AI is changing how we work, learn, and even talk to each other. So I've been sitting with Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas ("Magnificent Humanity"), and one line keeps coming back to me:

"The fundamental dignity of each person, therefore, is neither acquired nor earned, nor does it need to be justified." (No. 53)

Read that again. Your worth isn't measured by how fast you produce, how much you know, or whether a machine can do your job better.

Pope Leo calls us to stay profoundly human and to guard the greatness God gave us, revealed in Christ, "the splendor of which no machine can ever replace." (No. 15)

So the question isn't only "What can these tools do?" It's "Who am I becoming while I use them?"

A few things I'm practicing(trying to get right):
• Use the tools, but don't hand over my thinking.
• Put people before screens: the conversation, the dinner table, the friend who needs a call. • Start the day in prayer before I start it with a prompt.

"True progress always stems from a heart open to others." (No. 15)

If you want to walk this road with others asking the same questions, come join us in The Ever Ready Life community: https://community.theeverreadylife.com

Read the encyclical here: https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/encyclicals/documents/20260515-magnifica-humanitas.html

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