{"id":9986,"date":"2026-03-14T20:21:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T20:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/?p=9986"},"modified":"2026-03-14T20:21:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T20:21:24","slug":"blizzard-warning-and-sunday-routines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/blizzard-warning-and-sunday-routines\/","title":{"rendered":"Blizzard Warning and Sunday Routines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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National Weather Service forecast map: mid-afternoon, March 14, 2026.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Over the last 24 hours, the local forecast has gone from wind warnings, through winter weather advisories, to “Blizzard Warning in effect from March 14, 10:00 PM CDT until March 16, 04:00 AM CDT”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tonight and tomorrow, as the wind switches around to the north, we’ll learn just how much wind those new windows keep from getting inside. I’ll see that as good news.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I might be okay, getting to Mass tomorrow morning. On the other hand, there’s been a consistent mention of rain tonight. Not much rain, but at just-below-freezing, with snow on top it, I’m not confident about keeping on my feet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our parish community \u2014 that’s another topic for another time \u2014 has folks who bring Holy Communion to folks who are home bound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That’s a good thing for my wife and oldest daughter. Or, rather, it’s usually a good thing. I checked with my wife a few minutes back. They called, and won’t be sending anyone out in this weather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That’s not exactly a good thing, and I’m hot happy about it. But I think it’s a good idea. We’ll be experiencing the sort of weather that makes national headlines when it happens in places like New York. Out here, it’s the sort of thing we get this time of year.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Ricardo Andr\u00e9 Frantz’s photo: Bernini’s baldacchino in Saint Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City. (2005)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Holy Communion, the Eucharist, is enormously important. So is using our God-given brains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve talked about that before:<\/p>\n\n\n\n