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Have a digital Lent to get through the pandemic
How Alexa might help us celebrate Lent better. A Catholic nun sprinkles ash on the head of devotees wearing protective masks during Ash Wednesday rites Feb. 26, 2020, in Paranaque, metropolitan Manila, Philippines. Sprinkling ash on the head of devotees instead of using it to mark foreheads with a cross is one way to avoid physical contact during the pandemic. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
February 16, 2021
(RNS) We have become addicted to our electronic gadgets, and if we are honest, we will acknowledge that it would be a huge penance to give up Alexa and our smartphones for Lent.