On day 7 we visited the church of Sant' Agostino (St. Augustine) with the tomb of St. Monica, Piazza Navona (the Circus of Domitian - holy ground because Christians were martyred there), the church of Santa Maria Sopra Minerva (St. Mary Over Minerva - i.e., built over an ancient temple to the Roman goddess Minerva), the Pantheon, and the excavations under Santa Maria in Via Lata, the traditional site of St. Paul's house arrest. What a day - some of these are iconic sites of Rome, others are hidden gems.
Dear friends - Please take 10 minutes to watch this personal update from me:
I mentioned in The Journey that I wrote a song based on Isaiah 2, which is one of my favorite OT passages:
In days to come, the mountain of the Lord’s house
shall be established as the highest mountain, and raised above the hills.
All nations shall stream toward it. Many peoples shall come and say:
“Come, let us go up to the Lord’s mountain, to the house of the God of Jacob, That he may instruct us in his ways, and we may walk in his paths.” For from Zion shall go forth instruction, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
He shall judge between the nations, and set terms for many peoples.
They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; One nation shall not raise the sword against another, nor shall they train for war again. House of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the Lord!
I hope you like the song!
I hope to have another installment of THE JOURNEY up this Saturday - here's the text for the rest of the chapter - I didn't bother with the colored text since this is all from the Gospel of John.
