Why we hunger for beauty Francis X. Maier, First Things Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Beauty—real beauty—has diminished in our daily lives. Real beauty draws us up and out of ourselves; it connects us to realities that can’t be commodified. It re-sacralizes the world, even if only for a moment. And in doing that, it indicts the vulgarity and disorder of contemporary life. © 2024 The Catholic Thing. All rights reserved. For reprint rights, write to: [email protected] The Catholic Thing is a forum for intelligent Catholic commentary. Opinions expressed by writers are solely their own.
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Why we hunger for beauty
Francis X. Maier, First Things
Tuesday, May 3, 2022