Assisi was a wonderful place to spend a month, and I feel truly blessed. We had six hours of Italian per day, which was certainly something to offer up. It was great to get to know a couple of the locals there, especially our good friend Gus (or Gasparino, for little Gus), whose grocery store is patronized by all of the seminarians every year we come, and who is probably sipping on a Margharita in the Bahamas right now. Another lady, Adonella, who owns a caffe near the main piazza, reaped the benefits of having us any night we got sick of Italian class, which was quite often, and then she would razz us and make fun of our Italian. By the end, we were making each other drinks from behind the counter.
Assisi was certainly a great spiritual site at which to stay, with Sts. Francis, Clare, and, their earliest, Saint Rufinus, who was martyred for the faith in the 3rd century. I prayed for just about everyone I know at the various tombs, and I gained a radical desire to sacrifice much, out of love. Sts. Francis, Clare, and Rufinus, pray for us!
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