tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25709815.post2821269579310858545..comments2008-11-14T22:52:28.314-08:00MaryHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06187208086221514973noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25709815.post-19323770510048372292008-11-14T22:52:00.000-08:002008-11-14T22:52:00.000-08:00"brilliant neurotic, given to remarkable narcissism" could apply pretty well to Augustine or GM Hopkins or any number of others... <BR/><BR/>All I can tell you is that Friendship with Christ is one of the great books. I read it several years ago on vacation and it really helped me to love Christ more.Fredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01262662173303042998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25709815.post-29336313697559806112008-11-14T20:49:00.000-08:002008-11-14T20:49:00.000-08:00Hey Fred! I look forward to that. (Thought you were going to break into the song "YMCA" for a minute there.)<BR/><BR/>By the way, I feel a bit discombobulated by the fact that George Rutler referred to Benson as a "brilliant neurotic, given to remarkable narcissism". It's a bit more difficult to see him (Benson) as a guide to friendship with Christ, as his book title asserts. (Even though God loves narcissists of course. Thank God.)TShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17118362963139092279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25709815.post-47298594508645771532008-11-14T19:10:00.000-08:002008-11-14T19:10:00.000-08:00more on angels coming. I've been reading Danielou's book The Mission of the Angels: <I>young man I have one word for you: patristics!</I>Fredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01262662173303042998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25709815.post-84981116182182279312008-11-14T10:44:00.000-08:002008-11-14T10:44:00.000-08:00They say one of our angle's primary tasks is to lead the soul to the Eucharist - Chirst loving us in the here and now.MaryHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06187208086221514973noreply@blogger.com