Friday, June 06, 2008
THIS ONE'S FOR JOSEPH
In a Catholic World News article linked at NOR, Pope Benedict has called on the bishops to court the virtue of humility:
Bishops must always be humble, Pope Benedict XVI (bio - news) told his weekly public audience on June 4.
Speaking to a large crowd in St. Peter's Square, the Holy Father continued his remarks on the legacy of St. Gregory the Great. When St. Gregory assumed the papacy at the close of the 6th century, he did so with some reluctance, Pope Benedict recalled, because Gregory had wanted to continue his simple life as a monk....
The Pope called special attention to St. Gregory's approach to the Scriptures. From the Bible, St. Gregory taught, "Christians must not draw theoretical knowledge so much as daily nourishment for their souls." To that end, they must read the Bible with a sense of reverence and wonder, avoiding temptations to pride at esoteric learning. "Intellectual humility is the primary rule for people seeking to penetrate supernatural truth on the basis of the Holy Books."
