Dear Friends,

I found this rewrite of the 23rd Psalm in "Priest" magazine. It certainly should help us to critically reflect on what I like to call the "Tabernacle of the Domestic Church"-our TV set, and by extension our computers and phones.

“The TV is my shepherd; I shall not want. It makes me to lie down on the sofa. It leads me away from the faith, it destroys my soul. It leads me to the path of sex and violence for the advertiser's sake. Even though I walk in the shadow of Christian responsibilities, there will be no interruption, for the TV is with me. Its cable and remote control, they comfort me. It prepares a commercial for me in the midst of my worldliness and anoints my head with secular humanism and consumerism. My covetousness runs over; Surely ignorance and laziness shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of wretchedness watching TV forever." (From Father Tommy Lane, Mount St. Mary's Seminary, Emmitsburg, Md)

God bless you as we all strive to put God front and center in our lives and homes.