Thursday 28 April 2016

An Awesome Pilgrimage

Tuesday Evening I returned home from the Pilgrimage to Israel, and a few days off afterward (in Sicily). The Pilgrimage was terrific, and other than the first day - there was no rain that got in our way!  


Sunrise in Haifa - overlooking the Port


After celebrating an outdoor Mass on Mount Arbel - overlooking the Sea of Galilee

The Chapel of St. Joseph in Nazareth - remembering that St. Joseph taught Jesus a trade.

An Icon from the Greek Church of the Annunciation in Nazareth.

Touching the past at Kfar Kedem - dressing in garb of the time of Jesus - this is Charlotte.

From outside of the Church of St. Peter in Capurnaum - where we celebrated Mass in a church that is built hovering over the House of Peter - uncovered from an archelogical dig.

Shore of Sea of Galilee - that mark the place where Jesus asked Peter 3 times: "Do you Love me?"

Chruch of the Transfiguration - with Moses and Elijah on either side...

The Sacristy in Church of Transfiguration - Bishop of Stolkholm being shown old vestments.

Our Ride on the Sea of Galilee

This is a boat from the 1st Century - preserved on the Kibbutz where we stayed - Knof Ginosar


The caves of the Dead Sea Scrolls are not far from this Spa on the Dead Sea.

Dawn in Jerusalem 

The Parish Church in Bethlehem - Built by the site of the birth of Jesus.

St. Jerome - was the first one to translate bothe the Hebrew and Greek scriptures into Latin.

A Pillar in the "Upper Room" which has carved on it a Pelican.

A new glass cross in the lower chapel of the Last Supper that the Franciscans have built.

The Famous Chagall Windows in the Synagoge of the Hadassah Hospital 
Just outside of Jerusalem - near Ein Karem



Lions Gate in Jerusalem

The Empty Tomb - "why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here. He has Risen!"

A piece of artwork in the chapel of the Holy Seplecre - the Tomb of Jesus

Chapel where we celebrated our last Mass of the Pilgrimage - Resurrection!

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