It was since Wednesday, on May 13, 2020, during the church visit to the Blessed Sacrament, where I noticed that those markings on top of the backrests and the blue ribbons tied at the sides of the pews were already taken out (Pls. Read COVID19- driven Proxemics in Churches). Previously, we only participate in the…
It was Friday, May 22, 2020, the Feast of Sta Rita of Cascia. We attended the 8:00 am Holy Mass at St Claire of Assisi at Surprise, Arizona. The church is a 30-minute drive from our place in Goodyear. As usual, few parking spaces for the disabled near the church entrances were occupied by a…
On Wednesday, May 6, 2020, we went out early for marketing to procure our daily household needs. We have to arrange our tasks to organize our trip while still aware of COVID19 hustles. As of writing, the news flashed in my phone, saying, “there were 572 coronavirus cases in Arizona yesterday.” This news update was…
It was more than a halfway of writing part one ( previous article), then an unexpected announcement we heard from our Pastor-Priest. As usual, it is my routine every Sunday morning to prepare the laptop computer for the Sunday virtual Liturgy for the 9:00 am Mass. The other is the setting up of a small…
It was almost 10:30 pm of April 30, 2020, here in Arizona, USA, (May 1, 2020, 1:30 pm Philippines) when I received a link of the news in my FB messenger: “Gov’t backtracks: Mass gatherings prohibited under GCQ.” I know GCQ stands for General Community Quarantine, a downgraded version of Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ). I…
“On the first day of Unleavened Bread, when it was customary to sacrifice the paschal lamb, his disciples said to him, ‘Where do you wish us to go to prepare the Passover supper for you?’ He sent two of his disciples with these instructions:‘Go into the city, and you will come upon a man carrying…