My last 'unprecedented' words to Mary

Statue of the Risen Christ

 In the morning we attended a Croatian mass and visited the statue of the Risen Christ. The statue in Medjugorje was created in 1998, and from the year 2000 has been miraculously dripping from the right knee. Physisists have visited the site to investigate and no scientific explanation can be found.  The water is considered to be the tears of Mary, since that is about the spot where her head would be were she standing next to Jesus on the cross.  Before heading to the bus, we decided to visit the statue of the Queen of Peace right outside St.

Wiping "tears"

James Church to give our thanks to Mary.  We were standing a few feet from the statue in an area clearly marked “silence please.”  Savannah offered a cookie to Emma who bit into it.  I saw a crumb about to fall so naturally, I yelled, “SUCK IT!”  Seeing Emma’s horrified expression I clasped my hand over my mouth and ran with my rollie suitcase over the cobblestones into the street.  We were laughing hysterically that that was the last thing I said to Mary before leaving Medjugorje.  She shows us so much mercy I tell you! 

   We took a long 4 ½ hour bus ride in the rain back to Split in Croatia.  It

Split

cleared out and we had a few hours before our Ferry left so we walked around the beautiful port and town of Split.  It finally began to feel like Spring Break as we relaxed on a bench outside next to the clear blue water, boardwalk and palm trees.  We decided to grab lunch at a restaurant and we all strategically ordered “sweet corn salad.”  Much to our surprise and amusement, we were given a plate of corn.  That was it!  We laughed and realized then why the waiter gave us an interesting look when we ordered.  Not completely

Sunset at Split

satisfied we bought some gelato to take onto the Ferry (which we got on with no problem this time).  We raced up to the deck overlooking the nighttime lights of split and ate our ice cream.  Once we pulled away we joined the guys for some drinks on the ship and went to bed, rocked by the waves of the sea.