I selected two very different mass settings to make the analysis more interesting: Missa Caput by Johannes Ockeghem, followed by Missa Ecce ancilla Domini by Guillaume Dufay. This order proved effective — the Caput mass is so dramatic that the Missa Ecce after seems starkly lighthearted. …

The epitome of the icon is Christ’s disfigurement in His sacrifice for us.¹ He emptied himself of human likeness in order to reveal the divine will of his Father. Recognition of this act of love guides my worship of all icons. …

Christian worship is beautiful and the most important art. It interacts with the divine love, or eros, that God has for every being. Worship, especially, is playful, symbolic, and festive.¹ These characteristics of beauty take on greater meaning through the works of Cyril of Jerusalem, Gertrude the Great of Helfta…

The beauty in Christ can be considered most significant through his crucifixion. He sacrificed himself for us. …

Beauty and God in art: How He touches us through a Venice Island mural