There’s nothing like the Holy Spirit and a great tour guide to help you see the world with a new perspective.

In the past, God has used spiritual tour guides like Sunday school teachers, Bible study leaders, and mentors to help me focus in on Himself. But He used a literal tour guide in September, an Italian spitfire named Sylvia, to rock my world with a fresh insight from something in my line of sight.

Basilica di Santa Prassede, the beautiful space in the picture below, is tucked in behind a quiet courtyard in the middle of the bustling city of Rome. Like St. Celcilia’s that I wrote about last week, St. Prassede’s is built on top of a house church hosted by she and her sister, Pudentiana. Like Cecilia, Prassede was a Gentile, and her father was a Roman Senator that was the first member of the family to become a follower of Jesus. Both Prassede and her sister were martyred for providing Christian burials on family land in part of what is call the catacombs.

Basilica di Santa Prassede in Rome

A Nagging Question

As Sylvia led us around this stunning space, she gave us an art history lesson.

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