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Editorial
Kuya Roel Bernales, Director of Programs and Services
This maiden issue of our electronic publication (E- Lamdag)– as momentous as it is -- serves as another small mark of the “new normal” engendered by the
COVID -19 pandemic. The need for social distancing, community quarantine, and other strict health protocols prevents any physical
interaction with the usual glossy pages of our newsletter – and even with our fellow brothers and sisters in the BCBP.
However, our connectivity as an community has in no way deterred. With the COVID-19 weakening humanity in aspects that go beyond the physical, there is an ever growing need to attain emotional and spiritual comfort in our respective homes. In these months of quarantine, this is when spreading the light of Christ has to go online, just like this eLamdag.
The broad scope of the Internet offers us in the BCBP a chance to resume a semblance of our usual activities as a community from a distance. Thanks to the likes of Zoom and Messenger, video calls allow for online gatherings of our Saturday Breakfast Fellowships and regular Action Group Meetings. Maintaining the interpersonal relationships we have with the rest of our community — albeit now virtually — is crucial in strengthening the personal relationships that we have with God individually, especially when it is becoming easier to succumb to feelings of dread, isolation, and faithlessness in these times. Amidst the struggles we face in getting past this crisis, it is always important to acknowledge the strength that we can gain from our reliable fellowship with others and with God. Indeed, He does make a way — especially when this is now attainable with simple clicks on our smartphones.
The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically altered many things in our routine, with the absence of many forms of physical connection further exacerbating the bleakness of adjusting to a life we have yet to become used to. But, rest assured, with smiles and words of friendship being literally one call away, we will be able to continue coping and growing through this crisis as one BCBP community, in a way that remains safe and ever genuine.
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