EP 1 | God, Beauty, Ugliness & Notre Dame

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Totus Tuus Podcast

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A Eucharistic Revival Movement based in Singapore, aiming to foster a deep love for Our Eucharistic Lord, and restore the centrality of the Most Holy Eucharist in every Catholic through ongoing Faith Formation, Eucharistic Adoration & Benediction. Anchored on the Apostolate's tenets of Truth, Reverence and Beauty, we welcome you to tune in to our ongoing podcast episodes where we delve into the beauty and richness of Catholicism. Find us: https://linktr.ee/totustuusapostolate

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EP 1 | God, Beauty, Ugliness & Notre Dame | Fr. Lawrence Lew O.P.

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EP 1 | God, Beauty, Ugliness & Notre Dame | Fr. Lawrence Lew O.P.

In this inaugural podcast episode, Gabriel Daniel Ho, President of Totus Tuus Apostolate discusses with Fr. Lawrence Lew, O.P., on the relevance of Beauty and Sacred Art in the Catholic Church and in the wider Culture today. For more conversations like this one: https://open.spotify.com/show/2jUKJau9BNjHEphEH8G37O Get free access to articles and other content on our website: https://www.totustuusapostolate.com Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/totus.tuus.apostolate/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61563797108302&mibextid=ZbWKwL

YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TotusTuusApostolate?sub_confirmation=1 Whatsapp Channel: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaPwzs5KmCPJ2wA1Tl11 Telegram Channel: https://t.me/totustuusapostolate Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2jUKJau9BNjHEphEH8G37O Chapters 00:00 Intro 01:28 What is a 'Promoter General of the Holy Rosary'? 02:43 Fr. Lawrence Lew's Photography Journey 05:00 The Crisis of Ugliness 09:04 External Beauty & Moral Ugliness 11:28 The Role of Beauty 11:59 Dichotomy of Interior Vs Exterior 13:01 Dualism & the Devil 15:57 Fallacy towards Beauty 18:06 Why is God called Beauty? 19:33 St. Thomas Aquinas definition on 'Being' 20:58 The 3 Canons of beauty, according to St. Thomas Aquinas 22:58 Restored Notre Dame 24:31 People get offended because "Beauty is subjective" 25:29 Culture now is "allergic" to Truth 27:09 What is the line between Objective Truth and Beauty versus arbitrary opinion 30:07 Modernity values subjectivity and not objectivity 30:51 Subjectivity is problematic because it shifts power from God to man 31:30 Why does man not come to recognise objective beauty? 35:01 There is a mismatch of man and understanding of art 37:20 Inspiration behind Fr Lawrence's book 40:26 The impact of the Eucharistic Revival as inspiration for the book 42:47 Pope Francis opening the Jubilee Doors and the point of having a Church building 43:33 The Restoration of the High Altar at St Dominic's Priory and the subsequent celebration of the Most Holy Sacrifice of the Mass 49:01: Particular aspects of the book that Fr Lawrence likes 50:25 Colour as symbolism 51:33 The 2 doors by which people enter the Faith 54:11 Beauty and its appeal to the masses 58:06 What are the implications to the moral life of mistaking ugliness as beauty 59:01 Warning against appreciating exterior beauty and having a corrupt interior 1:02:42 Sinners need beautiful things to remind us of God's presence 1:03:04 Fr Lawrence's future endeavours 1:04:58 Outro