The Jewish feast of Chanukah (or the festival of light) was celebrated on Sunday 16 December at La Goulette, a multifaith capital. On that evening, the last evening of Chanukah was celebrated in a festive, friendly atmosphere – a festival which commemorates the restoration of the altar of offerings in the Second Temple of Jerusalem. – Read the rest
As every year, we were invited to pray in a different church each day. We took part in the prayer of the Anglicans, the Lutherans, the Greek, Coptic, Ethiopian, and Syrian Orthodox, the Melkites, and the Latin Catholics. On Thursday, the prayer is always at the Cenacle with a mixture of all the rites and languages. – Read the rest
Purification of the woman who has given birth;
Redeeming the first-born
1) Cana: The manifestation of God to the disciples, in the person of Jesus (John 2,1-12)
Jesus did this, the first of his signs, in Cana of Galilee, and revealed his glory, and his disciples believed in him ( Jn 2, 11)
The water which becomes wine; a sign of the wedding of the Kingdom; the wine; a sign of eternal joy. – Read the rest
Friday December 21, we were invite to meet at the Jaffa Gate to participated in “Harmony in the Holy Land “an event that was inspired by a global movement -synchronizing thousands of people in prayer, meditation and music events worldwide.
With a change of venue due to torrential rains in Jerusalem we crowded into a seminar room at the Tower of David. – Read the rest
