Reflections by Dan Burke after his recovery from covid 19, saying that it is a chastisement for our irreverence at Mass, especially Communion on the hand
April 9, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – Dan Burke, the former president of EWTN News, has recently come out of the intensive care unit where he struggled with the coronavirus infection. He is now speaking about his experience and about his spiritual reflections with regard to this current crisis. He calls the coronavirus a “part of a chastisement due to our own irreverence and sins.” He calls the removal of the Sacraments from us “right and just,” since we have breathed the air of “sacrilege” and “irreverence,” especially at Mass. Mentioning Bishop Athanasius Schneider, Burke points to Communion in the hand as the key problem which is, every time it takes place, a “sacrilege.” Speaking with his wife Stephanie on their EWTN Divine Intimacy Radio, Dan Burke says that having this virus was the “blackest hole I was ever through” in his life and that it was “horrifying.” Both he and his wife call his recovery a “miracle” and attribute it to the prayers of so many people in the world. In …