Ping!
And, at least to me, BXVI is much clearer and to the point than JPII. He's very familiar with his audiences (meaning he speaks to them as if in a dialogue), continuing a trend begun by JPII.
But how can one's personal authenticity be discovered if in reality, in the depth of our hearts, there is the expectation of Jesus, and the genuine authenticity of each person is found exactly in communion with Christ and not without Christ? Said in another way: If we have found the Lord and if he is the light and joy of our lives, are we sure that for someone else who has not found Christ he is not lacking something essential and that it is our duty to offer him this essential reality?
This is profound. We are Christ to each other, and we should never forget that one who has not found Him may encounter the Lord through us!
If we could just get Baptists and Methodists and Presbyterians and Lutherans and . . . to read anything by Pope Benedict XIV, I think they'd all stop trying to say that Catholics aren't Christians.
(Something I got stung with earlier in the week on a different web site.)
Pope Benedict XIV is just plain awesome.
Inspiring words from the Holy Father.
bump for later read. Thanks.
Thanks for the ping.