Taking vaccines and wearing masks are acts of\u00a0kindness\u00a0<\/span>to those who are fragile (have auto-immune illness, are taking immuno suppressants, or are cancer survivors, etc.).\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

Doing all we can do is a\u00a0simple courtesy<\/span>\u00a0to the doctors, nurses, and aides who are caring for those who are sick and dying.<\/b><\/p>\n

For many of us, this Christmas will be\u00a0Silent night, Covid night….<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

But still, God comes to us in human form to cheer and redeem us.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

Without all the busyness and distractions of merriment, maybe we will have time to reflect on our place in the Cosmos, to feel the presence of a God who wants to connect with us.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Christmas we want… “All hell dun broke loose,” begins an email from a friend tonight, December 23. Her whole family was gathering from various western US cities to share five days in Palm Springs and then spend Christmas through New Year’s Day in Seattle.\u00a0\u00a0 But her son came down with Covid-19 on Monday.\u00a0 After<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6611,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1294,1292,710,709,708,1293,95,151],"ppma_author":[1162],"class_list":{"0":"post-6610","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-womens-rights","8":"tag-covid","9":"tag-holy","10":"tag-lives","11":"tag-maria","12":"tag-martha","13":"tag-night","14":"tag-rights","15":"tag-womens"},"yoast_head":"\n