IMMERSED IN THE ONE WHO HAS IMMERSED HIMSELF IN US Dear all, may the Lord grant you his peace! The Lenten season we are living is characterized by an orientation towards conversion and prayer. We all strive to improve our...
Dear friends of Gethsemane, may the Lord grant you his peace! We never tire of imploring peace to God, peace not only for this time so restless and insecure but a peace that comes from concrete and spiritual contact with the Lord,...
“Francis wanted to see with the eyes of the
body The Child of Bethleem” (cfr. Franciscan sources 468) With your heavenly light, Lord, make us ready,always and everywhere, to contemplate with pure gaze and welcome...
Dearest Brothers and Sisters,
May the Lord give you Peace!
Tonight’s
Gospel echoes the voice of a deep feeling, which I believe we all share: “there
was no room for them” (Lk. 2:7). As it was for Mary and...
The Christmas Message from fr. Francesco Patton, Custos of the Holy Land
Dear friends, brothers and sisters,
this year the grotto of Bethlehem is empty, as are the streets and squares of the city. When Mary and Joseph...
We publish the Christmas Message of the Patriarchs and Heads of the Churches in Jerusalem
Christmas 2023
"For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government will be upon his shoulder, and his name...
We share the statement from the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, concerned about the evolution of the situation, in solidarity with the Patriarch H.E. Card. Pizzaballa and with the parishioners of the Holy Family in Gaza. https://www.lpj.org/posts/gaza-16th-december-2023.html
Peace to you all from the Garden of the Lord!
Let us enter into the mystery of the Incarnation, the Lord comes to save us by making himself small! He takes the little ones by the hand and leads them to the House of the Father!...
The Romitaggio of Gethsemane “A holy place dedicated exclusively to prayer” can be read on the plaque next to the gate that opens into the Romitaggio ofr Gethsemane, in Jerusalem. We are at the beginning of the ascent...
“From one day to the next the shrines were empty, the pilgrims disappeared but the mission of the friars is not forgotten. We are now living our first mission: to be in the Holy Places, pray in the Holy Places and take care of the...
We are the sons of St. Francis, and we are THE custodians, according to the will of God, of one of the places that Jesus loved the most: the garden called GETHSEMANE. This is a unique place in the world. It is the place where the Lord manifested his Yes forever by being ready to enter where nobody else had ever entered, where he plunged into darkness, in the final battle against death, in which humanity has always ended up being a loser.
