The Gift of Sacred Art (with Melissa Girard)

Girlfriends (A Podcast for Catholic Women)

Danielle Bean

Kids & Family, Parenting, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 810 Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2019

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Melissa Girard joins us on Girlfriends to talk about the power of sacred art to reveal universal truths about humanity, the sacred, and man’s relationship with God. **_Snippet from the Show: _ Works of sacred art don’t simply draw you into themselves—they draw you into the greatness of God. We discuss the book, Looking at a Masterpiece by Madelynn Stebbins, a collection of reflections that explore the themes of more than forty of the world’s finest artistic treasures—from masters such as Piero della Francesca, Caravaggio, Rembrandt, and more. The book includes full color, high-quality reproductions of these great works of art. Stebbins writes about the universal truths these classic works illuminate, infusing her commentary with the wisdom of saints, popes, theologians, historians, and poets. Melissa shares about the importance of incorporating inspiring art in our everyday lives and in our children’s lives. The companion book, aimed at children, is Let’s Look at a Masterpiece. Melissa Girard is editor for Emmaus Road Publishing. She has edited books by Scott Hahn, Emily Stimpson Chapman, and the recent bestseller Why Celibacy? by Fr. Carter Griffin. Melissa is also the editor of the award-winning Old and New children's book series by Maura Roan McKeegan. Also mentioned in this week’s show is the related book, The Sacred That Surrounds Us by Andrea Zachman. I recently recorded an audio version of my newest book, You Are Enough: What Women of the Bible Teach You About Your Mission and Worth. More to come! Have feedback or an idea to share? I would love to hear from you!

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, Danielle Bean here. I'm just popping in for a minute before the show to let you know about a fun new way that you can stay connected with girlfriends.
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1:14.3	episode number 199, The Gift of Great Art with Melissa Gerard. Hello and welcome to Girlfriends.
1:26.6	I'm Danielle Bean. I'm a wife and a mom and I'm on a mission to help you know your worth as a woman so you can find peace, balance, and joy in family living. This week I'm talking with editor Melissa Girard about a beautiful book that you're going to want to know about to learn more about sacred art.
1:45.9	Can't wait to get started. Let's go.
1:57.0	Hey, girlfriends. Welcome to the newest episode of the Girlfriends Podcast. Thrilled that you are joining me, whether this is your first time listening to girlfriends or your
2:01.4	hundredth time listening to girlfriends or your 199th time listening to girlfriends. Did you catch that?
2:07.7	We're at 199. That is so crazy to me. That's unbelievable. And it's only because of you. It's only
2:13.7	because of you that I've been doing girlfriends for this long. So whether you're a long-time
2:17.9	listener or a first-time listener, I want to welcome you to the show. I'm thrilled and glad that you
2:23.7	are here connecting with me through girlfriends. Today's topic is really an interesting one to me
2:30.2	where we're going to be talking about great works of art and how they can be more accessible
2:34.2	to us in our everyday lives. But first, you know, sometimes I do a health and fitness check-in
2:39.6	to see how you're doing at the start of the show. But today I wanted to do a prayer time check-in.
2:45.7	Are you making time for daily prayer? Here I am to be a nudge. Here I am to encourage you to take stock of your
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