The Beautiful Things
We would prefer, of course, to miss Purgatory altogether, as the saints did, and enjoy the bliss in heaven immediately after death. We may begin to do so by absorbing our senses in things that lead us closer to God, instead of indulging them on things the world seeks.
His Excellency Bishop Donald Sanborn joins the series in Episodes 4 and 5 discussing "What is Art?".
Beginning in Episode 6, His Excellency Bishop Daniel Dolan discusses with Stephen Heiner things which the church uses to attract and uplift our senses to holy things, such as the use of incense, the sound of bells, and holy images. Throughout this series we will cover some of the more attractive external aspects of the Church and the origins of certain artworks which enrapture us with a sense of holiness.
Original Air Date: April 18, 2013
Show Guests: Bishop Daniel Dolan, Bishop Donald Sanborn, Daniel Mitsui, Peter Mongeau
Show Hosts: Stephen Heiner, Magdalene Zapp
Listen Now:
- The Beautiful Things, Episode 1: On Art
- The Beautiful Things, Episode 2: Catholic Fiction
- The Beautiful Things, Episode 3: Medieval Illuminations
- The Beautiful Things, Episode 4: What is Art?
- The Beautiful Things, Episode 5: What is Art? (Part 2)
- The Beautiful Things, Episode 6: The Sense of Sound – Bells in the Liturgy and in Life
- The Beautiful Things, Episode 7: The Sense of Touch – The Bayeux Tapestry
- The Beautiful Things, Episode 8: The Sense of Smell – Incense in the Liturgy…and in the home?
- The Beautiful Things, Episode 9: The Sense of Taste: Da Vinci Last Supper, Veronese Wedding Feast at Cana: Contrasts…or Similar?