The most spiritually overwhelming experience of my life occurs on the evening of day 3

In an experience I can only describe as surreal, I was taken back to the Sacristy of this magnificent basilica, clothed in a white robe like someone from the Book of Revelation and put in Our Lady's entourage along with others. As this glowing replica of the Ark of the Covenant made it around the holy grounds, I was part of the second to last group to carry her. I had the driver's position, front, left.

I have never felt such grace and never been so in awe as we carried Our Blessed Lady, through a sea of humanity and candle lights, soothed to the core of my being by the crowd singing like 12 legions of Angels. A guard that I spoke to as I left, gave me an estimate of 500,000 people and I have no trouble believing it.

This is going to be tough to top but it's only day 3.

I feel like God is calling my soul forward like Lazurus, from the tomb.