When I was perusing the angst of the progressive bloggers post Benedict's selection one stood out. She said that the election of the pope simply doesn't matter to her, that her faith isn't in the pope and will continue unaffected by whoever sits in that chair. And I wasn't sure whether this was the best or worse response from the liberal bloggers.
But I know there is a humility and a becoming littleness in what Scott Hahn, who would seem far less in need of a spiritual father than most of us, recently wrote in his newsletter:
I find it hard to describe how much I depend on the spiritual fatherhood of the pope. We are one family as Catholics. And for a couple of weeks, I know you, too, felt like orphans. Then suddenly, a new Holy Father was raised up for us. We have a pope!
And what a pope we have. Benedict XVI is one of the world's most profound biblical theologians. I don't think any pope since Peter has equaled Benedict in his knowledge of the Old Testament. He writes like a man who works out his theology on his knees in prayer.
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