In the most elevated terms, Milton urges an understanding of marriage altogether spiritual and intellectual, a union nearly without bodies, for in the divorce tracts he repeatedly figures marriage as the joining of rational souls, as the mind’s solace and satisfaction, its source of “comfort and peace,” an apt and cheerful conversation that hedges a man against the solitary life.
Recently added to the list: COVID-19, which she tested positive for on her 105th birthday. She sailed through the two-week quarantine like a champ without any symptoms, said her granddaughter, Shawn Laws O Neil.
The tale triggered a flurry of recent articles; her uplifting health news spread far and wide, resulting in an outpouring of greetings from around the globe all of which reached DeClerck at her residence in Mystic Meadows Rehab and Nursing Center in Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey.
There, ensconced in a room adorned with pictures of saints and an olive wood cross from the Holy Land, she recently shared her advice for a long life: prayer without ceasing; love without constraint; abiding concern for others; an open door; no junk food; and, oh yes, nine golden raisins soaked in gin every day as a tonic.
By Lois Rogers Catholic News Service Posted: 4/9/2021
Lucia DeClerck, 105, smiles at Mystic Meadows Rehab and Nursing Center in Little Egg Harbor Township, N.J., March 15, 2021, after surviving COVID-19.
(CNS photo/Handout via Trenton Monitor) TRENTON, N.J. (CNS) Lucia DeClerck has survived the 1918 influenza pandemic, two world wars, the loss of three husbands, one son and many of her physicians.
Recently added to the list: COVID-19, which she tested positive for on her 105th birthday. She sailed through the two-week quarantine like a champ without any symptoms, said her granddaughter, Shawn Laws O Neil.
The tale triggered a flurry of recent articles; her uplifting health news spread far and wide, resulting in an outpouring of greetings from around the globe all of which reached DeClerck at her residence in Mystic Meadows Rehab and Nursing Center in Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey.