Virtual Tour of the Sistine Chapel

For those who may never visit Rome, here is a virtual tour of the Sistine Chapel that brings this creation a little closer.

All this art is still ours, even if we never see it. Knowing it is there, as a gift for all, is akin to the beauty I imagine out at the farthest reaches of the Universe, slowly spinning clouds of glowing stardust, icy frozen and translucent worlds, all beautiful and all a part of the greater gift. Even if I never see it, the universe is better because it is there.

Click here for the tour...

Shopping with God

via The Ironic Catholic.

Watching the expressions of the shoppers, one or two stand out by the raw longing on their faces. At the risk of sounding un-ironic and un-cool, and oh-so-very-un-postmodern, I would tell them if I could that yes, really, there is love and beauty and joy in the world, it just isn't of this world.
It's in His Hands...