On loneliness, the younger generation, and a Gospel verse that's easy to miss Somewhere right now, someone is typing their anxiety into a chatbot. Or posting anonymously on Reddit. Or watching a stranger on YouTube talk about their depression and feeling, briefly, less alone. This is what struggling looks like for a generation that grew up more connected than any before it — and yet reports feeling lonelier than any before it. The paradox is almost too neat. Infinite access to voices, communities, content. And still, a low persistent hum of being unseen. Social media offers the performance of wellness. Chatbots offer the simulation of being heard. Neither offers what most people are actually looking for: the sense that someone real, in the same room, gives a damn. This Sunday's Gospel contains a verse that is easy to miss. Jesus, sending his disciples into a hostile world, pauses to note: "Not one sparrow falls to the ground without your Father's knowledge....