St. Paul on the Eucharist

When ventilators are in short supply, several key ethical principles can assist clinicians:

Durante más de seis semanas nos hemos estado adaptando a un paisaje rápidamente cambiante provocado por la propagación de COVID-19.

For more than six weeks we have been adjusting to a rapidly shifting landscape brought about by the spread of COVID-19.

Hoy, en el vigesimoquinto aniversario del ataque terrorista al Edificio Federal Alfred P. Murrah en Oklahoma City, recordamos las 168 vidas inocentes que fueron tomadas, incluyendo 19 niños. También recordamos a tres niños no nacidos que perecieron ese día.

Today, on the 25th anniversary of the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, we remember the 168 innocent lives taken, including 19 children. We also remember three unborn children who perished that day. These were our family members, our friends, co-workers and neighbors. We are grateful for their lives and we will never forget their sacrifice.

“Algo extraño está sucediendo: hay un gran silencio en la tierra hoy, un gran silencio y quietud. Toda la tierra guarda silencio porque el Rey está dormido.”

“Something strange is happening – there is a great silence on earth today, a great silence and stillness. The whole earth keeps silence because the King is asleep.”

Sigo orando por ti y por todos los fieles mientras trabajamos para adaptarnos a nuestra nueva normalidad durante las próximas semanas.

Era una hermosa mañana de Domingo de Pascua en la Ciudad de Oklahoma. El sol había salido y la temperatura de la mañana ya era de 70 grados. Sin duda, sería más cálido para cuando salieran de la Misa en español de las 1:15 p.m. en Santiago Apóstol.

I continue to pray for you and for all of the faithful as we work to adjust to our new normal for the next few weeks.

With shelter-in-place orders in several Oklahoma cities and a safer-in-place order for the state, public Masses are suspended until further notice. The Sooner Catholic asks parishioners across the archdiocese, how the circumstances have changed or enhanced how they celebrate their Catholic faith.