tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4418857925355392274.post3082882310645200023..comments2023-10-28T06:27:19.080-04:00Comments on Daughter of the King: The Path Of BeautyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4418857925355392274.post-48044217072452795632011-09-01T17:54:40.675-04:002011-09-01T17:54:40.675-04:00Thanks Colleen and Judy. I found this particular t...Thanks Colleen and Judy. I found this particular teaching by the Holy Father on praying through art to be quite inspirational. <br />Judy I know what you mean about some of the more modern churches. They have lost all sense of the sacred and the beautiful. <br />Thanks ladies and God bless.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15124468084334204166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4418857925355392274.post-74991520674330050282011-09-01T08:52:27.751-04:002011-09-01T08:52:27.751-04:00So beautiful, thank you.
This is why I love the ol...So beautiful, thank you.<br />This is why I love the older churches and the Byzantine churches, as well. The artwork immediately draws one's attention toward the things of heaven and God's Kingdom, rather than earthly or (worse) secular things. When we enter one of these "newly designed" churches that look almost no different than an auditorium of sorts...it confuses the spirit and distracts the mind, (IMO)<br />I have a picture of The Sacred Heart in my dining room and I know that when I am struggling or feeling stressed, all I need to do is go and sit and gaze upon the Lord's beautiful and peaceful image and it takes me to that place where He abides deep within my soul...I am comforted and re-focused in no time; without ever having "said" or "prayed" in words.Judy Dudichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08075072259006322851noreply@blogger.com