Sunday was such an amazing day! We started the day with the major Mass of the weekend. Members of Malta from all over the world gathered for Mass in the underground basilica. There were over 25,000 people at the mass, it was amazing! Miss Murphy sat next to another malade from New York named Danielle. She was 11 years old and in the 5th grade, and she is the youngest of 11 brothers and sisters. She loved looking at the rosary that Kirklen made and so Miss Murphy gave it to her. She couldn't have been happier! Miss Murphy passed on the gift that she was given to someone else. That is the greatest gift of giving! We also saw little girls from France who were passing out Lourdes water to people sitting in Mass. It was so crowded that when they passed out communion, someone went with each priest to hold a white flag so that everyone would know where to go for communion. You can see some video of Miss Murphy's mom recieving communion!
We had lunch with the kids today, yay!!! They are so awesome. We all had pizza and french fries. They were very excited to have lunch with some of the big kids. :) They bring such life to our trip.
After lunch we went to the Eucharistic Procession. I was so amazing. Again there were about 20 to 30,000 people there. The host in the monstrance was about the size of a basketball! We began outside and then processed in to the underground basilica. The bishop took time to take the monstrance towards every malade and pilgrim in the crowd. It was such a beautiful and special time to spend with Jesus.
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