Hello, It's God On The Line
Illawarra Mercury
Friday January 10, 2003
GIVE us this day our daily SMS.
Believers in today's frenetic world can now find inspiration on the run thanks to that omnipresent companion - not their guardian angel but a cellular phone.
Italy's largest mobile phone operator, TIM, has begun a service to offer clients SMS messages with ``the prayer of the day", ``saint of the day" or ``gospel of the day".
But even prayer is not free these days. The service costs about 30 for each message - a new twist to the concept of pennies from heaven.
Italy, one of the world's most traditional Catholic countries, has opened the door to high-tech religion.
Web sites available to Italians include Saints, Blesseds and Witnesses to tell them about the lives of the saints they were named after.
© 2003 Illawarra Mercury
