We are in an age when information is flowing around us at high speed and from every direction. Our cell phones have become pocket computers with access to the entire world’s source of information. With the click of a button or the swipe of a finger we now have access to information that would have taken hours of searching a mere ten years ago. Twenty years ago it would have taken us days to research the information that today we can read in the palm of our hand in minutes. We even conduct business over the phone without ever actually speaking with anyone. Texting has become the new phone call and Facebook is quickly replacing email. The world of communication is constantly changing around us.
But there is one form of communication that will never change. God doesn’t need telephones or email or Facebook to communicate with us. He speaks to us through His Gospel and the Church and He is calling to invite us to follow Him. The Apostles were all very busy but when the Lord called them, “They immediately left their nets and followed Him.” (Matthew 4.20) Have we become too busy to answer God’s call? He is waiting…
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