The Angel of Light dances

 Another favorite church is one of Michelangelo's gems, The Church of Saint Mary of the Angels and Martyrs.  This church is built into and onto the old Diocletian Baths (which are also a wonder!) on the site where apparently there appeared, according to legend, a vision of the angel Urial.  A certain Antonio Del Duca, a Sicilian friar with an obsession for angels, had lobbied for this site (along with many others where angels had appeared) to be made into a site of wordship.  

It is so easy to pass by this church and think it is nothing special.  Afterall, the facade is strange and it is literally built of brick and mortar.

But don't pass it by.

When you walk in it is like walking into a hollowed-out mountain.  It's enormous inside.

All this space above your head creates a magical light.  A glow.  A twinkly effervescence of Beauty and Splendor.  And dancing in this light is a wonderful sculpture of the Angel of Light by Ernesto Lamagna.

Looking like a sliver of an electric shock.  Flying about spreading joy and love and beauty.  

L'amor che muove il sole e l'atre stelle.