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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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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.🕯️🙏💜

#lord #parableofthetenvirgins #mathewsgospel #gethsemane #kidronvalley #jerusalem #mountofolives
#jesus #jesusdeathandresurrection
#discipleofchrist #christ #passover
#saintpeter #saintjames #saintjohn #godthefather #godtheson #godtheholyspirit #prayer #angel #heaven #judasiscariot #pharisees #highpriest #malchus #youngcatholicadults #youngcatholicstudents #holylandpilgrimage2019

Feast of Saint Elizabeth👵 , Mother of John the

Feast of Saint Elizabeth👵 , Mother of John the Baptist🧔

"But because of Christ☀️, I have come to consider all these advantages 🤔 that I had as disadvantages. Not only that, but I believe nothing can happen 🤗 that will outweigh the supreme advantage of knowing Christ Jesus ☀️ my Lord." ( 📖Philippians 3:7-8)

These words of Saint 👼 Paul seem very appropriate as England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 enters a four week lockdown ⚫ during which time our Churches 💒 will be closed for communal worship.

Very many of you 👫 wrote to your MPs 📝, and this did make a difference! 👍 During the debate 🗣️ in Parliament yesterday, a considerable number of MPs expressed their concern about Churches 💒 being closed ⚫ as the government suggested, with many more than expected voting against 👎 the government. Some of these were very distinguished figures in the House of Commons. This is significant. It shows that our voices were heard!👏 Well done everyone!😀

Thanks must also go our Cardinal and Bishops!🎉

More details of the impact on Churches can be found on the Catholic Bishops of England and Wales website https://www.cbcew.org.uk/statement-on-the-four-week-national-lockdown-and-a-call-to-prayer/🙏💜

This statue of Saint Elizabeth 👵, mother of John the Baptist 🧔, greeting Mary👸, mother of Jesus ☀️, can be found in the courtyard of the Church of the Visitation, in Ein Karem, near Jerusalem 🏛️. This is said to be built near the place where Elizabeth👵 spoke these words;

" When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. In a loud voice she exclaimed: “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child you will bear! But why am I so favoured, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? As soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy. Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfill his promises to her!'” ( 📖 Luke 1:41-45)

Let us ask Saint Elizabeth 👵 and Saint Paul 👼 to intercede for us with the Father ☀️, and ask Him to grant us both patience, and trust in Him, until we are able to gather again in our Churches💒 for communal worship ✝️. 🕯️🙏💜

Solemnity of All Souls 😐 "...but what proves t

Solemnity of All Souls 😐

"...but what proves that God☀️ loves us is that Christ died ✝️ for us while we were still sinners⚫. Having died to make us righteous, is it likely that he would now fail to save us from God’s☀️ anger?" ( 📖Romans 5:8-9)

This is Calvary ✝️ within the Church ⛪ of the Holy Sepulchre ⚫ in Jerusalem. Underneath the altar is the stone upon which Jesus' ☀️ Cross ✝️ was placed. It is possible to rest your hand ✋ upon the stone, which is what this YouCAN group 👭 are waiting to do. 🕯️🙏💜

#solemnity #allsouls #allsoulsday #godthefather #godtheson #godtheholyspirit #christ #paulslettertotheromans #saintpaul #calvary #calvarychapel #holysepulchrechurch⛪️ #jerusalem #youngcatholicadults #youngcatholicstudents #holylandpilgrimage2019

Solemnity of All Saints 👼

"Seeing the crowds 👭, Jesus ☀️ went up the hill ⛰️. There he sat down and was joined by his disciples 😇. Then he began to speak." ( 📖 Matthew 5:1)

Jesus ☀️ on reaching the top of the hill spoke to his disciples 😇 and the crowds 👭. His teaching here is known as the Sermon on the Mount ⛰️ . Included in this Sermon is what we now call of the Beatitudes.

This pic 📱, taken in the Church ⛪ of the Beatitudes in Galilee ⛵, shows the first two Beatitudes written in Latin. All eight of them are in English below. They represent what amounts to Jesus's ☀️ core teaching. Jesus ☀️ teaches us that if we live according to the Beatitudes, we will live a blessed Christian life.

The Beatitudes fulfill God’s promises made to Abraham👴 and his descendants, and describe the rewards 🌈 that will be ours as loyal followers of Christ ☀️. We all aspire to be Saints 👼, and the Beatitudes will guide us.

👼Blessed are the poor in spirit,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

👼Blessed are they who mourn,
for they will be comforted.

👼Blessed are the meek,
for they will inherit the land.

👼Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
for they will be satisfied.

👼Blessed are the merciful,
for they will be shown mercy.

👼Blessed are the clean in heart,
for they will see God.

👼Blessed are the peacemakers,
for they will be called children of God.

👼Blessed are they who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 🕯️🙏💜

#solemnity #solemnityofallsaints #jesus
#disciplesofchrist #mathewsgospel
#Beatitudes #beatitudesmonastery
#churchofthebeatitudes #galilee #sermononthemount #christian #abraham

Feast of Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles 😇😇

Feast of Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles 😇😇

"Jesus ☀️ went out into the hills to pray ⛰️; and he spent the whole night in prayer to God 🙏. When day came he summoned his disciples 😇 and picked out twelve of them; he called them ‘apostles’..." ( 📖 Luke 6:12)

This scene from Luke's Gospel 📖
most likely took place in Galilee. This pic is actually of a YouCAN group 👭 in Qumran, the place where the Dead Sea Scrolls 🗞️were discovered between 1946 and 1956.

The scrolls🗞️ are the remains of the library of a religious community of Jewish men👴 that flourished on the northwest shore of Dead Sea💦 in the last centuries B.C. and the first century A.D.

Qumran is not far from where John the Baptist 😇preached and baptised people in the River Jordan💦.There are similarities between the teachings and lifestyle of John 😇, and those of the community at Qumran, the Essenes 👴, a sect of ancient Judaism🕎.
They strove for holiness through a demanding, ascetical lifestyle. John 😇 may perhaps have been raised or formed in the community 👴and then left to pursue his ministry 💦..

The Scrolls 🗞️ demonstrate some similarity with Jesus’ ☀️ teaching too eg on the indissolubility of marriage💍, the importance of celibacy, challenges to the Sadducees and Pharisees on their teaching, practices, and control of the Jerusalem Temple,🏛️ and the expectation of an imminent messianic/priestly kingdom.🌈 There are also fundamental differences!

With these connections with both John 😇 the Baptist and Jesus☀️, it is certainly not inconceivable that Jesus would have prayed in these hills too!🕯️🙏💜

#saintsimon #saintjude #saintthaddaeus
#apostleofchrist #jesus #apostles
#godthefather #godtheson #godtheholyspirit #discipleofchrist #lukesgospel #galilee #youngcatholicadults #youngcatholicstudents #holylandpilgrimage2019 #qumran #deadseascrolls #jewish #essenes #deadsea #johnthebaptist #baptism #riverjordan #judaeism #sadducees #pharisees #jerusalemtemple #messiah

"When the Pharisees 👴 heard that Jesus ☀️ha

"When the Pharisees 👴 heard that Jesus ☀️had silenced the Sadducees they got together and, to disconcert him, one 👴 of them put a question, ‘Master, which is the greatest commandment🗞️ of the Law?’" ( 📖 Matthew 22:34)

This question❓ was put to Jesus ☀️most likely in one of the Courts of Herod🤴 the Great's Jerusalem Temple 🏛️ . This pic 📱 attempts to show the sheer scale of the site occupied by the Temple 🏛️ complex before it's destruction by the Romans in AD 79.

In Jesus' ☀️time, all Jews ✡️ were required to attend certain festivals at the Temple 🏛️ ,including the Passover 🕎. Contemporary reports suggest that numbers attending would be about 200,000 people!‼️

A huge area would have been required to accommodate such a number, as the people would be virtually "camping out"🏕️ for a few days. This pic only shows a small part of the entire Temple 🏛️ Mount site. The site is now occupied by the Al Aqsa Mosque 🕌 complex and the Dome of the Rock.⛰️

Temple🏛️ Mount has been the subject of a considerable number of constructions and reconstructions ⚒️. The present flat area was created by Herod the Great🤴 after he remodelled and enlarged the original hill. ⛰️

#pharisees #jesus #sadducees #commandments #mathewsgospel #herodstemple #herodthegreat #jerusalem #templemount #romans #jews #jewishtemple #jewishfestival #passover #alaqsamosque #domeoftherock #youngcatholicadults #youngcatholicstudents #holylandpilgrimage2019

Feast of Saint 😇 John Paul ll "Jesus ☀️ sa

Feast of Saint 😇 John Paul ll

"Jesus ☀️ said to his disciples: ‘I have come to bring fire🔥 to the earth, and how I wish it were blazing already! There is a baptism 💦 I must still receive, and how great is my distress till it is over ✝️!'"( 📖Luke 12:49)

One of the joys of camping out 🏕️ in the Judaen Wilderness 🏜️ is being able to cook your own food on an open fire🔥! Here Pilgrims 👣 on YouCAN's Holy Land Pilgrimage last year, do just that. Delicious! 😋🕯️🙏💜

#johnpaul2 #popejohnpaul #saintjohnpaulii #jesuschrist #jesus #discipleofchrist #baptism #lukesgospel
#judeandesert #judeanwilderness #holyland #holylandpilgrimage #holylandpilgrimage2019 #youngcatholicadults #youngcatholicstudents

"'I am the Lord ☀️, unrivalled; there is no ot

"'I am the Lord ☀️, unrivalled;
there is no other God besides me.
Though you do not know me, I arm you
that men may know from the rising 🌄 to the setting of the sun
that, apart from me☀️, all is nothing.’"(📖Isaiah 45:4-6)

This pic is of the sun 🌞 rising in the Judaen Wilderness, a place that Jesus ☀️ would have known well. There are numerous references in the Bible 📖 of Him travelling from Jericho 🌁 to Jerusalem🏛️. His route would most definitely have taken him through this desolate but somehow beautiful land.

Signposted from the new motorway connecting Jericho 🌁 and Jerusalem 🏛️, is a sign pointing to the site of the Inn referred to in the parable of the Good Samaritan.☀️

Although no details are given in Luke’s 📖 Gospel as to the whereabouts of this Inn, by the fifth century, the church father✝️ Jerome writes that the site of the inn is identified as Ma’ale Adummim, along the Jerusalem-Jericho road, and that there is a way-station 🏫for travellers located there.

In the late 1990s, an excavation at Ma’ale Adummim began. It was discovered that the site had been rebuilt in several historical periods—the late Second Temple 🏛️period, the Byzantine period🏰, the Crusader period and the Ottoman period—and in every phase the site had apparently functioned as a khan, or way-station for travellers🏫.

In the Byzantine period a church⛪ was also built at the site, suggesting its importance as a pilgrimage site👣 for early Christians✝️. The floor of the church was once a beautiful mosaic of geometric patterns that had largely disappeared in modern times. 🕯️🙏💜

#lord #godthefather #godtheson #godtheholyspirit #prophetisaiah #judaendesert #jesus #bible #jericho #jerusalem #parableofthegoodsamaritan amaritan #saintjerome #maaleadummim
#secondtempleperiod #byzantineperiod #crusaderperiod #ottomanperiod #khan #earlychristians #pilgrimage #youngcatholicadults #youngcatholicstudents #holylandpilgrimage2019 #holylandpilgrimage

Saint 👼 Teresa of Ávila, Virgin, Doctor "For

Saint 👼 Teresa of Ávila, Virgin, Doctor

"For when we cannot choose words in order to pray 🙏 properly, the Spirit 🕊️ himself expresses our plea in a way that could never be put into words..." ( 📖 Romans 8:27)

In this pic a YouCAN 👭 group pray the "Our Father" in the cave where Jesus ☀️ taught his Disciples this prayer. 🙏The cave is situated on the Mount of Olives 🌿in Jerusalem, not far from Betheny, where Jesus often stayed with his friends, Martha, Mary and Lazarus. 🕯️🙏💜

#teresaofavila #saintteresaofjesus
#saintteresaofávila #godtheholyspirit #godthefather #godtheson #saintpaulletters #youngcatholicadults #youngcatholicstudents #prayer #jesus #ourfather #discipleofchrist #mountofolives #jerusalem #betheny #marthamarylazarus #holylandpilgrimage2019

"'For many👫 are called, but few 🙁 are chosen

"'For many👫 are called, but few 🙁 are chosen.’"( 📖 Matthew 22:14)

In this pic a YouCAN group 👭 renew their Baptismal Promises 💦 at Qasr al-Yahud. This is the section of the Jordan River where it is believed Saint 😇 John the Baptist baptised Jesus ☀️.

After the Six Day War in 1967 🔫 the border between the West Bank and Jordan was heavily mined.🌋 This included the area around Qasr al-Yahud 💦 where eight Churches were to be found.

In 2016 the HALO😇 Trust secured the approval of the Israelis, Palestinians and all these churches to clear the landmines🌋. The Catholic Church and seven Eastern churches ✝️—Armenian, Coptic, Ethiopian, Greek, Romanian, Syrian and Russian—have churches or land on the minefield.⛪

It is believed that the site is now totally clear, and the Churches are in the process of reconstruction.⛪

You can learn more, and see some videos, including one with Anglican Archbishop Justin Welby, on Halo's😇 website https://www.halotrust.org/latest/special-projects/baptism-site/🕯️🙏💜

#mathewsgospel #qasralyahud #baptismalvowsrenewal #baptism #jordanriver #saintjohnthebaptist #jesusbaptism #jesus #sixdaywar #westbank #jordanriver #landmine #halotrust #israel #palestine #jordan #catholicchurch #armenianchurch #copticchurch #ethiopianchurch #greekorthodoxchurch #romanianchurch #syrianchurch #russianchurch #minefield #anglicanchurch #justinwelby #youngcatholicadults #youngcatholicstudents #holylandpilgrimage2019

Feast of Saint John Henry Newman 👼 "‘He who

Feast of Saint John Henry Newman 👼

"‘He who is not with me is against me☀️; and he who does not gather with me scatters.'"( 📖 Luke 11:23)

In this pic a YouCAN 👭 group say Prayers at the bottom of the Sacred Pit ⚫. This is underneath Saint Peter in Gallicantu Church on Mount Zion in Jerusalem. The Church is built over the probable site of Caiaphas' palace 🏛️.

On the lowest level there is a network of first-century caves, one of which is known as the Sacred Pit.⚫ Here the early Christians believed Jesus ☀️ was held prisoner the night before He died.✝️

The Sacred Pit is about fifteen feet square and twenty feet deep. ⚫The only entrance in Jesus' time was through a narrow, bottleneck opening at the top, through which a prisoner was lowered by a harness of ropes secured around shoulders and chest. 😣

It is very upsetting😣 to stand here and think about Jesus ☀️ being in this place. 🕯️🙏💜

#saintjohnhenrynewman #lukesgospel #saintpeteringallicantuchurch #mountzion #jerusalem #caiphashouse #christians #jesus #youngcatholicadults #youngcatholicstudents #holylandpilgrimage2019

Our Lady of the Rosary 📿🥀 "‘I am the hand

Our Lady of the Rosary 📿🥀

"‘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 video is of a YouCAN 👭 group visiting the Basilica, or Church, of the Annunciation in Nazareth 🏙️.The Basilica is constructed over the cave that tradition tells us was the home of the Virgin Mary 🥀

Here the archangel Gabriel 👼told the young Mary, aged about 14, that she would become the mother of God. Mary replied “Let it be done to me according to your word.”🥀

In Latin across the façade of the Basilica are the words “The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us” (📖 John 1:14).☀️ Also on the façade are the reliefs of Mary, Gabriel and the four evangelists😇, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Above them is a bronze statue of Jesus☀️.

The Basilica became the largest Christian church in the Middle East when it was completed in 1969.✝️The cupola, which dominates Nazareth, is surmounted by a lantern symbolising the Light of the World.🕯️🙏💜

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Saint 😇 Faustina Kowalska

"...the Good News 📖 I preached 🕊️ is not a human message that I was given by men🙁, it is something I learnt only through a revelation 🌈 of Jesus Christ☀️☀️☀️." ( 📖 Galatians 1:12)

This is a detail from the very ornate ceiling of the Calvary Chapel ✝️ in the Church ⛪ of the Holy Sepulchre ⚫ in Jerusalem 🏛️. It shows Christ ☀️☀️☀️ being led by guards to be crucified ✝️ on Calvary.

YouCAN groups 👭👫👭 have always been able to celebrate a very special Mass 🍞🍷on Calvary ✝️. This is most definitely the spiritual highlight of any Pilgrimage 👣 to the Holy Land.🕯️🙏💜

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"There is no need to worry 😣; but if there is a

"There is no need to worry 😣; but if there is anything you need, pray for it 🙁, asking God☀️☀️☀️ for it with prayer🙏 and thanksgiving, and that peace of God 🌈, which is so much greater than we can understand, will guard your hearts❤️ and your thoughts 🤔, in Christ Jesus☀️☀️☀️." ( 📖 Philippians 4:6)

Here a YouCAN group 👭👫👬 pray in the Grotto 🌑 of the Church ⛪ of the Nativity 🤰 in Bethlehem. This is the place where Jesus☀️☀️☀️ was born. It is an enormous privilege to be able to pray here very early in the morning 🌄. Somehow we shake off our exhaustion! 🕯️🙏❤️

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The Holy Guardian Angels 👼

"The Lord☀️☀️☀️ says this: ‘I myself will send an angel👼 before you to guard you as you go 👣 and to bring you to the place🌈 that I have prepared.'" (📖Exodus 23:20)

This is another wall mosaic, again found at the Basilica ⛪ of the Annunciation 👸👼 in Nazareth 🏙️. This artwork, presented by the Philippines to the Basilica, shows a more traditional Angel 👼 Gabriel speaking with Mary 👸 at the Annunciation.

This is the traditional Prayer to be said daily to Our Guardian Angel;

"Angel 👼of God☀️☀️☀️,
my guardian dear,
To whom God's love ❤️
commits me here,
Ever this day🌄
be at my side,
To light ☀️and guard🕯️,
Rule and guide.
Amen."🕯️🙏❤️

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