Memento Mori: “In Whatever You Do, Remember Your Last Days’’
Lent 2020 focused on a global pandemic of lockdowns, fears, and sacrifices aiming toward an Easter renewal and resurrection
CHICAGO — Believers — and non-believers — have spent a month focused on death, disease, and fear, second-guessing every step. Trust is scarce.
Walking through the Windy City, we “discovered’’ Pauline Books and Media and three smiling sisters exuding love, joy and peace. Their featured book, perfect for this locked down, stay-at-home, 2020 Lenten Pandemic?
“Remember Your Death: Memento Mori.’’
“You are going to die,’’ the book begins. “The moment you are born, you begin dying… You are dust and to dust you shall return… At Mass, we consume the Eucharist, the Body of Christ. This Body is not the body of a corpse but rather, the living, risen Body of our Savior, who has vanquished death.’’
“The Cross changes everything.’’
A pandemic has had the world focused on death and disease
Lent, the time when Catholics remember the sacrifices and death of Jesus Christ began on February 26, when there were 60 cases of coronavirus in the United…
