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† YOUCAN prayer

GOD OUR FATHER, it is you who give joy to our youth. Enable us to encourage and strengthen one another so that we may both win salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ and, watching or sleeping, live always united to him. Through the same Christ Our Lord.

CF. I THESSALONIANS 5, 9-11; PSALM 43 (42), 4

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The Epiphany of the Lord 🌈 "And there in front

The Epiphany of the Lord 🌈

"And there in front of them🤴🤴🤴 was the star🌟 they had seen rising; it went forward, and halted over the place where the child👶 was. The sight of the star 🌟filled them with delight❤️, and going into the house they saw the child👶 with his mother Mary👸, and falling to their knees they did him homage🙏." (📖Matthew 2:9-11)

This incredible pic was taken by a YouCAN 👭 member during a Pilgrimage 👣 to the Holy Land.

It shows the bell tower of the Church ⛪ of the Nativity in Bethlehem taken very early in the morning before Celebration of Holy Mass🍞🍷. The moon, looking like a star 🌟 , shines overhead.

No doubt the star 🌟 that the Wise Men 🤴🤴🤴 saw was brighter than the moon here. However, it was wonderful to see it 🌟 hovering over the place of Christ's birth! A very special experience,🕯️🙏💜

#epiphany #epiphanyofthelord #solemnityoftheepiphany #mathewsgospel #virginmary #jesusbirth
#churchofthenativity #bethlehem #threewisemen #wisemen #mass #holymass #pilgrimageholyland #holyland #youngcatholicadults #youngcatholicstudents #christjesus #christ

2nd Sunday of Christmas✝️

"In the beginning⚫ was the Word:
and the Word was with God ☀️
and the Word was God☀️.
He was with God in the beginning.
Through him all things🌄 came to be,
not one thing had its being but through him😔." (📖John 1:1)

The famous opening words of Saint John's 😇 Prologue to his Gospel 📖. What better place to contemplate them than in the stillness of the Judaen Desert🏜️ before the sun rises🌄, and in the light of the moon🌒. 🕯️🙏💜

#secondsundayofchristmas #theword #logos #johnsgospel #johnsprologue #godthefather #godtheson #godtheholyspirit #judeanwilderness #judeandesert #youngcatholicadults #youngcatholicadults #

Solemnity of Mother of God 👸

"May the Lord☀️ bless you and keep you.
May the Lord let his face shine on you 👪 and be gracious to you.
May the Lord uncover his face☀️ to you and bring you peace🙏.” (📖 Numbers 6:24-6)

In a small cave ⚫ earth and heaven☀️ met. This cave is still venerated within the Church of the Nativity⛪ in Bethlehem.To the right side of the main altar🍞🍷, where the Greek Orthodox clergy serve, there are steep stone steps descending down into the cave ⚫ where Jesus☀️ was born more than 2,000 years ago.

Upon their descent, pilgrims👣 come face to face with a great icon of the Virgin Mary👸, called "Panagia of Bethlehem". This is a pic of it taken by a YouCAN 👭 Pilgrim. It is a rare icon 🖌️🎨 in which the Mother of God, the Theotokos, is smiling, because she has just given birth to her son ☀️and our Saviour.🕯️🙏💜

#solemnitymarymotherofgod #motherofgod #solemnity #theotokos #churchofthenativity #nativitygrotto #bethlehem #bookofnumbers #lord #godthefather #godtheson #godtheholyspirit #jesusbirth #heaven #greekorthodoxchurch #greekorthodox #icon #virginmary #panagiaofbethlehem
#youngcatholicadults #youngcatholicstudents #holylandpilgrimage

Feast of the Holy Innocents ✝️👶 "After the

Feast of the Holy Innocents ✝️👶

"After the wise men had left, the angel 😇 of the Lord☀️ appeared to Joseph🧔 in a dream 😴 and said, ‘Get up, take the child and his mother👸with you, and escape into Egypt 🏜️, and stay there until I tell you, because Herod🤴 intends to search for the child and do away with him🗡️.’" (📖Matthew 2:13)

Love💜 the look on Saint Joseph's🧔 face on this Statue! He is so concerned for the safety of Jesus and Mary. The statue is to be found in the Milk 🍼 Grotto in Bethlehem 🌃.

It is believed that the Holy👪 Family rested in the cave here during their flight to Egypt 🏜️. While in the cave ⚫, as Mary was nursing Jesus, a drop of her milk fell on the stone ⛰️ she was sitting on, turning it white.🕯️🙏💜

#holyinnocents #wisemen #angelofthelord #lord #saintjoseph #jesus #jesusbirth #virginmary #herodthegreat #mathewsgospel #milkgrottochurch #bethlehem #holyfamily #flighttoegypt #youngcatholicadults #youngcatholicstudents #holyland #holylandpilgrimage

Solemnity of Christmas Day 🌟 "For there is a

Solemnity of Christmas Day 🌟

"For there is a child👶 born for us,
a son ☀️given to us
and dominion is laid on his shoulders🤴;
and this is the name they give him:
Wonder-Counsellor, Mighty-God☀️,
Eternal-Father, Prince-of-Peace." ( 📖 Isaiah 9:6)

Happy Christmas! Very many thanks for following YouCAN! Hopefully you have both enjoyed, and been inspired by, the posts. They are all real pics taken by members of YouCAN.

This pic 📱 may not look much, but it is THE pic for Christmas Day🌟!

This is the Star 🌟 of Bethlehem! This is THE PLACE where Christ ☀️ was born!

It is AWESOME to even think of this!

When YouCAN groups 👭 visit the Grotto 🌑 of the Church ⛪ of the Nativity in Bethlehem, they are able to kneel down at this place to pray 🙏, put their hand ✋ though the middle of the Star 🌟, and touch the stone beneath!

AWESOME!😔

Please do share this pic📱 with others. Yes, it doesn't look much, but it is everything😔. Just as Christ's ☀️ birth in Bethlehem didn't look much, but is everything!

Much love to you all! God Bless!🕯️🙏💜

#christmas #christmasday #solemnityofchristbirth #isaiah #godthefather #godtheson #godtheholyspirit #starofbethlehem #churchofthenativity #churchofthenativitybethlehem #bethlehem #christ #jesusbirth #youngcatholicadults #youngcatholicstudents #downsideabbey #cliftondiocese #christianity

Fourth Sunday of Advent ✝️ "I am the handmaid

Fourth Sunday of Advent ✝️

"I am the handmaid of the Lord,’ said Mary 👸 ‘let what you have said be done to me.’ And the angel 👼left her." (📖 Luke 1:38)

This pic📱is of a YouCAN 👭 group celebrating Mass 🍞🍷 in the Upper Church of the Basilica of the Annunciation 👼 in Nazareth 🏙️. The Celebrants are Dom Anselm Brumwell OSB of Downside Abbey 🎶and Father Matt Anscombe🚴 of Clifton Diocese.

The floor below the Upper Church ⛪, contains the remains of Mary's house🏚️. From the earliest times, Christians✝️ believed that this was the place where the Angel 👼 Gabriel told Mary 👸 that she would bear a son, to be named Jesus ☀️.

The mural 🖼️ behind the altar 🍞🍷 is one of the largest in the world, and illustrates "the one holy catholic and apostolic Church"⛪. The Trinity☀️☀️☀️, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, are illustrated in the centre of the artwork 🎨🖌️.🕯️🙏💜

#advent #fourthsundayofadvent
#lukesgospel #maryshouse #virginmary
#angelgabriel #youngcatholicadults #youngcatholicstudents #holylandpilgrimage2019 #holyland #nazareth #basilicaoftheannunciation #annunciation #mass #godthefather #godtheson #godtheholyspirit #trinity #downsideabbey #cliftondiocese #jesus #christians #mural

3rd Sunday of Advent "‘I exult for joy😊 in t

3rd Sunday of Advent

"‘I exult for joy😊 in the Lord☀️,
my soul ❤️rejoices in my God,
for he ☀️has clothed me in the garments of salvation ✝️,
he has wrapped me in the cloak of integrity,
like a bridegroom🤵 wearing his wreath,
like a bride 👰adorned in her jewels.'" (📖Isaiah 61:10)

A Pilgrimage👣 to the Holy Land✝️ is a wonderful experience and full of so much joy😊! What could possibly bring more happiness than exploring👣 the places mentioned in the Bible 📖, plus a few others🏛️?

In this pic 📱 part of a YouCAN 👭 group explore Herod 🤴 the Great's mountain top Fortress 🏰, Masada. 🕯️🙏💜

#advent #thirdsundayofadvent #godthefather #godtheson #godtheholyspirit #lord #joy #soul #salvationinchrist #garmentsofsalvation
#holyland #holylandpilgrimage #holylandpilgrimage2019 #bible #isaiah #youngcatholicadults #youngcatholicstudents #herodthegreat #masada

Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe 👸 "Happy 😊sh

Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe 👸

"Happy 😊shall they be who see you☀️,
and those who have fallen asleep😴 in love." (📖Ecclesiasticus 48:12)

This pic 📱 of the famous image of Our Lady of Guadalupe 👸was actually taken in the Crypt 🌑 Chapel of the Dormition Abbey⛪ on Mount Zion in Jerusalem🏛️! It was wonderful to see it there😊!

If you are not familiar 🤔 with the story of Guadalupe,👸 this video makes for fascinating viewing😮 https://youtu.be/2lA5NUHqC88

#ourladyofguadalupe #ourlady #ecclesiasticus #dormitionabbey #mountzion #jerusalem #youngcatholicadults #youngcatholicstudents #holylandpilgrimage #virginmary #saintjuandiego

The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Ma

The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary👸

"The angel Gabriel 🧚was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth🏙️, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph🧔, of the House of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary👸."(📖 Luke 1:26)

A Franciscan Friar 👴 makes the sign of the Cross✝️ before praying. He is looking towards Mary's 🏠 house. This is where the Angel👼 Gabriel told her that she would bear the child👶Jesus.

Just in front of the house 🏠 a YouCAN 👭 group is also praying 🙏. It is always wonderful to pray here; peaceful and spiritual.

The 🏠 is actually within the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth 🏙️

#immaculateconceptionofmary #immaculateconception #blessedvirginmary #virginmary #angelgabriel #godthefather #godtheson
#godtheholyspirit #galilee #nazareth #saintjoseph #houseofdavid #kingdavid #lukesgospel #franciscanfriars #saintfrancis #signofthecross #basilicaoftheannunciation #

Feast of Saint Ambrose 😇 of Milan, Bishop, Doct

Feast of Saint Ambrose 😇 of Milan, Bishop, Doctor of the Church🗞️

"‘I am☀️ the good shepherd;
I know my own🐑
and my own know me,
just as the Father☀️ knows me
and I know the Father;
and I lay down my life ✝️ for my sheep🐑.'"(📖 John 10:14-15)

This pic 📱 was taken during a YouCAN 👭 Mass 🍞🍷 in the Church of the Good Shepherd ⛪ in Jericho.

Jericho is the world's oldest continually-inhabited city 🏙️, and archaeologists have unearthed the remains of 20 successive settlements🏛️, dating back 11,000 years. The city is found near the Jordan River🏞️, and close to where John the Baptist🧔 was baptising🌊 those who came to him.

We know that Jesus☀️ would have passed through the town 🏙️ on several occasions. In addition to it being on the road connecting Galilee ⛵ to Jerusalem🏛️, it was here where he met Zacchaeus🤠 the tax collector, and Bartimaeus 😑, the blind beggar.🕯️🙏💜

#saintambroseofmilan #saintambrose #bishop #doctorofthechurch #godthefather #godtheson #godtheholyspirit #goodshepherd #johnthebaptist #johnsgospel #youngcatholicadults #youngcatholicstudents #churchofthegoodshepherd #jericho #holymass #jordanriver #westbank #jesusmiracles #jesusministry #jesusbaptism #jesus #zacchaeus #bartimaeus

Second Sunday of Advent ✝️

"A voice cries 🧔, ‘Prepare in the wilderness🏜️
a way for the Lord☀️.
Make a straight highway🛣️ for our God
across the desert🏜️.
Let every valley be filled in,
every mountain ⛰️ and hill be laid low.
Let every cliff become a plain,
and the ridges a valley🏞️;
then the glory of the Lord☀️ shall be revealed 😍
and all mankind shall see 😃 it;
for the mouth of the Lord ☀️has spoken.'"(📖 Isaiah 40:3-5)

In this pic📱a YouCAN 👭 group are visiting Qumran, the place where the Dead Sea Scrolls 🗞️ were discovered in several caves 🌑. The Scrolls 🗞️ were written by a strict Jewish 🕎 Sect, known as the Essenes 👴.

The large "pit" 🌑 that you can see in the foreground is one of number of a purification baths 🛁 on the archaeological site🏛️. The Essenes 👴 would cleanse🚿 themselves in the baths several times a day. The baths🛁 were filled with rainwater 🌧️ from the neighbouring hills 🏞️ using aquaducts.

It is thought 🤔 that John the Baptist 🧔 may have been an Essene 👴 before moving off on his own to the nearby Jordan River 🌀 to baptise people, including Jesus☀️.

#advent #secondsundayofadvent #godthefather #godtheson #godtheholyspirit #jesusbaptism #johnthebaptist #essenes #qumran
#purificationbath #deadseascrolls #lord #catholic #youngcatholicadults #youngcatholicstudents #isaiah #jewish

Feast of Saint Francis Xavier, Priest 😇 "I🧔

Feast of Saint Francis Xavier, Priest 😇

"I🧔 do not boast of preaching the gospel📖, since it is a duty which has been laid on me😇; I should be punished if I did not preach it! If I had chosen this work👩‍🎓 myself, I might have been paid for it🤑, but as I have not, it is a responsibility 🤔 which has been put into my hands🙏."(📖1 Corinthians 9:16)

This pic📱was taken very early in the morning 🌄 as a YouCAN 👭 Pilgrimage group Celebrated Mass 🍞🍷in the Crypt 🌑 of the Church ⛪ of the Nativity in Bethlehem. This is the place where Jesus ☀️ was born ✝️. What could be more special or moving 😌!

The Celebrants are Dom Anselm Brumwell 🎶 of Downside Abbey and Father Matt Anscombe🚴 of Clifton Diocese ✝️. They were also the Spiritual Directors to the YouCAN group 👭 of over 40 UK young Catholics.🕯️🙏💜

#saintfrancisxavier #saintpaul #saintpaulletters #gospelmessage #churchofthenativitybethlehem #youngcatholicadults #youngcatholicstudents #holylandpilgrimage2019 #catholic #catholicpriest #pilgrimageholyland #jesusbirth #jesus

The Feast of Saint Andrew 😇 "As Jesus☀️ wa

The Feast of Saint Andrew 😇

"As Jesus☀️ was walking by the Sea of Galilee 🌊, he saw two brothers, Simon, who was called Peter, and his brother Andrew🧔; they were making a cast in the lake with their net 🥅, for they were fishermen 🐟. And he ☀️said to them, ‘Follow me and I will make you fishers of men👫.’" (📖 Matthew 4:18)

This video 📱 shows a modern Galilean fisherman🧔 demonstrating how Andrew and his brother, Peter, would have 🎏 fished in Jesus' ☀️ time. An octagonal net 🥅 was thrown onto the Sea ⛵. Pebbles sewn at the edges of the net 🥅 forced it to sink ⬇️. As it did, the net closed, and trapped the 🐟 fish. Simple!🕯️🙏💜

#saintandrew #saintpeter #jesus #seaofgalilee #mathewsgospel #galilean #youngcatholicadults #youngcatholicstudents #holylandpilgrimage2019 #catholic

First Sunday of Advent ✝️

"And yet, Lord☀️, you are our Father;
we👫 the clay, you the potter,
we are all the work of your hand🤲"(📖Isaiah 64:8)

This pic was taken just after a YouCAN group 👭 celebrated a very early morning Mass 🍞🍷 in the Grotto 🌑 of the Church ⛪ of the Nativity in Bethlehem. This is the place where Jesus ☀️ was born.

The Grotto⚫ within the Church ⛪ is the oldest site continuously used as a place of worship 🛐 in Christianity. The Church itself is the oldest major church ⛪ in the Holy Land and was originally commissioned by Constantine 🤴 the Great, a short time after his mother Saint Helena's👵 visit to Jerusalem and Bethlehem✝️ in 325–326.

The Church⛪ is entered through a very low and not very wide door (4 feet tall and 2 feet wide)🚪 called the "Door of Humility". You can see it just right of centre in the pic.📱

It was formed 👩‍🔧in Ottoman times by reducing the size of an earlier entrance 🚪 to prevent carts🐎 being driven in by looters🤑. Even the most important visitor was forced to dismount from his horse 🏇as he entered the holy⛪ place.🕯️🙏💜

#churchofthenativity #bethlehem
#youngcatholicadults
#youngcatholicstudents #holylandpilgrimage2019 #godthefather #godtheson #godtheholyspirit #doorofhumility #advent #bookofisaiah #mass #sacrificeofthemass #grottoofthenativity #jesusbirth #jesus #

Solemnity of Christ the King 👑 "Jesus☀️ sa

Solemnity of Christ the King 👑

"Jesus☀️ said to his disciples😇: ‘When the Son of Man comes in his glory, escorted by all the angels🧚, then he will take his seat on his throne 👑 of glory. All the nations 🌍 will be assembled before him ☀️and he will separate men 👫one from another as the shepherd separates sheep🐑 from goats🐐. He will place the sheep on his right hand and the goats on his left.'" (📖 Matthew 25:31)

This pic 📱 is of the main portico facade of the Church of All Nations, or Basilica of the Agony, in Jerusalem 🏛️. It adjoins what remains of Gethsemane 🌳 on the Mount of Olives 🌿.The Church is built over the rock on which Jesus ☀️is believed to have prayed 🙏 in agony the night before he was crucified.✝️

The inside of the Church is kept in semi- darkness ⚫, reflecting the events that took place here; Jesus praying 🙏 the disciples sleeping😴, and Judas betraying Christ☀️.

In this mosaic on the facade of the Church, Christ ☀️is depicted as the mediator⚖️ between God and mankind👫, on whose behalf he gives his very heart❤️. An angel🧚 is shown receiving this ❤️ into his hands🤲. On Christ’s☀️ left, a throng of lowly people👫 in tears, look to him with confidence. On his right, a group of the powerful and wise acknowledge the shortcomings of their might 👩‍🎓and learning.🕯️🙏💜

#solemnitychristtheking #jesus #discipleofchrist #sonofman #gloryofgod
#angels #throneofglory #mathewsgospel
#churchofallnations #basilicaoftheagony #gethsemane #mountofolives #jerusalem #jesusdeathandresurrection #judasiscariot #godthefather #godtheson #godtheholyspirit #youngcatholicstudents #youngcatholicadults #holylandpilgrimage2019

Dedication of the Basilicas ⛪ of Saints Peter an

Dedication of the Basilicas ⛪ of Saints Peter and Paul , Apostles 😇

"‘You are our Lord ☀️ and our God, you are worthy of glory and honour and power, because you☀️ made all the universe 🌌and it was only by your will that everything was made 🌍 and exists.’" ( 📖 Apocalypse 4:11)

Masada is an ancient fortification 🏛️ built by King 🤴 Herod the Great. It is located in southern Israel and situated on top of an isolated rock plateau ⛰️. It is located on the eastern edge of the Judaean Desert 🏜️ overlooking the Dead Sea 🌊. Most people will now take a cable car 🚟 to reach the Fortress 🏰, as it is a long and steep walk up! 🏃

In this pic 📱 you can make out the balconies built into the end of the of the rock ⛰️. From here Herod 🤴 would have been able to see 👀 a considerable distance. The Dead Sea 💦 would have been much closer in Herod's🤴 time, but you can make it out 🌊 in the background to the pic.

Masada 🏛️ is impressive and has been designated a World Heritage site. Herod's engineers 👩‍🔧 even worked out how to capture flash flood water 🌊 and channel it into giant cisterns, so that fresh water 🥤 was available. The water of the Dead Sea is not potable, being full of minerals.⚠️

Despite admiration 😁 for Herod's fortress🏛️, what is more impressive is the magnificence of God's 🌍 Creation within which it is constructed.🕯️🙏💜

#saintpaul #saintpeter #saintpetersbasilica #saintpauloutsidethewalls #dedicationofthebasilicaofstspeterandpaul #apostleofchrist #lord #godthefather
#godtheson #godtheholyspirit #universe #apocalypse #bible #masada #herodthegreat #deadsea #israel #judeandesert #creation #youngcatholicadults #youngcatholicstudents #holylandpilgrimage2019

"No, you are all sons of light 🌕 and sons of th

"No, you are all sons of light 🌕 and sons of the day: we do not belong to the night 🌜 or to darkness ⚫, so we should not go on sleeping 😴, as everyone else does, but stay wide awake 😃 and sober."(📖 1 Thessalonians 5:6 )

This pic is of Abbey ⛪ of the Dormition in Jerusalem 🏛️. It is located on Mount Zion ⛰️, just outside the walls of the Old City, near the Zion Gate.

The Abbey ⛪, now home to a Community of German Benedictine Monks ✝️, was built on the site where, according to Christian tradition, Mary 👸, mother of Jesus ☀️, fell into an eternal sleep. The name “Dormition”, means sleep 😴.

In the Catholic ✝️ dogma of the Assumption of Mary 👸, Christ's mother was taken, body and soul, to heaven 🌈. 🕯️🙏💜

#saintpaul #saintpaulletters #dormitionabbey #jerusalem #mountzion #oldcityjerusalem #ziongate #benedictinemonastery #virginmary #catholicchurch #dogma #assumptionofmary #heaven #youngcatholicadults #youngcatholicstudents #holylandpilgrimage2019

Memorial of Saint Leo the Great👼, Pope and Doct

Memorial of Saint Leo the Great👼, Pope and Doctor of the Church 📝

"So I ☀️now say to you: You are Peter🧔 and on this rock I will build my Church⛪." (📖 Matthew 16:18)

This pic 📱 is of Caesarea Philippi ⛰️, just below the complex of temples devoted to the pagan god Pan 🏛️. Here a spring forms a beautiful marshland area which becomes the source of the Banias River, a main tributary of the River Jordan 🏞️. The site is located at the foot of Mount Hermon, north of the Golan Heights, and is guaranteed a good supply of water🌀 from the melting snow.

At the upper part of the site archaeologists uncovered a shrine🏛️ dedicated to Pan and related deities. There was also discovered the remains of an ancient city 🌃founded sometime after the conquest by Alexander the Great🤴 and inhabited until 1967, the time of the Six Day War.🔫

Pan was revered by the ancient Greeks 🗿as the god of isolated rural areas, music,🎶 goat herds, hunting, herding, of sexual and spiritual possession, and of victory in battle,🗡️ since he was said to instill panic among the enemy.😨

This was a challenging place for Jesus☀️ to question his Disciples😇 about His identity! Every temptation of the world was on offer here.🕯️🙏💜

#saintleothegreat #pope #doctorofthechurch #saintpeter #catholicchurch #mathewsgospel
#caesareaphilippi #banias #mounthermon #baniasriver #jordanriver
#sixdaywar #golanheights #pagan #pan
#panic #alexanderthegreat #jesus
#discipleofchrist #youngcatholicadults #youngcatholicstudents #holylandpilgrimage2019

Feast🎉 of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilic

Feast🎉 of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica ⛪

"The angel🧚 brought me to the entrance of the Temple🏛️, where a stream 🏞️ came out from under the Temple threshold and flowed eastwards, since the Temple🏛️ faced east." ( 📖 Ezekiel 47:1)

Temple Mount ⛰️, the site of the Jewish ✡️ Temple, is now dominated by the gold covered Dome of the Rock. The Temple 🏛️ complex occupied an enormous area, only part of which is shown in this pic. During the Passover 🕎 in Jesus's ☀️ time, 200,000 people would need to be accommodated.⛺

The Temple 🏛️ did have a water supply 🌀, but Ezekiel is not referring to this. The Temple water, brought some distance by aquaduct from Solomon's time, was used to wash after the Temple sacrifices 🐃🐏, and would not be the living water 💦 that Ezekiel is referring to.

#lateranbasilica #feastofthededicationofthelateranbasilicainrome #angel #jerusalem #jerusalemtemple #ezekiel #templemount
#domeoftherock #jewish #passover #livingwater #youngcatholicadults #youngcatholicstudents #holylandpilgrimage2019

"Lord, Lord,” they said 🤷“open the door for

"Lord, Lord,” they said 🤷“open the door for us.” But he ☀️replied, “I tell you solemnly, I do not know you.” So stay awake, because you do not know 🤔 either the day or the hour.' (📖 Matthew 25:11-13)

This video📱 shows what remains of the garden at Gethsemane🌳, a place whose name literally means “oil press”. It is located on a slope of the Mount ⛰️ of Olives just across the Kidron Valley from Jerusalem🏛️.

Jesus ☀️frequently went to Gethsemane🌳 with His disciples to pray🙏. The most famous events at Gethsemane occurred on the night before His crucifixion ✝️ when Jesus ☀️was betrayed.

After Jesus ☀️and His disciples 😇 had celebrated the Passover, 🍞🍷 they came to the garden. Jesus took Peter, James and John🧔 to a place separated from the rest. Here Jesus ☀️asked them to watch with Him and pray so they would not fall into temptation, but they fell asleep😴.

Jesus ☀️moved a little way from the three men🧔 to pray, and twice He asked His Father to remove the cup of wrath ✝️ He was about to drink, but each time He submitted to the Father’s will. He was “exceedingly sorrowful unto death,” but God sent an angel🧚 from heaven 🌈 to strengthen Him☀️.

After this, Judas Iscariot⚫, arrived with a “multitude” of soldiers, high priests, Pharisees, and servants to arrest Jesus☀️. Judas identified Him by the prearranged signal of a kiss💋 which he gave to Jesus.

Trying to protect Jesus, Peter🧔took a sword🗡️ and attacked a man named Malchus, the servant of the high priest, cutting off his ear👂. Jesus☀️ rebuked Peter🧔 and miraculously healed the man’s ear.

No doubt the Garden of Gethsemane 🌳 would have been much larger in Jesus's ☀️ time. However, there is always a sense of awe standing in this place knowing that these momentous events took place here.🕯️🙏💜

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