I don’t know about you, but when I get that sniff of hand sanitizer right before Eucharistic reception, my Jesus pretty much tastes like Purell.
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Tag: COVID-19
Reflections on a Liturgy of COVID-tide
Like many others, I went to the designated building.
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Now is the Time for Now
We can dream about the past and we can hope for the future. But this bleak mid-winter sameness asks us to be more highly aware of the now.
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Lockdown 2.0
In Ireland we are in our second lockdown with all public liturgies cancelled. Parishes were just getting back on their feet after the lockdown. The
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Windows in Walls
When we beautify our gaze, the grace of hidden beauty becomes our joy and our sanctuary. John O’Donohue I have been reflecting quite a bit
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What My Dreams are Telling Me about Covid-19
I, or at least my subconscious, is mightily struggling across this desert-sea of worship-less existence.
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Saying “No” to the Spirit
What have you had to say no to? Most recently, I had to say no to my ministry of church music.
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Liturgies of Lament
As this pandemic drags on, I find that moments of hope and gratitude are interspersed with times of deep grief and frustration. At one level,
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Through a Glass, Dimly
COVID-19 Shaping Spiritual Communities COVID-19 dwells in the space between us. So we keep our distance. One nursing home in Cincinnati plans to use plexiglas
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The Liturgical Sensorium and COVID-19
I hear the Word of God proclaimed in juxtaposition not to a statue of St. Augustine but to two toy statues of Godzilla and Monster Zero in my living room.
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