Dear Brothers and Sisters,

In this period I have recalled several times the need for every Christian, in the midst of the many occupations that fill our days, to find time for God and for prayer.  The Lord himself gives us many opportunities to remember him.  Today I would like to reflect briefly on one of these channels that can lead to God and can also be of help in the encounter with him.  It is the way of artistic expression, part of that "via pulchritudinis" -- the "way of beauty", of which I have spoken several times and whose deepest meaning must be recovered by men and women today.  Read more...

Pope Benedict XVI
General Audience, August 31, 2011