so still trying to catch up in this writing! :)
we had to get up super early this day, 6am, aka 12am at home. we took a bus to the Vatican for the audience with the pope, and when I say pope, I mean.. THE POPE! we got there at 8:30 but the event doesn't officially start until 10:30. we were super close to the front in actual seats. I've been informed that Someones parents/gparents watched a video of the popes audience and saw us. they said bible verses in different languageS so everyone could understand them. then they welcomed specific groups who were visiting and when they call your name the groups cheer and the camera finds them and the pope waves at you, well the students and faculty of Saginaw valley state university was also welcomed and our group of 14 cheered so loud it was awesome! :) just being there was so awe inspiring. I'd say everyone should get the chance to sit in the popes audience, except bring suntanr lotion. I hav yet to get burnt on this trip knock on wood. :) after the audience which was in the circular part of the outside of the Vatican, we ate lunch then got into the museum of the Vatican. this part is connected to both the Sistine chapel and st. peters church. the Vatican was beautiful. the sistene chapel is where the cardinals are Locked into the sistine chapel to vote on a new pope. apparently the current pope is called a transitional pope used to just bring back the church from the craziness of the past pope and before the next big named pope. the sistene chapel is where michealangelo painted the celing. it took him 4 years with only 3 Helpers. he was pretty much forced to draw the ceiling even tho he considered himself a sculpture person and not a Painter. so in the painting he used many elements that pretty much dissed the church. such as ther being no cross or mention of Christ on the entire celing, god was portrayed as weak because his butt was hanging out and his back facing the audience. it also shows two men kissing. the final judgement only shows Christ with very angry Angels making it seem like a scary time. the other paintings there, were done by other painters forced to paint, they were forces because said art and math and science were gettin too much ahead over religion, so these artists requires to paint so they decides to add math with lines and such to convey science and math still with art in paintings at the church. one of these images called "heaven over the Keis" look it up, it's really interesting. I then had a dehydration, plus some other issues that made it so I was unable to completely appreciate the rest of the Vatican, so hopefully I will be Able to go back some day. the Vatican. for those who didn't know, is also not part of Italy, it is it's own state. :) the museum also had rooms of sculptures, paintings, and tapestries. st. peters was beautiful, and the best part of the trip. it had marks on the floor for other churches to show the grandness and size of st. peters church. the church had a statue of Mary holding Jesus after he died, and the story goes that michaelangelo did it, but it was before anyone knew who he was, so one night he snuck into the church and wrote michaelangelo from florence on marts chest, it was then one of the last works he actually signed. the pope is considered the strength and fall of the empire. during Christianity, there was a huge struggle about the roles of slavery, the church marks the place where or near at st. Peter was burned. he died at a circus...a spot of gladiators and shows and executions. pope became resident of Vatican in the 14 the century. the Vatican was sooo full of people it was very claustrophobic. and made the day very long, we barely got to stop to rest, and when we did, it was a dash to find the shade. we had to have our shoulders and knees covered to enter the church, but it was good to wear my dress. the chapel was supposed to be quiet and no pictures were allowed, but it was a mass amount of people and everyone was talking pics, so o couldn't appreciate the grandness of it. everything was so beautiful, and I wishI could go back some day. ;) ok, onto the next blog! I keep trying to get caught up, I'll get there eventually. Pictures from outside and popes audience, museum ceiling, and church, and pope!
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