Yesterday we were able to spend a good amount of time in Mary Major. St. Matthew is venerated under the main altar. St. Jerome is found in a side chapel. Also, Bernini, much to my surprise, has a very modest tomb off to the side of the main sanctuary. For the many masterpieces he is responsible for here in Rome, I thought he would have a more grandiose tomb. He must have been a very humble man. It was a blessing to celebrate Mass in this basilica.
We went to the North American College for lunch. It was great to see a lot of familiar faces of men who attended college seminary and pre-theology with us. The place has more than double the number of guys of St. Paul Seminary.
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| Playing a yard game at the NAC. (For your information, Deacon Paul Shovelain and I were victorious. Dcn. Kevin Manthey and seminarian Nick Hagen were on the losing end.) |
In the early evening, we were given a tour of the beautiful Gesu church and were able to see the place where St. Ignatius of Loyola lived and died. Fr. Joseph Carola led the tour. He is a man who is very dear to many of us because he was our chaplain for our Rome semester in college seminary. He is holy, and he inspires us to be holy.
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| The heavenly ceiling in the Gesu. |
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| The place where St. Ignatius of Loyola died. |
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