For the first 18 years of my life, I always attended mass every weekend at Resurrection Church in my hometown of Dubuque, Iowa. Resurrection had a handful of visiting priests that would give different types of homilies, but overall, the format of the Mass was the same. Even the hymnals…

To capture and view an image is easier now than it ever has been, and because of this ease images have become an industry rather than an art form. Social media, television, fashion are filled with pretty imagery to grab a viewer’s attention with the purpose to make you like…

On first look at Christian liturgy, it seems out of place in today’s world. It’s outdated, repetitive, and slow in a modern world full of constant stimulation and distraction. This may lead one to question, why doesn’t the Church update? Wouldn’t this attract more followers? Our readings this week would…

Divine revelation and beauty are so interconnected that you cannot have one without the other. Divine revelation is a human understanding of a religious truth made known to us by God, and the beautiful is that which evokes understanding. The pope was not born with his faith and understanding of…

The piece of art that has struck me most deeply in my life is Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s “Untitled” (Portrait of Ross in L.A.) at the Art Institute of Chicago. The piece is a pile of shiny, rainbow-colored candies, messily piled in the corner of the museum’s gallery of contemporary art. There’s…