"Terror makes victims of us all"

That was the chilling warning given by Bishop Tom at Evensong in Southwark Cathedral on Sunday 16 September.

The Bishop was speaking on what should have been a joyous occasion - the service to licence Christine Hardman as the first woman Archdeacon in Southwark Diocese and James Buxton as Succentor at the Cathedral (see link below).

But, uppermost in everyone's thoughts was the disaster that had taken place in New York the previous Tuesday.

In his sermon Bishop Tom said that our feelings following this event were 'wibbly wobbly' just like the bridge which had been built to link the south bank of the Thames with St Paul's.

In the same way as that bridge needs to be dampened in order to work properly our feelings of anger and outrage need to be controlled in order that a right response is made to the atrocity.

Bishop Tom has spoken of a need for restraint and for justice in the press, on TV and on radio in his regular Thought for the Day slot and other broadcasts. He is especially anxious that our response should be measured and that there should not be a backlash against people of other faith communities.

The Aftermath of Terror
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Cathedral Requiem

Thoughts and Words

A Prayer for October

Hardman & Buxton