"Mom, could you take me to a monastery so I could go on a silent retreat?"
Not a question you hear every day.
Answer: "Sure! Of course!"
They had him serve at the altar
Be a lector
Sing in the choir!
(I know, it's like "Where's Waldo?" He is everywhere if you just look carefully enough)
Read in the cloister
We had a little chance to have hot chocolate at the local bar
And try their lasagna, of course (which was incredible)
Chapel of St. Thomas Aquinas (where he died)
St. Thomas asked to have the Song of Songs read to him just before he died. That is beyond amazing. We love you, Thomas. You are our inspiration.
NEW portrait of St. Thomas in the private library (thank you, Sisters, for letting us in!)
We love Fossanova!
Only 1.5 hours away. What a blessing!
