Against the Idolatry of Certitude: Learning to Listen

Card. Ratzinger expresses beautifully a quiet necessity for all who would find Christ in Holy Scripture.  Needed is not a hasty grasping at the surfaces, but a patient waiting upon God's unfolding meaning.  Writing of Mary and Joseph as they finally found the missing boy Jesus in the Temple, they heard from Him an explanation they did not understand.  They heard His words -  "Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father's house?" (Lk 2:49)  They did not...