More than eight months have passed since our first community member tested positive for the novel coronavirus. All of us are changed by our experience. I have grown in appreciation of my dependence on God and in gratitude for the people who support me in my daily life.

Horizons – Once, preparing for my canonical novitiate year, I did a weeklong retreat in South Texas in August. I received so many blessings. Each Lent since, I visit this "desert" in my imagination when I pray.