Real Superheroes

Today's Cape Cod Times provides an "Opinion" cartoon depicting our real superheroes.   Indeed, they are real and not fictional.  There's no Spiderman, Green Lantern, or Wonder Woman.  Just everyday men and women who continue to help all of us endure this long-lasting coronavirus catastrophe. 

For those who staff the grocery stores, pharmacies, and provide essential medical services - all those health care workers in hospitals and elsewhere, we give thanks for their sacrifices and courage.  We give thanks to those who deliver the mail and provide many other essential services.  We offer our prayers for their safety. 

Yes, they all have the "S" on their chests - "S" for Supermen and Superwomen.   It also refers to saints and saviors. 

We celebrate Lent in empty churches with on-line viewing.   At Christ the King Jesus is found high above the altar and crucified on a cross.  He looks down on empty pews as if saying to us: "Fear not, this will pass. I am with you wherever you are."

Deacon David Pierce