Good Friday--Amazing Love

Early morning on the Via Dolorosa

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Bearing all our sins

The Savior carries his cross

In weakness and pain

All this just for us

So much pain and agony

For our salvation

Pieta

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Only this is pure love!!!

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Thanks be to God

Cathy

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Palm Sunday

"Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!  Shout daughter of Jerusalem!  Se your king comes to you; righteous and having salvation, gentle and riding on a donkey, on a colt the foal of a donkey."

Zechariah 9:9

There were so many beautiful palm trees in the Holy Land that it was not difficult to understand how their fronds were used to hail our Lord's entry into Jerusalem.  I can just imagine the excitement and enthusiasm of those cheering their "Hosannas! "

"The palm branch is a symbol of triumph, peace and eternal life originating in the ancient Near East and Mediterranean world." (Wikipedia)

For Christians today is the beginning of the holiest season of the year.  We follow Jesus through his last days to his death on the cross and celebrate his resurrection!  We walk with him to Emmaus, eat breakfast with him on the beach at the Sea of Galilee with his disciples.  We witness his Ascension to the Father,  And then, we are in the upper room when the gift of the Holy Spirit is celebrated on Pentecost.   The celebration of our salvation story compels us to celebrate God's love for us!

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Thanks be to God!

Cathy

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Creation of Rose

Beauty of the Rose

Fragrance and color supreme

God's own creation

All beauty is love

And fragrances calm the soul

All praise creator

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Thanks be to God!

Cathy

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Tagbha, A Place of Miracles

“A man practices the art of adventure when he breaks the chain of routine and renews his life through reading new books, traveling to new places, making new friends, taking up new hobbies and adopting new viewpoints” ~Wilfred Peterson

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Tabgha is an area not far from Caphernaum and within this area is the Mount of Beatitudes, as well as, the two churches here.

Church of the Multiplication of the Loaves

Interior garden of the church

The altar over the stone on which Jesus was to have stood to feed the multitude.

Mark 6:34-44

Church of Peter's Primacy

A place venerated As the place where Jesus fed his disciples after the Resurrection.  It is suggested that Jesus wanted to have breakfast with his disciples that he had physically risen from the dead. (John 21: 1-14)

 And so I walked down to the Sea of Galilee where countless pilgrims have walked and tried to envision the multitude that was fed that day, not 80 as we were, but a multitude. 

For the Lord Most High is awesome
the great King over all the earth.
Psalm 47: 2

So it is that next week we begin our journey from Palm Sunday to the cross on Calvary with our Lord.  Then we celebrate with great Alleluias on Easter Sunday with our Risen Lord!!

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Thanks be to God!

Cathy

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Serenity

O tranquility

Beautiful serenity

Rests on the water

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Thanks be to God

Cathy

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