Archbishop Philip Freier in Melbourne, Australia has embraced the medium of text, creating a special prayer, written specially for SMS transmission.
Dr Freier read out the prayer to a congregation, and curious onlookers, at Federation Square in Melbourne. It was part of his “prayer4melbourne quest” marking the former Darwin bishop’s first anniversary in the job. The SMS prayer was displayed on a big screen and Dr Freier encouraged the crowd to type it into their phone and send it on to a friend, with a group of children on stage doing so as an example. Well done I say.