COVID-19 Lockdown, Day 101

Thank you to the three who responded. After this week, I am going to write one post a week--on Saturdays. Hopefully by this, I will have a more even flow of material. I will continue this blog until we reach Phase 5, and then we can decide what my next blog should be about.

I have read how some states that have relaxed restrictions too hastily are now starting to regret it as there is a second surge in infections that has arrived. So far, this has not touched Illinois due to our strict lockdown. New York, on the other hand, is also experiencing a second surge. Considering how congested it is, no wonder. Humans are not meant to live in such cities. Being crammed together does not help us to see humanity in a positive light. In fact, cities make us less than human in our attitudes and behaviors. That is why we are meant to live in small towns, villages, hamlets, and in the country. As for New York, I wonder if the protests caused the second surge, or if the sheer population limits their control over the virus. Either way, I predicted that there would be a riot during the pandemic. I just did not know that it was going to be about a lynching by police.

I certainly wish these scientists would develop a vaccine or a treatment soon. Seriously, what is taking them so long? With our technology and our knowledge, we should have thought of something by now. There is an economy that needs rebuilding, and there are still vulnerable people at risk.

Speaking of waiting games, I have been trying to contact the Reverend Father from St. Augustine's House since Saturday so that I will know when I can begin the period of discernment to become an official oblate. I really need an answer from him before Saturday, my birthday. I don't want to hound him, but I need to know. I already bought Rule of St. Benedict, and I have been reading, on average, a chapter a day. I also bought the book "How to be a Monastic and Not Leave Your Day Job" by Brother Benet Tvedten. I even bought a St. Benedict crucifix necklace and a devotional scapular. Can you tell that I am dead serious?

Since some of you have been asking, here are the pictures from the monastery: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1558888894314220&type=3

--Signing off.

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