CNS posted a nice bit, with photo, on the blessing of the courtyard of St. Gregory the Illuminator at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. St. Gregory’s life began in the third century and illuminated the fourth. He brought Christianity to Armenia in 301.

Junior posted a photo of the courtyard after our visit there last year, but it hadn’t been blessed at that time. Look closely. You’ll see the difference.

If Hollywood had made a movie of the life of “the Illuminator” when I was a kid, it would’ve starred Lou Ferrigno or Arnold Schwarzenegger. Don’t you think? Like “the Terminator” or “the Hulk.” Only luminous.

St. Gregory is pondering the idea.