Today was an emotional roller coaster ride....It started off with a wake up call around 11am. Thanks to the feast of Peter and Paul...the Vatican was crazy and Pizza Colonna was closed. I'm not sure what was a bigger let down. However, the triumvirate pushed on and decided to do their Vatican shopping..too bad the shops were closed. Fantastic. We figured since we were at St. Peter's, we would check out the JP II exhibition...........wow............words can not describe this exhibit. Starting from birth to death, we were taken through every major event in JP II's life. Displayed: the bowl he ate from as a child in poland, his scapular he wore in his early formation as a priest, his vestments of all pastoral positions, and the videos of his assassination attempt and his final Angelus address. An exhibit which takes all of two minutes to walk end to end in...took an hour. And we didn't even read everything completely....
We left the exhibit, and saw that the line to get into the basilica has drastically gone down. So, we decided to see St. Peter's one last time. We walked into the basilica, and three beams of light shined down onto the Bernini altar...we paid our homage to the tomb of JP II and did our own individual prayer around the basilica. As we were leaving, we all feel light come behind us. We turn around, the entire front altar of St. Peter's is illuminated, and the organ blares. Every vertebrate, every vein, every nerve inside me cringed in the beauty.
Concluding this day: A great family dinner...and pow-wow in St. Peter's Square to conclude the trip. After our group hug, we hear a pop-pop coming from where Castel San't Angelo is. Next the we see....fireworks illuminating the sky in multiple colors. Perfection
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