There is an intrinsic affinity between faith, love, and artistic creation where we encounter” the passion and energy that animates the world. “Romanticism rightly sensed the sacred character of the eros present in religious, artistic, and amorous passion.” In creation, as in love and faith, one gives, but at the same time one receives and accepts. Both the giving and the discerning acceptance of the gift is a means of transcendence. Culture and art are expressions of the human search for meaning. In this longing, openness and “divinely aroused” (St. Augustine) restlessness of the heart, God is present, even here on earth.
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