25 October 2012

Vespers at Santa Cecilia

On the way to dinner in Trastevere the other night we happened upon Vespers at the Church of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere.  You can just glimpse the ninth century mosaics and fourteenth century Baldachino surmounting the Altar.  How wonderful to hear the sounds of the sisters singing God's praises at the end of the day in the Church dedicated to she whose life has inspired such beautiful song to rise to God through all the ages!

One of the most overwhelming privileges of being a priest is the number of times you are there at the moment of a person‘s death. The whole ...