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.
In the Catholic News Service article “Prayers at Democratic convention seek compassion for people, planet in peril” published in the Aug. 28 edition of the Catholic News Herald, Sister Simone Campbell and Father James Martin were referred to as “prominent” Catholics.
They are very well known, but many of their comments are far from Catholic teaching.
Speaking about abortion, Sister Simone has said, “I would have to study it more intensely than I have. It is above my pay grade.”
Both Sister Simone and Father Martin support Joe Biden for president. Biden, a Catholic, has supported abortion as “essential health care.” It is very important for all Catholics to examine closely the issues at hand.
Marie Leclair is a member of St. Vincent de Paul Church in Charlotte.