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Fr. James at the
Last Supper Church in Jerusalem (Mk 14: 22-26)
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Upper room of Last
Supper and Pentecost
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Fr. James offers
Mass alone in Cenaculum. (The exact place of Last Supper and Pentecost)
(Mt 26: 17- 19)
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Fr. James concelebrated
Mass
on Holy Thursday at the
Tomb of Jesus with 5 Bishops and more than five hundred priests
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Some of the Bishops.
Main celebrant was the Patriarch of Jerusalem Michael Sabbah and Cardinal
Martini from Rome
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Fr. James in the Garden of
Getsemani. The olive trees are more than 2000 years old (Mt 26: 6-38)
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Fr. James prayed
long time for all at the rock where Jesus prayed in Ghetsemani (Mt 26:
36-43)
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On Vía Dolorosa
at the third station (Jn 19: 16-17)
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On Calvary on the
side of nailing and crucifixion of Jesus (Jn 19: 18-22)
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On the rock on which
Jesus' body was annointed before burial (Jn 19: 38-40)
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Fr. James praying
at the Tomb of Jesus (Jn 19: 41-42)
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The tradition says,
thomas was not present at the death and burial of Mother Mary and on his
demand when they opened her tomb it was found empty
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Fr. James at the
Church of St. Peter in Gallicantu ,the side where Peter denied Jesus three
times (Mt 26: 69-75)
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The prison in which
Jesus was kept before His trial by Pilate (Lk 22: 66)
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Fr. James at Domus
Servi in Gallicantu
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Church of Ascension
(both Christians and Muslims believe that Jesus went up to heaven from
here). (Mk 16: 19-20)
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Church of "Our Father"
where Jesus thought the disciples the prayer "Our Father" (Mt 6: 9: 13)
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Believed to be the
Tombs of Prophets Malachi and Haggai and probably Zacharias too
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At the Valley of
Josephat where the Jews bury their dead. All believe Jesus will come here
for the last Judgement
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Tomb of King David
(in the hands of the Jews)
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Tomb of Lazarus (Jn
11:38-44)
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Fr. James at the
wall of Jerusalem
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The tree of Zachaeus
at Jericho (Lk 19: 1-10)
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Qumran the side where many
scriptures scrolls were excavated from caves recently. There lived a group
of conservatives Jews expecting the coming of the Messiah in the 1st. Century
BC. John the baptist is believed to have come from here (Mt 3: 1-2)
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Fr. James floating
on the hard water of Dead See. The Dead See is more than 400 mt. below
the sealevel. There are 40% minerals in the water. No living reatures in
the water. Believed to be the place of Sodom and Gomorrah (Gen 19: 27-28)
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At the river Jordan
(Mt 3: 13-17)
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At the sea of Galilee.
Most of Jesus' ministry was around the sea of Galileee (Mt 4: 23 - 25)
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Fr. James enjoyed
"St. Peter's fish"
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The site of the "multiplication
of bread and fish" (Mt 14: 13-21)
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"Mensa Christi" Simon
Peter's landing place by the see of Galilee (Jn 21: 1-14)
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At Cana in Galilee
(Jn 2: 1-11)
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At the Chruch of
St. Joseph where there is a devotion to the Holy Family. Jesus was known
as carpenter's son. The only Church in Holy Land in his name! (Mt
1: 18-25)
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In the Church of
Anunciation where the "Word became flesh" (Jn 1: 14)
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Church of Visitation
at Betlehem
(Lk 1: 39-45)
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Fr. James at Mount
Tabor
(Lk 9: 28-36)
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"Star of Betlehem"
in the grotto of Nativity
at Betlehem. It is here
that Jesus was born.
(Lk 2: 1-6)
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In the Milk's Grotto
near to Nativity grotto in front a beautiful picture of the Holy Family.
In this grotto many miracles especially for pregnant woman and children
in the womb take place
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A beautiful picture
of Mother Mary suckling the Child. The tradition says that rock in the
place is so white like milk because the drops of her breast milk felt on
it. People take the rock's powder to mix it with water to use for healings
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Fr. James at the
Shepherd's field
(Lk 2: 8- 14)
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A sample of a mustard
tree mentioned in the Bible (Mt 13: 31-32)
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Fr. James had lunch
and rest with a Muslim family in Jerusalem
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Fr. James at the
Mount of Golgotha
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Empty tomb of Mother
Mary in the chapel of Assumption
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Kidron Valley between
the Temple Mount and the Mount of Olives
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