When the authorities here tightened the rules related to containment of the spread of the coronavirus a couple of weeks ago I vaguely assumed that attendance at Friday Prayers would be out of the question for the immediate period. Thankfully this proved not to be the case and it turned out to be relatively easy to book a place for the third session today, the one with the prayer starting at 3.05 pm.
It's a sign of just how easily we adapt to circumstances that what originally had seemed a complex procedure - taking the ablution in advance; carrying your own sejadah; showing the proof of booking on the way in; clocking in and out through Trace Together; wearing a mask; distancing from the rest of the congregation - was easy and natural today. Indeed, the whole experience felt comfortingly familiar. Something like normal.
Of course, that which lies at the still centre of the turning world remains unchanged, undisturbed by all our human stuff.
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