We arrived safely in Rome early this morning. Since our hotel check in wasn’t until after 3:00 p.m. we took a side trip to the beautiful city of Orvieto, Italy. The Cathedral there was built in the year 1270 and it was built to respond to the Miracle of Bolsena which occurred a few years earlier.
A young priest, Peter of Prague, has doubt in the transubstantiation of the host into the body and blood of Christ. As he was celebrating mass, the host began to bleed. Similar to all the other Eucharistic miracles, when tested, the blood was the exact same blood type (universal AB) and from the same quadrant of the heart. The Cathedral was built to honor this miracle. Today the host is kept behind a protective barrier but many pilgrims, including myself today, take time to pray in the chapel before the Blessed Sacrament.
We joined the red bus (Delta flight0 at the hotel and had a wonderful cocktail hour and dinner. Most of us have been up all night so it’s time to hit the sack. Tomorrow’s breakfast begins at 6:15 a.m.! No rest for the wicked!
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