Even better than Cocoa Puffs....
a Rosary pilgrimage!
I took one to the Shrine today with a friend to pray the Rosary, and we had such a nice time! We wandered around from chapel to chapel, doing a decade at any chapel that struck our fancy. It was so refreshing.
The Shrine was totally packed. In addition to ordinary pilgrims, there was at least one school group. The Blue Army filled the Crypt Church for a May crowning, and then the Upper Church was full for an ordination. We arrived just after the ordination had concluded, so we were able to walk around among the happy knots of new priests getting their pictures taken with their families. The Blessed Sacrament Chapel was packed with people receiving the first blessings from one of the priests (we were pressed for time, or we would have gotten right in line too.)
To be a priest of Jesus Christ...how awesome. If I were a priest, I think I would be so giddy with joy, I'd run around blessing everyone and everything in sight.
