The Blessed Glass

     A strange thing happened when the Pope was here to visit. After the Pope made his speech in Washington, Bob Brady, a representative of Pennsylvania, took the Pope's water glass. Why? Apparently he believes that because the Pope touched it it is blessed. That alone is questionable because the Pope never actually blessed it. That small fact doesn't matter to Bob Brady.

     After taking the glass of water, he took it back to his office and took a sip. Afterwards he gave a sip to his wife and several of his staff members. He then poured the remaining water in a bottle to bless his grandchildren with.

     In my opinion, what Representative Brady did was absurd. Just because the Pope drank from a glass doesn't mean the glass, or the water in it, is blessed. The Pope, no matter how important he is to religion, is just a man. Not everything he touches is blessed. Also, to drink from the glass and share it with others takes away the quality of the glass. Now instead of it being the Pope's DNA, it has the DNA from at least 4 different people. Not to mention, from a cleanliness standpoint, it's not a good idea to have multiple people drink from the same glass of water.

     This isn't the first time Representative Bob Brady took a special glass. Apparently he already has the glass that president Obama sipped from at his first inauguration. While he considers that glass special, he didn't drink from it because the water and glass were not blessed. He considers it political, not spiritual.