I am sharing in response to the increasingly frequent communications I have received from various Catholic sources pronouncing that wearing a face covering during the COVID-19 pandemic is promoting a “spirit of fear.”
For me, this is untrue.
While at Mass and elsewhere in public, I wear my face covering in a spirit of love.
I love my dad, who is a daily communicant and is also immuno-suppressed.
If it is possible that a small sacrifice on my part allows him to continue receiving the sacraments, I love him enough to do so.
Pray for us and pray for our Catholic community: that we learn to be united in love rather than divided in the details.
Theresa Hutchinson lives in Davidson.