Vatican City, 7 January 2014 (VIS) –
“The people who perform in the circus create beauty – they are
creators of beauty. And this is good for the soul. How we are in need
of beauty!” exclaimed Pope Francis, in his greetings to the
performers of the Liana Orfei Golden Circus, who performed before the
Pontiff at the end of today's general audience. “Our life is very
practical – we do things, we carry out our work, we do what we have
to do – 'doing' is the language of the hands. But our life is also
about thinking and reason. And this is important, as we are animals
who think – we do not think like animals! Thought, the language of
the mind, is important. We are also people who love, who have this
capacity to love: the language of the heart. … And all these three
languages unite to create the unity of the person. And there beauty
lies: and those of you who performed today are creators of harmony,
creators of beauty, who show us the high road of beauty”.
He continued, “God is certainly true,
God is certainly good, God certainly knows how to do things, He
created the world – but above all, God is beautiful! The beauty of
God. Very often we forget about beauty. Let us not forget this, and
let us thank these people who are good at doing things, good at
maintaining balance, at performing, but most of all, good at creating
beauty”.
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