VATICAN CITY – No ghostwriter needed here. By most accounts, Pope Benedict XVI has been busy writing his own speeches as he grows into his new role as pastor of the world’s Roman Catholics.
That hands-on approach by the former Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who was a theology lecturer at German universities before becoming a
Vatican insider, sharply contrasts with his predecessor, John Paul II, who gave so many speeches he needed an assembly line of wordsmiths to produce them. [Source] [Via "Open wide the doors to Christ!"]
Well that is interesting. I would have thought based on yesterday’s beautiful reflection that "Mary’s visitation to her cousin Elizabeth was in a certain sense the first Eucharistic procession in history" that his speeches were ghostwritten. Holy Ghostwritten that is.
Speaking of the Holy Spirit, The Anchoress again has a great post. This one called The Holy Spirit stirs, then ravishes.
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Thanks very much for the link!
You know the Holy Spirit is afoot when A) the secular rehtoric is getting sharper and crazier; and B) the big marketing scramble to find ways to capitalize on Jesus, which would be laughable if it weren’t so terribly sad.
EX: (at a marketing meeting): We gotta jump on this Jesus thing, the folks are really going wild for Him. I’m seeing a new sitcom. Gwyneth Paltrow as Mary, Johnny Depp as Jesus… right, right. Now, we gotta have him talk about the Kingdom and all that, but, can we squeeze a message about the environment in there… OH, and I’m seeing Jennifer Love Hewitt as his love interest…