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Friday, September 7

We – myself and fellow pilgrim Sara de Nordwall – were sent on our way to the Eucharistic Congress with a blessing from the parish priest at the Church of the Most Precious Blood at London Bridge.

Today happened to be my birthday, and so I had invited friends to a pilgrim birthday tea, and this concluded with prosecco, the pilgrim blessing, and then the short walk to the Tube, and on to Euston.

Liverpool: city lights and the big landmarks, including the Metropolitan Cathedral. The Congress proper begins tomorrow with Mass there.

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