This Sunday's readings remind me of a joke i heard. A person asked, "does anyone know the difference between ignorance and apathy?" Another person answered: "I don't know, and I don't care."

Ignorance is dangerous. Apathy is worse. As limited humans, we are ignorant of many things. If we don't care, we become a danger to ourselves and others. In every age, sages share wisdom by speaking, by conversing. In the first reading, a frustrated God speaks to His people saying, "If only you would heed the voice of the Lord your God...it is not too mysterious and remote for you." The Lord asks, "why are we so apathetic, so slow to listen to Him?

Doctors, engineers, teachers, psychologists all tell us that too much screen time impedes the brain's ability to reason, memorize, pray, and imagine. Children who spend too much time in front of cell phones, tablets, laptops, desktops, etc., don't develop such abilities.

During this vacation season, do we still recognize our need for God's wisdom?

Do we care enough to listen to the Lord and others?

Are our screens impediments to overcoming ignorance and apathy? 

Fr. Mike Ronayne