Thursday, May 07, 2020

Unlikely Pair

Human thinking may not readily pair beauty and conversion. They may, in fact, be close kin. This morning Pope Francis prayed for at mass for makers of beauty, because it  help us “understand the gospel.” The gospel invites conversion in ongoing fashions.

The pandemic has allowed more time to notice beauty and to ponder personal meaning. Such pondering opens hearts to conversion. The “extreme situation that we are living through can change us, individually and collectively, says Mauricio López Oropeza.” By a close reading of a classic novel and our “extreme situation Oropeza nudges one to consider changing.


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