A families sadness.
Abigail Witchell's family's grief over the savage and mindless attack which at best leaves her paralysed is palpable even in the distance lent by television.
How could anyone do this to her?
Today, a day late, as is Anglican wont, we celebrated St. George as Patron Saint of England and as Patron Saint of our little country church. We were reminded of the many-headed modern dragon of media prurience, intrusion, and misrepresentation; of spiritual antagonism from hateful beings; of the imposed ignorance of the things of God in school and family, and through the neglect of us, the church, to speak plainly of Jesus through whom alone we can be saved from all this and ourselves, and the alternative, eternal separation from God and those being saved.
Perhaps there is a connection between Angela's position and the lack of submission to the will of Our Father as He is found in the life, death, resurrection, ascension and promised return of Our Lord.
Kyrie eleison!
