The Difficulty of Pastoral Care in the Age of the Coronavirus

The coronavirus means for instance that many points loved ones can't be with their relatives when they're in their last moments because of the restrictions and so on funerals will inevitably have to be very small localized affairs. The internet has so many downsides but the upside is that we can do sharing as you and I are at the moment on a zoom meeting or a Skype meeting or whatever. We need to recover some of that ancient wisdom that being able to see things even if we can't touch or be touched  is better than nothing at all.