Monday, March 18, 2013

take a breath!




I have been kind of sitting back watching the blogosphere's response to Pope Francis. Maybe I am just too simple, okay , I know I am, but how on earth can anyone make a judgment about the poor man only days in? I keep thinking, give the guy a chance already!

Of course I must weigh in with my highly sought after humble simple opinion.

I love and trusted Benedict XVI, and I am going to love and trust Pope Francis. I can't tell by the last few days, what he wears, or where he prays, or how many times he mentions the poor, what sort of man he is or will be as pope. I will choose to love and trust him for now. My own preferences are of no importance. Who am I to judge the worthiness of someone elected as pope? Not my job.

Now, observations are fine. My friend Manny wrote a nice piece about him here.

My observations are 1. He seems like a nice, gentle man. 2. He seems like he has been a loving leader.
That's all.

There are lots of other bloggers, much better informed than I, who are giving nice histories and such. There are some other, other bloggers, saying unbelievably nasty things, mostly predicting what Pope Francis will or won't do as pope. If anyone were asking my advice, which they are not, I would tell them to keep going to mass, whichever one they go to and prefer; do everything as they have been; breathe; pray for the new pope and the Pope Emeritus. Breathe again, and Repeat.

7 comments:


  1. Very good advice Kelly.

    We have become a society quick to judge and have seem to have forgotten that none of us will rise to perfection or be without sin.

    Pope Francis seems a humble, caring man. His kindness is apparent in his willingness to not only address, but meet and mingle with the masses without reservation.





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    1. So true. He really seems to have some people truly frightened!

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  2. I'm waiting for a Catholic Meme with a photo of Pope Francis and the words : "Everybody Chill, I GOT This". Hate to reduce the papacy to a meme, but I couldn't agree more with the title of your post - everyone needs to take a deep breath and think thrice before saying anything negative.

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    1. ha! suggest that to the Catholic Meme group, it's great!

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  3. LOL, I guess I jumped the gun with observations. :)

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    1. Not at all, Manny! Nothing you said was in any way derogatory, or judging Pope Francis' worthiness. I very much enjoyed reading it.
      I am referring to those that feel they have the right to say horrible things about the man and what he will do. As if they knew.

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  4. Amen, Amen and Amen.......breathe!

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