A week before the terrrorist attacks, a Protestant terrorist threw a bomb a Catholic schoolchildren. Although the scale is smaller the core reason is the same: hatred of one people for another.

Hatred is the fuel. Hatred is the fire. Hatred is the wind to fan hatred’s flame. Jesus said love your neighbor. Jesus said love your enemy. If the Christians in Northern Ireland find this difficult, how will we ever get off this road that terrorism is dragging us down? The losses of the past week are almost too great to bear. Greater still is the burden of finding the path we must now take.

Stephen Ryan

Ludlow