A Papal promise

The Holy Father resumed today his Wednesday General Audieces after a two month recess of sorts, reflecting on the life of the Apostle Paul. I don't know about you, but I have missed these catecheses and am glad to have the teaching Pope back in his chair.

Pope Benedict XVI will devote a series of catecheses to the Apostle to the Gentiles during this Pauline Year, focusing next week on Paul's experience on the road to Damascus.

In keeping with his usual custom, the Pontiff concluded today's catechesis reflecting on what the life of Saint Paul says to each of us:

This I think is what stays with us from this brief account of St. Paul's journeys: to see his passion for the Gospel, and thus intuit the grandeur, the beauty, and even more, the deep need that all of us have of the Gospel. Let us pray so that the Lord, who made Paul see his light and hear his word and touched his heart profoundly, make us also see his light, so that our hearts will also be touched by his word and so that we too will be able to give today's world, which thirsts for it, the light of the Gospel and the truth of Christ.

These catecheses will make planning for the Dead Theologians Society much easier. Thanks, Holy Father!