The COVID response was exactly what spurred the “ah-ha” moment that tipped me from Protestantism to the Catholic Church. Watching church after church switch to virtual services while the Catholic parishes in our state remained open and faithfully serving the Eucharist forced me to confront the fact that there was no substance in the Protestant worship service that could not be streamed. Our former church only had “communion” once a quarter anyway, so people didn’t really miss it. They tuned into the sermon on YouTube and called it church. This bothered me so deeply that it pushed me from two years of reading the Church Fathers and Catholic books to suddenly looking for a local RCIA (now OCIA) class. COVID had the opposite effect on me, and I am so thankful God used it to draw my family into His one, holy, Catholic, and apostolic Church.
You've got it, Patrick. You've named the nail that's been sticking out where we all can see, but carefully walk around every time we enter the room. I honestly thought you were going to talk about the data centers ruining our neighborhoods, but this is a more subtle and devastating evil. 20/10
The COVID response was exactly what spurred the “ah-ha” moment that tipped me from Protestantism to the Catholic Church. Watching church after church switch to virtual services while the Catholic parishes in our state remained open and faithfully serving the Eucharist forced me to confront the fact that there was no substance in the Protestant worship service that could not be streamed. Our former church only had “communion” once a quarter anyway, so people didn’t really miss it. They tuned into the sermon on YouTube and called it church. This bothered me so deeply that it pushed me from two years of reading the Church Fathers and Catholic books to suddenly looking for a local RCIA (now OCIA) class. COVID had the opposite effect on me, and I am so thankful God used it to draw my family into His one, holy, Catholic, and apostolic Church.
You've got it, Patrick. You've named the nail that's been sticking out where we all can see, but carefully walk around every time we enter the room. I honestly thought you were going to talk about the data centers ruining our neighborhoods, but this is a more subtle and devastating evil. 20/10
Great article Pat!
Thank you!
AI is definitely coming for your neighbourhood, but that doesn't mean it is not also coming for you job.
Great insight and application.