The Sermon of All Creation: An Introduction Fall Ferns and Trees Cold Mountain Spring Water Red Dawn Sunset Eye of the Desert Wildflowers Marshlands Setting Sun Cacti Purple Sky Snow on Cedars Spreading Branches Twilight Yellow Mist

slide 15 of 16 God is an artist, and the universe is His work of art. Thomas Aquinas (ca. 1225-1274) When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained, what is man, that thou art mindful of him? Psalm 8:3-4 While observing that [the] gaze [of God] never leaves anyone, one may see that it takes such diligent care of each one as though it cared only for him, and for no other, and this to such a degree that one on whom it rests cannot even conceive that it takes care of any other. One will also see that it takes the same most diligent care of the least of creatures as of the greatest, and of the whole universe. Nicholas of Cusa (1401-1464)