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To: NYer
I think he's a great example by doing this. Too many people hang on to their position and authority long after they know they can't do the job as well as it should be handled.

Rather than bothering to read even half of that the man has written, a great many people who claim to be Catholic have painted Benedict as a "slave to tradition". Clearly he is not and never has been.

This is an incredible example of someone following Christ who sees themself as a servent to others.

Philippians 2:3 Let nothing be done through contention, neither by vain glory: but in humility, let each esteem others better than themselves:
Philippians 2:4 Each one not considering the things that are his own, but those that are other men's.
Philippians 2:5 For let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus :
Philippians 2:6 Who being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God :
Philippians 2:7 But emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men, and in habit found as a man.
Philippians 2:8 He humbled himself, becoming obedient unto death, even to the death of the cross.

7 posted on 02/11/2013 1:03:57 PM PST by Rashputin (Jesus Christ doesn't evacuate His troops, He leads them to victory.)
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To: Rashputin
This is an incredible example of someone following Christ who sees themself as a servent to others.

That is precisely how he described himself following the conclave that elected him pope. He stood on the balcony and referred to himself as "a humble servant in the vineyard of the Lord". God bless him! And thank you for posting the quotes from Philippians.

9 posted on 02/11/2013 2:10:27 PM PST by NYer ("Before I formed you in the womb I knew you." --Jeremiah 1:5)
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