KEEPING THE BRAIN IN SHAPE
You know what they say about exercising the brain. Given his background, I expect Fr. Laepple gives his brain a workout everyday and that keeps his in very good shape. And I expect he must have excellent genes. We know our Papa will keep exercising his brain and brain power to the max, so we have much to look forward to.
But I am really struck, as Benefan points out, at how consistent he has been on matters of the faith - especially his central insight that Christianity is about a person, God made man, who actually lived on earth to fulfill God's promise of redemption. And that in relating to God, we relate to an actual You, who loved us first and whose love we can only return...And all this he had already worked out when he was in his 20s...The revelation that his first "work" was actually about
caritas, from 60 years ago, is just awesome.
We thank you, Lord, for Benedict XVI. Long may he guide us as you guide him to guide your Church.