I love to read.  I have always loved to read.  But I rarely read anything set in modern times.  My one exception is Dan Brown.  I love, love, LOVE his work!  He is an excellent writer and every book of his has been a real page turner.  My husband almost never reads fiction but I have managed to get him to read all his books as well and he has really enjoyed them.  The combination of mystery, symbology, religion, history, and suspense is absolutely irresistible; my favorite remains, “The Da Vinci Code.”  Prior to reading that book I was only vaguely aware of the Fibonacci sequence.  I was a journalism major who was just grateful to pass math and get my college degree.  For those who may not know, the numbers begin with 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, and so on to infinity.  Every number after the first two is the sum of the two preceding ones.  Perhaps the most prevalent tangible example is the chambered nautilus; it is a logarithmic spiral.  I cannot help but recall it every time I see a little snail like the one pictured here.  This perfect sequence can be found in everything from pine cones to pineapples, from sunflowers to sea stars.  It is even present in our own bodies!  There is so much we have yet to discover: great mysteries to be solved with science, symbology, religion, and history.  The American cell and molecular biologist Kenneth R. Miller, currently a Professor of Biology at Brown University, said this:

“Like many other scientists who hold the Catholic faith, I see the Creator’s plan and purpose fulfilled in our universe.  I see a planet bursting with evolutionary possibilities, a continuing creation in which the Divine providence is manifest in every living thing.  I see a science that tells us there is indeed a design to life.”

Scientists have even discovered the very ocean waves and spiral of the galaxies all bear the Creator’s golden number — the fingerprint of God.