As John and I spent 5 weeks in Rochester for his stem cell for the month of January and into mid Feb... I spent many hours in the chapel connected to the complex by the tunnel system... At mass I would see many familiar faces at the 12:15p mass and would then go into the Echaristic chapel to say my 8 decades of the rosary - the 5 for each of my kids and then a crown of thorns for all our prayer warriors, the first joyful mystery for my husband,Pat, and the second joyful for my 5 Godchildren.... then I would like to say my chaplet of mercy...I was very touched at mass to see many kneeling on the hard floor and the obervable devotion that they showed to the presence of Christ in his body and blood... then I was moved to tears by a regular whom I noticed from the rosary before mass, then mass, and then move into the chapel to spend some time in the presence of him in the tabernacle.
All those devoutly kneeling in the presence of the Eucharistic Lord! No doubters here! 
As I would sit in the presence of our Lord in our tabernacle while in Rochester... the strength flowed from there to surround me there. I saw familiar faces but was very touched to the point of tears by a lady, who would go over to caress the armless body of the crucified Lord that was in an alcove to the side of the altar... She so loved and stood there gazing up at him with the warmth and devotion of one totally "in love."
All those devoutly kneeling in the presence of the Eucharistic Lord! No doubters here! 
As I would sit in the presence of our Lord in our tabernacle while in Rochester... the strength flowed from there to surround me there. I saw familiar faces but was very touched to the point of tears by a lady, who would go over to caress the armless body of the crucified Lord that was in an alcove to the side of the altar... She so loved and stood there gazing up at him with the warmth and devotion of one totally "in love." 
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