The Patron Saint of the Internets

There is none. We need to find one.

St. Gabriel

In the Catholic belief, we have Patron Saints for most anything: AIDS care-givers (St. Aloysius Gonzaga), accountants (St. Matthew), firefighters (St. Florian), police officers (St. Michael the Archangel), and so on (Source: www.catholic.org). Yet, although we deal and work everyday on and with the internet, it has no Patron Saint to protect it. We rely on the internet to bring us close together: our friends and families in our home country while we study abroad, our loved ones on duty overseas, our business partners, and so on. The internet enabled us to obtain information about our world like never before! The closest saint I could find was of information workers: St. Gabriel the Archangel.

Most of the images I can find on St. Gabriel portrayed him as this handsome, beautiful, long haired angel. Hence, my rendering of St. Gabriel above, as a messenger on bike (I know, I drew a lousy bike). He is delivering God's messages in that awesome satchel of his; padded Blessed Heavenly Leather that could withstand the forces of the elements, safely protecting the message inside. He is faster and better than the internet itself. He has been God's messenger since the very beginning, and I can't imagine the amount of information he has to go through and manage through the years. I think it would be appropriate if St. Gabriel the Archangel be appointed as the Patron Saint of the INTERNETS!