A pilgrimage to...a closed door!

I was so excited to visit this church in Rome that a few people told me about. It is St. Augustine's near Piazza Navona. The reason I wanted to go there, was because there is a statue of Our Lady there, that women go to to pray for a healthy birth of their baby. So, I was going to pray for myself and a bunch of my friends who are pregnant. Also, there is a Carvaggio painting there, (he is one of my favorite artists) and the relics of St. Monica. I was soo excited to go there!!

I finally figured out how to get there, and had a few others from our group join me. So, we had about an hour and a half of free time to make our way there. We were told that it was about a 15 minute walk from our hotel, so off we went!

We finally found the church, and were so excited to head up the stairs to find.. A CLOSED DOOR! Silly Italians close their stores and churches at lunch time!! It was about 2:00pm when we got there and the church was not going to be open again until 4:00!! I wanted to sit on the steps and cry!!! I was so sad. So, we decided to kneel on the steps in front of the door and pray there instead. I know our prayers were still heard, but I really wanted to see that church!

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