Hmm …

… The Power of Absence: Reading Graham Greene during Lent - Image Journal. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

I agree that suspending Mass is a moral imperative. But that doesn’t make it easy. We are in the middle of Lent—an already solemn season—and the absence of the Eucharist hurts.

I don't agree. And I think the government should keep out of it. Would I risk my life to take the Eucharist? Yes. For once I am in agreement with Pope Francis. And I am inclined to think that the bishops are careerists who really don't take what they profess to believe seriously. And I communicated that to my own archbishop.

See also: When our churches open again... (Hat tip, Rich Lloret.)

When the pandemic crisis eases, and the world heads back into its normal routines, Catholic bishops will have some explaining to do.

Indeed.