Universality

At one point, a parish priest "stopped blessing non-Catholic children at Communion and barred non-Catholic students from reading at school Mass, although he later reinstated these practices." [1]  The fact that this priest walked back on his actions is proof that God still rules over Satan.

Knowing Who Jesus is, is it conceivable that Jesus would reject anyone by refusing to give His blessings when He had so much love in Him that He even asked God to forgive those who crucified Him while He was suffering on the cross?

Everyone is a child of God, Catholic or not, sinful or not.  To reject anyone in any way is to reject Christ Himself in every way.  A priest who refuses to bless a sinner, Catholic or not, turns his back on the universality of the Catholic church. [2] For a Catholic priest to even think of not blessing someone non-Catholic is to walk away from the fight against Satan, letting Satan reign over those who are not yet baptized, thereby helping Satan with the destruction of their souls. Such a priest ought to self-defrock and dedicate his life serving the anti-Christ rather than being a hypocrite and pay lip-service to Christ.

If a priest is truly a disciple of Jesus, he would bless everyone in sight, to shower upon them the light and love of Christ, to cast away any influence Satan may have on them, to awaken them to the love of God, to reel them in with understanding, compassion and unconditional love, to be a true fisher of men.

The true priest represents Christ when he gives a blessing. In that sense, he not only blesses, but he also exudes from his heart a deep and sincere love for every single person who is being blessed by him.  He is not just going through the motions mindlessly, but is mindful of the solemnity of every blessing, of the importance of saving each and every soul, leading them all to Heaven, gently, kindly, dreamily and lovingly.

Rare is such a priest for most priests are power-obsessed, self-righteous, egoistical and supercilious administrators, going through the motions of being priestly only because that is their job.  Humility is merely a concept, not a virtue the average priest internalizes and practices.  In truth, he could care less about being humble.  He would not think of washing the feet of others (as Jesus did for all twelve disciples, including the one He knew would betray Him), let alone actually crouching down with a basin of clean water and a sponge, scrubbing and drying them.

Finding a true disciple of Christ is like finding a needle in the combined haystacks of the world.  May God have mercy on all who need help to be led to Heaven; may God be by everyone's side, always; and may all receive God's grace and blessings.  When loneliness [3] hits, may the words from Psalm 22: "Be not far from me, for I am in distress; be near, for I have no one to help me" [4] give reassurance that such a feeling is universal, and that God is universal, is present with undiluted love and is listening.



[1] http://ncronline.org/news/faith-parish/parents-ask-san-francisco-archdiocese-remove-controversial-parish-priests
[2] Before the Catholic church ever existed, there was Christ Jesus Who saved a non-Catholic  prostitute from being stoned to death, Who raised a non-Catholic  Lazarus from the dead, Who recruited a non-Catholic  tax collector to be His disciple and Who performed miracle after miracle for non-Catholics.  What got into this supposedly "Catholic priest" who could not perform a single miracle to make him decide to withhold his blessings (the sincerity and effectiveness of any that was given since is now fully in doubt) from those who are non-Catholic?  Humility ought to require him to seek forgiveness on his knees if nothing else but to save himself from the fires of Hell.  Hopefully, he had already done that and continues to do so since it is ever so impossible for a leopard to change its spots without a miracle.
[3] Loneliness here is not so much an absence of company but an absence of light and the iniquitous local priest will not offer a candle to the one who is alone, defenseless, desperate and lost in darkness, simply because he is not Catholic.  His only way out of it is through a direct plea to God, his Maker, Who will listen and grant him peace.
[4] SENIOR, D. & COLLINS, J. J. (1990).  The Catholic Study Bible:  the New American Bible, including the revised New Testament and Psalms, translated from the original languages with critical use of all the ancient sources.  Oxford, Oxford University Press.