{"id":7411,"date":"2020-07-30T04:29:06","date_gmt":"2020-07-30T09:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.holytrinityweb.com\/weekly\/?p=7411"},"modified":"2020-07-30T06:28:21","modified_gmt":"2020-07-30T11:28:21","slug":"whats-a-new-normal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.holytrinityweb.com\/weekly\/whats-a-new-normal\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s a \u201cNew Normal\u201d?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image wpimg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" src=\"https:\/\/www.holytrinityweb.com\/weekly\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/w_window_dog.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.holytrinityweb.com\/weekly\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/w_window_dog.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.holytrinityweb.com\/weekly\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/w_window_dog-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.holytrinityweb.com\/weekly\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/w_window_dog-500x334.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.holytrinityweb.com\/weekly\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/w_window_dog-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We hear that phrase all the time these days. Things we never gave a second thought to: hand-shakes, dinner out, singing at mass, have all changed in these days. We\u2019re discovering a new way to carry out everyday activities . . . behavior that becomes a new normal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking back over my life and I find I\u2019ve lived through\nseveral new normals. Things that were normal \u201cback\nthen\u201d seem rather strange and austere. See if you did\nthese things and thought nothing of it.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>I\u2019m embarrassed to say this but back in Ohio as kids we would shower once a week (Saturday night) and quickly so as to \u201csave hot water\u201d. <\/li><li>Pop, as we called it, was for birthdays and Christmas. The bottles were 7 oz\u2019s. <\/li><li>Tooth paste was a squeeze the size of a green pea on your brush. Again, to save tooth paste. <\/li><li>Aluminum foil was to be used and folded neatly for the next time. <\/li><li>Holes in socks got \u201cdarned\u201d. <\/li><li>Lingering on the phone more than a minute or two was deemed decadent &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; \u201cSomeone may be trying to call us!\u201d (This was particularly painful in the teen years when \u201cfirst loves\u201d started blossoming). <\/li><li>You\u2019d fill up on bread and gravy when the meat and potatoes ran out. <\/li><li>If you couldn\u2019t pay cash, you wouldn\u2019t buy it.<\/li><li>Mowing the yard was not a sit down job. <\/li><li>A summer job could pay a big part of college tuition. I know you\u2019ve seen these look-back stories before. I\u2019m sure you have your own memories of what was just the normal way of doing things. The point is simple &#8211; &#8211; these last 50 years have seen an unprecedented growth in personal wealth and expectations for the future. We thought this would go on forever. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>But now we are beginning to experience limits to our prosperity and an unprecedented interruption of life in the current pandemic. It causes some anxiety. Statewide shut-downs and social distancing over Covid, unemployment almost tripling since March, mask wearing required most everywhere, remote learning for children this fall, all begin to create a new way of living. We\u2019re still searching for some new routine we can call normal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So what does one do? So many things are changing.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m no expert here. I\u2019m dealing with these things just like you are. But . . . it seems to me it would help if we adjusted our old expectations to embrace the new situations. Expect things like: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>People being grumpier. We don\u2019t know how hard their day has been. Let\u2019s cut them some slack. Smile. <\/li><li>Voices telling us we\u2019ll never recover the \u201cgood old days\u201d. (Probably true. But that doesn\u2019t mean we\u2019re headed for the \u201cbad new days.\u201d We might even become better people through all this.) <\/li><li>People giving easy solutions to complex problems. Things like, \u201cput \u2018em all in jail.\u201d Or, \u201cJust vote Democratic (or Republican), that\u2019ll fix things.\u201d Or, \u201cThis is a free country. Nobody can tell me to . . . \u201c We have to learn to live together. To sacrifice, to listen to others, to wait so answers can emerge. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Lastly it helps to hear what Jesus said about uncertain times. (Read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usccb.org\/bible\/matthew\/7:24\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Matthew 7:24-27 (opens in a new tab)\">Matthew 7:24-27<\/a>). Two people built their house. One built on a foundation of rock. The other put his house on sand. The winds blew and the rains came down. One house stood strong, the other, built on sand was washed away. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The lesson? Hard times came <strong>ON BOTH HOUSES. <\/strong>Neither\nwas spared. But the one who had built on rock (God\u2019s\nword) and took the time to drive the footers deep into\nGod\u2019s way of life &#8211; &#8211; that one stood the test.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bless your house. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>FR. 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