HOMILY
Preached at Holy Sepulcher Parish on March 15, 2020 at 8:00am and 10:30am Masses
“On the intranet, nobody knows you are a dog.” Or a cat. Or a monkey. Or a potato. It’s an old quote that has been around almost as long as the intranet. It describes the truth that when you are online, you can remain anonymous, create a new persona, become whoever you want to be, essentially reinvent yourself. If you are shy and reserved in person, online you can be bold and opinionated. If you want to meet someone, you can post a picture of some good looking and athletic model to attract others. If you want to appear to be an expert, you can attach an MD or PhD to your name.
I was driving my car to the store recently and there was a good song on the radio, I don’t really remember what song it was, but I know it was the 80’s channel, the music of my youth. As I often do when listening to a good song, I had the radio turned up all the way to 11. Also, because it was a nice day I had the windows down and the roof open. When I got to the store, I pulled into an open parking space and decided to finish listening to the song. When the song was over I got out of my car and to my horror I realized with some embarrassment that a young woman had been in the car next to me with her windows down and could not help but hear my loud music. I may have even been singing along. Embarrassed, I apologized about all the noise. “No problem, sir,” she replied. “I love Oldies music too.”
Deacon DSM 