Reaching to Heaven, with His help: St. Vitus Cathedral in PragueWhen I had the privilege to visit Prague with my family six years ago, we approached the St. Vitus Cathedral in amazement and entered its…Jan 24, 2021Jan 24, 2021
Waves of desire for Christ’s arrivalI selected two very different mass settings to make the analysis more interesting: Missa Caput by Johannes Ockeghem, followed by Missa…Jan 21, 2021Jan 21, 2021
Receiving His gaze slowlyThe epitome of the icon is Christ’s disfigurement in His sacrifice for us. He emptied himself of human likeness in order to reveal the…Jan 17, 2021Jan 17, 2021
The liturgy: Christian worship as artChristian worship is beautiful and the most important art. It interacts with the divine love, or eros, that God has for every being…Jan 13, 2021Jan 13, 2021
The revealed, the beautiful, and the communityThe beauty in Christ can be considered most significant through his crucifixion. He sacrificed himself for us. He simultaneously revealed…Jan 10, 2021Jan 10, 2021
Beauty and God in art: How He touches us through a Venice Island muralThe deer looks at me from within the painting. I, absorbed by the mural, look her squarely in the eyes. The trees are not still. They…Jan 7, 2021Jan 7, 2021