Pandemic Tips

[MIKolbe]

you're starting to sound like the commercial...

[little2add]

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And people stayed at home
And read books
And listened
And they rested
And did exercises
And made art and played
And learned new ways of being
And stopped and listened
More deeply
Someone meditated, someone prayed
Someone met their shadow
And people began to think differently
And people healed.
And in the absence of people who
Lived in ignorant ways
Dangerous, meaningless and heartless,
The earth also began to heal
And when the danger ended and
People found themselves
They grieved for the dead
And made new choices
And dreamed of new visions
And created new ways of living
And completely healed the earth
Just as they were healed.

This text is actually a modern-day poem written during the COVID-19 coronavirus disease pandemic by author Catherine M. O’Meara. 

It is being falsely printed under the title “Poem written by Kathleen O’Mara during the 1919 pandemic.”

[ardillacid]

Someone snitched on their neighbor for going to the park. 

Millions died from the economic destruction.

Authoritarians never relinquished the rights seized from citizens. 

Small businesses were ruined, but mega-corporations continued to flourish.

[ardillacid]

21 hours ago, MIKolbe said:

you're starting to sound like the commercial...

haha, I'm envisioning something full of inuendo like those erectile dysfunction commercials, maybe some guy powerwashing his muddy sidewalk or something 

[little2add]

A Roman Catholic priest in the Detroit area has taken aim at his parishioners in a bid to maintain social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic, using a squirt gun to shoot holy water.

 

 

Photos show Rev Timothy Pelc shooting water into car window at Easter,

[little2add]

when the toilet paper runs out...

grandma saves the day 

 

[Luigi]

This from a Dominican friar. I found it insightful. 

"As I sat in the Church all alone wearing a face covering, I thought, “This is silly.”

Then I remembered I was also wearing a 13th century religious habit.

Sometimes we wear something & make a small sacrifice with a greater & more beautiful end in mind."

[little2add]

 

[Jaime]

On 4/4/2020 at 3:48 PM, Lilllabettt said:

A place to gather wisdoms.

1. If you run out of toilet paper, use an old sock.

I use my wife's socks regardless of our toilet paper inventory

[MIKolbe]

your poor wife...

[Tony]

Wear a mask. 

That's all I got. 

[Anastasia]

On 5/19/2020 at 10:55 AM, little2add said:

using a squirt gun to shoot holy water.

Strange, how some do not see that the holy water (a blessing) and a gun, even plastic cannot go together. There was no need to do this by the way: just take a good Eastern Orthodox brush that creates very long-reaching Pollock-like splashes:

This is even a better photo

[little2add]

catholic priest use a "aspergillum"

a  aspergillum is  a liturgical implement used to sprinkle holy water. It comes in two common forms: 

1. a brush that is dipped in the water and shaken, and 

2. a perforated ball at the end of a short handle. 

this is a  aspergillum or A.K.A. a holy water sprinkler

the perforated ball at the end of a short handle type is the one I'm most familiar with.

Edited September 13, 2020 by little2add

[Anastasia]

I have experienced only a ball. The sprinkling was very sparse I must say, compare to the Orthodox blessing when all congregation is literally soaked. And most Orthodox think the more holy water the better is a blessing. It may sound silly but Orthodoxy is very "physical" or "sensual" (from senses) faith, in a sense.

[little2add]