Fr. Tadeusz Pacholczyk on SpiritualLlessons from the Pandemic

"The COVID-19 pandemic has left many of us with a great deal of uncertainty: uncertainty about how contagious the virus is and about the best way to treat it; uncertainty about how long our personal immunity will last after we get infected and whether a vaccine will ever be developed; uncertainty about the future of the economy and whether jobs will still be there for the 40 million newly unemployed; uncertainty about how long the public quarantines should continue; uncertainty about what will happen to ourselves, our businesses, our families and our friends.

"In the midst of so much uncertainty, we naturally look for something firm to hold onto. Cataclysmic disruptors - whether an outbreak of war, widespread riots and looting, or a new coronavirus - humble us and remind us how we cannot guarantee our own future.

"Yet, we instinctively yearn for a way to assure and secure that future for ourselves and for our children. Where should we turn for safety?"

In a recent commentary, Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk, Ph.D., a priest of the diocese of Fall River and Director of Education at The National Catholic Bioethics Center, reflected on some of the larger human questions facing us during this pandemic and on our need for "our true Savior, at every moment of our life."

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