Benedict the Bridge Builder

I'm over at Summa This, Summa That today, musing about my theological and catechetical hero, Pope Benedict.

Here's a snippet:

Connection. Communion. We are built for this.

God uses human persons to be bridges: expansive, empowered, and emboldened by the Holy Spirit.  

It is why a polite and well-spoken old priest and scholarly professor from Bavaria can do more than he ever asked for or imagined.  

Read the rest here.

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