As I write this, it’s Sunday. I had to remind myself of that fact several times over the course of the day. During the past few months in quarantine, there’s been little distinction between the days of my week. I’ve never found it so difficult to follow the Third Commandment. After all, I think, if I can’t go to Mass, how is Sunday different from any other day? But that kind of thinking is wrong. Sunday is still the Lord’s day, whether I can get to Mass or not. But it does take a little extra attention and focus to elevate it and differentiate it from the rest of the…

As summer winds down and the school year approaches, the debate over whether and how to reopen schools becomes ever more pressing. Many of us hoped when the schools closed last spring that the risk of coronavirus would have lessened significantly by now. Unfortunately, the virus is still very much with us. Parents of school-aged children have a difficult choice to make: should I send my children back? The argument for reopening schools seems to hinge on the claim that the education children receive in school is worth the risk of exposure to Covid-19. No parent wants to see their child struggle academically. If returning to school provides a vastly…