Re: Re: reorganisation and destruction of irish catholic churche

Easter Sunday in Dublin is perhaps a lot less of a religious occasion than it used to be, but there are still glimpses, like the slightly bizarre sight of a dawn procession of the cross down High Street from St. Audoen’s Church, courtesy of the Polish community, policed by a single cop on a push bike. If there had been any old-timers still living on High Street, which there aren’t, they’d probably have thought they were back in the 1950s. Although as Catholic as we were in Ireland in the past, I don’t think we ever did six in the morning.

The Lutherans on Adelaide Road have a largely German congregation and, in defiance of national stereotypes, began Easter Sunday service this year with a completely unrehearsed kinder-pageant, before getting back on message with some serious preaching.

Whether an atheist is a man who hasn’t found God yet, or a believer is a man who hasn’t found out yet, the wealth of heritage that goes with the pageantry and practice of religion is a cultural delight in itself, and without necessarily wishing to treat occasions like Easter without due reverence, or as an unofficial second Open-House-Weekend, it would be a shame to let occasions like Easter pass unobserved, in one form or another.

No offense intended obviously to people who observe Easter as a chocolate fest.