At first, like many I'll wager, was hoping the Pope would give the trustees the old one-two punch. May God forgive me.
What he didn't say:
"Thou shalt NOT honor anti-Catholic jerks, which indeed you have done in the past."
"Thou shalt NOT offer so-called `entertainment' which mocks, not only the Catholic Church, your morons but humanity in general."
"Thou shalt NOT keep repeating the imbecilic acts which, God only knows why, you seem to delight in persisting!"
(I could go on with the weird things Notre Dame has done, but that's not the point of this post.)
What he did say, in part:
It is my hope that the University of Notre Dame will continue to offer unambiguous testimony to this aspect of its foundational Catholic identity, especial in the face of efforts, from whatever quarter, to dilute that indispensable witness. And this is important: its identity, as it was intended from the beginning. To defend it, to preserve it and to advance it!
Yeah. That's actually really good. That's very Jesus.
In today's Gospel, Jesus asks us to not hide our light under a bushel basket, but to expose it for all to see.
Uh-huh, Jesus, on occasion, did get really mad. But more often than not, He took sinners and made them into saints.
Just a thought…but isn't that what our simple (in the best sense of the word) Holy Father is trying to do?
May God continue to bless you.
