Wednesday still—-St. Peter’s Basilica
St. Peter’s Basilica is huge. I don’t think I’ll be able to say that enough so prepare yourself to hear that a lot.
Read the photo captions for most of these pics’ stories.
The dome inside St. Peter’s Basilica is supposed to be the
Along the ceiling-roof line of the basilica, you can read all the words, recorded in the Bible, that Jesus spoke to Peter. These phrases are written with 7ft tall letters.
I never would have guessed they were that tall…
They look so small when seen from my perspective! Plus the words are only a fraction of the total wall height. THIS PLACE IS SO BIG!!! I’m 5ft tall. The letters are 2 ft taller than me. They are as tall as David Robinson or Luka Mirkovich (Don’t worry if you don’t know him. Wait, a few years till he goes pro hopefully.)
There are lots of things to see in the Basilica. One of the most beautiful was the Pieta. Even though hordes of people come to this Basilica it is possible to find a seemingly quiet place—but not by the Pieta.
As Teddy and I left St. Peter’s Basilica and entered St. Peter’s Square, we noticed a long line of people at one end. I followed the line to see its end and I kept following it and following it. The line went all the way to the other end of the square opposite of the St. Peter’s Basilica. The square, like the Basilica, is huge so yeah, a LOT of people were in line. Teddy and I stopped in amazement. THANK GOODNESS we took the corner group exit. By taking the cornet exit from the Sistine Chapel we avoided the walk through the Vatican Museum back to the main exit, the 15 minute walk from the Museum to the Square, and most importantly, the hours long security check line for the Basilica. THANK YOU RICK STEVES. Thank you for suggesting that exit.
Teddy and I hit up a few more landmark churches as we made our way to Santa Susana’s Church for an English Catholic mass. I was in Rome and really wanted to attend Mass. Teddy isn’t Catholic but he was willing to attend also. We arrived early to the church which was a blessing because I wanted to calm myself before services began.
Services started with a few local Rome residents, a married couple from MA renewing their vows, a young business guy, a nun, us and one older couple. The married couple traveled to Rome and were renewing their vows after 30 years of marriage on the exact day. I’ve only been to 2 or 3 wedding ceremonies and even though I didn’t know these people, I felt blessed to be there and I’m glad they had made it so long. In mass, I just said thank you to God for keeping me safe thus far and sending good people my way to help me whenever I did run into trouble.
Wednesday still—-St. Peter’s Basilica
St. Peter’s Basilica is huge. I don’t think I’ll be able to say that enough so prepare yourself to hear that a lot.
Read the photo captions for most of these pics’ stories.
The dome inside St. Peter’s Basilica is supposed to be the
Along the ceiling-roof line of the basilica, you can read all the words, recorded in the Bible, that Jesus spoke to Peter. These phrases are written with 7ft tall letters.
I never would have guessed they were that tall…
They look so small when seen from my perspective! Plus the words are only a fraction of the total wall height. THIS PLACE IS SO BIG!!! I’m 5ft tall. The letters are 2 ft taller than me. They are as tall as David Robinson or Luka Mirkovich (Don’t worry if you don’t know him. Wait, a few years till he goes pro hopefully.)
There are lots of things to see in the Basilica. One of the most beautiful was the Pieta. Even though hordes of people come to this Basilica it is possible to find a seemingly quiet place—but not by the Pieta.
As Teddy and I left St. Peter’s Basilica and entered St. Peter’s Square, we noticed a long line of people at one end. I followed the line to see its end and I kept following it and following it. The line went all the way to the other end of the square opposite of the St. Peter’s Basilica. The square, like the Basilica, is huge so yeah, a LOT of people were in line. Teddy and I stopped in amazement. THANK GOODNESS we took the corner group exit. By taking the cornet exit from the Sistine Chapel we avoided the walk through the Vatican Museum back to the main exit, the 15 minute walk from the Museum to the Square, and most importantly, the hours long security check line for the Basilica. THANK YOU RICK STEVES. Thank you for suggesting that exit.
Teddy and I hit up a few more landmark churches as we made our way to Santa Susana’s Church for an English Catholic mass. I was in Rome and really wanted to attend Mass. Teddy isn’t Catholic but he was willing to attend also. We arrived early to the church which was a blessing because I wanted to calm myself before services began.
Services started with a few local Rome residents, a married couple from MA renewing their vows, a young business guy, a nun, us and one older couple. The married couple traveled to Rome and were renewing their vows after 30 years of marriage on the exact day. I’ve only been to 2 or 3 wedding ceremonies and even though I didn’t know these people, I felt blessed to be there and I’m glad they had made it so long. In mass, I just said thank you to God for keeping me safe thus far and sending good people my way to help me whenever I did run into trouble.
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