“The Greeks thought heroism and beauty belonged together. The Iliad, the Odyssey, and many myths are full to bursting with beautiful heroes doing beautiful things—and ugly things, but still doing them beautifully. They demanded that their heroes be beautiful, which is why so many statues and busts commemorate the politicians, leaders, and wealthy men of the day as models of physical perfection—even when we know them to have been dumpy, hook-nosed, or puny in real life.
“God has never worked like that. He almost seems to prefer to choose unimpressive people as his representatives. . . .”
In a recent commentary, Brother Gabriel Torretta, O.P., reflected on God typically works through what may appear to be the least likely people.
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