Very cold

Very cold weekend

It's been very cold here these last few days. Down to 3 degrees but it feels like below zero. Everyone is in thick woolen clothes and hoodies. It rained for 2 days ... actually heavy drizzle. But it's better than nothing. I hear it rained (the real thing) along the coastal cities for 4 days. That's good.

Right now fighter jets are flying overhead several times already. People in the streets are nervous. We can hear the roar but we cannot see it. Everyone nervously walks faster or going into buildings for shelter. You never know what to expect nowadays.

Too cold to go out

I was very busy yesterday. Had to celebrate 3 Masses in 3 cities covering 200 kms. I came home at 10pm utterly exhausted. At one point I was quite disoriented during Mass and even nearly collapsed. I held on to our of the concelebrants - a student of ours. My stumble caused my chair to be knocked off the dais. On my way home in a one hour car ride, my driver told me to sleep as I looked terrible. I did. I still had to walk 500m home after the car dropped me outside the Old City. The driver was very kind and sent me a message half an hour later to ask if I got home safely. There're still some good people in this world.