Gethsemane and Our IPhones.

Gethsemane was the dark night of Jesus' soul. Fear and anxiety distilled into dread. "He who knew no sin became sin that we might become in him the righteousness of God."

So why use a cartoon to illustrate an incident so dripping with anguish? Because sometimes the superficial and trivial helps us finally 'get it'. Jesus needed faithful companionship, unselfish attentiveness, comfort and reassurance that he wasn't alone.

The iphone and tablet are becoming the equivalent of self-concerned complacency. The gift of a person's presence is spurned for a digital screen, its glow preferred to the face of a friend.