Beauty opens the spirit to the mystery of God. (News in Brief).Rimini -- The meeting of Communion and Liberation Communion and Liberation, or CL, is a lay ecclesial movement within the Catholic Church. Overview CL grew out of the educational and catechetical methods of Msgr. Luigi Giussani, who founded the movement. at Rimini on the Adriatic in August was attended by 600,000 people. The Holy Father sent an important message through Cardinal Angelo Sodano Angelo Cardinal Sodano J.C.D. S.T.D. (born 23 November 1927) is the Dean of the College of Cardinals in the Roman Catholic Church. He was the Cardinal Secretary of State in the Roman Curia from 1991 to 2006, now holding the title of Cardinal Secretary Emeritus of State. , Vatican Secretary of State, affirming that beauty is a way for modern man to find the truth of God. In our time, the Pope said, it is frequently thought that a truth is foreign to the realm of art; that beauty relates only to feeling and represents a gentle evasion EVASION. A subtle device to set aside the truth, or escape the punishment of the law; as if a man should tempt another to strike him first, in order that he might have an opportunity of returning the blow with impunity. of the iron laws that govern the world. But is it like this? Nature, things, and people can cause astonishment because of their beauty. Does not a sunset in the mountains, for example, compel Compel - COMpute ParallEL us to know more profoundly the reality which surrounds us? Truth is perceived in the beautiful, which attracts us because of the fascination which springs from great values. The Book of Wisdom reminds us that from the greatness and beauty of created things their original author, by analogy, is seen. |
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