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...
Harvesting olives as we do every year, an action and opportunity that is repeated...again this year, despite the circumstances.
An important and festive act held each year in the garden that witnessed...
The Basilica of Gethsemane
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From light to dimness...like Christ at the moment of his decision to take the path of the cross. The same feeling Barluzzi also experiences during the construction of the striking Basilica...
Dear friends, peace to you from Gethsemane. We are experiencing moments of great apprehension over the
confusion that is creating the scourge of war. A wound has opened that will
struggle to heal. We are of few words and...
Dear Brothers and Sisters, May the Lord give you peace! We are going through one of the most difficult and painful periods in our recent times and history. For over two weeks now, we have been inundated with images of horrors,...
Beloved, peace
to you from Jerusalem!
We reach you
with these words to respond to the many messages of solidarity and request for
information on what is happening. We ask you to pray, knowing that it is the only
most...
"Since he is not the God of disorder but of peace" (1 Cor. 14,33)Dear brothers and sisters,may the Lord indeed give us His peace!The pain and dismay at what is happening is great. Once again we find ourselves in the midst of a political...
Peace to you from Gethsemane. In our monthly appointment, the last time we shared this light:
"Here the Lord did not 'suffer' the will of the Father, but chose it, made
it his... The Son of Man became one with the will 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.