Monday, July 28, 2008

Zeal for my father's house?

A traumatised friend phones to tell me about the declining standards of reverance in Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral.

It seems the cathedral authorities are more content to run a tourist attraction than a holy and sacred House of God.

My friend was speaking to a regular parishioner who said that nobody is allowed to correct visitors to the cathedral who are wandering around drinking water or eating food. Neither can we tell men to remove their hats.

When my friend checked with the security guards the men confirmed that they cannot tell people to stop eating and drinking in church by orders of the dean.

What are we coming to?