DAILY SEQUENTIAL EXCERPTS from The New Evangelization for the Transmission of the Christian Faith – Instrumentum Laboris:
59. The Lineamenta responses also made note of communications, the sixth sector, which provide great opportunities today and, at the same time, represent a major challenge for the Church. Initially, communications was a characteristic of the industrialized world only. However, in today's globalized world, this sector also affects a vast number of developing countries. Every place on the globe, bar none, can be reached by communications, and is therefore subject to the influence of the electronic and media culture. These media are fast becoming the "forum" of civic life and social experience, which is sufficiently illustrated in the widespread use of the internet.
60. The responses refer to the generally-held belief that, today, the new digital technologies have given rise to an entirely new social space where the connections created have the potential of influencing society and culture. The media process, resulting from these technologies, is having an impact on people's lives and is changing reality itself by incisively entering into people's experiences and widening human potential. Our perception of self, others and the world are influenced by them. Communication technologies and the space created by them must therefore be viewed positively, without prejudice, as a resource which requires a discerning eye and a wise and responsible employment. (Instrumentum Laboris, “Chapter 2: Time for a New Evangelization,” paragraph 59-60)
60. The responses refer to the generally-held belief that, today, the new digital technologies have given rise to an entirely new social space where the connections created have the potential of influencing society and culture. The media process, resulting from these technologies, is having an impact on people's lives and is changing reality itself by incisively entering into people's experiences and widening human potential. Our perception of self, others and the world are influenced by them. Communication technologies and the space created by them must therefore be viewed positively, without prejudice, as a resource which requires a discerning eye and a wise and responsible employment. (Instrumentum Laboris, “Chapter 2: Time for a New Evangelization,” paragraph 59-60)
The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want. (Psalm 23:1, Mass).
COLLECT
Show favor, O Lord, to Your servants
and mercifully increase the gifts of Your grace,
that, made fervent in hope, faith and charity,
they may be ever watchful in keeping Your commands.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
Who lives and reigns with You
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
One God, for ever and ever.
and mercifully increase the gifts of Your grace,
that, made fervent in hope, faith and charity,
they may be ever watchful in keeping Your commands.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
Who lives and reigns with You
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
One God, for ever and ever.
The Instrumentum Laboris treats the sixth sector in a section of its own entitled, “The New Frontier of the Communications’ Sector.” Only the cultural sector received as much attention in the Instrumentum Laboris. The familiar language of “opportunity” and “challenge” colors points surfaced from the global input to the Lineamentum of 2011. Noting that the reality of communication is no longer the domain of the industrialized nations, the internet has made electronic and media culture a way of life among the richest and poorest people of the planet, although it must be acknowledged that not all people have equal access to these means of communication. This electronic and media culture not only impacts life, but widens people’s experiences and potential as noted by the Instrumentum Laboris. One can recall, as only 1 example of many, the non-violent revolution in the Middle East (Spring 2011) effected in large part due to electronic and digital communication. In the end, “communication technologies” are viewed a positive resource, yet a resource requiring the often heard call in the Instrumentum Laboris of discernment.
Consider:
Consider:
- How does the Instrumentum Laboris' statement, "Communication technologies and the space created by them must therefore be viewed positively, without prejudice, as a resource which requires a discerning eye and a wise and responsible employment" sit with you?
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