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Lent or quarantine?
Archbishop J. Augustine Di Noia, First Things
Friday, May 15, 2020
Quaresima o quarantena? The similarity between the Italian words for “Lent” and “quarantine” seemed more that a coincidence as COVOD-19 and the season coincided bewilderingly. Christ names our uncertainty: our sense, especially in times of crisis, that we are not invulnerable and that our institutions are anything but indestructible.