On 29 July, the Custody of the Holy Land celebrated the memory of Lazarus, Martha and Mary, Jesus’ friends, at the Franciscan church in Bethany, also known as the house of friendship, of welcome and of hospitality. Jesus often came to this place when he went from Jerusalem to Galilee or from Galilee to Jerusalem; he would stop here in Bethany, which in his time like today, was in the outskirts of Jerusalem, a small centre just on the edge […]
When we speak of St. Francis we immediately think of the Canticle of Creatures, the highest expression of praise and gratitude to the Creator. The life of the Saint of Assisi, known and loved throughout the world, was however also marked by suffering in his own body. "The illness in the life of St. Francis and in the Franciscan Sources" is the theme, today very contemporary, on which Br. Francesco Patton, Custos of the Holy Land, reflects. Br FRANCESCO PATTON, […]
The Calendar of Easter Solemnities in the Holy Land Sanctuaries in Jerusalem is published below. The calendar is available in Latin, Italian, English, Spanish, French and German.
