Mark Zuckerberg built a MASSIVE data center in Georgia Just hundreds of yards from people’s homes. Water pressure collapsed. Sinks don’t run. Toilets won’t refill. Homes shake nonstop. Power outages are common A billionaire gets his servers — working families get steamrolled.
God ordained privacy. This is why governments hate it. The devil cannot read our thoughts, but he could come close with the help of big brother. This is why the Bill or Rights exists. Begins in the family where children are protected. Why the Blessed Mother "scolded" our Lord for His premature visibility. Why the Sacrament of confession is private (another place where not to take your phone.)
“…the virginity of Mary was meant to baffle the prince of the world, who, when he perceived her espoused to a man, could cast no suspicion on her offspring.”
St. Ambrose
“But still more has it baffled the prince of this world, for the malice of devils soon detects even hidden things, while they who are occupied in worldly vanities, cannot know the things of God.”
St. Ambrose
This is the realm of Holy prudence, discretion, patience and restraint. Designed to protect us from the devil and enemies. Even charity can be dangerous where the government deems it must be public, such as for tax exemption, but that is not the way God works (Matthew 6:3). In fact, most of God’s work is hidden from the world (John 21:25).
We can also act without speaking first to maintain invisibility. Not everything needs to be announced. God is the important witness of our acts.
Yes! The real scumbags are the government officials who allow these things to happen! Amazon did that down in the Hermiston, Boardman area of Oregon. And Google did it in the Dalles. Fortunately the courts are ruling in favor of the citizens and there has been some meaningful change. I know for a fact since the government is cutting off the free flow of water, the data centers are changing the cooling system to a closed one that will not use water. Up here in Spokane, McKinstry has a contract ten years out to manufacture the new style process piping for Amazon.
Or do precisely that. The prayers of exorcisme.
Good point. Maybe priests and bishops have to step up. For us, be strategic and prudent. Remember that satan was not in the know until the wedding feast of Cana. Only after then came our Lord's temptation.
This also reminds me of the self-indulgent practice of bringing a cell phone to Mass. Never necessary unless want to take a photo (before or after)
I don't know where I got that from or when. Perhaps bl. Anna Catharina Emmerick, but I believe, that satan was even the not sure that Jesus Christ was really the Son of God himself.
That was happened later, that he fully was aware of the true divinity of our Lord. I think, after Christ died on the Cross and He descended to the dead.
I can imagine de devil was in schok then.