Chronicle of Tuesday 21 July

Dear readers,

Today was a spectacular day.

Today’s meditation theme was a real classic: vocation. Both in marriage and in consecrated life, always trying to do the Father’s will. A will that, if we follow it, will make us brothers, sisters, fathers and mothers of Jesus Christ himself. As today’s Gospel reminded us.

To get ready for the big plan of the afternoon we started with a quiet morning. Cleaning and adoration before the flood of teenagers.

In the afternoon we went to Notre-Dame. A beautiful cathedral, tall, full of the light coming in through the rose windows. Despite the huge number of people there, going inside invited you to pray, to find calm... The stone was white and ornate in the Gothic style. There were little chapels along the sides, relics of the Passion... and Our Lady of Paris, who miraculously survived the fire.

We carried on walking to visit a royal chapel (just as beautiful, with its stained-glass windows) and in the queue we started singing! La Flaca, La Bamba, a C. Tangana song or two... And a few coins came our way 😉

Then the more “romantic” plan began. A stroll along the Seine or a race, depending on how you look at it. I say race because Anna Gel, Inés Moscatel and one or two others joined a group of runners. Some of them, stung, started to pick up the pace. The Seine took us straight to the big plan of the afternoon. Eiffel Tower, pizzas, guitar... anything else? And I say guitar because the earlier one was only the warm-up. We all got together to play and sing... with some dancing from our Sarsanedas.

We sounded like a flamenco troupe with so many cheers (“agua, venga, olé...”) and I think some Korean influencer filmed us...

Now, off to bed and to sleep! Good night!!