The Boldness of Beauty
Fr. Cummins begins with reading an excerpt from An American Childhood by Annie Dillard who tells the story of watching a neighbour girl skate on the street. Her boldness and radiance inspire introspection and reflection on the power of embracing one’s own light…
The Kingdom of God begins with each one of us when we make the choice to not close ourselves off in our own self-interest but make the bold choice for life and to help alleviate the sufferings of the other person. It is a choice that must begin within – the choice to begin changing our own hearts and the choice to bring the Gospel to our world and live the Gospel for our world.
“Does beauty have to be so bold?” wondered the young Annie Dillard. Yes, it does. We are each born to make manifest the glory of God within us.
(Fr. Michael Cummins)