Let me share you how to live and react in this COVID-19 situation based on the fact that I read once.
It wasn't COVID-19 but the bubonic plague, a much more deadly disease. And years passed before anyone knew what caused it. That was August 1527, the plague emerged to Wittenberg, the town where the famous professor and a reformer of sixteenth century Martin Luther was lived. And where he had nailed his 95 theses to the castle church.
The University of Wittenberg was closed. Everyone who could get out of the town was getting out. Luther was also ordered to move to an unaffected town even by his biggest supporter, the Elector of Saxony, John the Steadfast. Luther refused to leave. Instead, he chose to take risks to care for patients and dying people along with his pregnant wife Katharina and turned his house into a temporary hospital.
He’s being besieged, wanted him to make a statement, and Luther sent out an open letter to Rev. Dr. John Hess. The title is often translated as "Is it possible for someone to escape a deadly plague" or " whether one may flee from a deadly plague?"
His letter was found in Luther’s Works, Volume 43 p. 132, as “Whether one may flee from a Deadly Plague,” Luther writes:
“𝘐 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘶𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘶𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦, 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘪𝘳, 𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵. 𝘐 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘥 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦. 𝘐𝘧 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘦, 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘐𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘣𝘰𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘮𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘐 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘥 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘰 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘷𝘦. 𝘚𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢 𝘎𝘰𝘥-𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘩 𝘯𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘵 𝘎𝘰𝘥.”
With the increase in COVID-19 cases, it's well to go back to what Luther said. To take reasonable precautionary measures and love neighbors. And to remember that it is more blessed to give than to receive.
Link of Luther’s letter online version is given below:
Image: Martin Luther
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