{"id":39444,"date":"2017-11-08T08:29:46","date_gmt":"2017-11-08T14:29:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=39444"},"modified":"2017-11-12T21:50:40","modified_gmt":"2017-11-13T03:50:40","slug":"pope-francis-lift-up-your-hearts-not-lift-up-your-phones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2017\/11\/08\/pope-francis-lift-up-your-hearts-not-lift-up-your-phones\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis: “Lift up your hearts,” not “Lift up your phones.”"},"content":{"rendered":"

At today’s Papal audience<\/a> Pope Francis scolded people for their inattention at Mass, and particularly for the way people at Papal Masses seem more concerned with getting a shot of the Pope than\u00a0focusing on Christ present in the Eucharist:<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a bad thing! And I tell you that it gives me so much sadness when I celebrate here in the Piazza or Basilica and I see so many raised cellphones, not just of the faithful, even of some priests and even bishops. But think: when you go to Mass, the Lord is there! And you’re distracted. (But) it is the Lord!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I kind of know how he feels, though people are far less interested in snapping my picture than than they are in snapping his. At a recent baptism I asked, at the request of the child’s father, that people stop taking pictures. On the one hand, I can appreciate how someone might want to snap a quick picture to preserve a memory of an important event. On the other hand, we can get so distracted that we end up preserving a memory of an event in which we have not really participated.<\/p>\n

The report also notes that the Pope will be making the Eucharist the focus of his catechesis for the next few audiences. This should provide much material for reflection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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