Incomplete without Communion.

The churches in the Philippines have been closed once again. Yet we continue to sit front row center each Mass everyday and learn more and more about the Catholic faith. It is Theology 101 for most Filipinos. Only now that the people are learning about the stories of the Old Testament prefiguring the New Testament. The president of our CBCP is a biblical scholar and it's such a treat to get an everyday explanation of the Liturgy in the homilies.

@aloglenn The CoViD-19 is a chastisement because man has offended our God in ways abominable. Man needs to be on bent knees repentant and seeking forgiveness and reconciliation. Yet, as we see what is happening now, man has become more adamant aggressively insisting to continue drinking, partying, and leading lives wicked. I like what that the priests are compelled to narrate the nitty gritty details we naturally miss when we read and study the Bible by ourselves. I even learned lately that the vision of Nathanael, the apostle, under the fig tree, is like the dream of Jacob about the stairway to heaven. I would not have connected the stories by my self. Ha ha

@eileenleyva I hope that the Covid case will decrease and the Church will be reopened. Yes, me too, I realize that our Church is really awesome. I'll glad to listen to the video. So many priests in Indonesia also upload their video about the explanation of the Bible daily or weekly, another one is learning video (such as made by President of KWI - the same as CBCP but in Indonesia), another one is motivational video, etc. But unfortunately all of the videos are in Bahasa Indonesia.

We are all guilty of not praying as completely as we should, as our fellow mylotter Jay up there advised, in utter surrender. Friends from California and Texas showed facebook posts - they are on bent knees.

@eileenleyva It's the ones who are praying, that will get answers from the Lord.

Thank you very much for sharing the article. That is exactly what we had been praying in the Spiritual Communion for the past hundred days or so. Mine, I think, is an insatiable desire to receive the Lord the way I did before the pandemia. But St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Catherine of Sienna are correct, desiring our Lord to come into our hearts in enough for Him.

Yes, natural graces flow from prayer. Perhaps the Lord Almighty allowed this pandemia because He wants us to 'surrender' and pray to Him. Thank you. Wise advice.

The surge in America shows a dire scenario for a longer period of time. Sigh. Just when we think America could set the example... Patience is a virtue I lack, or short of. Learning my lesson on it with the present condition. 'Keep the faith and keep the spirits high,' is wisdom beyond your years. Thanks very much for the gentle reminder. True - 'this too shall pass.'