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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.]

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.”

• https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/rich-noyes/2020/03/23/study-china-escapes-scrutiny-tvs-coronavirus-coverage
• https://hotair.com/archives/ed-morrissey/2020/03/25/pompeo-cotton-bet-will-provide-reckoning-china-covid-19/

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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.”

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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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A surgical mask blocks about 80% of the viruses. A home-made mask blocks about 50%. And for children, a well-fitted homemade mask can outperform an ill-fitting surgical mask.

In order for a mask to filter particles out of the air going into your lungs, you must breathe in THROUGH the fabric. Researchers tested various household materials in single and double layers for effectiveness and breathability. They concluded that cotton fabric was the best overall choice for a DIY mask.

However, the tightness of cotton fabric varies. Pick your fabric(s) and use your best judgment about how many layers of what types. The video below uses two layers of quilting cotton, plus a third inner layer of cotton flannel. The instructions below call for 2 layers of woven cotton. Researchers who tested cotton tea towels found that one layer was best. Use your best judgment. You want filtration without suffocation.

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Why is it a bigger deal than the seasonal flu?

Seasonal flu is an all-human virus – i.e., its DNA/RNA chains are recognized by the human immune system. Plus, we have flu vaccines.

The Wuhan Coronavirus is a “novel” virus, meaning it was an animal virus that mutated and jumped to humans. Then within only two weeks, it mutated again so it could be transmitted not just from its original animal host to humans, but also from human to human.

So it’s a big deal because our immune systems don’t recognize the sequencing of the animal genes, we don’t have a vaccine (yet), and it’s thought to be about three times as contagious as the seasonal flu.

Also, it has mutated AGAIN, so that we now have two strains to deal with, strain S and strain L, which makes it twice as hard to develop a vaccine.

History has shown that fast and immediate closings of public places has helped in the past. This is really all we have available to us right now to fight this.

• CtH: I changed this a bit from the version posted by April Lennartson on Facebook, mostly just to shorten it for clarity.