Contemplative Haven: God is Watching Us, Online 
God is Watching Us, Online
Catholic Guy left a lovely comment on my post "Life in a Header" the other day, providing us with a link for online Eucharistic Adoration: www.savior.org He posted his thoughts on the subject as well at A Catholic Guy .
I wanted to take a bit of time to view the site and pray about it, because I remembered having misgivings about this in the past.
Having done that now, I believe it is truly a wonderful thing. If I, mobile and living in a community with easy access to many churches still find it difficult to visit Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, how much more so for shut-ins, for people who live in remote areas and for those living in countries where Catholicism is suppressed or prohibited? After having the site open for a while as I worked, and after reading the testimonials, I was convinced.
As soon as my anxieties about it had been relieved, another thought came to mind. Perpetual Adoration, one click away from perpetual pornography or online gambling, destroyers of so many peoples' lives. How wonderful that anyone struggling with something which is being fed over the Internet can sit down in front of the computer and, with His grace and a movement of the will, choose Adoration over addiction.
We know that the Internet can be a powerful tool for both good and evil. This Almighty God of ours, with online Adoration, places Himself visibly in our technology. The Master is in the field, telling His slaves not to pull up the weeds lest the wheat be uprooted as well (Matthew 13: 24-30). They shall grow together until the Harvest.
I wanted to take a bit of time to view the site and pray about it, because I remembered having misgivings about this in the past.
Having done that now, I believe it is truly a wonderful thing. If I, mobile and living in a community with easy access to many churches still find it difficult to visit Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, how much more so for shut-ins, for people who live in remote areas and for those living in countries where Catholicism is suppressed or prohibited? After having the site open for a while as I worked, and after reading the testimonials, I was convinced.
As soon as my anxieties about it had been relieved, another thought came to mind. Perpetual Adoration, one click away from perpetual pornography or online gambling, destroyers of so many peoples' lives. How wonderful that anyone struggling with something which is being fed over the Internet can sit down in front of the computer and, with His grace and a movement of the will, choose Adoration over addiction.
We know that the Internet can be a powerful tool for both good and evil. This Almighty God of ours, with online Adoration, places Himself visibly in our technology. The Master is in the field, telling His slaves not to pull up the weeds lest the wheat be uprooted as well (Matthew 13: 24-30). They shall grow together until the Harvest.
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