[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, lightman...2 weeks til Orthodox Easter.

Will you have online services, or are “allowed” to gather at church?

A Blessed Palm Sunday to you and yours.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Shavua Tov.
Wishing all our Jewish troops, veterans, families, allies, friends, and Canteeners
a peaceful and prosperous week.

[lightman]

If only the civil authorities were the only ones making the decision on being “allowed” to go to church. They are far more generous than the Hierarchs.

Never before, in the history of Christianity, have the Hierarchy essentially placed entire continents under the Interdict.

It is NOT normal for churches to lock their doors. It is NOT normal to deny the faithful the Sacraments, especially in times of plague when they need them more than ever. It is NOT normal to make these decisions on the basis of fear, be it fear of insurance liability, fear of civil authorities who are becoming increasingly uncivil, or fear of one’s own personal safety.

Jesus commanded Peter to “feed my sheep” and immediately warned him that in so doing, Peter would ultimately be carried off to a place where he did not wish to go.

If our shepherds are unwilling to walk the way of St. Gregory the Great who led a procession through the streets of Rome against the plague, much less to walk the way of Peter the Apostle, then perhaps they should be relegated to being “fishers of the deep”.

I will gladly follow a shepherd who leads by faith, not fear.

But all I am seeing these days is fear, fear, and more fear.