[Nihil Obstat]

"If, according to the flesh, Christ has only one mother, according to faith all souls engender Christ; each one, in fact, receives in himself the Word of God." Thus the holy doctor, interpreting the words of the Virgin herself, invites us to offer the Lord a dwelling in our souls and in our lives. Not only must we bear Him in our hearts, but we must take Him to the world, so that we too might engender Christ for our times. Let us pray to the Lord to help us to praise Him with Mary's spirit and soul and to take Christ again to our world.

What a treasure. God bless the Pope. If this is the last of the cycle what will the next cycle of catecheses be?

[ELS]

Your guess is as good as mine. I suppose we'll find out next week. I have no doubt that whatever Benedict XVI will choose, he will continue to compose articulate and eloquent catecheses.