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COVID-19 Update to Community 11-25-2020

When There's No Kelim Mikveh Available Physically/Spiritually/Pandemically (Primary Source 3)

Life church regathering protocols

Rabbi Mitch's Sermon - Day 2 of Rosh Hashanah

This sermon was talking about not allowing indifference, hate, and prejudice to take over during hard times like these. The rabbi also preached about the hope and faith that is the root of Judaism and why it is so important.

Rabbi Mitch's Sermon - Day 1 of Rosh Hashanah

This sermon was all about keeping happiness, light, and positivity throughout any kind of dark time. The main focus was on keeping the strength and faith during the crisis of the pandemic during the famous holiday known as, Rosh Hashanah. In addition, it talks about how their own experiences in giving up during hard times and how that faith has helped them.

Disconnected and Strong in the Face of COVID-19

What Sort of “Normal” Is Normal?

Communicating in COVID - Oren Jay Sofer

Practice as Usual - Interview with Sayadaw U Tejaniya

life point re-gathering plan

I think this explanation as to why this church is re-gathering brings in lots of insights as to why many churches feel it is right to come back together and worship. It has many explanations, claims, and pieces of evidence to add to the research question of how non-denominational churches are dealing with themes of togetherness during the pandemic.

Important Message from the Bishop: Worship & COVID Concerns, July 11, 2020

Receiving Holy Communion In The Age Of The "Corona Virus" And During The Flu Season

A Note from the Bishop on the Coronavirus

Fear & Worry

What About Thought Sanitizer

No Plague Will Befall You

Bishop Barron on the Coronavirus, Catastrophe, and Contingency

Pandemic and the Right to the Sacraments

Church, "We've" Been Here Before

There Is Much We Can Learn, About When Jesus Will Return

Church Leaders Adapt Easter Sermon For Pandemic Times

It Was the Worst of Times, It Was the Best of Times: Becoming Closer During the Pesach of Distance

Is the Coronavirus God’s Chastening?

Faith in a Pandemic

Tazria-Metzora - The New Lashon Hara

A discussion of Lashon Hara, the halakhic term for truthful but derogatory speech about a person, as it relates to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Equanimity in the Face of Covid-19

Reflections on Preaching Through Exodus in a Pandemic

God and the Coronavirus

Finding your immunity from disease

God is in control.

Important Message from the Bishop: Worship & COVID Concerns, July 11, 2020

Pestilence, Plague & Prophecy

[weak] Church is closed. No Easter

Easter Sunday Mass by Archbishop Sean P. O'Malley

Pandemic Principles to Ponder

‘Online’ Family & Parent’s Day Service – Rev. Ron Miyamura

Simi Valley Seventh-day Adventist Church August 22, 2020 Livestream

The Ultimate Vaccine

Pentecost Has Come

Extraordinary Victory: Moving from Disappointment to Rejoicing

Settle Yourself

A Time of Separation

Jesus Knows What He Will Do

Masses suspended across the diocese

Outlines the canceling of mass times in response to coronavirus

Public liturgies to resume with restrictions for safety

This share plans to return to worship

Don't Refuse God's Refuge

Freedom from the Fear of Death

Because He Lives - Sermon Audio

Covid-19 Sermon #4 "What Now"

Certain Trust in a Certain God

We're Experiencing Trauma. Here's How to Cope

Sharing Your Church Building as a Ministry in a Post-Coronavirus World

During a Crisis, Pray for Eyes to See

The Secret Advantage of Quarantine

When the Easy Questions Aren't Easy Anymore

No refuge: The world's most vulnerable

Personal COVID-19 Easter Sunday Experience

My family, as a unit, is not deeply connected to religious faith and the beliefs of the catholic church. We affiliate with the catholic church and follow the basic yearly calendar of holidays, sacred days, and other forms of celebration or worship that coincide with the catholic church. Although we affiliate, we do not actively participate in our religious community. We don’t go to church weekly or even really on the holidays. We don’t pray every time we eat or expect each other to pray those prayers learned from the church. I pray my own individual prayers independently from whatever my immediate relatives do with their forms of worship. Since the coronavirus pandemic broke out, my family was not super impacted as we weren’t attending mass face-to-face in the church. We used to be more involved, but now our involvement has not changed since the cancellation of gatherigs due to COVID-19. One thing we did do for the first time, though, was follow along with mass on Easter Sunday. We normally do not attend mass on Easter Sunday as it is a huge holiday and many families go to mass. The church is usually packed and we often end up having to stand in the back. Ever since I can remember, we haven’t gone to church on Easter Sunday or followed along with a mass. This year, though, the vatican did a virtual mass with English translation. My family seemed to become more interested in the idea of virtual mass and actually practicing and investing in our faith due to the greater accessibility of the mass ceremony because of the COVID-19 pandemic. We sat together in front of the television and actually followed along with the entire Easter mass that was conducted at the vatican church in Italy. While we had to follow the English translation, our family was usually not invested on Easter in religious practices. Because of COVID-19 and mass being online, my family practiced some religious activities unlike they would if Easter mass was only conducted in person. The increase in accessibility to and flexibility of practicing religion virtually and in one’s own home may provide other families with the same experience my family had. We have become more invested in religious practices and attending mass since it has become a virtual event rather than taking the time to get ready, drive to the church, take part in mass, and drive back home. COVID-19 may be causing less gatherings, but it has provided more resources virtually for people to practice their faith and be active in religious groups without actually being present in the church and community.

[duplicate]How should we live? Christ's Church and Coronavirus

Masks

Catholic Sermon : Covid19 Operation of Lies - MCSPX

A Faith that Walks Through the Valley of Virus

Is this Coronavirus a Sign of the End of the World?

Learning from James in Light During COVID-19

Forsake not the Gathering!

A Disconnect in My Catholic Community

Being Catholic is a very important part of my identity and values, thus praying daily and going to church weekly is a part of what makes my life my life. Altar serving and Eucharistic ministry are just two of my duties as a parishioner at my Cathedral, and yet I have not been able to do either since March, which truly makes me heartbroken. Not only do I feel obligated to serve in one way or another at my church, but I want to. I have felt a disconnect from my Catholic community since this pandemic started. It is strange not standing in Mass with my parents and fellow Catholics singing, worshipping, and receiving the Host. It is strange not walking out of Mass and shaking Father Frank’s hand, thanking him for his homily. It is strange not going out to dinner after 5:00 pm Mass with some of the other members of the church. The sense of community has completely dissipated. My parish has worked extremely hard to create a platform where members of the church can watch livestream and watch pre-recorded mass. They also have specific prayer services and ministry meetings that can be attended by joining a Zoom call. And while I have tried my best to engage in many of these offerings, I haven’t had much luck connecting with God like I used to in the church setting. It is difficult to attend Mass in my bedroom and sit through such a sacred hour at my desk chair. It feels wrong to me. I also know that I am not alone. The priest at my church confessed in one homily how lonely he felt celebrating Mass in an empty Cathedral and how despite the many efforts he put forth, the community will never feel the same on a digital platform as it does in normal ideal real-life circumstances. I live in Atlanta, and the state of Georgia was one of the earliest states to lift the stay at home orders, and gathering restrictions, thus as soon as the gathering restrictions were lifted I expected to go back to church. However, I haven’t been able to. My church is practicing social distancing by limiting the number of open pews, and requiring the parishioners to make reservations for Mass. There are thousands of parishioners at my church and only about one hundred seats available in each live Mass, thus it is extremely difficult to get a seat when reservations open. According to a newsletter from my church, reservations for Mass fill up within 30 seconds of its electronic opening, which I believe speaks volumes about Christ the King Cathedral. To me, this suggests that so many of my fellow Catholics are eager to rejoin the close-knit community and reconnect altogether. It also suggests that, just like me, my fellow Catholics miss attending live Mass too. Although I have had no success in reserving a seat in Mass, I have gone to confession. By nature, confession is pretty socially distanced to begin with. I sit on one side of a screen/curtain and the priest sits on the other side. Going to confession was single handedly the best decision I have made religiously since the pandemic began. I immediately felt reconnected with my church, community, and God after going. I was able to explain everything that was on my mind to the priest and he was able to give me specific advice and prayers to help me during this uncertain time. It felt great to physically be back in my Cathedral too. While I know there is still so much progress to be had, my Church has made great effort to maintain the feeling of community as much as possible, and reopening confession was a great decision.

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