W ONDER the beginning, the middle, and the beginning again
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W HAT IS W ONDER ?
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wonder 1. to think or speculate curiously: to wonder about the
origin of the solar system. 2. to be filled with admiration,
amazement, or awe; marvel (often followed by at ): He wondered at
her composure in such a crisis. www.dictionary.com
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W HY W ONDER ?
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W HY W ONDER Wonder at reality demands the humility to sit at
the foot of a dandelion. The proud are so full of themselves that
there is little room to marvel at anything else. Saints are
typically awestruck at an insect, a flower, a star because they are
burning with love and rooted in a perceiving honesty. That is, they
are humble It is not accidental that some astronomers and
biologists who deal from morning to night with mind-boggling
realities can give the impression of a lifeless boredomthe keenest
perception of reality and a consequent wonder require purity of
mind and heart Dubay, Thomas. The Evidential Power of Beauty.
Ignatius Press, 1999.
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H OW TO B EGIN TO W ONDER A GAIN
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Take time to OBSERVE Ask questions THINK before googling TALK
with others about your wonders Let your wonders lead to new
wonders
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S CIENCE AND W ONDER
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The gaze of science thus benefits from faith: faith encourages
the scientist to remain constantly open to reality in all its
inexhaustible richness. Faith awakens the critical sense by
preventing research from being satisfied with its own formulae and
helps it to realize that nature is always greater By stimulating
wonder before the profound mystery of creation, faith broadens the
horizons of reason to shed greater light on the world which
discloses itself to scientific investigation. Pope Francis, Lumen
Fidei: Encyclical Letter of Pope Francis
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S CIENCE AND W ONDER The purpose of science is not to cure us
of our sense of mystery and wonder, but to constantly reinvent and
reinvigorate it. Sapolsky, Robert. The Trouble with Testosterone.
Retrieved from www.brainpickings.org
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S CIENCE AND W ONDER A true scientist will begin with wonder,
progress to a solution, and begin again with wonder only to
experience just how deep the mystery is. Knowledge of the created
world will never leave us satisfied, but it will always draw us to
deeper awe. The more we know, the more we realize how much we do
not know. This is the happy fate of the scientista state of
continuous wonder, of ever-deepening awe, of worship of the
Creator.
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