14th Sunday

View of 1km walk up to work in the
day

It's Sunday again and as usual it's a workday for me. This morning I managed to do a lot of work classifying books. Well actually the sun is too hot to walk home so I decided to stay in the library till it got a little cooler. That meant I had 5 hours of work to do. The plus point is there's airconditioning in the library so it's cool and comfortable.

I had the Armenian Mass as usual in the morning. But at lunch time 2 of my ex-volunteers from Italy came to visit me. They met here while volunteering and will be married in December. I think this is the 3rd or 4th couple that met while volunteering in my library and gotten married. Anyway we went for a simple burger lunch and had a lot to chat. They discussed their future plans and work. It's good to see them again and it was very nice they came to tell me of the great news.

In Bari, Italy the Pope is meeting the Eastern Church leaders as well as bishops of the Middle East and the Holy Land. The central message is a call to stop the massacre of christians in the Middle East. Well it'll fall on deaf ears. It's well over 5 years and tens of thousands of christians have died ... and the world ha remained silent.  https://www.timesofisrael.com/pope-denounces-complicit-silence-on-mideast-attacks-against-christians/

Same point but homeward view after
work at night

In Pamplona, Spain, the festival of the running of the bulls took place yesterday. It's based on the pagan Mithraic religion. Goodness knows why they need to perpetuate this dreadful sport where humans and animals get injured.

And in Thailand the first 4 boys have been rescued from the caves they had entered. It's good news ,,, but they should have thought about the dangers before entering. Let's hope the rest will come out safely as well.