Secret Service Agent Helps Kid See Pope

Secret Service agents are, by nature, probably a little more selfless than most. After all, it is their job to take a bullet for another person. During Pope Benedict’s visit to New York this week-end, one agent on the Pope’s protection detail went the extra mile for a kid in a wheelchair, getting him into see the Pope.

Christina Boyle of New York’s Daily News reported this story on Sunday. She wrote that Aaron Ruiz, a nine-year-old with muscular dystrophy from Corpus Christi, Texas, was waiting outside Saint Patrick’s Cathedral with his mom. They had hoped to get a glimpse of His Holiness, but Brad Borst of the Secret Service came over and said “'We have a special place for you.”

Agent Borst then picked Aaron up carried him into the Cathedral and set him and his mother up in a pew at the far right of St. Patrick’s as Mass was beginning. After Mass, His Holiness came over to them. Mrs. Ruiz said, “He came over and blessed him, and my son just smiled. It’s just a miracle in itself, there's no way to describe it. It's just an absolute miracle that this happened in our lives.”

This journal is Deist skeptic in matters religious and certainly doesn’t think much of the papacy. However, there is no denying that Mrs. Ruiz takes her faith seriously and that this was a very great occasion for her and Aaron. It cost Agent Borst nothing to make that “miracle” happen, just a moment or two thinking about the needs of others.

Matthew 25:37-40 [New International Version], “Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?' "The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me’.” Three cheers fro Agent Borst.

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