The Sacramental World

The Sacramental World

We live in a sacramental world. St. Augustine defined a sacrament as “a visible sign of an invisible grace.” In other words, it is an outward sign using physical objects and actions that points to something God is doing inside of us. Sacraments use the physical to...
Gratuitous Beauty

Gratuitous Beauty

The picture attached to this post is of a sunset taken through a frozen waterfall in Michigan by Jake Trost (www.jaketrostphoto.com). It is as beautiful a work of abstract art as I have ever seen, and if Jake hadn’t been there, no one would ever have seen it. And that...