"Many of us have seen the amazing new pictures from the James Webb Telescope that show hundreds of galaxies billions of light years away, many of which we didn't previously know existed. Looking at these pictures and reflecting on the vastness of the universe can make you feel very small.
"It doesn't help much to turn your gaze in the other direction, to the quantum realm, which is similarly fascinating and similarly confounding. The amazing array of sub-atomic particles and the sublime complexity of their interactions can also make you feel small, even though these are some of the smallest realities known to us. Reality is just so. . .amazing. It's supremely beautiful and yet terrifying at the same time.
"Christians have always understood that we
are very small in the scope of things. 'What is man that you are
mindful of him?' asks the Psalmist. .. ."
In a recent commentary, Dr. Randall Smith
(professor of theology [Scanlan Foundation
Endowed Chair in Theology] at the University of St. Thomas,
Houston) reflected on God's bigness and the "smallness and immediacy of the incarnate One who became a man at a single moment in history and suffered death on a cross to show His love for us."
To access Dr. Smith's complete post, please visit:
The Catholic Thing: Looking Out at the Heavens (26 JUL 22)
Background information:
University of St. Thomas: Faculty: Dr. Randall Smith
University of St. Thomas, Houston
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