From the top of the mountain from which Moses looked at the Promised Land, without being able to enter, the view is extraordinary. Visiting the Memorial of Moses on Mount Nebo is like looking at roots that we knew but thought were invisible and buried. A holy place that stretches out into the Jordan Valley and the Dead Sea, and that has a profound meaning for everyone. And right at the top of this mountain, pilgrims, visitors, and tourists come […]
There are numerous names for this large freshwater basin, which is about 21 km long, 12 km wide and 200 meters below sea level. But in all languages and all over the world it is known as the Lake of Jesus. Countless are the biblical quotations of the events that took place on its shores. For the Jewish people, explained Br. Massimo Luca, professor of the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum in Jerusalem, it is "Yam Kinneret": Yam means "lake" or "sea", […]
