The Internet can be likened to a cacophony of competing voices, loud, overwhelming and tumultuous, much like the Areopagus in Athens, where philosophers and teachers brought their teachings beneath the Parthenon. Yet, it was precisely this cacophony to which the Apostle Paul brought the Gospel according to Acts 17:16-34 and his message was received in a number of different ways, including rejection.
The Web is the new Areopagus, a place where every opinion is offered and considered. Antonio Spadaro, S.J., in Cybergrace, also argues that it creates a ... space where we can create a network community for prayer and study. The Internet allows ... a place to reflect, pray and study the Bible, while at the same time reaching across space to create community with someone thousands of miles away. This means that the Web itself is also a spiritual place—it evokes in some ways the reality of the Holy Spirit, since it consists of millions of unseen points of connectivity, invisible but present, creating genuine connections among people.
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*"The Digital Word," by John W. Martens in America Magazine's series The Living Word (honoring the fiftieth anniversary of Vatican II's landmark document Dei Verbum).
