West Belfast has a Peace Wall that was constructed 30 years ago which is a wall of division between Catholics and Protestants that is a glaring symbol of disunity. I know of three disruptions by bomb threats since being here. The train from Dublin to Belfast which was to leave 2 hours after the one John Leddy and I took was cancelled and the following morning a man from the United States coming to the conference missed the opening conference because of a bomb threat and cancellation of a train. The Ulster Hall event 2 nights ago had to be interrupted and the hall evacuated due to a bomb threat. The Way to Peace here is one that is long, asking for incredible patience and understanding.
Meetings are endless.
There is a real, if invisible power in meeting together beyond words, beyond human hope. Here, in the silence, hearts can be opened, a space created where the Holy Spirit may enter and the flame of love ignited to replace the fires of hatred.