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Capt. Daniel L. Mode, a Navy chaplain from the Diocese of Arlington, celebrates Mass aboard the USS Blue Ridge, the oldest operational ship in the Navy, last month.
A holy hour, with praise and worship music performed by Kenny Kohlhass, will be livestreamed from St. Robert Bellarmine Chapel in Fairfax, April 4 at 8 p.m.
Times are rapidly changing. We woke up one day and found ourselves in an alternate reality, a dream with no end in sight. Our mind ponders both the trial and blessings of this situation. Although there are many losses, such as the privilege of going to work and school, the deprivation we experience most is the loss of presence. The ability to be in the presence of family, friends and coworkers.
Catholic nuns emerged as the unexpected heroes in the 1918 Spanish flu epidemic that killed hundreds of thousands in the United States and millions worldwide.
With self-isolation becoming more widespread due to the coronavirus pandemic, Pope Francis thanked journalists and members of the media who inform people and help them cope with loneliness.
Seeing and growing closer to God require purifying one's heart from the sins and prejudices that distort reality and blind people to God's active and real presence, Pope Francis said. This means renouncing evil and opening one's heart to letting the Holy Spirit be one's guide, the pope said April 1 during a live broadcast of his weekly general audience from the library of the Apostolic Palace.
Doris Hollis, a resident of Caritas House Assisted Living, celebrated her 94th birthday March 27. Her family brought a cake and a homemade banner for the special occasion, but there were no hugs due to restrictions from the coronavirus pandemic.
Fr. Stephen M. Vaccaro, parochial vicar at Church of the Nativity in Burke, presents advice for watching Mass online or on TV.
Adoration and drive-thru confessions were available at Sacred Heart Church in Winchester March 28 where the faithful drove up, parked and waited their turn to confess.
Shake up
The coronavirus has radically disrupted our lives and forced all of us to look at life with new eyes. We are rethinking family, health, work, leisure and God. Ironically, this is the normal purpose of Lent. It has become clear to me that this is one way in which our heavenly Father can bring good out of this present evil — by inviting the whole world to a new perspective on life.