It's time for a new SOCIAL MEdia pledge
Catholic tradition holds us to three Lenten observances: prayer, fasting and almsgiving. For most people though, it’s all about the fasting and the sacrifice. “What will I be giving up this lent.” A new trend that is gaining popularity is to give up Social Media, such as Facebook, for Lent. This can seem like a worthwhile sacrifice, if we were to approach social media as if it were just technology and devices. But the truth is social media is relationships. I would no more give up my relationships for six weeks than I would give up church. I do recognize that the problem for some is that they have gone to the extreme and thus neglect their face-to-face relationships. For those folks it would be time to implement a Lenten Fast or a scaling back. Just like our rules of fasting for Ash Wednesday or Good Friday We cut back to one main meal and the rest light meals. Perhaps the same principal...