Time for Prayers for Those With Lingering C19 Issues!

We tend to overlook the details in the news that document the lingering effects of C19. I was checking with a friend in her 60s, considered reasonably young, compared to my 81, who recovered a few months ago. "Recovered" is a relative term, it seems.

She is still, months later, short of breath, mild coughing and, she says, can't smell a darn thing! She says that's the worst thing! She says that it's the lung issues she's worried about, but she adds that the not smelling sucks!

This is a brutal disease. We cannot ever think of it as something casual.

Yes, some recover totally, but that should never take our attention away from the thousands and thousands who not only do not recover totally, but for whom living with the aftereffects becomes a true burden and cross to bear.

Sweet Lord Jesus, you who walked on water, cured lepers, restored Lazarus to life, we need your compassion and healing hands for these people. Please bless those in charge with wisdom. And please enlighten everyone with compassion strong enough to help them to help us by masking and keeping that magical distance! Jesus, we trust in you!