Pope Benedict speaks on Moses' Intercessory Prayer

I've included a link to this somewhat lengthy article because I thought it would be useful for future reference and contemplation.  I couldn't absorb it all on the first reading.  Here is how the Pope sets the stage: 

Also at Sinai, when the people ask Aaron to fashion for them a golden calf, Moses prays, thus carrying out in an emblematic way the true role of an intercessor. The episode is narrated in Chapter 32 of the Book of Exodus and has a parallel account in Deuteronomy Chapter 9. It is this episode that I would like to dwell upon in today's catechesis; and in particular on the prayer of Moses that we find in the Exodus account.

Needless to say, there is plenty to reflect upon when considering "Moses, the man of prayer"  as Pope Benedict calls him.