Today's Wisdom

Those who do not pass from the experience of the cross to the truth of the resurrection condemn themselves to despair! For we cannot encounter God without first crucifying our narrow notions of a god who reflects only our own understanding of omnipotence and power
Pope Francis

Friday, May 8, 2020

Beauties that we do not see

While we are much worried about lives as the coronavirus pandemic claims victims, let us look beyond the narrow world to the Lord whose suffering and death could not contain him in the tomb; for he has risen and reigns in glory...
Friday's Mass by the Holy Father Pope Francis was incredibly full of reverence and great singing to the Lord. In his homily, Pope Francis commented on the conversation of Jesus with the disciples in the Gospel (John 14:1-6). The Pope's beautiful and sublime homily can be read here. In it he speaks about the Lord's closeness to us and his tender way of care...

Beautiful are Basilicas, Cathedrals, and shrines where God is glorified (see this video here). Most beautiful is St. Peter's Basilica in Rome (see this video here). Another beautiful and artistic creation is the Sistine Chapel (here) as well as great shrines such as this Church is the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem (see these videos here and here).

Beauties that we do not necessarily see are quite amazing. The story of the quantum cosmos was told very recently by Sean Michael Carroll, research professor at the venerable California Technical Institute. If interested see the story here and here - He also gave an earlier lecture here at Google. Professor Ulrich Walter explained how out of nowhere our universe emerged. His presentation can be found here in 2019. I had already written about the quantum universe here and here. In September 2019
One of the advanced technical topics appeared today in Techopedia.com stating that Big Data is expected to change genetic testing (It can be read here). More info on genomics project can be found at the U.S. National Library of Medicine here. To Christians, there is nothing new about the article in TechoPedia.com since the Jesuit scholar Fr. Robert Spitzer had already shown that humans exhibit 4 qualities not found in artificial intelligence and Big Data (Read this article written by his senior consultant Maggie Ciskanik and published on March 3, 2020 here.)
I also received today a list of books written by the Jesuit scholar Fr. Henri Boulad - Contact me if you wish to have a look. 
If you pray the holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Friday is for praying the Sorrowful Mysteries which remind us of our Redeemer (here). Sufferings are not punishment but show how close God chose to be with us in our worst days...The Father awaited his Prodigal Son (see a lecture by Fr. Georges Farah here). Jesus Christ cares about each person...How beautiful is Jesus !!!

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