428. Jesus among the TV cameras

Posted by Eva Ulian January 27, 2015

428. Jesus among the TV cameras

Two thousand years ago when Jesus walked this earth the crowds followed him- without TV cameras or press, Jesus was a superstar- not because he had a successful publicity campaign set up for him, but because he had a message and people recognized its authenticity.

But then at the time, the population was a mere 300 million most of which was situated in China where it seems quite unlikely any of the Apostles ever set foot upon. Compared to the over 6 billion people and again most of which are situated in China the way in which the message that Jesus diffused, nowadays is very much changed- it has to be because of the significant growth of human beings that have now populated the earth... word of mouth, door to door is no longer feasible, though some religions like the Jehovah’s Witnesses don’t seem to think so... still, everyone to their own.

Our Parish Priest Fr. Riccardo

On Sunday, our Parish Priest said Mass as usual but this time instead of just our few hundred parishioners that filled the church, the service was followed live by those in the Veneto area who for one reason or another watched the service on the Rete Veneta TV, in effect, on this particular occasion in the history of our church, Jesus came among the cameras. So we parishioners were joined by the many unseen viewers who followed the service and shared this special moment together with us... and believe me, we felt it.

The Choir

One of the loveliest experiences in life is sharing something beautiful with others and the sharing of belief in God is probably the most rewarding because you share not just a belief but the power of goodness with others, for in sharing God, goodness follows too.

Have you noticed how troubled the world is today? Have you spotted where many of these troubles and atrocities spring from? Yes, right there in that spot where there is no God. Never has it been more clear than in recent times where the absence of God is- it is where man infers his greatest cruelty to man in the negation of faith, in the negation of love, in the negation of reason or light plunging man into the deepest agony of an existence without God- without goodness.

The Parishoners

In a world of over six billion people only two billions are Christians, half of which are Roman Catholics and to reach the other four billion there’s a need for quite a few TV cameras to spread the Word around- for without the Word, without Jesus among the cameras people will never know him. And if people do not know God, they do not know goodness and where there is no goodness, evil will arise.