Sermon on the Mount of Beatitudes - Galilee - February 25th, 2019
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Mount of Beatitudes - Preparing for Outdoor Mass
Before having Mass on the Mount of Beatitudes, our group went to Caesarea Philippi, where Jesus says to Peter, "You are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it." (Mt 16:18) Then we went to the Mount of Beatitudes for Mass and a tour. Next we had lunch at a local restaurant, and our main course was St. Peter Fish, caught in the Sea of Galilee. Jesus had prepared similar fish at the site the Primacy of Peter, where our resurrected Lord appear to St. Peter and 5 other disciples on the shore and three times asked Peter if he loved Him. We drove a short distance and arrived at Capernaum where Jesus preformed many miracles and gave the Bread of Life Discourse (John 6) teaching his disciples that they must eat His flesh and drink His blood (referring to the Eucharist). The Eucharist was prefigured by the multiplication of the loaves, and we saw that site too.
Caesarea Philippi - Pagan worship site with temples to pagan gods
and the cave was believed by the pagans to be the gates of hell.
Pilgrims at Caesarea Philippi
Mass on the Mount of Beatitudes
Pilgrims in front of the Church of the Beatitudes on the Mount of Beatitudes
St. Peter's Fish for Lunch
Primacy of Peter - This rock is believed to be the one used by the resurrected Jesus
as a table when He had breakfast with some of His disciples
Pilgrims at the Shore at the Primacy of Peter
with the Sea of Galilee in the Background
Capernaum - Entrance to the Ruins
Ruins of rebuilt Synagogue where Jesus taught
Group Photo at Capernaum in front of a Statue of St. Peter
Multiplication of Loaves - the tradition is that the rock under the altar
was used (at this location) by Jesus when He fed the 5000
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