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Good Morning,

Muslims all over the world are celebrating the start of the holy month of Ramadan.

From before Dawn till Dusk we’re not eating or drinking. And it really is a month, not a day or two. Twenty-nine or thirty days depending on how the moon wanes.

Last Ramadan was the strangest I ever experienced because of the Pandemic.

• Gone were the daily trips to the local mosque
• Gone were the visits to relatives to open fast with them - or to share ours
• And gone was the great gathering of Eid.

It was a humbling experience to witness how vulnerable we all were to an invisible enemy.

In our home, we transformed our front room turned into a mosque. It became permanently dedicated to prayer in Ramadan last year. I heard how some Muslim families went to great lengths to even create a mini-mosque complete with decorations and nooks normally associated with mosques inside their homes.

As I look back, I think the opportunity to be together like that as a family was a wonderful experience for us, but against a backdrop of sadness and mourning for many in our community.

That was last year’s Ramadan.

This year the mosques are open. However, we are socially distanced, masked up and carrying our own prayer mats.

This year’s different, and doubly so with the announcement of a Royal death. We all offer our sincere condolences to her Majesty the Queen.
Lord, every experience has something to teach us. Open the eye of our hearts to cherish our time together during this period of mourning and spiritual reflection.

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