PEOPLE CAN BE SO WONDERFUL: A Florida anesthesiologist got the bright idea to try making face masks with a material called “surgical wrap” that is used to keep medical tools and equipment sterile. It is in abundant supply in hospitals across the United States and the world. It turns out that two layers of the material have a higher rating than the N95 masks.
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Me: Okay God, here’s the thing. I’m scared. I’m trying not to be, but I am.
God: I know. Want to talk about it?
Me: Do we need to? I mean, you already know.
God: Let’s talk about it anyway. We’ve done this before.
Me: I know. I just feel like I should be bigger or stronger or something by now.
God: Waiting patiently, unhurried, undistracted, never annoyed.
Me: OK, So, I’m afraid I’ll do anything I can to protect my family and it won’t be enough. I’m afraid of someone I love dying. I’m afraid the world won’t go back to what it was before. I’m afraid my life is always going to feel a little bit unsettled.
God: Anything else?
Me: EVERYTHING ELSE.
God: Remember how your son woke up the other night and came running down the hall to your bedroom?
Me: Yes.
God: You were still awake, so when you heard him running, you started calling out to him before he even got to you… remember? Do you remember what you called out to him?
Me: I said, “You’re okay! You’re okay! You’re okay, I’m here.”
God: Why did you call to him? Why didn’t you just wait for him to get to your room?
Me: Because I wanted him to know that I was awake, and I heard him, and he didn’t have to be afraid until he reached the end of the dark hallway.
God: Exactly. I hear you, my child. I hear your thoughts racing like feet down the dark hallway. There’s another side to all of this. I’m there already. I’ve seen the end of it. And I want you to know I’m right here as you walk through it all. You’re okay. I haven’t gone to sleep. And I won’t.
Me: (crying) Can we sit together a while? Can we just sit here a minute before I go back to facing it all?
God: There’s nothing I’d love more.
[I saw this on Facebook.]
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IT IS WELL WITH MY SOUL: The COVID-19 Virtual Cell Phone Choir [4:57].
https://www.facebook.com/TuckerCarlsonTonight/videos/762666127597141/
VIRUS UPDATE: Facebook link above is to a Tucker Carlson clip in which he interviews Dr. Marc Siegel, who has some GOOD NEWS updates regarding COVID-19 treatments.
Also, Newsbusters reports that amid the hours upon hours of coronavirus coverage, there has been very little criticism of how the communist government in Beijing handled the outbreak.
Senator Tom Cotton said on Fox & Friends: “China unleashed this plague on the world and there will be a reckoning when we’re on the backside of it.”
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Video [1:22] of Lindsey Graham talking about Pelosi’s behavior isn’t embedding at this time.
https://www.facebook.com/Breitbart/videos/2792994614117873/
Following a whole lot of bipartisan hard work, Congress was on the cusp of passing a bill to provide immediate economic relief to individuals and industries hardest hit by coronavirus quarantines.
Then, Nancy Pelosi flew into town and cracked the whip. Immediately, Democrats were opposed to the very same bill they’d helped craft.
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WHY DOES GOD: Father Mike takes on one of the hardest questions of all [7:32] – He also somewhat inadvertently gives an excellent reason why we should never, ever let the U.S. turn into a socialist nation. If God Himself considers freedom more important than security, surely we should too.
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The Senate spent all weekend negotiating a bipartisan deal to help Americans weather the enforced economic stoppage. After they reached an agreement, Nancy Pelosi flew in from California, whipped out her unrelated ‘wishlist,’ and said no to the whole deal. Senate Democrats then voted against proceeding on the bipartisan agreement they had just negotiated.
The bipartisan bill included virus-specific issues, including cash payments to individuals, low-cost loans for small businesses, new funding to boost the health care system, and a financial lifeline for the hardest hit industries, like aviation and cruise lines.
McConnell has warned that he wants to limit the proposal to addressing the most immediate economic damage created by the pandemic. “Anything that doesn’t address that pandemic, it seems to me, should not be considered.”
Democrats don’t agree. Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.) said it plainly, “This is a tremendous opportunity to restructure things to fit our vision.”
Pelosi’s ‘wishlist’ includes unrelated stuff, such as election funding, abortion funding, student loan relief, union bargaining powers, solar tax credits, and God knows what else. Continue reading
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DAILY MASS: Father Daniel’s homily is worth your time [13:00 to 27:00] – My favorite part of today’s readings is, “For look, I am going to create new heavens and a new earth, and the past will not be remembered and will come no more to mind.” – Isaiah 65:17
Mass responses @ https://www.scsba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/new_mass_responses_standard_version.pdf
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