Pilgrimage to the Holy Land - day 13

3 January 2013 - 1st Thursday, coming home

Calvary - 
down to Calvary by 4:30, just trying to be quiet.  Encounter, intimacy with a person, not a place.  Watched groups come up to pray, venerate Calvary, celebrate Mass.  Praying for all priests on this 1st Thursday, all those who asked for special prayers at Calvary.  Got to bless Ron and Patti Vasek, Fr. Craig Vasek, Elizabeth and Jillian last night - people calling my priesthood out of me.

Upper Room - 
This is the place where 4 of the 7 Sacraments were instituted:  Reconciliation, Confirmation, Eucharist and Priesthood.  We have a couple hours until 10:30am Mass and 11:30am departure so I'm spending my time here, praying a rosary.  Prayed for priests and those who asked for special prayers here.

Intentions - prayed for intentions here today, that all might know the forgiveness of their sins, be renewed in the strength of their Confirmation, be blessed with holy priests, and find Hope in the Eucharist.

On the plane and on our way home, reading Unbroken again, an analogy for priestly zeal.

Thus ends my priestly pilgrimage to the Holy Land, thank you for coming with me!

Taking pictures is not my best attribute.  It pulls me out of the moment and so I don't really take many photos.  However, there are some guys who do.  Here are Deacon David's pictures that he generously shared with anyone who might wish to have a more visual accounting of our time in the Holy Land.  Enjoy!

Set 1 (209 photos) - http://flickr.com/gp/desquiliano/3bN910/
Set 2 (280 photos) - http://flickr.com/gp/desquiliano/5xk5cp/
Set 3 (210 photos) - http://flickr.com/gp/desquiliano/W5NUy8/
Set 4 (273 photos) - http://flickr.com/gp/desquiliano/1d888e/
Set 5 (55 photos) - http://flickr.com/gp/desquiliano/3CW34P/