Daily horrors.

Sex, violence, theft, human trafficking, prison riots, all in the news on a daily basis....
The fall of Rome is coming to mind. When the northern hoards destroyed the glory of that city after years of decadent rulers, it was sacked, its treasures stolen and its people scattered....
This is now what is coming to mind every morning on hearing the news...
It is becoming almost commonplace to hear that a gifted powerful man has used his power to obtain sex.
That this power has subjugated children to sexual objects is for me the most appalling news. The shock on hearing what Jimmy Saville did has been eclipsed by worse news of other powerful people using their positions to obtain sexual favours from both sexes.
Fame is powerful. To use it to make other people do your bidding is crass and it seems has been done far more frequently than we ever realised.
The news day by day brings more horrors and more unfortunate people who need help.
For someone like me, brought up by Victorian grandparents during the war every day's news brings new shocks.
I apologise for being old and Christian....but I am truly shocked by each day's revelations.
One of my friend advised me not to read the papers or listen to the radio but that's something I can't do. To cut myself off from the world and its problems is not a choice I can make.
The image of an old dear tutting away at what the younger generation gets up to was never going to be me. And yet here we are!
This over crowded world is struggling. Epidemics, war and poverty are all means of cutting down our human numbers...
No wonder I pray. I invite you to join me. Amen.

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