Why a Priest must be on Twitter?
Social networking sites like Twitter enable religious people to be connected (coz when I was young, I thought religious people have their own worlds, exclusive worlds). Twitter, in particular, bridges us (parishioners, professionals, students) to priests and people of great Faith. It’s funny though that I, in particular, sometimes have some questions and I tried to seek for answers and it’s in unlikely place like Twitter that I found answers.
To be connected is also an opportunity. It gives people of all walks of life a lot of opportunities – opportunity to inspire other people; opportunity to be the beacon of hope, faith and love thru the messages, bible passages and God’s words we tweet; opportunity to share miracles and answered prayers; opportunity to encourage others to testify God’s love; and if people we follow tweeted sadness and raves, it urges others to pray for them.
As God moves in mysterious ways and manifests His messages from people we do not expect, I believe that sometimes priests and religious people get God’s messages too from the people they follow in Twitter (and other social networking sites).
