For several Sundays during the first stage of the quarantine period, Eucharistic Liturgy in most churches was celebrated via live streaming using popular internet platforms. Other parish churches were already practicing live streaming via Facebook or YouTube before the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak. Rites were performed according to the norms of the liturgical rubrics without any adjustments.
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…
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…