‘What kind of blessing was that?’ The best kind.
I have to run out and sell some Girl Scout cookies this morning, so I can’t write the pope post I’d like to write just yet. I’ll be back later or tomorrow with that. So for now I’d just like to leave you to ponder this one quote from Pope Francis’ meeting with the media this morning. Read the whole story over at the CNS Blog (photo from CNS):
After personally greeting dozens of journalists and representatives of the Vatican press office, the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, the Vatican newspaper and Vatican Radio, the pope came back to the microphone.
“I know that many of you are not Catholic or are not believers, so I impart my heartfelt blessing to each of you silently, respecting your consciences, but knowing that each of you is a child of God. May God bless you,” he said.
Wow. Thank you, Pope Francis, even if, as John Thavis reported, some folks in the audience complained: “What kind of a blessing was that?”
The best kind. My pope crush continues…More later…
I am a mother, a wife, a chronicler of life, and a believer who understands that this journey leads us ever closer to God, even when I feel as though I'm standing still. 
Hello Mary,
I am a newer reader to your site, but have enjoyed the insights and passion with which you write.
I have to
admit, though, that I was surprised to see your mention of selling Girl Scout cookies.
I would presume with your Pope”crush” that you are Catholic, and pro-life, so I am curious about your support of the Girl Scouts.
Have you spent any time looking into their connection with Planned Parenthood, specifically financially, but also in the mutual support given between both staffs, and the numerous Feminists used in their literature as good role models for young women and girls to look up to?
I can only trust that you don’t know of these influences with in the Girl Scouts and I hope you will choose to research what links the Girl Scouts to anti-Catholic ideals.
Thank you for your inspiring, spiritual reflections.
Respectfully,
G. B.
Kentucky