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Parish Office Resumes Normal Operations June 8

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Christ the King is beginning the resumption of parish activities. RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has sickened thousands and killed hundreds in Oklahoma. There is substantial evidence of community spread of COVID19 throughout Oklahoma and most other states. Christ the King is following guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Oklahoma State Department of Health and other agencies, and has implemented social distancing measures, increased hand-washing and other hygienic practices, and frequent cleaning of common surfaces. Despite such precautions, the risks associated with transmission of COVID-19 remain high. Individuals participating in an activity may have traveled from other cities or states to participate. In addition, the nature of some activities makes it impossible to observe all of the recommended precautions all of the time; for example, individuals will not always be six feet apart, surfaces will not always be free of viruses and other infectants, etc. Even where the activity allows social distancing, it will be impossible for the parish to ensure that all participants are observing all the recommended precautions. As a result of participation in parish activities, you or your child will be exposed to the risk of infection of communicable diseases, including COVID-19. Symptoms associated with COVID-19 range from mild to severe, and include fever, cough, difficulty breathing, headache, nausea, severe respiratory distress and death. By participating in parish activities or allowing your child to participate you knowingly and voluntarily assume the risk associated with participation.

Dear Parishioners of Christ the King:
 
I have deeply missed all of you and I know that many of you are hungering for the Eucharist. Thanks be to God we have finally been given a timeline for the public Masses to resume. Cancellation of public Mass has only happened a few times in history, during the plagues in Europe and the Spanish Flu in 1918. It has been hard for all of us. I thank God for technology that has made it possible for us to worship together in a way, though nothing can take the place of receiving the Body and Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ.  
 
Public Masses will resume at Christ the King on Monday, May 18th, at 12pm. We will keep daily Mass at 12pm through the month of May.  The regular schedule of Sunday Masses will resume on the weekend of May 23rd and 24th.  This is great news! 
 
Archbishop Coakley has suspended the obligation to attend Mass until things can get back to a more normal time, and we will continue live streaming Masses for the foreseeable future. Since the obligation to attend Mass on Sunday is suspended, I encourage you to consider attending daily Mass to receive the Eucharist. Those who are elderly or are in any way immune-compromised or sick are asked to please stay home for your own protection and for all our sake. I admit to feeling frustrated that we have to wait longer. But given all the precautions and guidelines by the CDC, the state, and the Archdiocese to ensure our safety, I am glad we are not simply opening the doors and going back to normal.
 
We are limited in capacity to 33.3% occupancy in the main Church, which is a little less than 300 persons per Mass.  However, we will broadcast all Sunday Masses into the Atrium for overflow seating of another 120 persons. If you are more comfortable, you can remain in your car for the 5pm and 10am Mass while watching online and come into the Church for Holy Communion. 
 
We ask that parishioners take their temperatures before coming to Mass, and if it is over 100.4° to please stay home. It is prudent to wear a face mask, and we ask that all parishioners use hand sanitizer before and after communion. The entire church is thoroughly sanitized between Masses. Please do not use your own sanitizing wipes, as they can damage the pews.
 
Here is some information that I hope will help you to feel comfortable and anticipate what public Mass will look like in this initial stage of reopening:

• Seating in every other pew and in the balcony will be marked. Seating in Daily Mass chapel available.
• Families and households may sit closer than six feet apart. All others are to sit six feet apart.
• Staff and volunteers will help people find seats for the first few weeks.
• One-use Liturgy sheets will be available. Please discard in the containers by exits on your way out.
• Fill the Church from front to back. Latecomers will be directed to the Atrium overflow seating.
• Staff and volunteers will lead you to receive communion one row at a time.
• Approach the communion rail through the center aisle and observe spacing markers along the step to receive Holy Communion.
• Please receive the Eucharist in your hand rather than on the tongue.
• Please stand at the altar rail, and do not touch the railing.
• After receiving Communion you will be directed back to your seats. Do not congregate in the aisles.
• Collection baskets will be at the exits.  Feel free to continue mailing your donations or using FaithDirect. We are very grateful for your support of the parish.
• The priest, deacons, and seminarians will serve as lectors and Eucharistic ministers.

I know all of this seems overwhelming – it is to me as well – but one thing I ask and pray for is LOTS OF PATIENCE as we navigate this “new normal.” 
 
I can assure you that how we do it the first week or so will change, and we will need to evaluate what works and what doesn’t.  None of us could have anticipated that all this would happen, so it has been a steep learning curve for all of us.  Believe me I thought closing the Churches was stressful, but reopening is very stressful too. At least we can return to worshiping together again, which I am overjoyed about. Jesus says, “ Do not let your hearts be troubled, but have faith in Me.”  I have deeply missed all of you. We have had to have funerals and weddings and baptisms with only 10 people, and that was hard on everyone. But we will get through this, if we remain united together as the Body of Christ.  
 
God bless you all and I can’t wait to see you again!
 
In Christ,
 
Fr Rick

A Prayer for Others

May we who are merely inconvenienced remember those whose lives are at stake.
May we who have no risk factors remember those who are most vulnerable.
May we who have the luxury of working from home remember those who must choose between preserving their health or making their rent.
May we who have the flexibility to care for our children when their schools close remember those who have no options.
May we who have to cancel our trips remember those who have no safe place to go.
May we who are losing our margin money in the tumult of the economic market remember those who have no margin at all.
May we who settle in for a quarantine at home remember those who have no home.
As fear grips our country, let us choose love.
During this time when we cannot physically wrap our arms around each other, let us find ways to be loving embrace of God to our neighbors.
Amen

Act of Spiritual Communion

My Jesus, 
I believe that You are present in the Most Holy Sacrament. 
I love You above all things, 
and I desire to receive You into my soul. 
Since I cannot at this moment receive You sacramentally, 
come at least spiritually into my heart. 
I embrace You as if You were already there 
and unite myself wholly to You. 
Never permit me to be separated from You.
Amen.

During the pandemic we are live streaming The CK Morning Show from the rectory on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 8:15am. Join us for morning prayer and chat with Fr. Rick, pastoral intern Duncan Tiemeyer, and seminarian-in-residence Stephen Jones. You can learn more and submit your questions for the show HERE.