Without a doubt, this year’s Lent will be among the most historic, having begun on Feb. 26, just when, still unaware of the full impact of what we then called the novel coronavirus on our world, we started to modify perhaps the first of the many practices we have long considered our way of life.
RISEN CHRIST – A huge statue of the risen Lord Jesus Christ is prominently on display at the Angelus Eternal Garden in Bacoor Cavite in this photo taken yesterday, Holy Saturday.
Today, Easter Sunday, as we celebrate the Resurrection of Christ, we are in the middle of a changed world.
Over the past few weeks, locked down from our everyday activities, such as going to work or school, going out to eat or play or meet with family and friends, or even sacred devotions, such as going to mass, we have stood witness to both the strengths and frailties of what we consider our comfort zone, our socio-political maturity, for example, or our economic infrastructure, our police forces, our healthcare system, even our bodies.
But COVID-19, like any dark cloud, has its silver linings. It’s not only the many opportunities it gives us to come together and care for one another. It’s not only the revelation of our capacity to adapt and to do what must be done, sometimes only in a matter of days, such as the conversion of large public buildings, like the Philippine International Convention Center , into quarantine facilities or isolation units.
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