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Today is always a favorite! Bethlehem all day! We start at the Olivewood Store which also has a lot of other items as well. Trusted shop, quality goods, supporting sixty-five Christian families. Mass in a cave in Shepherds Field before we go to lunch and have the delicious Shawarma sandwiches. Then to the Milk Grotto acclaimed for many miraculous births. Church of Nativity next to touch a star marking the place of Jesus‘s birth. We

We began our day at Mass in the church above the house where Peter and Jesus lived in Capernaum. I gave my talk. “Defending the Eucharist“ at the very place where Jesus said “Eat My Flesh, Drink My Blood!“ Visited the ancient synagogue. Then to two sites on the shore of Galilee. I gave my talk on John 21 at the Primacy of Peter – Mensa Christi. We touched the rock where Jesus fed the

And so we begin our first full day of pilgrimage. Everyone got a good nights sleep, listening to the waves of the Sea of Galilee and the night birds. We had a luxurious breakfast (not just Continental). We took off early this morning to catch the first taxis up Mount Tabor to visit the site of the Transfiguration. Always a favorite and hard to get people to leave. They all say, like Peter, “It is

It is exciting to be the first big bus of American Pilgrims back in the Holy Land. There are a couple smaller groups and some Indonesians, but the holy sites are empty and it is so marvelous for our folks to enjoy these holy sites without crowds and lines and rushing. We have 53 great folks on our pilgrimage, including our granddaughter Bella and two wonderful families with all their kids and one with their