Stephen Cottrell

A first for Christendom: Holy Week without church

We are going to have to follow Jesus in his isolation

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issue 04 April 2020

Many of us try to give things up during Lent. Usually it is alcohol, or biscuits. Who would have thought that this Lent we would have to give up each other, and distance ourselves even from those we love most and from all those activities upon which we have relied so much.

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