In the Holy City, Palm Sunday is divided into three parts: the celebration of Holy Mass at Bethphage on the Saturday morning, the celebration and blessing of the Palms at the Holy Sepulchre on the Sunday morning and the important afternoon procession, in the steps of Jesus, from Bethphage to Jerusalem. The first part, in which local Christians and pilgrims, as well as the Indian Catholic community, traditionally take part, marked the end of the peregrinations of Lent. "The readings […]
“People from all over Jordan and from the neighbouring countries would gather on Mount Nebo for the feast of St Moses and Holy Mass would be celebrated.” This is how Fr. Raffaele Caputo, superior of the Franciscan Mount Nebo convent describes what used to happen on the solemnity of 4th September, when the Church commemorates the figure of Moses, condottiere, prophet, leader and legislator of the Old Testament. Due to the arrival of the Covid-19 pandemic, however, this year will […]
