Final Day: August 2nd - the Rosaries

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So why did I come here? I didn't come here with any specific intention but I have now come to realize why God sent me here. It has been difficult being here. It was difficult getting adjusted to the situation here and it was also hard because missed being at St. Paul's where I had been for 10 months of my life. I missed my friends even though I was in a beautiful place. Then, day by day, I fell in love with the place and the people that I had come to meet while being here.

The last week then has been hard again because I knew that the last day was coming. Little by little, people were going home and it was difficult for me to see some of them go home. I had found a new home with new friends and now it is time to say goodbye. I hate saying goodbye!!

But underneath all of this, God was doing something very subtle that I will only realize later in my life. A mission that he gave me was these rosaries. I bought 150 rosaries in Bethlehem at the beginning of the trip and I felt inspired to bring them to all the sites of the mysteries of the Rosary. I wanted to see and touch the places that I pray so often, but not only that, I wanted to bring that to other people as well. I must give these out to friends and family...and when the last one is left, I will keep that one...but only until then will I be able to have that rosary.

So in one sense, I think the Virgin Mary brought me here to Jerusalem and Bethlehem so that I could see and touch and hear the places where she also walked with her son Jesus. So for the rest of my life, I will pray those places that I took these rosaries. But there is one final thing, I couldn't find a place that commemorated or was the "Church of" the Crowning of Mary as Queen of Heaven and Earth. I think the reason for that is that since she was crowned in Heaven, there is no spot on earth where we can find a site. Rather, these Rosaries are the crown that we will place on her Head of our love for Her but most importantly, Her love and Jesus' love for us!!

So would you like a Rosary?