Bp. Robert W. Finn: "Episode by episode, Pope Benedict is a skillful teacher walking us through the Gospels."

Most Rev. Robert W. Finn, the bishop of the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph, Missouri, comments on the Holy Father's recently published book, Jesus of Nazareth: Holy Week:

The second volume of Jesus of Nazareth , subtitled "Holy Week: From the Entrance into Jerusalem to the Resurrection," arrives just in time for Lent and offers readers a directed study and path to prayer under the tutelage of the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI.

Episode by episode, Pope Benedict is a skillful teacher walking us through the Gospels. This Scriptural record of salvation is not, according to the Pope, a collection of "mere symbols of meta-historical truths;" rather, he reminds us how biblical faith "bases itself on history that unfolded upon this earth." (p. 104) At the Last Supper Jesus truly gave His disciples bread and wine as His body and blood. Concerning the Resurrection: "Only if Jesus is risen," the Pope writes, "has anything really new occurred that changes the world and the situation of mankind." (p. 242)

Read the entire post on the Jesus of Nazareth: Holy Week blog.