Friday, August 31, 2007
THE POPE IS GOING TO AUSTRIA
Details of his early September trip are spelled out at Catholic News Service.
I have to say that I get a warm feeling in reading about them. His low key emphasis on Marian piety is just what the Church needs at this particular time when everyone is running around looking for sensations and signs and wonders. Instead of chasing after miracles he is suggesting to us that we reinforce our faithfulness on our knees before the Mother of God at a place where Catholics have been doing that very thing for centuries. It is going to take her intercession for this Church to recover its bearings.
