Comments on: Humilitas est Veritas

By: Frank Morris

Frank Morris — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 00:18:04 +0000

“We must trust in the mighty power of God’s mercy. We are all sinners, but His grace transforms us and makes us new.” first the mercy…prayer and duty.

By: Maureen Mullarkey

Maureen Mullarkey — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 21:57:36 +0000

Thank you, Christopher Johnson, for a thoughtful heads-up on David Warren’s commentary.
He ends it with an old prayer that used to be said during a conclave:
“Lord, do not send us the pope we deserve.”

By: Frank Morris

Frank Morris — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 21:06:50 +0000

may perpetual light shine upon him.

By: Lin

Lin — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 21:03:02 +0000

Well said. These words almost brought tears to my eyes. This pope is a realist in the fullest sense of the word.

By: Christopher S. Johnson

Christopher S. Johnson — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 20:45:35 +0000

And David “Spengler” Goldman, formerly of First Things, includes this quote from then Cardinal Ratzinger’s book Die Salz von der Erde:

“We might have to part with the notion of a popular Church. It is possible that we are on the verge of a new era in the history of the Church, under circumstances very different from those we have faced in the past, when Christianity will resemble the mustard seed [Matthew 13:31-32], that is, will continue only in the form of small and seemingly insignificant groups, which yet will oppose evil with all their strength and bring Good into this world.”

Spengler’s heartfelt appreciation of the man is well worth reading:

http://pjmedia.com/spengler/2013/02/11/i-have-a-mustard-seed-and-im-not-afraid-to-use-it/

By: Christopher S. Johnson

Christopher S. Johnson — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 20:30:07 +0000

As an antidote to the yarps and twips of the preening likes of Nicholas Kristof, I’d like to direct readers attention to the words of David Warren – a man of great erudition, but even greater modesty and circumspection – on today’s foreboding and momentous event:

http://www.davidwarrenonline.com/2013/02/11/the-resignation/