Brother Astronomer Quotes

“In On the Incarnation Athanaseus explicitly states that creation is good, and that it is a path to lead us to God. He argues against those who assume creation is evil. And he brings forth the insight that by participating personally in His creation, God has elevated the status of nature. By implication, he maintains that the honor and duty of one who knows and loves God is to know and love His creation.”
― Guy Consolmagno, Brother Astronomer: Adventures of a Vatican Scientist: Adventures of a Vatican Scientist

“The whole of his argument centers on this fact; having established that creation can contain God, and show us the path to God, Athanasius now uses the statement that man is a part of creation to argue that the Incarnation is reasonable, that God can be present in the person of the man Jesus.”
― Guy Consolmagno, Brother Astronomer: Adventures of a Vatican Scientist: Adventures of a Vatican Scientist

“Everyone has a religion, whether they admit it or not. For some it’s Catholicism; for others, Vegetarianism or Elvis or Linux/Macintosh/Windows.”
― Guy Consolmagno, Brother Astronomer: Adventures of a Vatican Scientist: Adventures of a Vatican Scientist