The Pope is now in America. I am full of expectation waiting to be in front of this man at two different occasions: the Papal Mass at Nationals Stadium in D.C. and the Youth Rally in Yonkers, N.Y. I am in great expectation for the message of hope he brings, but mostly in awaiting his face, the face of the person who is the Vicar of Christ on Earth.
As Msgr. Albacete said last Friday at the Crossroads Cultural Center event, "Only Something Infinite will Suffice" in preparation for the Pope's visit, "a great danger of the Church in America is to have Christ without the Church." The encounter with Christ happens through a face, a human face, and the Pope is the concrete face of Christ in the world. So, I'm excited.
Check out my brother Francis' blog. He runs it from Benedictine College in Kansas, calling it 3:59, or the minute before John and Andrew had their encounter with Jesus. It is also the name of the cultural group he began at the college. He wrote an excellent article on the Pope's visit, and instead of plagarizing it, I will just send our readers there.
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