How does a rather shy academic guy who is in his mid-80s draw an audience of one and a half million people who are in their teens and 20s.
ANSWER: He is talking about the meaning of life, rather than about politics.
The man, of course is Joseph Ratzinger, Bishop of Rome and now Benedict XVI.
What he does is:
He teaches them that they are the future of Christianity and of the world.
He continually holds Christ up as the answer to personal and worldly problems.
He points out that Christ is found by becoming involved in the Church.
He lets them know that all of life is not joy and that as followers of Christ they will have to accept of a certain amount of suffering.
He reminds them that they are a flame of joy that needs to be carried to the ends of the earth.
A rock star could not even dream of such a large audience. There MUST be something to the Pope’s message.
We need to take it to heart.
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