Saturday morning I
took a shower in our strange shower. I thought the bathrooms in Rome were
strange, but the bathrooms in Assisi are even stranger. We do have normal
toilet paper and a normal sink, but the shower is a tub that is half the size
of a normal tub and there are no doors or curtains for taking a shower. Also,
there is no place for the shower head so you just hold it the entire time. It
is strange. I got water all over the floor, but hey, at least I was clean!
After breakfast I
French braided Rose’s hair and then we walked to Mass at the Basilica of St.
Francis. We walked through the upper basilica, down to the lower basilica and
into the chapel where St. Francis is buried. We had Mass at his tomb and all
two hundred of us were all crammed into this little chapel probably meant for
seventy people. When Mass was over we broke up into groups for our walking
tour. Sr. Miriam lead our tour back through the lower and upper basilica, to
the abbey of St. Peter, to the Assisi version of Santa Maria Maggiore, to San
Francesco Piccolino, to the Piazza Commune and finally to Chiesa Nuova. We saw
the place where Francis was born, where his father imprisoned him, the room
where his family kept their fabric, and the place where he gave all his
possessions back to his father.
Following the tour,
we walked back to the hotel for lunch and then I spent some time in my room. I
ended up taking a two hour nap because I was so tired and I could tell I was
coming down with a cold.
We had Mass for our
Sunday obligation in the same church we had adoration in and it was so crowded.
After the homily, we all received a Tao Cross which Father just blessed. When
Mass was over we went back to our hotels for dinner and then I went straight to
bed.
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