As per the preconciliar tradition, the Easter Vigil in Jerusalem is celebrated on the morning of Holy Saturday. Jesus rises again in this place, today as he did then, without the clamor of the crowds. Considered the “mother of all holy vigils” and celebrated in the morning at the place of the Anastasis (Resurrection) due to local needs related to the Status Quo, this celebration in Jerusalem is the first Easter Vigil that takes place in the world. Metaphorically speaking, […]
It is the early morning of Sunday, September 13, when Br. Francesco Patton, Custos of the Holy Land, enters the Basilica of the Holy Sepulcher to celebrate Holy Mass. The celebration has a special intention: to pray for all the benefactors of the Land of Jesus, on this day dedicated to the Pro Terra Sancta Collection, to which Christians around the world are invited to collaborate. Next to the Custos there is the Franciscan community of the Holy Sepulcher. In […]
