These are trying times

Here is a beautiful message, written by a Catholic, who is reflecting on the recent events. This is printed with permission.

Thanks for the web presentation of the Weekend Liturgy, and the thoughts and prayers it contains.  

It is such a difficult time, and to be cut off from the Church Mass is really hard for all of us.  It makes me realise how much we take things for granted – the freedom to go to Mass each week, and hug our friends, and receive the Sacrament of Holy Communion.  I look back on my life – all the Masses I have been to, and taken for granted, and feel sorry that I did take this privilege for granted.  It is but a taste of what others throughout history have had to suffer for their faith.

Sunday didn’t even feel like Sunday.  And we will probably have lots more Sundays to face in the same way. 

Thank you for filling the void, for bringing us comfort and hope.  If nothing else, this isolation will teach us to value what is important.  All the chasing after life’s successes, money, achievements, mean nothing if we don’t have our health.  I am sure a lot of priorities will change after this and one day we will see God bringing us blessing through the ordeal of this time.  It is uplifting to see people helping each other, caring about each other, and the whole world forgetting their differences to fight this thing together.