Today the Church of Ireland community in the church of Ballymacelligott celebrated harvest liturgy.
I had the privilege to preach at their morning Communion Service.
Walking into a Protestant church in Kerry surely forces one to look back in history but most of all to ask why there is not more energy put into repairing historical divisions.
At Communion it was time to ask and wonder, indeed, pray what that great word 'transubstantiation' means.
Later in the day, telling a young woman where I had been, she immediately recalled how her grandfather had told her that in his time Catholics were not allowed enter Protestant churches.
It would be interesting to ask that young woman, who is Catholic, and her Church of Ireland counterpart what Communion means for them.
Time now to read up on how the pope's former butler is managing.
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