Today I had an Epiphany. Pope Benedict’s favorite novel should have tipped us of to his resignation long before it happened. In an interview with the Pope from several years ago, Benedict disclosed that his most beloved novel was “The Glass Bead Game” by Herman Hesse. In that book, the main Character becomes the spiritual leader of a Utopian society, yet at the end discovers that the only way to save the society is to abdicate his position as absolute ruler. His abandonment of his post comes as a total shock to everyone, and most are bewildered by it. Sound familiar?
I feel vindicated by this discovery, since this novel was a pivotal element in my own decision to leave the Legionaries of Christ and work to save souls from outside the order. In fact, the blog article I wrote a year ago outlines this in much more detail: http://wp.me/p1UXJU-k
