Saturday the 13th started early in the morning with some light breakfast and than a metro trip to the Holy Fathers home church, Saint John Lateran. Inside of this bascillica, statues of all the apostles with their means of death stand erected thirty feet in the air. We then celebrated mass and walked over to the Holy Stairs. This holy site is the exact stair way that our savior climbed before he was judged by Pilot. Tours of Saint Peter's and dinner with our very own Father Farmer were the highlights of the evening. Throughout the long day, we were constantly reminded that our journey is indeed a pilgrimage and that we MUST make sacrifices and DIE TO OURSELVES. The paradox of dying to ourselves in order to live is a constant theme and is embraced by our pilgrimage.
Connor Plessala
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