Day XXXIX. Saturday, Week V.
"God our Father, you always work to save us, and now we rejoice in the great love you give to your chosen people. Protect all who are about to become your children, and continue to bless those who are already baptized. Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen" (Collect for today).
San Giovanni a Porta Latina. This church is dedicated to the beloved disciple and is a stone's throw from the place where Saint John was said to have been placed in a vat of boiling oil before being sent to exile on the island of Patmos. Miraculously, he was not burnt by the oil. The church is medieval and is noted for its simplicity. (The photos are of the church and the small chapel where John was said to been placed in the vat of oil.)
Photo: San Giovanni a Porta Latina.
This building is a small chapel
where John was said to been placed in the vat of oil.)