Easter morning breakfast – It was all about the bacon
Happy Easter! Our Lord is Risen! I never thought that I’d have to celebrate Easter through a global pandemic. I’m guessing that 99% of Catholics didn’t have access to a mass this Easter. I made use of online Latin Masses through Sensus Fidelium, which is a great YouTube channel.
It was halfway through Lent when the pandemic hit hard. I was tempted to just quit the fast and use the pandemic as an excuse. I didn’t though; that was the devil speaking to me. All the saints of the Church weren’t known for quitting when things got rough. They just worked that much harder. Because I didn’t give up, I ended up having the best lent ever. Not once did I fail in my obligations and because of that the bacon was extra tasty this morning.
I was disappointed that I couldn’t finish off this awesome lent with a beautiful Easter vigil. It’s my favourite liturgy of the entire year. Then I told myself to calm down; there will be many more Easter vigils when all of this is over.
I spent Lent in prayer, reading, fasting, watching mass, and exercising. I’ll probably continue all of that throughout the pandemic. I’m going to try and fast one extra day a week in addition to Friday; most likely Wednesday.
What has the pandemic taught me? Well, it taught me that when things are going well, don’t expect them to continue. We all remember the words of Job when he lost everything:
And said: Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away: as it hath pleased the Lord so is it done: blessed be the name of the Lord.
– Job 1:21
It has also taught me to be prepared. I’m a fan of Evangelical radio host Dave Ramsey who specializes in finance and does so from a Christian perspective. He has seven “baby steps” in his financial plan. Step three is to save up an emergency fund of 3-6 months of expenses sitting in a bank account ready to use at the drop of a hat. Many people I know have been laid off from work, both temporary and permanently. This is exactly when the emergency fund comes in handy.
Either way, since we all have extra time, there is no reason why we can’t spend extra time in prayer for the people suffering. Italy, Spain, France, England, Belgium, China and Iran has been his especially hard. My country of Canada hasn’t been hit too hard since our politicians took action very quickly. On top of that, most people don’t want to travel here because it’s super cold. It’s ironic that something I often complain about has actually helped us out.
Feel free to share below how the pandemic has impacted your lent.
Happy Easter and God bless!
Man! All that I can see is bacon and eggs followed by toast and jam”.
Hmmm.
Fantastic!
Not sure about the spuds, but other than that it looks very British.
Her Masty would approve. Good save the Queen!
That is “God Save the Queen”.
My typing is the usual embarassment, I only see the errors when I have made the post, but the message is there all the sam.e
Happy Easter Christopher!
I specifically asked for an English breakfast. It’s not fully English but it was good enough to break the fast!
Allan
Hi,
I am glad that you have savings set aside and are not going to suffer immediately because of the mismanagement of this crisis that is based on false facts. We have some money set aside as well. We were only able to start saving about 5 years ago though and aggressively contributed to an RRSP, but set aside enough so that together with EI which is less than half of what my husband’s income is we will be fine for 3-6 months.
However, what are we going to do next time they do this? They are promising a second wave of this in November. What about people who will not be able to save up for their old age and are not going to have time now to save up for it?
Also, what about the totalitarian removal of our natural rights? What about the bad data that people are calmly accepting?
What about the Bishops who were so eager to stop giving us the sacraments that they shut down masses even before the government had demanded it? In Alberta at the present time it is possible to organize masses in the “parking lot” style. Has any Bishop tried to take advantage of that so as to provide an opportunity for the faithful catholics to attend mass?
What about the basic rights of Catholics in good sanding to receive the sacraments if at all possible? “If at all possible” has often meant that priests suffered a great deal to offer these sacraments.
I am not satisfied with you assessment of the situation. A man of your intellect and with the amount of extra time you have on your hands to do a little research should be able to come up with something better.
When they compare the flu to the corona virus, which everyone really ought to be doing. Where do you think the media are getting the death rates from? It all depends on what you put in the denominator.
The estimates of contracted cases in both flu and corona are just educated guesses (with the flu they have been guessing for longer, so it is considered a more accurate number). If you compare deaths per population you have quite a different result! Take any of the countries for which you have the total death from flu for any year and compare it to the number of deaths from corona virus. There will be at least 5 to 10 times as many deaths “caused” by the flu as the corona virus.
I know that the deaths by pneumonia caused by some virus or bacteria are actually more of a complication than a cause. The bodies of the people who are vulnerable for some reason just can’t overcome the pneumonia before it over comes them. That is why it is important to be very careful at any time about hand washing, going among people when you are sick and especially visiting the vulnerable when you are sick or recovering.
Let me know what you think!