Truth, Beauty, Goodness
 
   Can one know what true beauty and goodness are?  Is there an  objectivity to these attributes, or are they merely what one perceives  them to be?  Let us focus on what God has created women to be and what  society tells them to be.  Does the truth lie in women being successful  career women to the exclusion of their own feminine nature; in being  dependent on the admiration of others for their self-worth; or in their  being mere physical objects of pleasure?  Or are they called to find the  truth of their dignity in the model of Mary, Virgin Mother of God, who  reflects and participates in the Divine Truth, Beauty, and Goodness of  which all creation is called to reflect and share in?     The question  of truth, beauty, and goodness is one that has intrigued men for  centuries.  The pagan philosophers seek to identify that which is True,  Good, and Beautiful.  For the Christian, however, there can be no other  answer than that which affirms that the Triune God is the True, the  Beau...
