It's been a rough year for celebration.
Senior proms. Fourth of July cookouts. Bat mitzvahs. Graduation parties. Thanksgiving dinner. Weddings. They've been all delayed, scaled back to virtual events or outright canceled in the shadow of the pandemic.
When some have insisted from a misguided sense of entitlement on gathering together and celebrating anyway, too often the pandemic also has attended, and left its mark as guests start to fall sick and die a few weeks later.
Today remains a day of celebration.
Lent is a season for introspection and repentance. For Catholics and Protestants who observe a formal liturgy, it's often a season for penitence and doing without. But Sundays in the church calendar have always celebrated the Resurrection, and Lent is no exception to that.
The challenge this year is that celebrations always require other people, and gathering with people remains a way to spread the virus and add to the death toll.. (The Resurrection is a matter of faith for the Christian, but it's no call to be reckless before our time is through. Be wise.) It's a hard thing when even our celebrations must be Lenten.
So the party is muted, and we wait another week, two, or more before we can see our friends properly. But a vaccine is here, and a promised end to disease is coming.
Once the all-clear sounds, prepare to celebrate.
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