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Thursday, February 28, 2019

The Agony in the Garden - Grotto at Gethsemane - February 20th, 2019

February 20th, 2019 - First full day in the Holy Land.  We started with Mass at the Grotto of Gethsemane.  Here we recall the Agony in the Garden.  Jesus Christ submits to God the Father, and accepts His suffering in order to bring about the salvation of the world.  Listen to the homily, and see the pictures below!

The Agony in the Garden - Grotto at Gethsemane - February 20th, 2019
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After Mass in the Grotto, we went to the Church of the Assumption, where we saw the Tomb of Mary.  This site was next to the Grotto of Gethsemane.  Then we saw the Garden of Gethsemane and the Church of All Nations, which has the rock surface believed to be the place where Jesus prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane.  Next, was the Chapel of the Ascension, which was built over the place where Jesus ascended into Heaven.  Then, the Church of Pater Noster, where we recalled the teaching of the Our Father.  We walked down Palm Sunday Road.  We stopped at Dominus Flevit, where Jesus wept for Jerusalem, which will reject Him and crucify Him.  We had lunch at the Israel Museum, where we also saw the model of ancient Jerusalem, which helped us to better understand what Jerusalem would have been like in the time of Jesus Christ.  We visited Ein Karem, which has the Church of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, where St. John the Baptist was born, and the Church of the Visitation, which recalled the moment when Mary visited Elizabeth and Elizabeth identified Mary as the Mother of her Lord after St. John leapt in her womb.

Grotto of Gethsemane

After Mass at the Grotto of Gethsemane

Church of the Assumption (In front of Mary's Tomb)

Garden of Gethsemane

Church of All Nations

Pilgrims at the Garden of Gethsemane and the Church of All Nations

Group photo at the Chapel of the Ascension

Footprint marking where Jesus was standing when He ascended into Heaven

Church of Pater Noster

Palm Sunday Road

View of Jerusalem from Dominus Flevit

Pilgrims at Dominus Flevit with Jerusalem as the backgound

Model of Second Temple in Ancient Jerusalem in Israel Museum

Church of the Visitation

Mary glorified God when she visited Elizabeth


Mary's Spring in Ein Karem

Church of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist


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