Comments for You have mail at http://www.thecatholicthing.org , comment 1 to 4 out of 4 comments http://www.thecatholicthing.org Wed, 22 May 2013 09:35:35 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2008/you-have-mail.html#comment-282 Dr. McInerny, the thing you are forgetting in your brief moment of despair is that you have what all those other influences do not: you have the truth, and the truth is what every human intellect desires. Be not afraid. Be bold and continue to speak for Christ. It's what He wants of you. You will not go unheard. - James the Least Sun, 07 Dec 2008 20:25:28 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2008/you-have-mail.html#comment-307 Mark - you are absolutely right in that technology does wonders to speed and aid our communication, but that communication should only be supplementary to a relationship. As a person who used to be "plugged in" in all the ways you and Dr. McInerny both list, I have since learned that times of inner and outer silence are absolutely essential to a relationship - with others and with God. Technology can do wonders to increase the breadth of communication... but not the depth. God Bless you! - R.B. Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:53:44 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2008/you-have-mail.html#comment-285 I have noticed a trend among older Catholics to decry technology as isolating us from each other. While there are certainly goofy instances of people texting each other from within the same house, I tend to think the concerns that technology isolates us are exaggerated. In reality, it is even easier to keep in touch with people who are important to you. I can have conversations over email or through G-chat in DC with friends in Denver and Seattle. Technology removes distance. - Mark Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:22:51 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2008/you-have-mail.html#comment-283 In Avvenire I saw the phrase, "The Culture of Distraction vs the Culture of Vocation." This expalins modern life. A young man is called to the priesthood, but he can't hear the call. It is overwhelmed by noise. Many beautiful (in every way) young women are going unmarried because young men are distracted by videogames, sports TV, rock music and don't reach maturity till age 35 or later. The culture of distraction has overwhelmed the culture of vocation- including the vocation to marriage - Lee Gilbert Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:59:02 +0100