Since what surrounds someone becomes memorized, and since what is memorized becomes internalized, and since what is internalized informs outward actions, then we should value memorization highly…
This flow’r, whose fragrance tender
With sweetness fills the air,
Dispels with glorious splendor
The darkness ev’rywhere.
True man, yet very God,
From sin and death he saves us
And lightens ev’ry load.
Giotto uses the stirring power of artwork rightly: to move emotion toward its proper, God-given end of piety and love.
How can having a mathematically adept mind actually help us all serve others where God has put us?
“Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.”
