"Pope Benedict: unlike great banks, the Word of God doesn't fail"

Filling-out what he was quoted as saying earlier:

On Monday Pope Benedict XVI briefly remarked on the financial crisis during the opening of the first General Congregation of the Twelfth Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops. In the aftermath of the “fall of the great banks,” he reminded synod attendees that money is of “secondary importance” to the Word of God, which he called the “foundation of all reality.”

The Pope referenced Christ’s words at the close of the Sermon on the Mount in which he speaks of building one’s house’s foundation upon sand or upon rock.

“Those who build on sand do so only on visible and tangible things: on success, career and money,” the Pope explained. “These seem to true reality, but one day they will pass away", he continued. (CNA)

I found this metaphor helpful as I attempted to wrap my head around what's happening, though it sometimes feels the quicksand. Of course, it is only by appreciating these things as "secondary" that we are free to understand them better.