{"id":54105,"date":"2020-12-15T10:15:50","date_gmt":"2020-12-15T16:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=54105"},"modified":"2020-12-30T14:20:58","modified_gmt":"2020-12-30T20:20:58","slug":"liturgy-covid-19-and-my-african-violets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2020\/12\/15\/liturgy-covid-19-and-my-african-violets\/","title":{"rendered":"Liturgy, Covid 19, and My African Violets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>by Margaret Mary Kelleher, OSU <\/em><\/p>\n<p>For many years, I have understood and experienced liturgy as ecclesial ritual action in which the church, realized in local assemblies, manifests and shapes its identity. \u00a0Foundational to such an understanding is the gathering and ritual performance of these local assemblies. \u00a0Mutual presence, embodied interactions, moving together, singing and praying together are constitutive elements in the creation of liturgy.<\/p>\n<p>The presence of Covid 19 in our world has radically altered the liturgical life of local assemblies. For months, there were no actual gatherings, as liturgy was only celebrated virtually.\u00a0 When local <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/api.time.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Monsignor_Richard_Guastella_02.jpg?w=600&amp;quality=85\" alt=\"On Easter, An NYC Church Mourns as Its Priests Recover From COVID-19 | Time\" width=\"343\" height=\"226\" \/>churches began reopening for the celebration of the eucharist, it was with significant restrictions. \u00a0People have to wear facial coverings and be separated from one another by a safe distance. \u00a0Human touch and bodily interaction have to be avoided. \u00a0Even singing has been curtailed. \u00a0Those ritual elements that we used to take for granted have been made precious by their absence.<\/p>\n<p>Our daily lives, including our liturgical lives, are filled with questions. \u00a0When will this terrible time come to an end? \u00a0Will life ever return to what we thought of as normal? \u00a0Will our human relationships and our liturgical worship ever be able to flourish again? \u00a0How can we live in hope in <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thespruce.com\/thmb\/_ZBA5zCPPJrWBU0GNImFwfwA8vE=\/4737x2665\/smart\/filters:no_upscale()\/grow-african-violets-indoors-1902733-02-ae7c409a65ba4b949cb33518c37dd90e.jpg\" alt=\"African Violets \u2014Growing Healthy Saintpaulia\" width=\"289\" height=\"163\" \/>the midst of so many unknowns? \u00a0As I live with such questions, I often look to my African violets for inspiration.<\/p>\n<p>Forty- five years ago, in the fall of 1975, my father gave me a small African violet plant that he had grown. \u00a0Within several months, he had died as a result of being hit by a car as he walked across the Grand Concourse, a street in the Bronx. \u00a0That African violet plant became a symbol of my father\u2019s life for me, but eventually it would become even more than that.<\/p>\n<p>When it became a mature plant, I began to propagate the violet by cutting leaves, rooting them in water, and then planting them in soil as my father had taught me. \u00a0As the new plants grew, I gave them away to friends and members of my family. \u00a0Eventually, the original plant died, but I had <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i.pinimg.com\/originals\/4e\/89\/e3\/4e89e3fa4d6b9aba787b664d905fe33e.jpg\" alt=\"2 Ways to Root African Violets From Leaf Cuttings | African violets, Gardening tips, Plants\" width=\"248\" height=\"187\" \/>made many plants from its leaves, and the African violets that I and my family have now are all descendants of that gift I received forty-five years ago. \u00a0A friend of mine once incorporated my African violets into a homily he gave in a local parish on Pentecost Sunday. \u00a0He used my practice of propagating new plants from the leaves of a current descendant of the original plant as a way of illustrating the principle that the church gives birth to the church.<\/p>\n<p>In the 1980\u2019s I learned an important lesson in hope from one of the descendants of the original violet. \u00a0I had given it to an Ursuline friend and there was a fire in the house where she lived. \u00a0The plant was badly damaged from smoke and water and my friend thought she would have to throw it out. \u00a0Instead, I brought the plant home with me. \u00a0I cut it back until there was only a stump left and repotted it. \u00a0I placed it in front of a window, watered it regularly, spoke encouragingly to it, and waited. \u00a0One day, after months of waiting, I saw a tiny green shoot coming from the stump. \u00a0It happened to be Advent so I immediately thought of the line from Isaiah \u201ca shoot shall sprout from <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/dh1muyqdu88ie.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/13200040\/African-violet-propagation.jpg\" alt=\"African Violets: Sensational Saintpaulias You Can Grow At Home | Epic Gardening\" width=\"257\" height=\"171\" \/>the stump of Jesse.\u201d (Is 11:1) That shoot eventually developed into a plant that flourished, and my African violets became a living symbol of hope for me.<\/p>\n<p>My violets continue to teach me lessons in hope, although in a less dramatic fashion. \u00a0This past winter, I had to move them from in front of the window that usually gives them light. \u00a0Soon, they stopped blossoming. \u00a0Since I was used to them blossoming continually, this was a big disappointment. \u00a0I had no flowers for several months and, when I was able to return then to their place in front of the window, it took several more months before a blossom appeared. \u00a0Once again, I learned something about waiting in hope.<\/p>\n<p>Now, as I wonder about when our families, friends, communities, and local churches will be able to come together and interact without fear of contaminating one another with the 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