Beauty is truth, truth beauty - that is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.
This line has always reminded me that beauty is God's shadow on the universe. It also witnesses to the fact that the most beautiful art created by mankind has been inspired by religious truth.
Every day, I hope to post a single example of beauty which has been been inspired by faith. I invite people to leave any comments they desire (so long as they are posted in a spirit of charity). I will not be making lengthy commentary in my posts, to allow the work of art to stand on its own.
If anyone would like to suggest a work of art which would be an example of beauty inspired by atheism please let me know and I will be glad to post it as a counter-example.
One further note, I am a lay ecclesial minister of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte, serving primarily as the Catholic Campus Minister at Western Carolina University and also as the regional faith formation coordinator for the Smoky Mountain Vicariate. This blog, however, is not in any way an official media of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte and should not be taken as such. It is my own personal project.
That basic introduction being said, I would like to inaugurate this blog with an image in honor of our student chapel here at WCU, named in honor of Our Lady of the Annunciation. Our first work of art is "The Annunciation," painted by Fra Angelico, Italian painter who lived from 1395-1455.
