Spoiled Brats

We in America are spoiled brats!  During this quarantine, many people I personally know,  are still going to Mass (here and there where they are being held), or Confession (where given) or Eucharistic Adoration. I didn't think anything of it, until I read this article in America Magazine (April 23, 2020).
The writer, Michael Bayer points to many other people in other parts of the world, who live without the sacraments.  And we Americans can't stop whining and demanding that our bishops ignore the health recommendations are have Mass.

Think of the refugees of famine and war. 
Think of the migrants along our Mexican border.
Think of prisoners locked in their cells.
Think of people who only have access to priests every few months, e.i., Peru, Papua, etc.
Think of people who are scattered far away from the sacraments.

What did the Jews in the Babylonian captivity do all those years away from their sacred liturgies?  They carried on their traditions and prayed.

And we are whining?

We are blessed to have computers with internet.  We can access Mass, rosary, homilies, teachings, and many devotions.  I feel blessed to watch Boston Catholic TV where I watch Bishop Reed pray the Divine Office, pray the rosary, and celebrate Mass.

O Lord, are you teaching us to count our blessings?  Please send the Holy Spirit upon us to appreciate our blessings and discern how we are becoming all You want us to be.  Amen.