quot This book is my personal search for the face of the Lord quot Pope Benedict XVI In this bold momentous work the pope mdash in his first book written as Benedict XVI mdash seeks to salvage the person of Jesus from recent ldquo popular rdquo depictions and to restore Jesus rsquo true identity as discovered in the Gospels Through his brilliance as a theologian and his personal conviction as a believer the pope shares a rich compelling flesh and blood portrait of Jesus and incites us to encounter face to face the central figure of the Christian faith From Jesus of Nazareth hellip ldquo the great question that will be with us throughout this entire book But what has Jesus really brought then if he has not brought world peace universal prosperity and a better world What has he brought The answer is very simple God He has brought God He has brought the God who once gradually unveiled his countenance first to Abraham then to Moses and the prophets and then in the wisdom literature mdash the God who showed his face only in Israel even though he was also honored among the pagans in various shadowy guises It is this God the God of Abraham of Isaac and of Jacob the true God whom he has brought to the peoples of the earth He has brought God and now we know his face now we can call upon him Now we know the path that we human beings have to take in this world Jesus has brought God and with God the truth about where we are going and where we come from faith hope and love rdquo On April 19 2005 Cardinal Ratzinger was elected Pope Benedict XVI and became the 264th successor to St Peter the Apostle as the quot Vicar of Jesus Christ quot He may well be the most accomplished theologian to be elected Pope in modern times Beginning in 1981 he spent over 20 years as the Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith a role often depicted as the ldquo defender of the faith rdquo Cardinal Ratzinger was also President of the Pontifical Biblical Commission and of the Preparatory Commission that codified the new Catechism of the Catholic Church published in 1994 The audion book is read by Don Leslie Don Leslie has appeared on Broadway in The Dresser and Rose and off Broadway in Perfect Crime Other theater credits include Macbeth and Othello His television credits include Law amp Order All My Children and Loving 14 hours listening time 11 compact discs