Today, priestly advice is even harder to find. A lady of my acquaintance requested that a priest visit her elderly relative who is bed-bound some weeks ago; and yet even such a humane request has been delayed due to the evident pressures of religions within the logistics of modern life.

A relative of who is of the Roman Catholic persuasion laments regularly that the confessional is very rarely manned, again apparently due to logistics.

Upon considering this grave lack in today's society, I came up with the idea of a high-street bureau of good advice - a small office or even wall kiosk at which those in need of good Christian guidance can obtain it in a private and free-of-charge consultation.

The bureau, where possible, should be manned by a priest, or even by a seminarian or lay minister. Where nobody is able to man the bureau, a telephone screen should be lowered which connects to the first available manned bureau via VoIP.

Alms may be issued or collected at these points, should that be required. The switchboard might also allow finding a minister of the appropriate denomination to hear confession.

All-in-all this will make good advice easier to come by, and ensuring that all those who are worried are able to find answers.