Gryphon Rampant The Art of Faith

" For the artist this means we must deeply consider our vocation. John Paul II described it as a vocation of beauty. Do we work to bring beauty to the world? Do we use our gifts to lifts peoples hearts and minds to God? Does our work reflect His splendor and bring hope and joy to our brothers and s

In the parable of the talents (Mt 25:14-30) three men receive large sums of money from their master who then departs on a long journey. When he returns he calls each of the men to give an account of their stewardship over his gifts to them. While two of the men have invested the money and can show a

In today’s Gospel John the Baptizer tells us “there is one among you whom you do not recognize.” One verse before the beginning of today’s readings we hear “the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” Or as the Douay Rheims translation reads, “And the light shineth i