Bůh v době koronavirové – Houkal Jan (2021)

Every year in spring, forty days before Easter, Christians experience the period of Lent. The significant restrictions caused by COVID-19 have intensified this Lenten season even more. "Many people are experiencing the situation of the pandemic, quarantines, dangers, social isolation, or economic uncertainty very painfully. They suffer and are threatened. Inside, invisibly, in their souls..." What parallels does the well-known priest Jan Houkal see here? What new connections does he uncover in his daily sermons? What encouragement does he find for us? How is the surprise of the apostles at Judas's betrayal related to the coronavirus restrictions? "The Lord Jesus knows how we are doing. For this reason, we can certainly justifiably hope that He wants to come to us in ways other than usual, and if our hearts are open, He will truly come. The only thing that is up to us is to prepare our hearts and also to creatively seek ways to welcome and accept the Lord Jesus. The rest, the essential rest, is up to Him, the Son of God, who will come to the holidays this year just as He does every year."