Baby Jesus Loves Me

Baby Jesus Loves Me

My first morning staying in Rome, April 28th, I was blessed to celebrate a private Mass at Santa Maria Maggiore. I certainly felt blessed by the experience. The Mass was celebrated in the crypt below the sanctuary, where there is a relic of the crib of Christ. Father...
Running to Mercy

Running to Mercy

The Merciful Knight I have long been a Pre-Raphaelite fan, and that definitely includes the magnificent painting featured above, Edward Burne-Jones’ “The Merciful Knight”. I had no idea until today that this image–which always reminds me of...
Walking Rome

Walking Rome

My sister has this really awesome book of walking tours for Rome (I forget the name), so before I left for my first day, I took a pic of the first tour–Walking Tour 1 near San Giovanni in Laterano–and I decided to start there. The churches on this tour...
Change, Forgiveness, and Death

Change, Forgiveness, and Death

This morning, I found out that a friend from High School died. I don’t know how. I just know that he is gone. I have been thinking of him all day–remembering happy memories like when our AP English class took a field trip to the J. Paul Getty Museum, and a...