Bibles weren't widely available basically until we had movable type. Did this innovation take away from the 'sacredness' of Bibles produced in Scriptoria across Europe?
EWTN broadcasts the Rosary every day...does following along at home take away form the 'sacredness' of finding like-minded people to do this in-person...or at all for that matter?
Indeed, many of us pray the Our Father from memory...but we learned it from 'sacred texts.' Should we NOT recite from memory?
I recall reading/hearing from a priest, that one needn't say the Rosary in one, uninterrupted sitting. Yes, that is preferable. But if it's a tossup between, not saying the Rosary and, say, completing 3 decades on your way to work and leaving the remaining 2 as well as the closing prayers for after work, go for the Rosary broken up during the day.
I would agree, if you have a sacred text and an iPad, stick to the book. But eschewing innovations that remain loyal to Our Lord is a wrong approach. I think that's what Msg Pope is advocating here (perhaps unintentionally...he DOES blog) and he is usually spot-on. This time, however, I believe his guidance is incorrect.
He's talking about attainable advantages of being (when possible) text-based rather than digitally-based.
I often pray with Kindle in hand, but for me a BIG advantage of a written, paper text is that I am not tempted by (for instance) Free Republic!