We have seen men dance in the dust of the Moon.
We can look into the sub-atomic world, and see particles , some there and absent at the same time, which can communicate with each other instantly over thousands of miles.
We can transplant our hearts, lungs, livers and kidneys, and even replace faces.
We live in the post-Incarnation world, in which Christ has given us His blood to drink, and His Flesh to eat.
And yet we cannot to find a way of providing Them for the Flock in the fifty thousand parishes without priests.
We should remember this week-end all those who are contrite, but who cannot receive absolution or the Eucharist, but who could if valid ordination were extended.
Let us also remember the bishops in our prayers.