Conclusion of the Introduction. Ratizinger, Pope Benedict XVI, maintains that it is only because Jesus is the Son that he is able to speak about God, the Father, as he does. Again, as mentioned earlier, it is the filial communion between them that provides us with the ability to see our God as we do --- with our human limitations.
He further writes that "the mystery of the Son as revealer of the Father is present in everthing Jesus says and does" (p 7). It is important to know this, to believe this and to keep it in mind whenever reading the gospels. This is significant for us because Jesus' human sould is also daken up into the act of praying. We cannot forget that Jesus the man is the object of our attention and the author's object of study. Furthermore, we should call to mind, as does the Pope, the words of John's gospel that anyone who sees Jesus sees the Father (Jn 14:9). Thus we can say that any disciple who makes the journey with Jesus is given the grace to become a participant in his communion with his Father.
Here the Introduction concludes with Benedict's understanding of redemption. It is our going beyond the limitations of our human nature (emphasis mine) that "has been there as a possibility and expectation" in each of us who are made in God's image and likeness. He says this has been with us since the moment of creation (pg 8).
