Today was dominated by David Gemmell's funeral: in his welcome, Cardinal Keith Patrick mentioned, among other things, David's passion to create St Mary's Cosmopolitan Cathedral as a theatre for those with faith.
Today, there was plenty theatre.
I'm not sure I can adequately describe the drama, emotion, colour of today's Mass: to someone more accustomed to the monochrome of Presbyterianism the scene was dazzling - David's congregation and brother priests pulled out all the stops to make his an unforgettable farewell.
Yet amidst the pomp, there was a mother standing frail and proud and grieving for her boy, family and friends celebrating a life they know was cut short too early.
The public and private sat easily together in today's service though: symbolised, I think, by his choice to be buried alongside his dad in a wee village in Fife: typical David humility - to eschew the grandeur of the Cathedral as his place of last repose and opt for home.
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