And there is an increasing number of Nigerian diocesan priests working outside the country as emissaries of their Dioceses. We thank God for these developments. In the Christian Religious Art Fair just concluding in the Shanahan Hall, you have observed how believers in Christ can express their faith in painting, sculpture, music, dancing, theatre and other forms of art. People use their God-given talents to express their faith in visible, tangible and audible forms. Good artists help us to sort of seek to bridge the gap between man and God, between the creature and the Creator, if that were possible.
Art helps to underline the transcendent and to lift up our hearts.
Seeing that we are body and soul, matter and spirit, the contribution of good religious art is not to be undervalued. Our contribution We thank God for the gift of the Catholic faith. We resolve to do, with God's grace, what we can to share in the missionary activity of the Church, local and universal. This will include prayer and good works. It may mean some of us becoming missionaries.