Sluggish Disciples

The Holy Father gave an extraordinary spontaneous reflection, in today's General Audience, on the lack of vigilance of the apostles in Gethsemane, saying that throughout history Christ's disciples often are asleep with their complacent insensitivity to the great horrors of evil, which lethargy comes from personal insensitivity to God: ignoring God.

Bravo Benedetto! as you usher in your seventh year as the Vicar of Christ (yesterday being your sixth anniversary) and your 85th year (having turned 84 last Saturday). Ad multos annos pluros!