{"id":5701,"date":"2022-01-23T23:58:03","date_gmt":"2022-01-23T23:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/?p=5701"},"modified":"2022-01-24T14:33:59","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T14:33:59","slug":"light-show-in-washington-law-and-life-masks-back-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/light-show-in-washington-law-and-life-masks-back-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Light Show in Washington; Law and Life; Masks Back On"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thetablet.org\/cardinal-gregory-pro-abortion-light-show-national-basilica\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brendans-island.com\/blogsource\/20210922ff\/20220123-SHRINE-ABORTION-MESSAGES-PROJECTION-1516045-447x375-329.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"CNS\/Ashley Wilson's photo of a slogan projected on the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. (January 21, 2022) via The Tablet\" align=\"right\"><\/a>I&#8217;d expected to hear about charisms during Mass this morning.<\/p>\n<p>I did, in the Bible readings. But the homily was about why killing innocent people isn&#8217;t a good idea, even if it&#8217;s legal.<\/p>\n<p>And why we should see killing innocent people as a bad idea.<\/p>\n<p><strong>And<\/strong> help folks who maybe felt pressured into ordering a hit because it&#8217;s &#8216;for their own good.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>At any rate, The last-minute topic change was due to <del>Saturday&#8217;s<\/del> Friday&#8217;s light show outside the National Basilica in Washington, DC., which wasn&#8217;t part of the prayer vigil happening inside.<\/p>\n<p>So far, <del>Saturday&#8217;s<\/del> Friday&#8217;s light show doesn&#8217;t seem to be a hot news item. Not for national-level traditional news media, anyway.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/thetablet.org\/cardinal-gregory-pro-abortion-light-show-national-basilica\/\">Cardinal Gregory Responds to Pro-Abortion Light Show Projected On National Basilica<\/a>&#8221;<br \/>\nThe Tablet (January 21, 2022)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnews.com\/omalley-if-roe-falls-arduous-task-of-creating-pro-life-culture-remains\/\">O\u2019Malley: If Roe falls, &#8216;arduous task of creating pro-life culture&#8217; remains<\/a>&#8221;<br \/>\nMark Pattison, Catholic News Service (January 21, 2022)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnews.com\/archbishop-church-its-people-stand-ready-to-help-expectant-mothers\/\">Archbishop: Church, its people stand ready to help expectant mothers<\/a>&#8221;<br \/>\nMark Pattison, Catholic News Service (January 21, 2022)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/washington-secrets\/pro-abortion-message-projected-on-catholic-national-shrine\">Pro-abortion rights message projected on Catholic National Shrine<\/a>&#8221;<br \/>\nPaul Bedard, Washington Secrets Columnist, Washington Examiner (January 21, 2022)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;m not happy about the light show.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s partly because I think human beings are people even if my country&#8217;s laws limit their &#8220;&#8230;unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness&#8230;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Which I&#8217;ll grant is &#8220;unconstitutional.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s in the Declaration of Independence&#8217;s preamble.<\/p>\n<h4><a name=\"meanwhile\"><\/a>Meanwhile in Minnesota, Masks Back On<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/new-covid-19-vaccines-goodish-news-ethical-issues\/#love\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brendans-island.com\/blogsource\/20200519ff\/20200902-BackHome-DSC08852-329.JPG?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The Masked Minnesotan.\" align=\"right\"><\/a>The other surprise at Mass was a letter from our Bishop.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a response to &#8220;&#8230;the fast-spreading omicron variant&#8230;.&#8221; Seems that this particular iteration of the COVID-19 virus is expected to peak in central Minnesota in the next two to six weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Bishop Kettler says we&#8217;ll be wearing masks during Mass again.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not ecstatic about that, since it&#8217;s cold outside, and my glasses will fog up if I&#8217;m wearing them and a mask.<\/p>\n<p>But I see the &#8216;masks back on&#8217; rule change as a common sense response to a very real threat to public health. And one way I can act as if loving my neighbor is a good idea.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve talked about this sort of thing before.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/atlanta-spa-shootings-remembering-dignity\/\">Atlanta Spa Shootings: Remembering Dignity<\/a>&#8221;<br \/>\n(March 18, 2021)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/couneys-baby-incubators-vs-the-progressive-era\/\">Couney&#8217;s Baby Incubators vs. the Progressive Era<\/a>&#8221;<br \/>\n(February 8, 2021)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/life-and-death-laws-and-principles\/\">Life and Death, Laws and Principles<\/a>&#8221;<br \/>\n(January 22, 2021)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/new-covid-19-vaccines-goodish-news-ethical-issues\/\">New COVID-19 Vaccines: Goodish News, Ethical Issues<\/a>&#8221;<br \/>\n(December 16, 2020)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/faith-feelings-and-a-viral-video\/\">Faith, Feelings and a Viral Video<\/a>&#8221;<br \/>\n(January 22, 2019)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;d expected to hear about charisms during Mass this morning. 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