WOF 392: Poetry, Beauty, and the Shock of Grace w/ Fr. Paul Murray, OP
The Word on Fire Show - Catholic Faith and Culture
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The Power of Poems
God is a teacher of truth like no other, but in his revelation God is also beauty. Beauty's self and beauty's giver as Hopkins puts it. It should come as no surprise therefore that very often it is through the enchantment of stories and poems that God best communicates his message. Their words bright and sharp with vivid memorable images burn like a torch, they fire and quicken our imagination.
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