 God’s Ongoing Revelation

“The Bethlehem Explosion” is a

poem about how a common
classroom science experiment can
be a metaphor for the incarnation of
Christ.

Madeleine L’Engle was a prolific

20th century American writer known
for her children’s books, notably A
Wrinkle in Time. She saw writing as
a vocation from God.
“Where Love Is, God Is” is a story
about how God has a special love
for the poor, the lowly, and the
oppressed.

Many consider 19th century Russian

Leo Tolstoy to be the greatest
novelist of all time. A Christian man,
Tolstoy embraced a life of simple
peasant-like poverty after achieving
wealth and privilege.
 “A Woman of Little Faith” from The
Brothers Karamazov presents the
argument that a person can overcome
difficulties in believing in God by
concrete acts of love.

 A contemporary and fellow

countryman of Tolstoy, Fyodor
Dostoyevsky was another world-class
novelist. Known as the supreme
“novelist of ideas,” Dostoyevsky
protested against the evils of the
modern world from a Christian
perspective.
 In the Letter to the Grand Duchess
Christina of Tuscany, Galileo affirms
that the Bible, being inspired by God,
cannot err. However, he argues that
often the Bible uses metaphors and
describes the world according to the
way people experience it rather than
how scientific truth would describe it.

 Living and working at the beginning of

the scientific revolution, the Catholic
Galileo Galilei is still considered one
of the greatest scientists of all time.
Galileo also integrated within himself
science and faith.
 The “Address to the Pontifical
Science” is a discourse on the
relationship between science
and Divine Revelation on the
occasion of the Pontifical
Academy of Sciences
examination of the Galileo case.

 A deeply wise and learned man,

Pope John Paul II reigned almost
twenty-seven years. Pope John
Paul II also had a keen interest in
science among many other
academic, social, and spiritual
issues.
 Crucifixion – Salvador Dali

Seeing with the Artist

 2001: A
Space
Odyssey
(1968)—
Directed by
Stanley
Kubrick