Sunday, May 22, 2011

"I know I won't forget finding God in Austria"

This song was written by a Franciscan almuni after he went to Austria. This song seriously is my exact Austria experience. I experienced God SO profoundly during my semester abroad. I got to go to Confession in St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City and the Shrine of Divine Mercy in Krakow, Poland. I had an incredible life-changing experience during out weekend in Medjugorje. I received healing beyond belief and was baptized in the Holy Spirit and received the gift of tongues. I got to venerate one of Padre Pio's gloves, I got to touch the bars of the cell at Auschwitz where St. Max Kolbe was killed, I got to climb the stairs that Jesus climbed to meet Pilate, I got to see the Holy Father 7 times, I got to serve God's people for a week in Romania, I got to see one of the nails Christ was crucified with, I saw the incorrupt body of St. Lucy in Venice, I saw the sun spin in Medjugorje, I saw the miraculous image of our Lady of Czestochowa and was almost brought to tears, I went to Adoration in a convent in London. Those were some concrete ways I encountered God this past semester, but the absolutely incredible healing of my heart was what I'll always cherish the most about this semester. I really did find in God Austria.

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