Red rose petals, like drops of blood, are scattered over the rock of Gethsemane, on which Christ sweated blood (Luke 22, 39-44) to the singing of “Vexilla Regis”, the ancient hymn in honour of the Holy Cross on which Christ gave his life for the salvation of humanity. This is the initial act of the Mass that the friars of the Custody of the Holy Land celebrated at Gethsemane for the solemnity of the Most Precious Blood of Our Lord […]
From the confusion of the Tower of Babel to the fusion of stories, cultures and languages. This was the experience of 55 youngsters aged between 13 and 22, who took part in the third “Knüpfwerk” from 27 July to 5 August. It is an interreligious and musical summer camp promoted by the Magnificat Institute of Jerusalem, the music school of the Custody of the Holy Land, the “Upper Room” association of the diocese of Vienna and the German organization “Faiths […]
More than 30 friars of the Custody of the Holy Land live in the nine convents in Galilee (the region in the north of Israel, near the border with Lebanon), from Haifa to Acre, to Capernaum (Kfar Nahum), Tabgha and Magdala, on the Sea of Galilee, via Nazareth, Cana and Mujeidel, and going up to Mount Tabor. For some weeks now, the friars have been dealing with the intensification of missiles launched from Lebanon. “We have been living with missiles […]
On Thursday, February 20, the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in Washington, D.C., hosted a concert featuring two choirs: the Indian Springs School Concert Choir, from Indian Springs, Alabama; and the Camerata from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). The selections ranged from the sacred, such as AdoroTe Devote, and the secular, including the Irish classic, “Danny Boy.”The choirs performed individual selections and concluded the evening with a joint performance including pieces by Bach and Handel, from The Messiah. […]
