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| Strength and beauty are in God's sanctuary. |
| Psalm 96:6 |
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God is eternal beauty.
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St. Gregory of Nyssa, 4th century
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Bless the Lord,
all creatures that move in the water.
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| Book of Daniel 3:57 |
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Each of the various creatures,
willed in its own being, reflects in its own way,
a ray of God's infinite wisdom and goodness.
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Catechism, 339
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O Lord,
at the work of your hands
I sing for joy. |
| Psalm 92:4 |
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Even the tiniest insect cannot be considered attentively
without astonishment and without
praising the Creator.
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St. Augustine, 5th century
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| May the glory of the Lord endure forever. |
| Psalm 104:31 |
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Lord, all things are beautiful because you made them,
but you who made all things
are inexpressibly more beautiful.
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St. Augustine, 5th century
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The heavens are telling the glory of God
and the firmament proclaims his handiwork.
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| Psalm 19:1 |
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If things created are so full of loveliness,
how resplendent with beauty must be the One
who made them.
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St. Anthony of Padua, 13th century
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Bless the Lord, all creatures,
everywhere in God's domain. |
| Psalm 103:22 |
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In everything,
whether it is a thing sensed or a thing known,
God is hidden within.
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St. Bonaventure,13th century
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And God said, 'Let there be light';
and there was light. |
| Genesis 1:3 |
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The early Christians came to realize that the first day of the week
is the day of the dawning of creation.
Therefore Sunday is also the Church's weekly feast of creation,
the feast of thanksgiving and joy over God's creation.
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His Holiness, Benedict XVI
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In the beginning was the Word...
through him all things came into being. |
| John1:1,3 |
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If the movement of the world rolled on in random fashion,
one would be justified in disbelieving...
but if the world is founded on reason, wisdom, and science,
and is filled with orderly beauty, then it must owe its origin
to none other than the Word of God.
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St. Athanasius, 4th century
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