IT has been a long year for us all having to face down Covid-19, but Scottish Christians with Lent to negotiate can see light at the end of the tunnel with the reopening of churches. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon spirited up some timely optimism ahead of Easter when she announced that the Government was working towards reopening churches by Easter Monday. That has been welcomed by the Christian churches but at the same time they are pushing for a bigger flock to be allowed through the doors. The Catholic Church is leading the push for that and for an earlier reopening for Holy Week.