Stefano Mosca

It is reasonable to put on hold the Eucharist because of the coronavirus, but it is equally important not to consider it normal, as if one could do without the sacrament. Forgetting the Eucharist leads to corruption and violence. The opposite rebuilds personal and social life as the fate of two villages shows. Here is the second part of the testimony of the missionary in the Philippines.

On the southern island of the Philippines, the quarantine block on masses in parishes fosters impatience and frustration at violence of bloodthirsty monitoring officials (frontiliners). The Eucharist serves to combat despair. A suggestion for all countries - such as Italy - where communities are divided between those who demand mass and those who put health safety first.