| p48 | The edifices of ancient man gave splendor to splendor and now are scoffed at as temples of jewels amongst squalor. They stand with no seeming purpose and become accusatory fingers pointing at wealth amidst poverty. Edification of an unnameable splendor come at the expense of nameable splendor - the human person. Statues and icons that glorify the human saint fall also to disrepute. Monuments to politicians rise. Capitals and Cathedrals grace opposite hills at the center of physical life, a proclamation that says Give to Caesar what is Caesar's; to God what is God's. That edifices no longer speak does not mean that they are mute and is not the consequence of brick and mortar but of eyes that no longer see and arms that no longer offer refuge. Tending to the body has surpassed tending to the soul and entitlement has surpassed appreciation. |