The one who is least among all of you is the one who is the greatest.” (Lk 9:48)
God’s ways are not our ways. Whether we see this in the prophets like Isaiah or in Jesus’ words and actions, it comes to us as both helpful and a challenge. It is helpful because it calls on us to discern the trends and movements of our society and of our world.
With the great heritage of beauty from Scripture and Tradition in mind, Pope Francis turned his attention to the evangelical power of beauty in his Apostolic Exhortation “The Joy of the Gospel.” There he writes: “Every form of catechesis would do well to attend to the ‘way of beauty’ or the ‘via pulchritudinis.’”