I listened to and watched the Pope’s address to a joint session of Congress this morning. I actually felt my spirit surge when he directed everyone to follow the “Golden Rule”. I yelped and cried. Man, did I call that one or what!!! It spooked me.

The icing on the cake was when the first words out of the mouth of the female commentator for CNN were, “They get it.”, referring to anyone listening. Yikes!!!

When he walked out on the Capital balcony after his speech there were tens of thousands of people waiting outside. The image of the “Sermon on the Mountain” came to my mind. (Which, by the way, is where the Golden Rule was introduced)  Only instead of bread & fishes, the miracle would have been creating enough portable phone charges for the masses. We do after all have Jimmy Johns.

I am not implying that Pope Frances is the second coming of Christ. I personally do not believe that he is. But, he is wise and he is special. What he is saying  is the fundamental basis for the majority of Organized Religions. His spirit is strong and he has the charisma and knowledge of a veteran soul.  He says it in a way that momentarily makes us think and feel the way we should always think and feel.

I am totally psyched for his speech to the United Nations Assembly. I believe he will keep repeating the same messages because they are basic and apply to every human being no matter where on our planet they live.

He is sparking fires in peoples souls…he’s sparked one in mine.

I hope and pray that, when the giddiness goes away, the fires keep burning. We cannot let his message become just the “story of the week”, replaced with Trump vs Fox becoming more important. Now is time for change and I think it’s possible. Let us accept that we can be the lucky ones to be part of a major compassionate turn in History.

I believe his core fire may be strong enough to keep the embers in each of our souls burning. I’ll keep soaking up any of his visit that I can.