Deirdre Reynolds takes a trip to the Holy Land in Israel

Witnessing a row of women weeping openly at the Western Wall, Deirdre Reynolds couldn’t help but wish she had some of their faith on a trip the Holy Land.

Hypo-christian, cultural Catholic and à la carte Catholic: just some of the labels applied to people like me who are more likely to see the inside of an Easter egg than a Church this weekend.

Like the 3,860,999 others who ticked the ‘Roman Catholic’ box on the last census, I was baptised by a priest as a baby, still have the rosary beads I got for my First Holy Communion, and carefully hand-picked a saint’s name (Francis) for my Confirmation.