Your Eminence, if you read this. This topic is timely and well-needed more than ever for myself and others I’m sure. Social media brings multiple temptations at once it seems, which makes it harder. I was taught to include social media in my fasting regimen corresponding to the four major fasting periods of the Church. I wonder if this will eventually be emphasized across the board in our digital age.
💯 yes much more ANTI social…for who?? Not US… all for our clicks, data and we just dive in head first dont we??! ACCEPT THE TERMS, We have been assimilated… good to cya Borg, likewise Borgette
Such a timely and personally needed word. A practical tidbit for those with iPhones, you can set time limits on specific apps and websites: Go into Settings > Screen Time > App Limits > Add Limit > select the app or specify the website you want to limit and then set the time limit you want to keep. You can set a custom schedule too, with certain limits on certain days (i.e. less/none on Wednesday's and Fridays as an example).
Beautiful. Thank you, Your Eminence. Sadly, I don't believe the state of social media is an accident. The world wants us exactly here. Amused to death. May the Lord have mercy on us and on those of us called to write to do so in a way that doesn't stir the passions but points to what is beautiful, good, and true.
Sorry this is wrong place but I read Social media as just “Tech”…so I apologize for my rant, it's disconnected for sure… but I think it applies across the S.M. landscape almost equitably…
I don't know…tech has always been furlongs ahead of our common sense… Currently, almost every.single.transaction, action requires coding, Autocorrect completely garbles my messages texts. I like substack but it's being curated just like everything else…regardless inevitably almost EVERY time my experience is hindered by http://tech.Social media or otherwise while robbing me of my peace, pw, two step authentication, human check, all these for the sake of “security”. Reminds me of the Patriot act…I need to be careful otherwise they just shut me off… It's pretty difficult to manage without.. cashless, ticketless event this past weekend to support a Christian pop sensation Forrest Frank…All requiring mark of the beast pretty soon… So many kids at a concert first ever time at Little Ceaser's Detroit arena. I don't know… Just the ticketing, parking (advance) mid-town ugghhh stubhub, ”claimed” tickets in advance electronically…still had to repeat process with Ticketmaster, get the app, make an acct, claim.tge AGAIN… onsite. This snafu caused me to miss the warmup at previous Christian concert due to tech glitch. Ever single time. Parking was 6+ blocks from venue…under a sign that said Whole foods…not mid town garage… 😵💫 guy in front of us couldn't find his paper ticket originally issued, no attendant… to just get OUT…Eventually he found it I guess… $7-9 peanuts /popcorn, soda unbelievable…accept no cash… Sours me every time. Concert was ok, he's a trend atm Cory Asbury and Torrey were good. He has a great attraction for the young ones so was happy to see that and families in attendance. But ughhh construction on both 75 and Woodward simultaneously… Days of tech making things “easier” are long gone peepz. Yeah I'ma boomer, but I've seen it WORK http://when.itit ‘posed to. This sheet nowadays…sheet-can it all. Bloat, glitchy, non intuitive, non-functional..one person loses their ticket to exit a parking garage and everything grinds to a halt??!!! Yeah, techs “good/ okay” if we use it are you even serious rn?
Most social media is designed to keep us scrolling, behaving in an unwise manner, etc. Self discipline is important, but also hard to reach there in this regard without focus and consistency.
Your Eminence, if you read this. This topic is timely and well-needed more than ever for myself and others I’m sure. Social media brings multiple temptations at once it seems, which makes it harder. I was taught to include social media in my fasting regimen corresponding to the four major fasting periods of the Church. I wonder if this will eventually be emphasized across the board in our digital age.
Thank you for these wise words of advice. It is tragic really that "social media" as made us more antisocial than ever.
💯 yes much more ANTI social…for who?? Not US… all for our clicks, data and we just dive in head first dont we??! ACCEPT THE TERMS, We have been assimilated… good to cya Borg, likewise Borgette
Such a timely and personally needed word. A practical tidbit for those with iPhones, you can set time limits on specific apps and websites: Go into Settings > Screen Time > App Limits > Add Limit > select the app or specify the website you want to limit and then set the time limit you want to keep. You can set a custom schedule too, with certain limits on certain days (i.e. less/none on Wednesday's and Fridays as an example).
This is a great idea! Thank you 😊
Beautiful. Thank you, Your Eminence. Sadly, I don't believe the state of social media is an accident. The world wants us exactly here. Amused to death. May the Lord have mercy on us and on those of us called to write to do so in a way that doesn't stir the passions but points to what is beautiful, good, and true.
Thank you for this instruction. Many years, Met. Saba.
Holy Abba Met Saba, pray for us!
Sorry this is wrong place but I read Social media as just “Tech”…so I apologize for my rant, it's disconnected for sure… but I think it applies across the S.M. landscape almost equitably…
I don't know…tech has always been furlongs ahead of our common sense… Currently, almost every.single.transaction, action requires coding, Autocorrect completely garbles my messages texts. I like substack but it's being curated just like everything else…regardless inevitably almost EVERY time my experience is hindered by http://tech.Social media or otherwise while robbing me of my peace, pw, two step authentication, human check, all these for the sake of “security”. Reminds me of the Patriot act…I need to be careful otherwise they just shut me off… It's pretty difficult to manage without.. cashless, ticketless event this past weekend to support a Christian pop sensation Forrest Frank…All requiring mark of the beast pretty soon… So many kids at a concert first ever time at Little Ceaser's Detroit arena. I don't know… Just the ticketing, parking (advance) mid-town ugghhh stubhub, ”claimed” tickets in advance electronically…still had to repeat process with Ticketmaster, get the app, make an acct, claim.tge AGAIN… onsite. This snafu caused me to miss the warmup at previous Christian concert due to tech glitch. Ever single time. Parking was 6+ blocks from venue…under a sign that said Whole foods…not mid town garage… 😵💫 guy in front of us couldn't find his paper ticket originally issued, no attendant… to just get OUT…Eventually he found it I guess… $7-9 peanuts /popcorn, soda unbelievable…accept no cash… Sours me every time. Concert was ok, he's a trend atm Cory Asbury and Torrey were good. He has a great attraction for the young ones so was happy to see that and families in attendance. But ughhh construction on both 75 and Woodward simultaneously… Days of tech making things “easier” are long gone peepz. Yeah I'ma boomer, but I've seen it WORK http://when.itit ‘posed to. This sheet nowadays…sheet-can it all. Bloat, glitchy, non intuitive, non-functional..one person loses their ticket to exit a parking garage and everything grinds to a halt??!!! Yeah, techs “good/ okay” if we use it are you even serious rn?
"...whoever has not been formed by the Gospel will not be corrected merely by manners" and SO much more here!
Most social media is designed to keep us scrolling, behaving in an unwise manner, etc. Self discipline is important, but also hard to reach there in this regard without focus and consistency.
Prudence. Moderation. The courage to see our tools do not make us sin.We need mercy.