Sacred Windows

Sacred Windows An invitation to gaze into heaven's stained glass windows - Beauty, Truth and Goodness. The mind must be fed constantly with truth in order to thrive and grow.

A window is a barrier of some fragile material that stands between the outside and the inside. Here, the outside is the world of God’s creation; the inside is the inner world of each human soul. When we encounter the many forms of Beauty, Truth and Goodness around us, our souls are gazing through sacred windows. Beauty appeals to the emotions and is the foundation for the supernatural gift of Hope

. Of all God’s creatures, only humans have the capacity to feel deeply the beauty and inspiration of the created world and hope for something even loftier. Truth nurtures the intellect and is the foundation of the supernatural gift of Faith. Truth saves us from error and ennobles us to live in community and in harmony with God’s creation. Goodness appeals to the will and is the foundation of the supernatural gift of Charity, the very essence of God’s Life. Authentic love always takes the form of concrete acts of heroism, generosity, and self-sacrifice. Our souls are enriched and strengthened by the humble goodness we find all around us.

Jesus, our All-Powerful Lord, has been a theme of art and theology for centuries. Get a full view of His awe-inspiring g...
05/18/2026

Jesus, our All-Powerful Lord, has been a theme of art and theology for centuries. Get a full view of His awe-inspiring gaze in this week’s Sacred Windows and sign up for our Newsletter for weekly inspiration.

“From thence He shall come to judge the living and the dead.” (The Apostles’ Creed) The government-funded pleasure cruise that I took in the 1980s, more commonly called Marine Corps boot camp, taught me a lot about power. My

Sacred Windows wishes a Happy Mother’s Day to all the wonderful mothers in our lives. Enjoy these magnificent monuments ...
05/10/2026

Sacred Windows wishes a Happy Mother’s Day to all the wonderful mothers in our lives. Enjoy these magnificent monuments of love to the Mother of Jesus (and break out the box of tissues).

Short, inspirational gifts to nurture your soul.

The amazing camouflage techniques in nature have an unexpected spiritual meaning. Read about it in this week’s Sacred Wi...
05/05/2026

The amazing camouflage techniques in nature have an unexpected spiritual meaning. Read about it in this week’s Sacred Windows Newsletter and make sure to join our list to receive weekly inspiration.

The science of disguising things is endlessly fascinating. Today we call this business “camouflage” which is a modern word of uncertain origin. It probably comes from a lyrical French expression which describes the action of “blowing smoke in someone’s face”! Now you see me, now you don’...

As we approach the feast of St. Joseph the Worker, this week’s Sacred Windows looks at a fascinating work of art dedicat...
04/27/2026

As we approach the feast of St. Joseph the Worker, this week’s Sacred Windows looks at a fascinating work of art dedicated to him in a Florida shrine. Make sure to join our list to receive our Sacred Windows weekly mailings.

Short, inspirational gifts to nurture your soul.

The world’s deepest cave is something to behold, and it has a symbolism that applies to our souls. Read about it in this...
04/20/2026

The world’s deepest cave is something to behold, and it has a symbolism that applies to our souls. Read about it in this week’s Sacred Windows Newsletter. Please also join our list and receive weekly updates.

If you’re prone to seeing symbolism in nature as a reflection of eternal things, you might need to pause to reflect a bit when you see images of the deepest cave in the world. Its symbolism is not immediately apparent. It’s called the Voronya Cave, and it’s in

Handel’s Messiah is often seen as a Christmas oratorio, but the composer meant it for Easter rejoicing. Read about it in...
04/06/2026

Handel’s Messiah is often seen as a Christmas oratorio, but the composer meant it for Easter rejoicing. Read about it in this week’s Sacred Windows Newsletter and make sure to join our mailing list for weekly inspirations like this.

If you were a musician and the celebrated Ludwig von Beethoven called you “the greatest composer who ever lived," you might take that as a compliment. And indeed it was. Beethoven gave that title to George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) – and it was well-earned. (Right: Portrait of George Frideric ...

It’s not often that a piece of music takes your breath away but listen to this Ave Maria from a 20th century composer an...
03/23/2026

It’s not often that a piece of music takes your breath away but listen to this Ave Maria from a 20th century composer and you may have that experience. Read this week’s Sacred Windows and sign up for our newsletter for more beauty.

Have you ever found yourself so transfixed by the beauty of something that you become totally absorbed in it, or found yourself listening to a single piece of music over and over because it speaks so deeply to your soul? That is what happens to me each time I listen to the queen of all Ave

Many things remind us to keep our minds focused on heaven, but the many ladders and stairs of our world do it best. Plea...
03/11/2026

Many things remind us to keep our minds focused on heaven, but the many ladders and stairs of our world do it best. Please read about them in this week’s Sacred Windows, and sign up for our newsletter to get weekly doses of spirit and life.

Sometime around the year 1800, the German mystic, Anne Catherine Emmerich, had a vision of Jacob’s ladder ascending to heaven. Here is how she described it: Then I saw the ladder that Jacob beheld in his dream… It was rising up to heaven from Jacob, where he lay upon the earth. It

The Catholic heritage never ceases to amaze and unite, such as two cathedrals 4000 miles and 1700 years apart. Read abou...
02/23/2026

The Catholic heritage never ceases to amaze and unite, such as two cathedrals 4000 miles and 1700 years apart. Read about them in this week’s Sacred Windows and make sure to sign up for our newsletter for weekly inspirations.

A young commentator on CNN has recently gained some notoriety by showing a few surprising graphs and charts on air and exclaiming, “Holy Toledo!” It’s a funny old expression, isn’t it? And it’s ironic to hear it coming from a young man on a secular news station. It just goes to show how de...

Angelic intervention in our human affairs is a given but it’s also hard to notice, until an angel shows his hand, that i...
02/02/2026

Angelic intervention in our human affairs is a given but it’s also hard to notice, until an angel shows his hand, that is. In this week’s Sacred Windows Vignettes, read about one dramatic angelic word that brought a soul into the Kingdom.

Short, inspirational gifts to nurture your soul.

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