United in Christ

kids playing with the park sprinklers

The weather continues to be hot ... typical August weather. Daytime temperature reaches 35 degrees and nighttime can fluctuate between 26 to 32 degrees. And it has been unusually humid as well. That makes it all quite unbearable. Yesterday evening I met 2 of my israeli security friends while they were at work .... both sweating buckets of perspiration ... I mean literally sweat pouring down their heads. Their T-shirts were all soaking wet.

I think electricity will be rationed this year like last year because with this heat and humidity, many people will turn on their aircons. The irony of aircons is it generates more heat in their motors outside the house .... hence making the outdoors even hotter than normal.

Lebanese and Israeli catholic youths

Remember several blogs back about the govt. cutting funds for schools that do not teach core subjects (maths, science etc.. secular subjects)? It was the excuse to cut funding from all christian schools (though they teach these core subjects but not Torah) .... but today the govt. has approved jewish religious schools from teaching these same subjects yet give them funding!!!! Now is that double standards or what????

One heartwarming series of pictures appearing in social media )and I have some private pics from the groups themselves)  is World Youth Day ... not the event in general, but the pictures of Catholic youths from enemy countries standing side-by-side, praying, singing and studying their faith. What politics has divided, religion has united. And to see the 2 million youths gathered for the event ... it is a good sign that the Church is still alive and relevant. And the youth, united in Christ, do not see each other as enemies. They are one family.