Pope Francis comments on the context of our time by noting, “We find ourselves immersed in societies of serial consumers who live from day to day, dominated by the hectic pace and bombarded by technology, lacking in the patience needed to engage in the processes that an interior life by its very nature requires.”
The rapid nature of the growth of technology is an objective fact. It is an opportunity to be humble regarding what we can understand but also an opportunity to proudly proclaim that we are not measured by what we can accomplish efficiently. Our worth comes from our identity as sons and daughters of the Father. No machine or technology has that identity.