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1. Papal Book? Popes write official statements and sign them in their role as Pope.
   On page xxiii of Volume one of Jesus of Nazareth, we find the following, written by the author: It goes without saying that this book is no way an exercise of the magisterium, but solely an expression of my personal search 'for the face of the Lord' (cf.cf Ps 27:8). Everyone is free, then to contradict me. I would only ask my readers for that initial goodwill without which there can be no understanding.
   The National Catholic Reporter has used a catchy but inaccurate headline in its report of this theological work.
   Jesus of Nazareth is a work of theology that has been produced by someone who happens to be the Pope.
   As a work of theology, it is to be judged on its merit as a piece of scholarship, not on the role of its author.
   It seems that this distinction has eluded the headline writer at NCR.

   Posted By: John Francis Collins

2. This happy announcement of the completion of the book on the early life of Jesus comes on my 62nd birthday.
   I'm well on the way to completing a meditative reading of our beloved Pope Benedict XVI's second book after devouring the first.
   His presentation of 'the figure and message of Jesus' does help me understand the real Jesus, His meaning and message for our time within all time.
   These books are gifts to the Christian family and family of believers in all faith traditions, as well as to curious non-believers, in an era when people make up their own Jesus to lend credence to their personal world view or political agenda.
   I have given one or both of the two completed books as gifts several times.
   Now the prospect of the third in English translation being on sale by my next birthday, means I already know, if God gives me another year of life, how I shall want to spend that day.
   May Our Loving Father richly bless you, dear Pope Benedict XVI, on your imminent journey to Lebanon and as an instrument of His wisdom, revelation and peace in our troubled world.

   Posted By: Loree Rudd

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