I must famous. I'm being linked to and read by people with whom I would probably disagree. A lot. Well, I promise to play nice. I've also been blogrolled a bit recently, so many thanks to everyone who's expressed some confidence in this blog. I must also confess that I have not been able to keep up with the always expanding Red Ensign group. There are some new members whose sites I have not really had time to read. I'll try to get to them soon. In the meantime, thanks for your patience.
Ecce Homo I haven't done a quote from Pope Ratzinger's Introduction to Chistianty in a while and even though I have finished the book there are still one or two passages I want to share, including - perhaps even especially - this one. When I first began to look over what Christianity teaches, to look at the gospel story and to try penetrate why it has been so compelling to so many for so long, this was one of the things that leapt out at me. I was happy to see our Pope confirm it. Expanding on the Apostles Creed where it says "... suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried," Ratzinger writes: The fact that when the perfectly just man appeared he was crucified, delivered up by justice to death, tells us pitilessly who man is: Thou art such, man, that thou canst not bear the just man - that he who simply loves becomes a fool, a scourged criminal, an outcast. Thou art such because, unjust thyself, thou dost always need the injustice of the n...
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