My pastor said at Mass this morning that our retired Bishop, who is also 85 years old, had phoned him today and said that he was happy for Pope Benedict. He said that people who aren’t really old have no idea how hard it is just living each day, and that when one is in a position of responsibility, there is no letup in the workload, no diminution in the expectations, no matter how old.
I hope Pope Benedict is not catastrophically ill, but will get to enjoy some rest!
Yet, B16 despite the workload, was able to write 3 best selling books on the life and times of Jesus. I have his most recent edition about his infancy. Yet I should have paid more attention when he said that that would be his last book he would write.
Even it took me by surprise.
It is said that B16 does love cats and had kept one. Well now he can rest and enjoy having cats around him again.