Bruges, Belgium

Our parish Father recommended we wander this beautiful city if we were able to.

This was not on my original plan; however, taking the advice Fr. McDaniel is always a good idea!

As people hurried into the market and the shops, we chose to explore the The Basilica of the Holy Blood.

Tucked in the corner off the main market, I was unsure if we were entering the right building. Everyone rushed by with their eyes fixed somewhere else.

We found the chapel with a small line of people.

We walked up a stairs to a raised platform. A lady stood quietly behind the relic, making sure no one was there to harm or steal anything. And there it was… a beautiful gold and glass cylinder. Inside was a cloth with Christ’s blood collected by Joseph of Arimathea.

We walked down the other side of the platform and sat in the beautiful chapel.

When I’m in the presence of something so beautiful and sacred, I find it so much easier to sit and pray. I am able to turn my eyes upward and my thoughts towards hope.