Since 2000, when the volumes started to be sold in Canada and America, one by one, I have loved the Navarre Bible and highly recommend it.
Romans 8 is one of my favourite epistles. This footnote from the Navarre Bible on Romans 8:31-39 is worth quoting in part.
"Provided they are determined to accept all God's help, Christians can be confident of attaining salvation, for God will never withhold from them the graces they need. 'It is not science that redeems man: man is redeemed by love. This applies even in terms of this present world When someone has the experience of a great love in his life, this is a moment of redemption which gives a new meaning to his life. But soon he will also realise that the love bestowed upon him cannot by itself resolve the question of his life. It is love that remains fragile, it can be destroyed by death. The human being needs unconditional love. He needs the certainty which makes him say...If this absolute love exists, with its absolute certainty, then--only then--is man redeemed, whatever should happen to him in his particular circumstances..."
Quotation from Pope Benedict XVI
That the Pope's encyclical, Spe Salvi, is quoted is fantastic, bringing together commentary and exegesis from our own present theologian on the Chair of Peter.
