Coronavirus Stalks in the Darkness, But Do Not Be Afraid

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I dont see much fear. I see more denial that “it will happen to me.” Until or unless it does. This virus was a curve ball. We are still figuring out how to cope with it.
 
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I dont see much fear. I see more denial
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Agreed. If anything, around my area, we could use a little more (healthy) fear. I can’t recall ever disagreeing with Msrg. Pope before (maybe I have?), but he called it himself — this was an irresponsible article.
 
I saw a lot of fear in March-April-May. Since we reopened, most of it seems to be out the window though.

The priests keep preaching homilies on fear though. We seem to get one weekly. They must be hearing privately from people who are too scared to come out to Mass.

I think a lot of people are also afraid of the civil unrest that’s been going on in USA, that the police will no longer respond to their calls, that Christians will be killed, that the End of the World is coming etc.

The fears of other humans are not really something I understand. I am rarely on the same page with other people regarding what’s scary. Guess that’s just the cross eye bear.
 
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Numbers in attendance were down today. I think the fear is growing again.
 
More fear about paying rent and buying food since not laid off.
 
I don’t sense a lot of fear from the Catholics I hang around with, to be honest. There’s a lot of fear, evidently, in the broader community, which translates into things like hysteria over whether people wear masks or not. I’ve not had one second of fear over the coronavirus myself.
Like someone else said, I do see a fair amount of fear over financial situations as well.
 
I have no fear of the virus - I’m doing what I can and should to avoid contracting it, but if I do, being afraid doesn’t help anything.

What I do fear is the self-centeredness of so much of humanity that we’re seeing these days, caring about themselves over anyone else. That has exacerbated this pandemic and will continue to do so as long as the behavior remains unchanged. This same attitude is also leading to a number of other problems in our society.
 
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What I do fear is the self-centeredness of so much of humanity that we’re seeing these days, caring about themselves over anyone else. That has exacerbated this pandemic and will continue to do so as long as the behavior remains unchanged.
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What self centered behavior are you referring to? Governors issuing stay at home orders and mask mandates for political gain regardless of the effect on society resulting in increased poverty and death? Media shutting out voices on treatments, discussions against mandates and blacking out protest organizing on social media? Which side scares you?
 
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What I do fear is the self-centeredness of so much of humanity that we’re seeing these days, caring about themselves over anyone else. …
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What self centered behavior are you referring to? Governors issuing stay at home orders and mask mandates for political gain regardless of the effect on society resulting in increased poverty and death? Media shutting out voices on treatments, discussions against mandates and blacking out protest organizing on social media? Which side scares you?
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I share your concerns. I’d add the corruption at the highest levels of the CDC, NIH, FDA, WHO, medical journals, university researchers, etc. The layers of deception leading to loss of tens of thousands of lives is SO sad.

This several minute clip by Dr Chris Martenson provides a couple of good examples.

 
I will add myself to the fear list. I believe God used the COVID-19 virus to call me back. I had grown lukewarm in my faith about two years ago and stopped praying and going to confession. Still went to Sunday Mass, but just for my children. Once I saw the threat of the virus coming to my town I started to feel fear, panic and anxiety. I am not not an anxious person by nature, but the reality that I may have to face death hit me. I knew it was a sign from God for me to amend my life, and so I did. Went to confession in May and my prayer life has substantially increased.

Although I still suffered from fear up until July, I asked Our Lady to help me trust her Son and she did exactly that! The fear left me, but that doesn’t mean that I do not take my precautions when I do go out.

One thing that I did see from this whole ordeal is how my soul craves they intimacy and encounter with Christ through the Sacraments. My diocese locked down and parishes are still closed. I wish I could make a holy hour before the Blessed Sacrament. Live streamed Masses do not make up for being actually present to worship Our Lord. While Communion was distributed after the live streams, the whole situation feels divorced, imo.

Another thing that I experienced is how utterly alone I felt without our priests and deacons. I have a couple of priests and deacons they I personally know on FB and in July I wanted to enroll my family in the brown scapular. I respectfully asked them if they were able to do so with the proper health precautions, and they left me on seen. I would have taken a simple no, but being left on seen was sad to say the least. Thankfully I was able to contact a priest who did the enrollment.

This is my $0.02
 
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