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BOOK PICK: ‘On Love’ highlights how Pope Benedict XVI consistently brought God’s word to his flock in a thoughtful way.
‘On Love’ includes reflections from 1970 to 2003. (photo: Ignatius Press)
Father Paul Scalia BooksJune 19, 2021
ON LOVE
Selected Writings
By Joseph Ratzinger/Pope Benedict
Ignatius Press, 2021
215 pages, $15.95
To order: ignatius.com
“I knew you were going to say that.”
Those words are not immediately obvious as a compliment. Indeed, they could be taken (or intended) to mean that you’re predictable, hackneyed … always saying the same thing … a one-trick pony.
But that phrase can also be taken (and unwittingly intended) as a compliment. It expresses the quality of a good leader, and especially of a good priest or bishop — namely, that he is predictable, not capriciousness. When people can “predict” what he will say or do, it means that he’s living in a consistent way and behaving fairly toward all his people. He’s consistent in what he says, how he acts, and how he treats people.
Continued below.
‘Ancient, Ever New’: Read Homilies From Father and Bishop Ratzinger
‘On Love’ includes reflections from 1970 to 2003. (photo: Ignatius Press)
Father Paul Scalia BooksJune 19, 2021
ON LOVE
Selected Writings
By Joseph Ratzinger/Pope Benedict
Ignatius Press, 2021
215 pages, $15.95
To order: ignatius.com
“I knew you were going to say that.”
Those words are not immediately obvious as a compliment. Indeed, they could be taken (or intended) to mean that you’re predictable, hackneyed … always saying the same thing … a one-trick pony.
But that phrase can also be taken (and unwittingly intended) as a compliment. It expresses the quality of a good leader, and especially of a good priest or bishop — namely, that he is predictable, not capriciousness. When people can “predict” what he will say or do, it means that he’s living in a consistent way and behaving fairly toward all his people. He’s consistent in what he says, how he acts, and how he treats people.
Continued below.
‘Ancient, Ever New’: Read Homilies From Father and Bishop Ratzinger
