[Thorin]

>>>>>Wonderful article! Broke my heart to read the "we priests, we priests" comment. I'm so thankful for this man giving up his dream of relaxing in his final years. What a lonely job!

Yes, we should all be thankful for the enormous sacrifice Benedict is making, and make sure we regularly keep him in our prayers.

[k omalley]

I have a feeling that Benedict is going to make some unpopular decisions and will be ripped to shreds in the press and by liberal Catholics. May the Holy Spirit sustain him.

[livius]

we should all be thankful for the enormous sacrifice Benedict is making

I think he is going to have a tremendous amount of suffering. It is almost as if we are watching someone on the way to martyrdom. We must all pray constantly for him!