Pictures
St. Joseph Church - Holy Family Grotto
Fish From The Sea of Galilee
Walkway to Church of Beatitudes
Fishes & Loaves - burn mark under altar from attempted destruction
Monarch Butterflies Everywhere
Fishes & Loaves Entrance
Beautiful hidden moth - a sign of God's love
God is in the gecko :)
Ed in the Church of the 10 Lepers
Leo & Ed in Church of the 10 Lepers
Mom & Baby Sheep
Touching the Nativity Star
Nativity Star where Jesus was born
Kneeling to Touch Calvary Earth & Rock
Tomb Building with 2 rooms inside - front room and tomb room
Mass in room on right & we crawled though to the tomb room to touch the tomb where Jesus had laid. Only 3 or 4 people fit at a time.
Tomb room - Even claustrophobia didn't keep me from crawling in to touch the tomb of Christ. It was electric and breathtaking.
Overlook where Christ cried for Jerusalem
Bethlehem - no hotels in 1964 - lots of hotels today- a busy city with city noise
Church in a cave - Christians had to hide to say mass
Coca Cola Sign
Jericho Sign w grafitti :(
Good Shepherd School Yard reminded me of St. Louis School
School Yard with Smile Sign in English
Mt. of Temptation - Cable cars can take you to the top or you can hike up
Fr. Ben helps Ed renew his baptism
Others renew by immersion/dunking
We name our son Jordan Rivera after the river
Mural in church showing Jesus calling Lazarus out of the tomb
Renewed our marriage vows at Cana -Ave Maria played after- a sign from my mom
Worldwide Marriage Encounter Symbol with prayers left at the Cana Church lower level
Pater Noster - Our Father in many languages
Via Dolorosa - Stations of the Cross
Ed at the Wailing Wall
Prayers Put Into The Wailing Wall
Sunrise from the Hotel Leonardo in Jerusalem
Children walking to school with poster project. Reminded me of my students.
St. John of the Desert Church high up in a remote place with a spring
Icon of St. John the Baptist
Prayers left near Elizabeth's Tomb -St. John of the Desert
View from the Hotel Leonardo in Jerusalem
Follow the Star - Dave a tall Army Veteran held up his hat in crowds to help us find our way.
Our pilgrim name badges with Worldwide Marriage Encounter Symbols - we met many Encountered Couples & invited others
Leo carried this tag on her tote bag everywhere.
The back of the tag had our prayer intentions. You were all with us in prayer.