A cardinal who can preach

He looks and talks like Al Pacino, but preaches like St. John Chrysostom.

Commendations to Houston Baptist University for inviting Daniel Cardinal DiNardo to speak at its convocation on March 10, 2010. Commendations to his Eminence, Daniel Cardinal DiNardo, not only for accepting the invitation, but delivering what can only be called a sermon saturated with the Gospel of St. John.

Hunter Baker, a Baptist, in "Listening to a Cardinal . . ." (First Things, Evangel, March 11, 2010), expresses his amazement at the Cardinal's exposition of John's Gospel: "It was relentlessly scriptural and he clearly had mastery of his subject. He spoke comfortably from notes in a way that had the audience on the edge of their seats. There are days when you have to keep after students to leave their phones alone while a speaker is talking, but this was not one of them. Afterwards, many students lined up to speak with him....

I know there is a distance between catholics and protestants and that it is substantial, but listening to this cardinal preach has bolstered my confidence in the eventual unity of the church."

[Hat tip to J.M.]