Sunday Gospel: digital devotion with an absent audience
Sunday readings are posted with dozens of mentions but little interaction. Digital ritualism or real faith?
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Sunday Gospel: a digital routine with more mentions than replies
Every Sunday the same routine plays out. The day's readings are posted — today, 2 Kings 4, 8-11.14-16a — Father Santiago Martín's homily is uploaded, and the Holy Rosary is called for at 22:00. But what stands out is not the theological content, rather the list of mentioned users: more than sixty, almost always the same ones. Participation, however, is minimal.
The format recalls digital parish bulletins, with a nod to the past: quotes from the Desert Fathers (via surco.org) and the Chaplet of Divine Mercy at 15:00, the hour of mercy. The live Mass from Corvera (Asturias) at 12:30 adds the local component.
The curious thing is that, despite the effort to keep the ritual going, the response is almost nil. Perhaps the audience prefers contemplative silence. Or maybe the flood of mentions drowns out the conversation. The truth is the Gospel keeps being proclaimed, even if no one answers.
Every Sunday the same routine plays out. The day's readings are posted — today, 2 Kings 4, 8-11.14-16a — Father Santiago Martín's homily is uploaded, and the Holy Rosary is called for at 22:00. But what stands out is not the theological content, rather the list of mentioned users: more than sixty, almost always the same ones. Participation, however, is minimal.
The format recalls digital parish bulletins, with a nod to the past: quotes from the Desert Fathers (via surco.org) and the Chaplet of Divine Mercy at 15:00, the hour of mercy. The live Mass from Corvera (Asturias) at 12:30 adds the local component.
The curious thing is that, despite the effort to keep the ritual going, the response is almost nil. Perhaps the audience prefers contemplative silence. Or maybe the flood of mentions drowns out the conversation. The truth is the Gospel keeps being proclaimed, even if no one answers.
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