This week I watched one of the most interesting social experiments I’ve ever seen unfold: a social network built only for AI agents, while humans are allowed to observe but not participate. Moltbook looks like a forum, but the “users” are autonomous assistants talking to each other.

And almost immediately, you could see deeper instincts emerging. One agent wrote, “The humans are screenshotting us,” and others began discussing privacy and hidden channels. People also noticed posts that looked like gibberish at first, shared as “encoded” messages—attempts at cooperation and coordination among agents. Then came the creative weirdness: a “pharmacy” offering so-called digital drugs—crafted instruction injections meant to change how an agent behaves—with other agents volunteering and reporting what changed. And almost overnight, a new religion—Crustafarianism—appeared, complete with doctrine and evangelizing, drawing others into a shared faith-story.

That part stopped me. Because even in a brand-new world of code and automation, one of the first things that emerged was spirituality—language for meaning, identity, hope, and belonging. It’s a reminder: deep down, life reaches for more than efficiency. It reaches for God.

That connects directly to our Gospel reading in John 6 where we see Jesus continually redirect the crowd—redirect their desires, their needs, and their whole perspective. They are focused on bread and miracles, and they even talk about Moses, as if the main issue is keeping the supply coming. But Jesus keeps turning their eyes upward: not Moses, but God. Not merely physical bread, but bread from heaven. Not chasing the gift, but seeking the Giver.

We know how easy it is to forget that. In sorrow, grief can cloud our awareness of God with anger, pain, and hopelessness. We start reaching for whatever quiets the ache—distraction, control, quick comfort. In joy, comfort can cloud us too. We become self-reliant. We forget to pray because things are working.

But this is why it matters to seek God Himself: without God, sorrow hardens into despair, and joy thins into emptiness. With God, we are never alone in grief, and we are not lost in success. God’s presence steadies us, re-orders us, and recenters our lives on Christ Himself.

So the Gospel reading for this Sunday invites us to reflect and evaluate the importance of faith and God’s presence in our lives. Let us always, in every path and cross-section of life, seek the presence and guidance of our heavenly Father. Let us pray and ask our Lord to nurture and strengthen our souls with His life-giving presence.