Resources on Faith and the Covid-19 Pandemic

- Links to Further Reflection and Commentary on Faith and the Pandemic
  
  Looking for inspirational reading during the pandemic? Here is a selection of articles reflecting on the coronavirus pandemic from the perspective of faith. Readers may find the following articles helpful for their own reflection. The opinions expressed in these articles do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the pastors or staff members of the Catholic parishes in Waterloo or the Archdiocese of Dubuque.
  
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  Arranged chronologically by publication date
  
  -- Blessings of the Pandemic. Loretta Pehanich. (Ignatian Spirituality)
  -- Moments of Pause Open Us to New Possibilities. Megan Clark. U.S. Catholic. 07.06.20
  -- Deconstructing the Covid Spring. Deacon Pedro. Salt & Light Media
     Part I--Lessons. 06.15.20.
     Part II--All Things New. 06.22.20.
     Part III--Bless the Lord! 06.29.20.
     Part IV--The Desert. 07.06.20
  -- Wounded Christ Is a Savior for the Virus Crisis. John J. Thatamanil. Religion News Service. 04.20.20.
  -- Take Refuge In the “Song of Plagues,” Psalm 91. Mahri Leonard-Fleckman. Commonweal. 04.18.20.
  -- A Biblical Look At Lockdown Protests. Bonnie Kristian. Christianity Today. 04.17.20.
  -- Let the Lord's Presence Fill You With Joy. Pope Francis. Zenit. 04.16.20.
  -- What Is Needed Now Is Empathy. Agnes Howard. Commonweal. 04.16.20.
  -- Discovering the Freedom in Solitude. Griffin Oleyhnick. Commonweal. 04.16.20.
  -- Learning to Pray Again In the Face of a Pandemic of Suffering. Dan Horan OFM. National Catholic
     Reporter. 04.15.20.
  -- It’s Time to Face Our Collective Grief. Elaine Howard Ecklund. Religion News Service. 04.15.20.
  -- The Pandemic Has Made Us All Unintentional Monks. Lucila Crena. The Christian Century. 04.14.20.
  -- Have the Courage to Be Useless. Christian Santa Maria. Grotto Network.
  -- Five Tips for Finding God During the Pandemic. Patrick Manning. Millennial. 04.13.20.
  -- Extroverts vs. Introverts—How to Get Through the Quarantine and Self-Isolation. Theresa Civantos
     Barber. Aleteia. 04.10.20.
  -- Virtual Reality Isn’t the Essence of Catholic Sacramentality. Timothy O’Malley. Religion News Service.
     04.09.20.
  -- Plagues Are a Sign That God Is With Us, Not Against Us. Gabrielle Torreta OP. Aleteia. 04.08.20.
  -- Easter Without Eucharist—No Virus Can Separate Us from Christ. Fr. Terrance Kline. America. 04.08.20.
  -- Christ Is Still Present and Active. Christopher Carstens. National Catholic Register. 04.08.20.
  -- Reading St. Ignatius In a Time of Quarantine. Sean Salai SJ. America. 04.08.20.
  -- Easter 2020: Can Fear, Grief and Joy Coexist? Nora Lazano. EthicsDaily. 04.08.20.
  -- During Lockdown, Look for Meaning, Not Happiness. Emily Esfahani Smith. The New York Times.
     04.07.20.
  — The Values Which Created the Pandemic Cannot Fix It. Leonardo Boff. Novena News. 04.06.20.
  -- Hope Is the Virtue We Need Right Now. Del Torkelson. Catholic World Report. 04.06.20.
  -- Celebrate the Priesthood of the Baptized This Holy Week. Daniel Amiri;. Where Peter Is. 04.06.20.
  -- The Pandemic Is Exposing the Myth of Self-Reliance. Angela Denker. The Christian Century. 04.06.20.
  -- Ten Meditations on the Coronavirus and the Passion. Sarah Coakley. ABC/Religion & Ethics. 04.06.20.
  -- The Seven Penitential Psalms in Time of Pandemic. Fr. Peter Stranvinskas. Catholic World Report.
      04.06.20.
  -- Seven Spiritual Strategies for a Time of Pandemic. Macrina McCoy. Ignatian Spirituality.
  -- Living Gratefully in a Time of Coronavirus. Network for Grateful Living.
  -- Presence, Like Eucharist, Demands Tangible Details. Andrew Hamilton. Eureka Street. 04.02.20.
  -- Turning Our Homes Into Little Monasteries. Rebecca Collins Jordan. National Catholic Reporter.
     04.02.20.
  -- In the Quiet of These Times the Church Offers Prayer and Consolation. Fr. Peter Daly. National Catholic
     Reporter. 04.02.20.
  -- For the Love of God, Stay Home and Pray. Daniel Horan OFM. National Catholic Reporter. 04.01.20.
  -- Pandemic Challenges Us To Examine How We Promote Health of Individuals, Society and Planet. Andrea
     Vicina SJ. LaCivilta Cattolica. 04.01.20.
  -- History Reminds Us of Timeless Truths In the Face of Difficult Times. Roy Peachey. Catholic World
     Report. 04.01.20.
  -- “Our Father” Bonds Us Together Even When Separated. Thomas O’Loughlin. LaCroix. 04.01.20.
  -- With Our Eyes on the Sparrows—a Lenten Reflection. Jill Crainshaw. Pray Tell. 04.01.20.
  -- The Virus Isn’t Everywhere—God Is. Brendan Gottschall SJ. The Jesuit Post. 03.31.20.
  -- Quarantine Is a Purgatory Compared to Hell of Being Infected. Thomas Reese SJ. Religion News Service.
     03.31.20.
  -- Covid-19 Is Also a Moral Crisis. Luke Bretherton. ABC Religion & Ethics. 03.31.20.
  -- The Good Spirit Is Lurking. Andy Otto. God in All Things. 03.30.20
  -- Finding Faith In a Time of Quarantine. Katie Bahr. U.S. Catholic. 03.30.20.
  -- Coronavirus Brings Americans Face-to-Face with Death and Dying. Jessie Remedios. National Catholic
     Reporter. 03.30.20.
  -- Time-Tested Wisdom for These Times--Live In the Present. Kenneth Briggs. National Catholic Reporter.
     03.30.20.
  -- Having a Relationship with Jesus Doesn’t Spare Us Hardship. Thomas Baker. Commonweal. 03.30.20.
  -- What Dietrich Bonhoffer Can Teach Us About Coping with the Coronavirus. Brian Rosner. ABC Religion &
     Ethics. 03.30.20.
  -- Spirituality For a Time of Scarcity. Charles Bouchard. National Catholic Reporter. 03.27.30.
  -- Finding Ways to Connect While Living in Isolation. Timothy Radcliffe OSB. Commonweal. 03.27.30.
  -- Praying the Lord’s Prayer During a Pandemic. Jim Wallis. Sojourners. 03.26.20.
  -- A Religious’ Letter to Quarantined Catholics. John Guerra SJ. The Jesuit Post. 03.26.20.
  -- If God Is Love, Why Is There Evil and Suffering? Jean-Paul Sagadou. LaCroix. 03.26.20.
  -- Finding God In the Midst of Fear (audio). Rabbi Brad Hirschfield. BustedHalo Show. 03.25.20.
  -- The Coronavirus Pandemic Feels Like an Unending Holy Saturday. Richard Lischer. The Christian
      Century. 03.25.20.
  -- Faith in the Time of Covid-19--Worship God in Spirit and Truth. Myron Pereira SJ. LaCroix. 03.25.20.
  -- Into the Mess--Praying Through Tough Times. (audio) Brendan McManus SJ. Jesuits in Ireland.
     03.24.20
  -- What Do We Learn from Being Where We Don’t Want to Be? John Gehring. National Catholic Reporter.
     03.25.20
  -- Faith Arguments Against Social Distancing Are a Dangerous Theology. Miguel Petrosky. Sojourners.
     03.24.20.
  -- The Mass Is Still With Us, Even Under Quarantine. Church Life Journal. 03.24.20.
  … Scripture Reminds Us to Have No Fear. Gretchen Crowe. Our Sunday Visitor. 03.24.20.
  -- Belonging, Sacrifice and Covid-19. Julie Rubio. Catholic Moral Theology. 03.23.20.
  -- Facing Death, Finding Hope in Light of Covid-19. Erin Kast SJ. The Jesuit Post. 03.23.20
  -- Pandemic Will Hold the Church Accountable for Its Gentrified Ways. Alberto Fabio Ambrosio. LaCroix.
     03.23.20.
  -- Where Is God During a Pandemic? James Martin SJ. The New York Times. 03.22.20.
  -- Light Is Coming, God Is Still Here. Thomas Baker. Commonweal. 03.22.20.
  -- Seeking Holiness In the Middle of a Pandemic. Timothy O'Malley. Our Sunday Visitor. 03.21.20.
  … Meditating on Death During a Pandemic. Thomas Reese SJ. Religion News Service. 03.20.20.
  -- Five Ways to Cope Spiritually With a Pandemic. Theresa Civantos Barber. Aleteia. 03.20.20.
  -- Sin Helps Spread the Virus--But Not In the Way You Think. Wes Granberg-Michaelson. Sojourners.
     03.20.20.
  -- Coronavirus and the Eucharst. Thomas O’Loughlin. LaCroix. 03.20.20.
  -- Response to the Pandemic Creates New Institutional Stresses for the Church. Don Clemmer. National
     Catholic Reporter. 03.20.20.
  -- The Pandemic Is Forcing Us to Rethink What Eucharist Means. Nicholas Denysenko. PrayTell. 03.19.20.
  -- What Shared Suffering Means During a Pandemic. Daniel Amiri. Where Peter Is. 03.19.20.
  -- Love Alone Overcomes Fear. Richard Rohr OFM. Center for Action and Contemplation. 03.19.20.
  -- “Do Not Be ASfraid”—St. Joseph and the Virus. Julian Paparella. Salt & Light Media. 03.19.20.
  -- Living in the Light Amid Coronavirus Fears. Terrance Klein. America. 03.18.20.
  -- Reject alienation as we practice physical isolation. Cardinal Sean O'Malley. video/Archdiocese of Boston.
     03.17.20.
  -- What the Coronavirus Teaches Us About the Trinity. Gregory Hills. America. 03.19.20.
  -- Fasting From the Eucharist. Joseph Ratzinger. Catholic World Report, 03.19.20.
  -- Coronasvirus Has Shifted Reality--My Mind and Heart Are Scattered. Eric Immel SJ. The Jesuit Post.
      03.18.20.
  -- A Spirituality for Strange Times. Brendan McManus SJ. Jesuits in Ireland. 03.18.20.
  -- A CatholicPperspective On “Social Distancing” and Solidarity. Gerald J. Beyer. Catholic Moral Theology.
      03.18.20
  -- Churches Are Closed, But God Knows Our Hearts. Edward Sri. National Catholic Register. 03.18.20.
  -- Coronavirus Reminds Us That Happiness Is Connected to the Common Good. Christopher Beem. The
      Conversation. 03.18.20
  -- Communion of Saints Helps During Crises Like This. Daniel Horan OFM. National Catholic Reporter.
      03.18.20.
  -- Catholic Response to an Epidemic. Gretchen R. Crowe. Our Sunday Visitor. 03.18.20.
  -- How to Achieve Social Distancing Without Social Isolation. Jim Wallis. Sojourners. 03.17.20.
  -- Being the Body of Christ When Churches Are Closed. Brian Flanagan. America. 03.17.20
  -- Take Time to Reflect on Loving Your Neighbor. Elise Italiano Ureneck. Catholic News Service. 03.16.20.
  -- An Invisible Communion Binds Us Together. Daniel Amiri. Where Peter Is. 03.16.20.
  -- When There Is No Eucharist, Christ Fasts With Us. Justin Duvall OSB. PrayTell. 03.16.20.
  -- I'm a Nun. I've Been Social Distancing for 29 Years. Sr. Mary Catharine Perry. NJ.com. 03.15.20.
  -- Examen for Life During Covid-19. Susan Haarman. Ignatian Solidarity Network. 03.14.20.
  -- The How and Why of Making a “Spiritual Communion”. Michael Heinlein. Our Sunday Visitor. 03.14.20.
  -- Living Gratefully in the Time of Coronavirus. Gratefulness.org. 03.13.20.
  -- Wash Your Hands, Fold Them In Prayer—a Catholic Response to the Coronavirus. Matt Stewart SJ. The
     Jesuit Post. 03.13.20.
  -- Message to the Laity and Families. Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life. 03.06.20.
  -- How Catholics Should Respond to the Coronavirus. Editors. America. 03.05.20
  
  [Last Update: 04.22.20]

Resources on Faith and the Covid-19 Pandemic

Links to Further Reflection and Commentary on Faith and the Pandemic