During the “Time of Advent”, the Custody of the Holy Land is offering two initiatives to accompany the faithful on the path towards Christmas.
It is only a few weeks before the ordinary Jubilee of the year 2025 opens, dedicated in particular to the theme of hope. The Holy Land is still marked by the harsh reality of war, with its consequences: the absence of pilgrims, the economic crisis and the lack of confidence in the future. The Custody invites the faithful all over the world to be “pilgrims of hope” and visit Bethlehem, even only virtually. Through some reels and a special virtual tour of the Grotto of the Nativity, it will be possible to be immersed in the environment, which was the first to welcome Jesus, in swaddling clothes, at the start of His terrestrial life.
The reels will be posted on the Facebook, Instagram and Youtube pages of the Custody of the Holy Land.
The virtual tour will be accessible from December 1 on the social media pages of the Custody and from its website.
“PodLectio. Meditations from the Holy Land,” the podcast of the Custody of the Holy Land, is back, now in its fourth edition. Every day, from 1 to 24 December, the friars of the Custody of the Holy Land will comment on the Gospel of the day of the time of Advent. The podcast, imagined and produced for the Custody by Nello Del Gatto, will be posted in Italian and Spanish. The first and the last meditations are by the Custos of the Holy Land, Fra Francesco Patton.
The individual episodes of the podcasts will be posted every day on the Spotify, Youtube, Apple Podcast and Amazon Music platforms.
All the episodes will also be posted every day on the Custody's website.
