It appears some (seemingly young) folks are using Roblox to re-create various celebrations of the Catholic Church. They have quaintly called themselves the ‘Archdiocese of Roblox‘.

They seem to use music, audio, and clips from real celebrations – with possibly only the individually spoken readings and priest parts re-created by characters.

This is not a comedy or spoof. The few I have seen are pretty reverent and they genuinely doing a good job. It’s fascinating to see young people engaging their faith – continuing a several year trend of a dramatic increase in people, and especially young people, coming to churches.

While none of these are valid sacraments, they are invitations to pray and possibly to experience faith in a way that might be inviting to others that might not experience God in any other way.