“HE LOVED THEM TO THE END” (Jn 13,1) Dear friends of Gethsemane, may the Lord grant you his Peace!In these days our gaze is directed here in Jerusalem, where everything began with that "All is accomplished" (Jn 19:30)....
Holy Hour presided over by the Custos of the Holy Land, Br Francesco Patton, ofm, in the Basilica of the Agony in Gethsemane, Jerusalem. For those who want to stream the Holy Hour here is the link: https://www.cmc-terrasanta.com/en/event/holy-hour-at-gethsemane-%7C-jerusalem/1068
IMMERSED IN THE ONE WHO HAS IMMERSED HIMSELF IN US Dear all, may the Lord grant you his peace! The Lenten season we are living is characterized by an orientation towards conversion and prayer. We all strive to improve our...
Dear friends of Gethsemane, may the Lord grant you his peace! We never tire of imploring peace to God, peace not only for this time so restless and insecure but a peace that comes from concrete and spiritual contact with the Lord,...
“Francis wanted to see with the eyes of the
body The Child of Bethleem” (cfr. Franciscan sources 468) With your heavenly light, Lord, make us ready,always and everywhere, to contemplate with pure gaze and welcome...
Dearest Brothers and Sisters,
May the Lord give you Peace!
Tonight’s
Gospel echoes the voice of a deep feeling, which I believe we all share: “there
was no room for them” (Lk. 2:7). As it was for Mary and...
The Christmas Message from fr. Francesco Patton, Custos of the Holy Land
Dear friends, brothers and sisters,
this year the grotto of Bethlehem is empty, as are the streets and squares of the city. When Mary and Joseph...
We publish the Christmas Message of the Patriarchs and Heads of the Churches in Jerusalem
Christmas 2023
"For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government will be upon his shoulder, and his name...
We share the statement from the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, concerned about the evolution of the situation, in solidarity with the Patriarch H.E. Card. Pizzaballa and with the parishioners of the Holy Family in Gaza. https://www.lpj.org/posts/gaza-16th-december-2023.html
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.
