deaf world.”1 Public responses to the current pandemic certainly have called our world out of its spiritual doldrums. But I have a hunch your personal calamities have a similar impact on you individually. God shouts at us in our private catastrophes, doesn’t he? The question is, what is he saying? And more to the point, how will we respond? Private or public calamity always calls for faith—confident trust in God, despite our apprehensions. St. Matthew records that Jesus’ disciples faced a test of their