Daily Online Worship
As the Cathedral remains closed due to the coronavirus outbreak, we invite you to join our online services:
- Morning Service of Prayer – posted 7 am EDT Monday–Saturday
- Evening Service of Prayer – posted 7 pm EDT Monday–Saturday
I am on the cathedral’s email list. The latest gave info on a number of virtual spiritual resources that people can access.
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As our pastor noted in an email yesterday, the church has left the building, but we are still the church. I just left the streamed Mass of the day (from inside the building) by the pastor and one of the priests and nobody else. That will be the new standard, and I can live with that. Watching on computer was not as bad as I expected, possibly because with the same cast it was so much like the usual Mass.
ReplyDeleteWe also have a local streamed television Mass. You are right, seeing the familiar faces does help. This priest usually starts an acapella entrance and exit hymn. Which he did yesterday. But singing solo (or in our case duo) in your basement family room is way different than singing in a group. You can't blame your mistakes on someone else!
DeleteStill getting used to the new normal. It seems like forever ago that I posted on the blessings of a crowded Saturday night Mass in ordinary time
News from the front. Nurses are ending up on ventilators. Nurses in some hospitals were ordered to work without N95 masks, even in COVID units. There's a factor called viral load. The quantity of exposure makes a difference. The 80% of people who had mild symptoms might not have done so well if they were intensely exposed.
ReplyDeleteThe N95 mask shortage (especially for medical professionals!) seems inexcusable. It's not even high tech. But could save lives.
DeleteThe viral load thing I can believe. I can remember when the kids were little if I got barfed on, coughed on, juicily sneezed on, I was going to catch whatever bug it was.
DeleteHelp for the mask shortage; UNMC researchers have found a way to safely decontaminate masks so that they can be used more than once (by the original wearers).
DeleteThis is such frustrating and sad news. Nurses are having to make some wrenching choices right now. Our NPR affiliate reported that the Michigan nurses union is predicting shortages of protective gear as the number of patients rises.
DeleteJack, thank you for.posting the links to the Bar Cathedral services. I had got out of the habit of evening prayer.
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