This stuff certainly does hit modern society hard, as did then-Cardinal Ratzinger's Good Friday meditations last year. I'm sure it would be too sanguine to hope for less Mr. Nice Guy from here on out, but at least it's clear that the Pope will take the occasion of the Lord's crucifixion to note how we crucify him today.
I'm about to use these at my own personal Stations of the Cross at my parish church today. The weekend reaction from the prog media will be quite enough to amuse later.
