Accidentally or not, Vatican offers parish blueprint in coronavirus era
- Father Jeffrey F. Kirby Jul 26, 2020
In
this Sunday, June 7, 2020, file photo, a hundred faithful sit while
minding social distancing, listening to Los Angeles Archbishop Jose H.
Gomez celebrate Mass at Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, the first
Mass held in English at the site since the re-opening of churches, in
downtown Los Angeles. (Credit: Damian Dovarganes/AP.)
Commentary
The
coronavirus continues to sweep the globe while various measures are
employed, adjusted, re-employed, and fine-tuned in the on-going effort
to diminish the spread and weaken the effects of this pestilent virus.
In the multi-leveled twists and turns of our times, leaders in every field are asked to assess and make decisions involving state of affairs in which they have never been trained, and of which they could never have imagined. Political authority, business executives, cultural heads, school administrators, and – yes – the pastors of the Church are under-qualified and overwhelmed.
But such is life in our age, and leadership is doing its best.
In the multi-leveled twists and turns of our times, leaders in every field are asked to assess and make decisions involving state of affairs in which they have never been trained, and of which they could never have imagined. Political authority, business executives, cultural heads, school administrators, and – yes – the pastors of the Church are under-qualified and overwhelmed.
But such is life in our age, and leadership is doing its best.
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