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The Mount of Olives, A Place of Death, Ascension and Everlasting Life

Standing at the overlook on the Mount of Olives, a breathtaking view spreads before me to include the Temple Mount and the city of Jerusalem.  Once flourishing with olive trees, the site has become a holy place connected with events surrounding Jesus’ death and ascension into heaven. Tombs dating back to the First Temple period remain in the Kidron Valley outside of the city walls. The cemetery…

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Jerusalem - the Mount of Olives 

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In God's Land: Gethsemane, Jesus' Agony

In God’s Land: Gethsemane, Jesus’ Agony

“Father, remove this cup from me, but not my will but thine be done.” When God’s appointed time comes to save mankind from the slavery of sin, we contemplate Jesus Christ in Gethsemane, suffering in agony to the point of sweating blood (cf. Lk 22:44). He spontaneously and unconditionally accepts the sacrifice which the Father is asking of him. Ancient information located the grotto of Gethsemane,…

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The famous sanctuary window of the Church of Dominus Flevit, named for the events of Luke 19:41: et videns civitatem flevit super illam — “and seeing the city, [Jesus] wept over it.”

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Mount of Olives

See Jerusalem as Jesus saw it. Visit the Mount of Olives and Dominus Flevit Church, Church of Mary Magdalene, Pater Noster and  Gethsemane.

Panorama from Dominus Flevit Church Jerusalem, Israel

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Dominus Flevit western window above altar aiming at Church of the Holy Sepulchre

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Visite des églises du Mont des Oliviers

Visite des églises du Mont des Oliviers

Vieille Ville de Jérusalem – Visite Audio

Le Mont des Oliviers est parsemé de lieux et édifices rendant hommage à la vie de Jésus et plus particulièrement à églises du Mont des Oliviers:

l’enseignement du Notre Père : Éléona ou Grotte du Pater

les lamentations de Jésus sur Jérusalem : Dominus Flevit

les acclamations du peuple à son arrivée dans la Ville Sainte, assis sur le dos d’un ânon : Sanctu…

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Quando fu vicino, alla vista della città, pianse su di essa, dicendo: «Se avessi compreso anche tu, in questo giorno, la via della pace. Ma ormai è stata nascosta ai tuoi occhi. Giorni verranno per te in cui i tuoi nemici ti cingeranno di trincee, ti circonderanno e ti stringeranno da ogni parte; abbatteranno te e i tuoi figli dentro di te e non lasceranno in te pietra su pietra, perché non hai riconosciuto il tempo in cui sei stata visitata

Questo passo del Vangelo di Luca (capitolo 19, versetti 41-44) narra del pianto di Gesù nel luogo del Monte degli Ulivi dove oggi sorge la chiesa del Dominus Flevit e dove oggi la delegazione della Casa ha celebrato la Messa.

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Sul Monte degli Ulivi, Don Virginio Colmegna, sabato mattina, celebra la Messa fuori dalla chiesa del Dominus Flevit per il gruppo della Casa della carità.