Join us this week as we discuss the spirituality of isolation within the COVID-19 quarantine as well as "The Giver" book series, and the song 'No Roots' by Alice Merton. Our conversation focuses on the themes of letting go of attachments, gifts, and the longing within each of us for something more than the world that we live in. #WelcomeToTheAdventure

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• The Origin Of The Word ‘Quarantine’ — No one knows for certain why the isolation period was extended to 40 days, but scholars have a few hunches. There’s a lot of cultural meaning packed into the number 40—plenty of Biblical events draw upon the number, such as Jesus’ fast in the desert, Moses’ time on Mount Sinai, and the Christian observation of Lent. Others suggest that perhaps it was simply thinking that 30 days wasn’t quite enough time to burn out the disease.
• Bishop Barron on the Coronavirus Quarantine — Blaise Pascal said, “All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.” This Pascalian “mot” has come to my mind a good deal in recent days as our entire country goes into shutdown mode due to the coronavirus. Perhaps we could all think of this time of semi-quarantine as an invitation to some monastic introspection, some serious confrontation with the questions that matter—some purposeful sitting alone in a room.