Pope's Cologne Provides Solace to Grieving Widow
MEDIA ADVISORY, June 16 /Christian Newswire/ -- Shortly after Mother's Day I received the following letter from a lady in Florida who had purchased The Pope's Cologne for gifts. I felt strangely and deeply touched by it and debated about sharing its' content. I decided that I should. I think that you will see what I mean. This is the letter:
Dear Dr. Hass,
I needed to give you the feedback I got from "The Pope's Cologne". I ordered two dozen (24) to give out as gifts on Mothers Day. I came up with the idea after your interview at the "Sunday Morning" show, since my mother is a devoted Roman Catholic, I couldn't think of a more appropriate gift for her and the rest of the mothers. We all had brunch that Sunday, 6 mothers in total, and I placed the colognes on each one of the mothers place seating. My mother was speechless and very grateful for the cologne and immediately opened it and placed a few drops on her forehead (as she was making the sign of the cross) and behind her wrist. She said; "it has a delicious and peaceful fragrance to it, I love it, very unique" and she proceeded to rub the small bottle as if it had magical powers. Through out the Brunch she was inhaling the aroma from her wrist and you could see in her eyes how much she enjoyed it.
A few minutes before the brunch ended we got the bad news that a friend of my parents for over 50 years had just died. He was struggling with cancer but did not win the battle, he was 76 years old. The following morning we assisted the wake and as my mother hugged his widow she mentioned how pleasant her fragrance was. My mom proceeded to explain to her that it was a mother's day gift given to her by one of her daughters. His widow expressed a feeling of peace and comfort as she was hugging my mom, and that it was the fragrance that made her feel this way.
My mom tells me with tears in her eyes the widows comment and if she only knew the cologne was going to have this effect on her, she would have brought hers to passed it on to the widow. I remembered I had extra colognes in my car and I gave my mom one to give to her.
What I experienced later will be a sight I will never forget!!! The widow used the cologne to "anoint" her husband EVERY 20 minutes. She would sprinkle it on his hands, his head, his forehead, and his neck. You could see in her eyes she had found a way of redemption through the cologne. Everyone was asking about the cologne and its origin. Everyone that came in to give her their condolences could not stop asking about the pleasant aroma they were experiencing. Everyone was quiet and in awe for hours. She also kept on rubbing the bottle as if it was some sort of amulet or charm.
My mother called her this morning to see how she was doing. She said: "I am at peace and calm because every time I smell the cologne I remember his life not his death....Thank you for such an amazing gesture of God....!!!"
I am sure you Never expected your cologne to touch so many people in soooooo many different ways.
Thank you
Alejandra Lamas
3mnewswire.org
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