The constant waiting line

We finished the Good Friday service about 7:30pm last night and I snapped this picture as St. Peter's was going to shut down and rest.  

I walked through the square about 11am this morning expecting things to be quiet, anticipating the Easter Vigil tonight.  But here there were 1000's of people waiting in line to just walk through this famous church.

 It has amazed me these weeks that there is always a serpentine line throughout the square, the wait is often 2 or 3 hours.  The need to go through security has really slowed things down over the years.  But it doesn't seem to dampen the desire to go and maybe to somehow touch God in this sacred place.  And of course the workers are preparing for the Easter celebration tomorrow.  

I pray that these final hours before Easter may help us touch that desire and search in each of us.