Food for thought from B-XVI:

At times one gets the impression that our society needs to have at least one group to which no tolerance may be shown; which one can easily attack and hate. And should someone dare to approach them – in this case the Pope – he too loses any right to tolerance; he too can be treated hatefully, without misgiving or restraint.

-- from the Letter to the Bishops, March 2009

So what is the group in American society "to which no tolerance may be shown?" A glance through the headlines of the last few months I think would indicate that the Pope has the right answer to that question.

In that vein, let me be untolerated.

Let us pray:

O God, Shepherd and Ruler of all your faithful people, look with mercy upon your servant Benedict, who you have chosen as the shepherd to preside over your One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church. Grant him, we ask of you, that by his word and example, he may edify those entrusted to his pastoral care and authority, so that together with the flock committed to him, may he attain everlasting life. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.