As the cross was carried through Luton on Good Friday to a slow drum beat, two young Roma women spotted me. They were in town begging. They joined the procession. Here you see them facing the cross. We weep for Jesus, remembering his passion, what he did for us all. But when he processed through Jerusalem carrying that cross what did he say to the women weeping? "Daughters of Jerusalem! Do not weep for me. Weep for yourselves and your children!" The general view is that things will get worse for the Gyspy people. Jesus is weeping for them. These two mothers will be evicted from their home on Tuesday. They could not pay the rent and it's all turned very nasty. Two families will be searching in desperation for somewhere to lay their head. We went in the church after the procession. They wanted to hear the passion narrative in their language. I read from my Kalderash bible. Then they went off begging. And I in search of an empathic private landlord. Amidst their desparate circumstances they are always able to laugh. The mother on the right is the best cleaner in town. Why do people stare in derision?
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