Probably the house of the High Priest's as described in the Biblical account of Jesus' trial. Visit the Herodian Mansion, the house of a very wealthy first century Jewish leader which was destroyed in Titus' fire in 70AD. The project unearthed many archaeological finds which can only be described as remarkable After twenty years of digging and despite enormous difficulties, the Western Wall Tunnels were excavated.Walk through the Biblical City of David, the very roots of Jerusalem, where archaeology confirms the Bible.Visit the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, built on the site where the crucifixion of Jesus on Golgotha is marked.Visit the scenes of Jesus' prayer to His Father in the Garden of Gethsemane.Panoramic view of the Old City of Jerusalem from Mount of Olives and descend the “Palm Sunday Road” to the Garden of Gethsemane, where Jesus prayed on the night of His betrayal Drive to the tip of the Mount of Olives, known as the site from where Jesus ascended to heaven after His resurrection. "And the glory of the Lord went up from the midst of the city and stood upon the mountain which is on the east side of the city" (Ezekiel 11:23).Dinner and overnight in the hotel in Jerusalem.See the Hulda Steps and Gates, which used to be the main entrance to the Holy Temple, through which Jesus entered the Temple Mount. Visit the Davidson Center with excavations of the Herodian Temple, as it stood prior to its destruction by Roman troops in the year 70 AD.Visit the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Center including the Avenue of the Righteous and the Children’s Memorial An introduction to Yad Vashem, Israel’s main Holocaust remembrance and education center.Next to is the Model of Jerusalem in Jesus’ time, which reconstructs the city as it was prior to its destruction by the Romans in 66 CE Visit to the Shrine of the Book in the Israel Museum, which houses the Dead Sea Scrolls, the oldest Biblical manuscripts in the world, as well as rare early medieval biblical manuscripts.The church owns and operates cemeteries for the common good.Įternal Rest grant unto them O, Lord and Light Perpetual Shine upon them! Amen. We are certain that one day we shall all be united again this is our sure and certain hope.Ĭatholic cemeteries are by definition sacred space the church offers them to help people face the hard reality of death within the context of the promise of eternal life. Paul reminds us, not like those who have no hope. It is made holy by sacred rites, by the dead buried here, by the living who offer supplication and thanksgiving and by the presence of God's Children who visit. When you visit here remember the words God spoke to Moses on Sinai, " The place where your feet are standing is Holy Ground". We pray God will be merciful in judging the poverty of those buried here and fill them with the richness of his loving mercy Here the prayers are offered for the salvation of these poor souls. Here on the consecrated ground of this cemetery the living and the dead are joined in a communion of love and faith. Our Catholic Cemeteries are also places to find solace amidst sorrow. " Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted" this Jesus teaches on the Mount of the Beatitudes. In the careful and prayerful Rites of Christian Burial we recall the body, which once housed the soul, is a temple of the Holy Spirit (1Cor. We the living like Joseph of Arimathea perform a sacred duty in burying the dead to await the resurrection on the last day. In burying the dead we imitate the burial of Jesus to whom we are eternally joined in Faith. Until that Great Day when Christ shall come again in all His Glory and the dead shall rise from their tombs, we observe the ancient custom of honoring the dead with Christian Burial. Through the saving waters of Baptism we have been immersed in the death of Christ so that we may also rise with him to a newness of life in our Father's house. 3:2) with these words scripture reminds us of the reality of our existence. “ There is a time to be born and a time to die" (Ecci. Christ has died! Christ is risen! Christ will come again! A visit to a Catholic cemetery is a reminder of what death is all about- a step to a new and eternal life with the Risen Lord.
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