For the Sake of Sheer Delight...

I give you the Piano Guys:

Because God did not make or redeem the world out of some solemn necessity, but because it was his good pleasure to do so.  The universe is, says Robert Farrar Capon, the wishbone in God’s closet, the orange peel dangling from his chandelier.  He likes it.  Therefore it stays.  If God wanted to get rid of the universe he would not have to do anything.  He would have to stop doing something.  Artists reflect the joy with which God holds the world in being.

Merry Christmas!

Palestinian Christians celebrate Easter Sunday Mass at Holy Family Church in Gaza City on March 31, amid the ongoing battles Israel and the Hamas militant group.

People Explain ‘Why I Go to Mass’

‘Why go to Mass on Sundays? It is not enough to answer that it is a precept of the Church. … We Christians need to participate in Sunday Mass because only with the grace of Jesus, with his living presence in us and among us, can we put into practice his commandment, and thus be his credible witnesses.’ —Pope Francis