" I love this book. I thought it was beautifully written and captured the essence of Jesus's message in a way that is thoroughly relevant to contemporary times. I can't help but wonder if Pope Benedict XVI (among other non-Catholic Christian leaders, but especially the Pope) read it, and if he did, what he thought. The Afterword let each of us off the hook, though, for our (innocent?) misdeeds...(i was reminded, again, of Jesus's words from the cross, "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do...") Saint Augustine's observation that the highest human faculty is love, higher even than the intellect per Plato and Aristotle, is a wonderful idea to which i wish all people could rededicate themselves to. "
— Marieke, 1/22/2014