These days in Ireland are proving a godsend for farmers; hay is a month early, silage too. The strawberries are said to be the best in over 50 years.
Talking and observing farmers at work during these glorious summer days and then reading the religious comments on X and Facebook one can’t help but think what the social media authors are writing is a parallel world to the world of the farmer, indeed, the work of most people inhabit.
The holy/religous material on social media sounds and looks like a giant bubble waiting to be burst. Everything about it seems to be about nothing.
During the election of the pope or immediately after it Bishop Robert Barron said that he hopes the next papacy will be a quiet one. Think of it, these words from a man who never shuts up, who seems to tour the world with great speed.
I was looking at a farmer driving his tractor today pulling a trailer packed with bales of silage and wondering how in heaven’s name could any of the so-called religious stuff on social media mean anything to him. So much of it is about nothing, other than one ego outdoing another. Or maybe looking for money for a meaningless project.
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