Hope for America has finally arrived. The pope of mercy, Pope Francis, landed on American soil on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2015. Utter joy and a sense of calmness enveloped the hearts of American Catholics. There are hashtags, murals, and "road maps" dedicated to his visit.

My roommate and I have been following his journey through the United States. It is the ultimate bummer to know the Pope is in your country, but you don’t get to see him. However, it's incredible to just know he is here. Because of social media, we’ve gotten to tag along and tell each other what we’ve heard about his visit each day.

My favorite part of his visit happened on Thursday. While the news and media can twist his words and speeches around all they want, actions are a bit harder to skew, especially when they are as big as this one. Pope Francis decided that dining with the homeless was a better way to spread his message than dining with politicians. He left the luxurious meal offered and took to tents to hand out free meals on a sidewalk of Washington D.C.

During this trip, Pope Francis is working to bring understanding to the American people, Catholic and otherwise. Through this single act, he showed what it truly means to be a servant of God. It is not about rules, regulations, and sitting/standing/kneeling during mass. It's about letting Jesus radiate through your actions and to be of service to those we know. It is the job of Catholics to understand that the very things we do are people’s interpretation of God’s word and mission because they may never witness it in any other way. It is the job of Catholics to be understanding, not judging, and also to be caring, not to ignore the problems that people around us face.

Catholic or not, we can all learn something from Pope Francis’ visit to America. Words are important, and we should mean what we say, but actions are a true display of what you are. Let that be something great.

If you needed another other reason to feel great about someone so amazing being in our country, watch this video below. (Tears might happen.)

Details of the pope’s visit to the homeless were received from Huffington Post at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/pope-francis-s...