Pope Benedict's most recent general audience catechesis deals with Marguerite d'Oingt, a thirteenth-century Carthusian prioress and mystic (whose writings are among the earliest known examples of Provencal French).
Benedict noted that
Marguerite viewed life as a path of perfection leading to complete configuration to Christ, above all in the contemplation of his saving passion.
She imagined the Lord's life, his words and his actions, as a Book which he hold out to us, a Book to be studied and imprinted on our hearts and lives, until the day we read it from within, in the contemplation of the Blessed Trinity.
The conclusion to the main address was striking:
We have heard that Marguerite considered the Lord as a book, she fixed her gaze on the Lord, she considered him a mirror in which her own conscience also appeared.
And from this mirror light entered her soul: She allowed the word to come in, the life of Christ in her own being and thus she was transformed; her conscience was enlightened, she found...light and was cleansed.
It is precisely this that we also need: to let the words, life and light of Christ enter our conscience so that it is enlightened, understands what is true and good and what is wrong; may our conscience be enlightened and cleansed.
Rubbish is not only on different streets of the world. There is rubbish also in our consciences and in our souls.
Only the light of the Lord, his strength and his love is what cleanses us, purifies us, showing us the right path.
Therefore, let us follow holy Marguerite in this look toward Jesus. Let us read the book of his life, let us allow ourselves to be enlightened and cleansed, to learn the true life.
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