I listen to many podcasts each week and one of those is from Beeson Divinity School in Birmingham, AL. Dr. Timothy George serves as the Dean and the host of the Podcast.
On March 6, 2012, he interviewed Father Raniero Cantalamessa. No, I didn't listen because I could not wait to hear more about this man. I had never heard his name. But as Dr. George will often do, he will graciously introduce hearers to new persons in the greater community of faith.
Father Cantalamessa is the "Preacher to the Papal Household." Yes, a Catholic priest whose responsibility each Friday morning is to preach to the Pope and his household. As he said, the Pope believes it is very important for him to hear a message each week. Father Cantalamessa has been doing this for over 30 years.
I got to thinking....not only does the Pope believe he needed to be preached to every week, so did Jesus (who is greater than the Pope). "So He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. And as His custom was, He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day,...." (Luke 4:16).
Are you better than Jesus or the Pope? Can you make it with the spiritual discipline of regularly attending God's House "to be preached to?"
