ART & THEOLOGY: My Ruminations on the Good, the True, and the Beautiful
By Rev. Jay Suero
Something is “beautiful only because the delight that it arouses in us is founded upon the fact that, in it, the truth and goodness of the depths of reality itself are manifested and bestowed, and this manifestation and bestowal reveal themselves to us as being something infinitely and inexhaustibly valuable and fascinating.” (Hans Urs von Balthasar) True beauty draws us out of ourselves toward the transcendent. The more beautiful an encounter is, the more the divine presence is made manifest to us. Thus, there is none more beautiful than that of the Incarnation of Christ. My hope with my drawings is to point to that fundamental importance of beauty as a vehicle to journey into the mind of God.
Every month I will share an art piece of mine along with a description of the theological reflection that went into it so as to hopefully provoke theological reflection of our own.
Click on the art pieces below to read the theological reflection for each one.
Every month I will share an art piece of mine along with a description of the theological reflection that went into it so as to hopefully provoke theological reflection of our own.
Click on the art pieces below to read the theological reflection for each one.
August 2019
September 2019 - The Logic of the Cross
October 2019 - St. Teresa's Loving Exchange
November 2019 - A Meditation on Nature
December 2019 - The Fate of the Firstborn
