If we fail in this journey we must repeat it until we succeed. Only by embracing the vocation God has called each of us to, will we truly know happiness in this world. Do you remember the story of Odysseus? It used to be required reading in school. The OdysseyContinue Reading
“few of us feel worthy of this calling. Isaiah, Peter, and Paul all expressed their feelings of unworthiness when God called them to fulfill their mission.” Adventure Perhaps you remember this. “I’m looking for someone to share in an adventure.” “An adventure? No, I don’t imagine anyone west of BreeContinue Reading
“God has given us all a role to fulfill, it is for us to choose whether or not we do so.” Art For Art’s Sake The idea of art for art’s sake is a relatively new concept in the human understanding of art. It something of the culmination of aContinue Reading
“for Christians it is God that chases after man.” The Poet Francis Thompson was a poet, a mystic, and a devout Catholic. At one point early in his life he began studies to enter the priesthood, but he soon abandoned that effort. At the urging of his father, a doctor,Continue Reading
“the cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.” “What have you done?” There was once a cheerful old man who would ask the same question of just about everyone he fell into conversation with: What have you done that you believe in and you are proud of?Continue Reading
“few of us feel worthy of this calling. Isaiah, Peter, and Paul all expressed their feelings of unworthiness when God called them to fulfill their mission.” Perhaps you remember this. “I’m looking for someone to share in an adventure.” “An adventure? No, I don’t imagine anyone west of Bree wouldContinue Reading
“God has given us all a role to fulfill, it is for us to choose whether or not we do so.” Henry III was the Holy Roman Emperor in the middle of the 11thcentury, ruling parts of western and central Europe. His kingdom included Germany, Burgundy, Bohemia, and northern ItalyContinue Reading
“To all who are passionately dedicated to the search for new “epiphanies” of beauty so that through their creative work as artists they may offer these as gifts to the world.” Pope Saint John Paul II perhaps understood the sensibility of artists better than most pontiffs. He was, after all,Continue Reading
“The Church needs artists because the world needs artists to show it Beauty and to bring hope and joy into the world.” At the close of the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Pope Paul VI addressed the artists of the world. “We now address you, artists, who are taken up withContinue Reading
We now transition to the third phase our hero’s quest, Vocation. This part of our journey is all about giving back. If we have traveled the path this far we have undergone a tremendous transformation. Now it is time to return to where we started. This phase also has threeContinue Reading