![]() Therefore, the Jewish people have found themselves at home there. The Domus Galilaeae has become quite a point of contact with the Jewish faith, in great part because Kiko Arguello, one of the initiators of the Neocatechumenal Way, has always emphasized the Jewish roots of Catholicism. Just as the Gospel begins with a call to conversion, our retreat began Tuesday morning with a penance service with all of our priests as well as several lay people who were there, many of them from Boston, on another pilgrimage.Īfter the Penance Service, we had a "scrutatio" or "scrutiny of the Word of God," which is a Lectio Divina, within Domus Galilaeae. It overlooks the Sea of Galilee and is very close to Capernaum, the ancient ruins of Korazim and the place where Jesus performed the Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes. We began our pilgrimage arriving on Monday night at the Domus Galilaeae, a Catholic center of the Neocatechumenal Way on the Mount of Beatitudes. For us it is an extraordinary way to appreciate the Gospels and Jesus's life and works. It provides an opportunity to actually visit the places where Jesus walked and experience the culture, geography and history of the people that inhabit this part of the world that is such an important place for Christians, Jews and Muslims. We are so glad that so many could come.Ĭoming to the Holy Land is an extraordinary experience, which opens up the Scriptures in a very powerful way for people to understand what we read about in the Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles. Many of them are coming to the Holy Land for the first time and so it is an important moment to support them and encourage their spirituality and fraternity. However, I think this has been a very important opportunity for me to be together with our priests and to share this experience with them. Though we have been planning this retreat for over a year, it comes at an unusual time for me, because I had not been expecting to be out of the archdiocese for three weeks participating in the conclave. This week, I have been on retreat with a group of 29 priests from the archdiocese in the Holy Land. The cardinal is expected to write a second post on the trip in his next blog entry. This week's blog focuses on their visit to northern Israel, where Jesus spent most of his life. The cardinal went to the Holy land on retreat with 29 priests from the archdiocese. Pilot photo/īelow is an edited version of the April 12 Cardinal Seán P. The Domus Galilaeae is a Catholic center of the Neocatechumenal Way on the Mount of Beatitudes. ![]() Visiting the Holy Land (Part 1: Around the Sea of Galilee) ![]()
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