"Finally, and most importantly, the Italian-language version {of the interview} was personally approved by the Pope. Thus, this interview is an even more reliable indication of the pope’s desires for the church, and affords us a clearer idea of the pope’s new course for the church. And what is that course? In a word, mercy. Throughout the interview the pope—without setting aside any Catholic teaching—asks us to focus on the essentials of Christian life: love, forgiveness and above all, mercy. Whenever I hear him speak (or edit his galleys!) I am reminded of a mysterious line from Thomas Merton, the 20th-century American Trappist monk and spiritual master: “Mercy within mercy within mercy.”"
Posted on: Fri, 20 Sep 2013 16:28:15 +0000
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