This thread is the perfect example of Satan lashing out at those who embrace the cross. He hates it. It takes away his power over man. It destroys his plan of victory over our souls. The bomb-throwers contributing to this post are only proving Pope Benedict's point. PERFECTLY.
It's threads like these, filled with vitriol and ridicule of the Holy Father, that show me how blessed I am to be Catholic.
And for those who are claiming that embracing suffering isn't biblical, apparently they've never come across the Beatitudes in all their biblical "study".
Isn't it amazing that our Holy Father's point was proved so dramatically and so quickly!
And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
Mark 13:13
And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake. But there shall not an hair of your head perish. In your patience possess ye your souls.
Luke 21:17-19