this stage nothing is left. As we continue our Holy Week journey we think of the French people and in particular we think of the people of Paris especially the Catholic Community there. It particularly poignant that this is happening during Holy Week as well as all that has been happening with the vandalism that has taken place in other French catholic churches in recent times. At times like these there is nothing that can be done except to express solidarity with our brothers and sisters in the faith that are affected by the tragedy of this fire especially at this time when we celebrate Holy Week. In holy week we celebrate life death and resurrection and tonight we witnessed the death of Notre Dame as it was and I feel certain that we will witness its resurrection in the future just as we will witness Christs death and resurrection later in the week.
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