Raymond Brown, S.S. [RIP] remains one of my heroes.  I second every laudatory comment made about his fidelity to the faith and the nonpareil level of his Biblical scholarship.  [Those who accuse him of theological infidelity because of his "Birth of the Messiah" should recall that Cardinal Cooke, in the midst of controversy, invited him to deliver the homily at Christmas Midnight Mass in Saint Patrick's Cathedral.  Nobody in their right mind would accuse the Cardinal of supporting heterodoxy.]
But there is more.  I encountered Father Brown as my retreat master for seven days, about a month before his sudden and untimely death.  He was the most calm, pleasant, open and understanding priest I have met so far.  That's a retreat I will never forget.