As I walked in pilgrimage from London Tower to Tyburn, I thought of Oliver Plunkett making his last journey-to be hanged, drawn and quartered, for conscience and truth. He was the last of the martyrs of faith to die at Tyburn. A Protestant court refused to condemn him in Dundalk, Ireland..But there were other enemies among his own people.

When he was asked by Pope Clement to leave Rome and go as pastor to a troubled Ireland, he knew the fate of his predecessors -one died at the Tower of London, another was murdered at Tulsk, and five others died in exile. His, was an extraordinary love to face such a storm. He died without bitterness for king or accusers.

Coping with the unlovable bits in others means pain and suffering. Jesus accepted it. So did Oliver Plunkett and made it redemptive.

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