He looks about 50,
he speaks no English,
I speak enough Italian to say hello,
goodbye, thank you, yes, no, and pasta..
we walked from the villa to the Church,
named after a Saint I have never heard of..
as we walked he hummed an aria,
i knew it because of Andrea Bocelli..
we arrived for the last 10 minutes of Adoration,
the sanctuary began to fill..
young as well as old,
teenagers, young adults, the very old..
the pews as old as time..
the kneelers as hard as cement,
but everyone knelt,
the Mass was in Latin,
Pippo was happy that I knew the Latin,
an 80 year old Italian,
a 45 year old American,
praying and singing in Latin together to God,
it was pretty amazing..
wkm
Taggia, Italy
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