Great is the LORD, and most worthy of praise, in the city of God
his holy mountain. It is beautiful in its loftiness,
the joy of the whole earth. - Psalm 48:1,2a
"In the Eucharist there is a beauty, a hidden loveliness, beyond the beauty of all art. The Lamb of God comes to the altar of His Bride in the glory of the Father and the Holy Spirit, invisibly escorted by the angels. Only humble accidents veil the radiance of His flesh. Christ is beauty, and He becomes present to make us beautiful. This dogmatic truth has fired the minds and imaginations of Christian artists for two thousand years. Most of the great art of the West has been, directly or indirectly, an 'altarpiece'."
John Saward, The Beauty of Holiness and the Holiness of Beauty
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