10 days to Christmas

Tomorrow we begin the 1st Day of the Novena of Christmas. We will have a homily preached every evening during Vespers. However the chapel of the Flagellation is very dusty as the plaster on the walls are being redone these few days. And its very cold too. Hope it doesn't trigger an asthma attack as we have to sit there for 45 minutes.

We will begin the series of "O" antiphons during Vespers for the novena. Tell you more tomorrow.

A terrible accident in the Negev desert today - many tourists dead. http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1228728219835&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull also BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7785889.stm That's why I always advice tourists to use reliable tour agencies - you get what you pay: cheap tour? haphazard organisation and dangerous drivers as a result.

And how about this poor Istanbul boy who played one too much and got locked up in a vault. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7785378.stm Kids - use your brains when you play.

But of course the most watched video since yesterday - shoe in Bush's face. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7782422.stm