Beauty is there, if only we would heed its call. In the midst of the earthly city, with all its problems, we need to heed the call of the Heavenly City which is right there in front of us. My advice to everyone (writers included): go to church, discover beauty, discover God. Alexander Lucie-Smith The novelist Alexander Lucie-Smith is an English Catholic priest. He has authored a nine-volume series of mafia novels set in the Sicilian town of Cata…