Here is our new 11-minute video about our pilgrimages, explaining how safe they are, where we go, what kind of food we eat, and much more. Now easily accessible on YouTube.
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February 2011
Just landed back home to deep snow after 7 weeks away. Can’t wait to see the family! Good to be home!
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Because the planes left in the evening instead of the morning, the group had a free extra day! So we gave them the morning free to explore Jerusalem, walk around, nap, pack, pray or whatever they wanted. We also arranged a Shroud of Turin Exhibit tour with Fr. Kelly, Mass at Ein Kerem where the [...]
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PART ONE: QUMRAN, MASADA, DEAD SEA, JERICHO. PART TWO: CAMEL RIDING, LATIN PATRIARCHATE, PILGRIMAGE SHELL
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For a marvelous resource of Church Documents and Encyclicals going all the way back to the 1200′s, click on St. Peter’s Basilica. Isn’t it great to have the Church! God still speaks today and like times past still has a family and a voice through the Church — his body. Where else can you find [...]
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Today we begin with 8 AM Mass at Gethsemane at the rock where Jesus sweat blood. Then to Pater Noster at the top of the Mount of Olives to pray at the place where Jesus taught his disciples the Our Father and from where he ascended into heaven. Then walk down the Palm Sunday Road [...]
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We’ll see what my bishop thinks. Read the article here.
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Article in CNSnews.com ******************************* From Canon Lawyer Ed Peters: My brief replies to Albany’s brief response A political wag once observed that the fastest way to start a ruckus on Capitol Hill is to point out what the Constitution actually says. In the Church, it seems, the fastest way to start a ruckus is to [...]
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It was another banner day but this one started with a 4:30 AM wake up call. The videos will explain why :-) I am posting today in two parts since we had so much going on. Everyone had the afternoon and evening free to explore, pray, nap, or whatever they wanted to do. I know [...]
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Yesterday and today in Bombay I talked about Mary’s visit to Ein Kerem where she visited her relative Elizabeth. We just visited Ein Kerem again with our group a week ago. Here we pray the 2nd Joyful Mystery of the Rosary and I explain St. Luke’s incredibly insightful description of this event. Since you will [...]
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In honor of the Feast Day of the Great Bishop and Saint Polycarp on February 23, we are doing special shows with Drew Mariani on Relevant Radio. The name Polycarp sounds funny to our English ears, but in Greek it comes from two words “poly” meaning many or much, and “carp” meaning fruit. Obviously his [...]
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EVERYONE IS ENJOYING YOUR COMMENTS. I READ THEM ON THE BUS AND EVERYONE IS GRATEFUL. THE HUMOR IS MUCH APPRECIATED AS ARE YOUR PRAYERS AND COMMENTS. KEEP THEM COMING! Perfect weather, great group, exciting and spiritual sites — and great food and dancing! Today we spent the day in Bethlehem and a short time in [...]
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There are a million reasons why God is NOT like a GPS system but I am in Australia and I made a wrong turn and my GPS started reprimanding me and saying “Recalculating!” For those who don’t know, GPS stands for Global Positioning System. It is a nifty little device that links up with positional [...]
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The death of Dr. Bernard Nathanson today affords us an opportunity to recall the tremendous effect of Baptism. Like, our not needing to pray for any mercy to be shown to Nathanson for his 75,000 abortions. Read why here: here In the Light of the Law: a canon lawyer’s blog: http://canonlawblog.blogspot.com/
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Old Aerial Photos of Jerusalem Below: original pictures; Above: my notations The Old city sure has changed in since these photos were taken. Does anybody know what the date these were taken? Since we arrived in Jerusalem today with 83 excited pilgrims, I thought you would all enjoy this old aerial photo with my notations.
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Off to a good start! Today we will have TWO videos since there was just too much to fit into 10 minutes (YouTube limits). So, below is Part I and soon I will upload the afternoon and trip to Jerusalem in Part II. We spent the morning around the Sea of Galilee, on a boat [...]
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