The Somber Glory of the Sagrada Familia
No church I have ever been to compares to the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona. Its…
Worship Through the Materiality of Music
The two Masses that I chose to listen to were Missa Ecce Ancilla Domini by Guillame Dufay and Missa Orientalis by the Dominican Liturgical Center. Both Masses consisted of multiple parts in the same style and by the same respective composer. The…
A Worshipful Approach to Icons
Worship can allow an individual to engage with an image as an icon because of the…
Playful, Symbolic, and Festive Liturgy
Cyril of Jerusalem, Gertrude the Great of Helfta, and Romano Guardini offer valuable insight into Christian worship and how elements of the liturgy are playful, symbolic, and festive.
Hans Urs Von Balthasar argues that divine revelation is encountered similarly to beauty and can even be found in beauty. The secular notion of beauty is transformed based on the revelation that beauty exists because…
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My Experience at the Alhambra through Gadamer and Pieper’s Interpretation of Art
I visited the Alhambra in the summer of 2019, and it may be the most beautiful place I have been in my entire life. The Alhambra is a historic palace in Granada, Spain, with early Christian and Moorish roots. The…