by Eloise Blondiau | Mar 3, 2018 | Holy Land 2018
“A pilgrim travels differently, always in a pilgrimage there is a change in mind and a change in heart.” —John O’Donohue. As a pilgrim I have come full circle walking in Jesus’ footsteps in the Holy Land from Jesus’ nativity in Bethlehem,...
by Eloise Blondiau | Mar 3, 2018 | Holy Land 2018
Today we entered into the beginning of Jesus’ Passion. It began with Mass at the church of Gethsemane overlooking Jerusalem. It is difficult to describe my emotion as we gathered in solemn celebration around the rock where Jesus collapsed in prayer in the Garden...
by Eloise Blondiau | Mar 1, 2018 | Holy Land 2018
Today we visited the Church Of the Nativity in Bethlehem and venerated the grotto where Jesus was born. We were uplifted by the crowds of people silently funneling down the steep, hard, worn, stone steps into the underground grotto to kiss and touch the hallowed spot...
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