Our Parish Priest, by no means elderly, had a good swipe at Mary McAleese today. It’s great to see that kind of push-back. He didn’t name her, but discretely spoke of a ‘former President of Ireland’. He said that it stemmed from a deep source of anger and bitterness.
It's so sad. I bet she didn't start out this way as a young Catholic schoolgirl in Belfast. Now so far along the road to hell. A warning to us all. Prayers for poor Mary.
She was such an icon in a Catholic nation. I don't know what really happened to her. Pride maybe. It's a cautionary tale for all of us to guard our hearts. God help her.
Yes, I must pray for her everyday all the way up to Christmas. It's true it is a warning to us all, she wasn't born this way.
