Father Don Woznicki is doing something right. As he gave his homily at the April 5 Sunrise Easter Mass at St. Bruno Church in Whittier, California, near Los Angeles, this happened …
No matter our anguish, struggles or troubles, He is always with us. And since Father Woznicki is involved with promoting the cause of the Church in Hollywood, I hope this bodes well for our ability to take our rightful place in the culture, as witnesses to Truth, Beauty and Goodness.
As Ryan T. Anderson, the William E. Simon Fellow at The Heritage Foundation and editor of Public Discourse wrote in a 2013 column for First Things:
I majored in music at Princeton, and one thing I learned there is that culture is more important than culture war. My vocation no longer lies directly in the realm of culture, and that’s probably true for many of the lawyers in this room. Still, we need to encourage Christians to develop good art, good music, good film and television.
And in that task we should remember that piety is no substitute for competency.
We should be as concerned about what the FOX TV show Glee has done to corrupt a young generation as we are about anything the Court has done. But what is the Christian alternative to Glee? We need to encourage those with vocations in the artistic realm to continue their important work.
It’s not that we need fewer natural law philosophers, or appellate litigators; it’s that we need more of everything . Christians need to be at the forefront of everything. At one point Christians were shaping culture—because God became a man, not just a mind. The best literature, the best art, the best music—for over a thousand years—was all produced by Christians: Shakespeare, Dante and Chaucer; Palestrina, Bach and Beethoven. Who do we have today?
Christians should be at the forefront of every sphere of human life, embodying excellence in all that they do, bringing glory to God in every domain. Including law and philosophy.
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And click here to learn more about Father Woznicki, and here to learn more about St. Bruno Catholic Church.
BTW, crosses in the sky appear to be a thing. The one below appeared during production on NBC’s “A.D.: The Bible Continues,” premiering tonight. Learn more about that here.
Oh, and speaking of Hollywood, here’s the line of the newly baptized, waiting for Confirmation at the Easter Vigil on Holy Saturday at St. Monica’s Catholic Church in Santa Monica, California. As a showbiz-heavy parish, they put on quite a theatrical show — lights, music, multimedia — but it’s nothing compared to a sight like this.
Images: Courtesy Father Don Woznicki; Roma Downey/LightWorkers Media; Kate O’Hare
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