Today, I woke up in the embrace of my hubby. Though scared I was, I told him to remember how much I love him, just in case this virus claims me, an asthmatic. He said, “We are in this together. We will survive.” That made me smile. I attended Holy Family Artesia’s livestreamed mass. 857 devices tuned in, some attend as a family of 4, so there could be over a thousand attending.
We are all in the tomb, much like Lazarus, inside a cave. What would we look like when we emerge from the tomb? Will we become lesser people, decaying from within or are we finding ways to keep our fruitfulness? We have the chance to review our values such that when the stone of our personal tombs is rolled away, will we be raring to go, to be set free to become our best selves for a better world, exhibiting sincerity of service and embodying the Joy of the Cross.
Homily of Fr. John Cordero
I also attended an earlier mass at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Los Angeles with Fr. Rolly Clarin. 97 of us were tuned in. His homily spoke of “Do we have a confident faith in God that He is by our side. We are the Church, the people who pray together, not the buildings. The Church is the people and is still alive. We continue to thrive as God is in us.”
Context – Coronavirus has 691,867 confirmed cases with 32,988 deaths. US has the highest confirmed cases of 125,433 and 2, 201 deaths.
Day 22 of social isolation breakfast of leftover adobo, which tastes better, days after it was cooked, the challah bread baked by Corina, scrambled eggs with tomatoes and homegrown avocados. It is so silent that I can hear the bees buzzing in our orange tree and the birds tweeting.
Another good news, ozone hole in the earth is healing due to the Paris Agreement and shutdown of global movement except that of essential personnel and logistics workers. I am actually breathing easier and needing inhalers only once a day.