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St. John Lateran, Scala Santa and Mary

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On Monday it was our second to the last day in Rome and so we went to a few of the spots we hadn’t hit yet. Mainly we went to St. John Lateran and the Scala Santa. The Scala Santa is the Holy Stairs that Christ walked up in order to reach Pontius Pilate. The original (marble) stairs are covered in wood with small windows where you can see the Blood of Christ. It is customary for people to walk the stairs on their knees while praying as a small sacrifice. 

Climbing the Scala Santa in Rome, Italy

Alex on his way up

St. John Lateran, Rome, Italy St. John Lateran, Rome, Italy

St. John Lateran

The ceiling inside St. John Lateran, Rome, Italy Inside St. John Lateran, Rome, Italy Inside St. John Lateran, Rome, Italy Inside St. John Lateran, Rome, Italy

Inside the church

Inside St. John Lateran, Rome, Italy

A lovely shot of most of our group walking through the Basilica

Inside the museum in St. John Lateran, Rome, Italy

We also went into the museum inside St. John Lateran and saw things such as this enormous monstrance. To show the size of the thing we got a picture of Christian and Antonio next to it.

After leaving that area we went by the airport and picked up THIS kid!

Philly and Mary in Rome

Later I made a ricotta and chocolate cake with a neighbor/friend (secret family recipe and whatnot-the only reason I was allowed to have it was because I didn’t live in Italy!) Ha!

Ricotta cake

After putting the cake out to cool, we went into Rome for dinner and a little evening out.

Philly and Mary, happy about the beer at Wanted Restaurant

Mary and I were pretty excited at the sight of an enormous pitcher of Beck’s! No, we didn’t drink it all

Castel Sant' Angelo at night, Rome, Italy

Castel Sant’ Angelo

Rome Italy at night

St. Peter’s

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