Prayers for you

Tomb of Christ

Yesterday was so hectic with work ... which included running around various places in the City bit New and Old ... that I got home totally exhausted and feet dreadfully swollen. I had to hobble home in the cold, left ankle swollen and right foot with plantar fasciitis, both excruciatingly painful ... walked 1km home. I put Salonpas medicine on both feet and fell asleep immediately. 

While out yesterday, I took advantage of going to the Holy Sepulchre Basilica to pray. It was very quiet. A few indian migrant workers making the Way of the Cross and taking photos. A small group of Ethiopic women were praying on their knees. The Basilica looked very clean ... with no trash left by tourists. There was a solemn silence. I prayed for you all ... and also for Sr. Gabriella, an elderly nun who once worked in the 3rd Station. She's back in Rome critical with Covid ... intubated and unconscious. The other sisters tell me it's a bleak outlook and they are prepared for the worse. 

Praying

Tonight the jewish feast of Purim begins. Since it includes a Sabbath, an extra day of the feast is added to include Sunday. News is out that the govt is to enforce a lockdown for 4 days to stop revelers from gathering and spreading the virus. The number of infections have been dropping but today, with the onset of Purim, it started to rise again. This is despite over 50% of the population having received the vaccine. The public should seriously put aside their selfish claims to rights and think about other people ... 

Today has been another hectic day ... I was awake at 1am because of asthma and it made my whole morning very difficult to pass. Luckily one of our students came to help me this morning by throwing out the garbage; then he helped me a heavy bag of books to M. Teresa's convent, and accompanied me up to my workplace to make sure I didn't collapse from asthma. It was very nice of him. Since then I've been having classes, then several visit s to our financial office only to find the head of dept. is not around even though he told me to come today to see him.